Quick! List the set of books currently sitting on your desk: Management, Peter F. Drucker Accidental Empires, Robert X. Cringely Mythical Man Month, Frederick P. Brooks The Republic, Plato The Complete, Fully Illustrated Works of Lewis Carroll Soul of a New Machine, Tracy Kidder Design of Everyday Things, Donald A. Norman Start-up, Jerry Kaplan Selected… more
I’m in the process of cleaning up the site because clearly I have too much time on my hands. This has involved running the site through various HTML and CSS validators as well as adding a new Creative Commons License. These type of cleaning efforts often spin off into full blown redesigns and I’m really… more
While we wait, I present the following questions.. as stolen from Inside the Actors Studio: What is your favorite word? What is your least favorite word? What turns you on? What sound do you love? What sound do you hate? What is your favorite curse word? What profession other than yours would you like to… more
First off, I was amazed to find the similarities between Bill Simmons article on Vegas and the Rands Vegas System. Second, if you can’t find something to drool over in Tom’s Hardware Guide Holiday Buyers Guide then you probably aren’t reading the right weblog.
Hi. I’m back. I’ve got a delightful stalking column brewing, but in the meantime, a small rant. WHY THE FUCK do both Windows XP and Mac OS X not have the ability to include the date in their utilities which display time? I’m constantly wondering what the hell day it is and neither OSes, out… more
The stale blog ritual sounds something like this, “I’ve been really busy doing BLAH, so I haven’t had time to update my blog, REAL SORRY ABOUT THAT.” The ritual has been in full force as of recent. I would say major contributors this effect are folks are going back to school, getting or switching jobs,… more
