Back in the early 90’s I remember a friend at university lending me a 3.5" floppy with a piece of MS-DOS software that provided a pseudo planetarium application. You could input your location and it would generate the constellations based on the current date and time. Quite a nifty piece of software. Recently, on the […]
As a big supporter of free and open-source software and the community that supports it, but having exceedingly crappy coding chops, it’s been a little frustrating trying to actually participate in any meaningful way. However I’ve finally taken the advice given by the LugRadio guys on several different episodes and found another way to […]
Early this Saturday morning I read a post by Leo Laporte (posted even earlier this morning) about Apple sending a cease and desist letter to a software and services company called Podcast Ready claiming that the terms “Podcast Ready” and “myPodder” infringe on Apple trademarks. He makes some great points:
Now I’m far FAR away from […]
[Update: Ok. I admit I expected more than one person to (even attempt to) give it a shot - thanks Brad. There are 3 distinct possibilities here: 1) It was too hard. 2)I’m the only one who likes Pictionary, or 3) Almost no one (save Brad) reads my blog. I’m hoping its 1, disappointed if […]
Just reading about the so-called ‘outing’ of an anonymous blogger known for his personal attacks and cheap shots. I have never read him, but after checking out his blog I realize I likely wouldn’t want to anyway - even if I did agree with his views. In any case, it quickly brought a simple thought […]
One of the personal traits that I value most is humility. It doesn’t always make for high traffic-generating blogposts (or efficient corporate ladder climbing) but it’s still something I genuinely cherish. For example, it’s much more efficient to be brazen about your views and absolutely unconvinced that anyone else could possibly be right. That type […]
Listening to the last few Gillmor Gangs has been like watching a train wreck. You can’t take your eyes (or in this case ears) off of it as the brakeless train hurtles faster and faster. It only seems a matter of time until the wheels leave the rails. But man, until then it’s getting less […]
Pat Davila writes that in addition to being one of the hosts of The Linux Link Tech Show, he’s also a cursing Philipino blogger and a thug from Albuquerque among other things…
I found out a couple of years ago that I was a board member of the Grande Prairie EMS in Alberta (and found […]
I’ve never been one to obsess over my music. My digitized collection has always been what you might call a ‘dogs breakfast’. I’ve ripped my own CD’s as required but never made any concerted effort to digitize my entire collection. What music I do have on my hard drive is neither sorted nor categorized, neither […]
A great post on Copyblogger today: Don’t Sell… Teach. I for one am tired of listening to people figure out how they can market at me or even how they can somehow get my consent to market at me. There is so much untapped value in teaching and sharing. You as a marketer must […]