Life always presents challenges. But you don’t need to read that from me to know it’s true. Without a doubt, we’ve all had our moments of feeling like we’re on the brink of total doom and permanent darkness. But even in an economic climate like this, where we all grow weary of frequent news of [...]
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I had promised earlier this month that I would try to keep up the posts to a minimum of once per weekday. I’ve subsequently broken that promise by taking a few days off for the holidays. But I am back, and will return to blogging once a day (at minimum), and hopefully even through [...]
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As I was sitting in the cafe eating lunch today, I reflected on my career and the things I’ve learned. There are three things that popped into my head that seemed universally true.
1.) It pays to be humble. There is always someone that knows more than you do. If you step up to a [...]
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The computer mouse is finally over the hill. The big 4-0. Expect to see it buying a sports car and marrying a much younger woman soon.
December 9th, 1968: the first mouse, made of wood and featuring only one button, was demonstrated by Douglas Engelbart.
[c/o BBC Technology News]
I tried Windows Vista for a while, and ultimately found nothing really wrong with it. The only problems I really had with it was that it hadn’t been on the market long enough for anyone to write any real tweaking tools for it yet, and the hardware I was running it on didn’t have [...]
Dice Holdings, Inc. performed a survey of 1,000 customers across various industries, and found a very gloomy outlook for the next six months:
Two-thirds of U.S. employers and recruiters plan to scale back hiring plans over the next six months, according to a new survey. One-third of companies believe that layoffs are likely.
Wow. That doesn’t sound [...]
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California-based BetterPlace announced a partnership with the state government of Hawaii to build an electric car charging network across the state. And actually, BetterPlace’s electric cars don’t look all that bad. I might even consider driving one. And besides, everything looks better with the backdrop of the Hawaiian islands. How else could one explain [...]
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