| Title | Description |
| Korg nanoKey - Review |
There are a bunch of reviews of this, and I'd say that most of the ones I read were fairly accurate. 1.) It does, in some ways, feel like a "toy" 2.) The layout of the keys takes some getting used to 3.) It is the perfect size to sit in fron of a Mac Book Pro 4.) It is just cool as crap... and fun! Anyway, enough words... here is quick little snippet I... |
| Constructive negativity |
I tend to be overly positive when discussing new ideas, my take is that when you are discussing change, you should always start from a position of anything is possible. It's true that you don't always get to do everything perfectly or as you'd like, however, why constrain something at the outset? I do think about the details and challenges and get that some things aren't possible or there will be cultural or technical challenges... |
| If only it had... some implicit personalization |
There are two types of personalization: 1.) Explicit - a person sets some preference or takes some action to make the system more useful to them. 2.) Implicit - the "system" makes some inferences about the person using it based on usage / behavior. I was thinking about this last night when we got home and turned on the TV, there are probably only a handful of channels or even shows that my wife and... |
| HTML Emails |
Both of the mail clients I use, Outlook at work and Gmail for personal, strip images out of HTML email... I think most mail clients are doing this now. So, why do people continue to send HTML emails that depend on images? I got this today from a vendor that I've given permission to email me: There was no text in the email, just links to pictures. In todays world of limited attention, why assume... |
| George Carlin's last interview... |
My friend Jeremy sent me this link: George Carlin's Last Interview. The guy was a genius. h/t to Jeremy. |
| Borders Books online |
I typically buy my books from Amazon... way too many of them, but I digress. During a discussion the other day, the subject of Python (the programming language) came up and since I don't know Python I thought I'd see what I could find to learn more about it. I searched online and found a few good sources, however, I tend to learn best from books. I went to Amazon and found a couple of... |
| My Muxtape |
I'm still here... just been busy. Here is some music for you... to apologize for the long absence: my muxtape I did create a twitter account and have been posting to that.... |
| I'm hiring! |
I've got 3 openings on my team - a full-time Java Developer and two intern positions; one HTML person and one Java person. Details on the full time Java developer position, which can be filled at any one of three levels, is located here. The Java Developer Intern position details can be found here. The Web Developer Intern position details can be found here. No relocation assistance is available for any of these jobs (location... |
| Keeping Attention |
Part of my post the other day, What should WSJ.com do?, included a little snippet about advertisements potentially distracting from the readability of the Wall St. Journal online. I understand that companies need to make money, but it never ceases to amaze me how prominently some major sites feature advertisements within their pages. We use to have the "banner ad", which we all learned to ignore, so it makes sense that ads drifted down into... |
| Running Towards Pleasure |
Three years ago found yours truly job hunting. I landed a really cool position very quickly as a business analyst for a global electronic components manufacturer (Tyco Electronics). That position quickly led to a great opportunity to work on the company web site (and eventually the position of Usability Team Leader). I had been working on web stuff for most of my career, so it was a logical move. I loved the work I was... |
| What should WSJ.com do? |
Two of my favorite bloggers recently offered up compelling, and opposing, views on what the Wall St. Journal should do with its website. First up, Fred over at A VC, wrote: Rupert Murdoch should make the WSJ as free to use online as Google is. And he should do that the first day he owns the paper. Why isn't the WSJ the force in the online world that is it in the offline world? Easy,... |
| The truly desirable electric car |
I first read about the car a year ago, in Wired. A fast, battery-powered, sports car, that looked like a sports car. (check out a video from Sundance Channel - click view more, then Drive 4) Let's face it, most of us buy cars (and almost everything else) for truly emotional reasons. There probably isn't a guy alive who wouldn't love to drive one of these - including yours truly. As cool as this, the... |
| Pete Yorn was great! |
I went to see Pete Yorn at the Chameleon Club in Lancaster, PA. last night - the show was great! He did many of my favorite songs, including 'Life on a Chain', 'Strange Condition', 'Crystal Village' and even played a great Smiths cover during the encore: 'There is a light that never goes out'. I spent the whole day listening to Pete Yorn yesterday, getting ready for the show. His first CD - musicforthemorningafter -... |
| What are you listening to?? |
My friend Chris sent me an email this morning: I need some new songs. Any recommendations? Here are five that I put on my latest mix cd. Can you recommend five of your favorites? Cat Empire – Sly Damien Rice – 9 Crimes Pete Yorn – Life on a Chain Tori Amos – Big Wheel Polyphonic Spree – light and day My reply: Hmmm... 5 current faves... lets see... Travis - Selfish Jean Phoenix -... |
| Do Not Reply |
One of my biggest email pet peeves is when companies send email from a "DoNotReply@SomeStupidCompany.com" email address. Sometimes they even repeat the warning near the top of the message: Please do not to reply to this email address. However, there is alawys some email address somewhere in the body of the message where you can direct questions or comments. Not only is this a pain for customers, it also hurts the company sending the message.... |
