I’m a very private person. On the surface, that may be hard to believe, coming from someone who blogs regularly, who has a public Flickr stream, and who interacts regularly with tons of people, most of whom I like. But it’s not news to anyone who knows me. When it comes to my work, I’m [...]
I’ve interviewed hundreds of people over the past 20 years, so I’m intimately familiar with the technology and the trials and tribulations of transcription. Not surprisingly, the advances in recording technology have been phenomenal. I have hundreds of dollars of high quality recording equipment, all of which would have cost thousands of dollars even five [...]
I’m about to comment on a conference that I reluctantly didn’t attend: Nexus For Change. Sure, I’ve read rumblings from the conference site as well as the blogosphere and Flickr, and I’m sure there’s more to come as folks recover from what was undoubtedly a mind-blowing two days. I’ll also happily use my absence as [...]
Gavin Clabaugh tells a wonderful story about the origins of the saying, “Hold your horses,” and cites a number of every day examples of our inability to adapt to change: (M10) Confronted by today’s rapid pace of technological change, organizations hold a lot of horses; the faster the change, the more horses. We all [...]
This Thursday’s PARC Forum in Palo Alto features Charlie Bamforth, chair of the Department of Food Science & Technology at UC Davis. (M0R) His talk? “Beer: The Best Beverage in the World.” (M0S) Ah, academia, how I love thee. (M0T)
Samuel Klein recently complained about people who refer to Wikipedia with “over-definite articulation.” In other words, “the Wikipedia” rather than just “Wikipedia.” SJ pleads, “Please fight for justice in nomenclature, and save us all from grammatical confusion and disorder.” (M0P) Hear, hear, SJ. I have to deal with a similar problem here in the [...]
Speaking of the Banana Hoarding Problem and other real-life variants of the Prisoner’s Dilemma, something very interesting happened on the game show, Jeopardy, last Friday. For the first time in its 23 year history, the show ended in a tie. (M0C) What was really interesting was how it all happened. Scott Weiss, the defending [...]
Several people contributed some excellent solutions to the Banana Hoarding Problem I mentioned earlier this month. The question was how to prevent people from hoarding bananas at works. Solutions included: (M03) Andrew wrote in with his latest idea: Spray all the bananas with Aqua Velva as soon as they come in. T (M04) [...]
Jon Stahl reports that the Plone community has invented a new Speed Geeking derivative: (LZZ) pintification: The act of conveying your idea before the judge finishes his drink. An interactive variant on lightning talks. (M00) Congratulations, Gunner. You know you’ve made it when something you’ve created becomes a drinking game. Now where do [...]
Coming to you live, quick impressions from our fourth FLOSS Usability Sprint: (LZC) Each of our sprints have had a distinct personality. One thing that strikes me about our participants this time is how well all of them understand and buy into usability. One big reason for that is our projects — we have [...]
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