I emerged from my summer hermitdom to attend parts of BarCampBlock this past weekend. My favorite part of Bar Camp was actually something I missed because I overslept on Saturday morning: the unveiling of the original Bar Camp attendee list (photo by Chris Heuer): (MJC) (MJD) This is such a wonderful picture on [...]
My nephew, Elliott, is a Cincinnati boy, but he’s clearly a Southern Californian at heart. According to my sister, he immediately gravitated towards the Dodgers hat among his collection of caps. (MJ9) (MJA) This picture brought a tear of joy to my eye. It will also bring a dent to my wallet, as [...]
Dave Gray shared one of his latest visualizations, which differentiates between specialists and generalists: (MIT) (MIU) I like the aesthetic of the diagram (which is how I feel about most of Dave’s work), but when I first looked at it, I couldn’t help but think that it was off somehow. After pondering, I [...]
When Jonathan Cheyer wasn’t working with me and Brad Neuberg on HyperScope, he was scrapping away at his day job as Solid Information Technology‘s Open Source community manager. Despite having to deflect my endless teasing about revoking his hacker membership card for becoming a “marketing guy,” he’s been an excellent source of stories and insights [...]
Lloyd Budd wrote a post today entitled, “GPL Encourages Collaboration,” that was highly serendipitous and that triggered a flood of thoughts, some of which I’ll try to capture here. Earlier today, I was rereading an interview I did with Sunir Shah a few months back for a paper I’m writing, and I latched onto a [...]
I read this great quote from Warren Buffett in last week’s Economist: (MHB) You only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out. (MHC) It’s from his Berkshire Hathaway chairman’s letter in 2001. (MHD) It reminds me of one of my shocking revelations when I worked in the publishing [...]
I’m breaking my longest blog silence in a while (over a month!), thanks to prodding from Mark Oehlert, who tagged me with the “Eight Random Facts” blog meme. I actually enjoy these memes; you learn a lot about folks that they might never otherwise reveal. Plus, it’s a good way to get people to post [...]
