I spent this morning speaking on a panel at a local technology forum, and achieving a slightly unsettling expert status among local high school students. It actually turned out to be great fun, with lots of interesting questions and perspectives. I was a good 10 years younger than the others on the panel, which gave me a kind of street cred with the audience. That, and I didn’t wear a suit. I made my way back into work to find that my interview with Karine from collegeweditor.com had been published. So now I am experiencing high blog traffic (for me,...… →

Or, flag this photo as may offend. (I have too much time on my hands…) ——- … →

Help! I’ve agreed to speak on a panel at a local Technology Expo called Future Tech Forum: Tech Leaders Discuss the Future of Technology on the Northcoast. After spending way too long this weekend trying to install Tiger (it’s pretty hard to use an install DVD when you have no DVD drive. Too bad I didn’t realize that when I pre-ordered my copy…), I’m feeling like this may not really be my area of expertise. Couple that with my irrational fear of public speaking, and this is shaping up to be a disaster. So, if you were going to speak...… →

“The ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), long suspected to be extinct, has been rediscovered in the “Big Woods” region of eastern Arkansas.” ——- … →

You (meaning the five of you who are repeat visitors) may have noticed the recent redesign, which is about number 12 for this blog. I am bucking the trends again, going with a more complicated layout while most are moving to something more simple. I just couldn’t stand all the f’ing boxes. I thought it was about time to marry the square edges with the curves— kind of a nice metaphor for me, don’t you think? I really wanted some asymmetry, because I felt my designs were tending more and more toward the blocky, minimalist thing. And while that’s a...… →

“But is it any surprise that a company that is run by jerks-wearing-suits is now targeting the jerks-wearing-suits software market?” ——- … →