How the Impossible becomes Passe
The nature of innovation and adaptation… What is impossible in December, Becomes possible in January, Actual in February, No longer acceptable in March Tweet
View ArticlePatterns
The Timeless Way of Building, A Pattern Language – Christopher Alexander (architecture). More to follow. Tweet
View ArticleThe Antisocial Life of Information
Originally published on Parliament Press as The Antisocial Life of Informaiton on April 9, 2013. I was one of the (apparently) skeptical few when hearing John Seely Brown’s job talk at UC Berkeley in...
View ArticleMomentum, Motivation, Competition
I’ve found in my own workouts that there is a relationship between momentum, motivation and competition. One thing nice is that when motivation and competition fail, momentum can still carry the day...
View ArticleThe Future of Energy
The future of energy is both about the power of the rich (and the riches in the energy markets) as well as the dangers of certain energy sources. So it is about fundamental resources, ongoing...
View ArticleGoodbye Windows
This past weekend I parted with my last Windows device. Actually, my last Microsoft Operating System device (though I reserve the right to get an xbox at some point in the future). This is after...
View ArticleTim O’Reilly: Create More Value Than You Capture
This is a nice talk by Tim O’Reilly on Creating More Value than you Capture http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njpGH_IHjFg Lessons Do Less Trend and theme to minimize interaction with the user, if the apps...
View ArticleWho Are the Best Mentors
There are some useful nuggets of information hidden within this latest talk by Kate Mitchell on Own your Own Success. The discussion on mentors and mentorship is one of them. Mentors as a Composite...
View ArticleThe Importance of LinkedIn
Numbers can be relatively meaningless, but orders of magnitude are nonetheless important (and of course, revenue). Social media accounts/active users for various Internet properties provide some food...
View ArticleAntifragility and Scottish Clan Mottos
I’ve been reading Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. This book is about the interesting notion of the opposite of fragility (rather than robustness, which endures...
View ArticleWindows 7 Applications
I got a new Asus Zenbook with Windows 7 in order to future-proof myself against Windows 8 (I’ll wait until Windows 9, or Ubuntu 14.10, thank you very much). This was back in December, 2012. I’ve since...
View ArticleHappiness Measurement
Having spent quite a few hours for several years in statistics classes, the importance of the operationalization of measurements has been clearly impressed upon me. And so, with things such as...
View ArticleKindle and other Ebook Readers
The Kindle was not the first ebook reader (the Sony ebook reader came out years before but was virtually nonfunctional). And the Kindle certainly is not the only ebook reader. In addition, there are...
View ArticleMichael Yon is Wrong about Thailand
For someone who clearly and unambiguously states I do not understand Thai politics the lack of understanding does not stop him from claiming that he can actually see the truth, precisely because of...
View ArticleHappy New Year 2557
The coming new year, 2014 or 2557 in the Buddhist calendar, augers particularly well. This will be a horse year, and therefore I will be starting my fifth cycle (of 12 years), on my 48th birthday. This...
View ArticleWhy LinkedIn is Doomed
LinkedIn is doomed due to substitutes which will grow stronger over time. LinkedIn is also doomed because of the level of spam and self-promoters in groups. LinkedIn is doomed because of poor service...
View ArticleSocial Media for 2014
Looking back, the Social Media for 2013 post was a bit lukewarm. So, this time let’s cut to the bone. Yes, there are trends, and yes there will be surprises. Let’s focus on a few things that will help...
View ArticleWebsite Performance, Hosting, and the NSA
Website performance can be a minefield, especially when trying to leverage things like WordPress and WordPress Plugins. It is almost enough to make one build things from scratch. Thankfully it hasn’t...
View ArticleBenefits of Aging Vision
While my eyesight continues its slow degradation (within normal limits of the disease known as aging), it seems that there may be the additional benefit of some foresight being generated, as well as...
View ArticleSoftware Development Considerations
There are many different considerations around software development as well as the development of the software developer. My last application development experience was back in the early 2000s. Now...
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