Go here first. Then come back. I’ll wait. The trouble with talking about government budgets, even ones as small as a city or local school district, is that big numbers rapidly lose meaning to people. It’s more visceral to talk about a dozen people (or dollars or “things”) than to discuss a million of then. [...]
Via Gruber, who posts following a TechDirt article. A federal judge denies an individual of property (contents of an email account) without notification, with no opportunity for appeal (the person is not a party to the matter), and with no cause to suspect wrongdoing. Saith Gruber, who dubs U.S. District Court Judge James Ware “Jackass [...]
For years, I’ve kept a personal (and unfortunately, unwritten) list of books I think every manager, programmer, and [insert category here] should read. A book every programmer should read The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master. Every programmer I hired was required to read this book. It’s a great resource for people managing programmers too. [...]
As I was driving in to school this morning, I had a mini-revalation on the difference between power-users and “regular” users. This thought may have been spawned by a research paper used in one of my classes [1], where power users became the de facto trainers during the implementation of an ERP system. Maybe this [...]
I’ve written before about some excruciatingly poor customer service experiences. The web is a great platform for it. But, I don’t think we share great experiences often enough. About a year ago, we were shopping for a white suit for our little Tobin. It was a painfully morose thing: we were looking for something to [...]
I recently updated to OS X 10.6, Snow Leopard. I’m liking it—most things feel a little bit snappier. I also prefer the tweaks to editing events in iCal (which didn’t go far enough; 10.4 was better), and the changes to Exposé. However, several apps (or “hacks,” if you prefer) broke with the update: WindowShadeX, a [...]
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