June 2008
69 posts
“who scribbled all night
rocking and rolling
over lofty incantations
which in...”
– Allen Ginsberg, Howl
The Fail Whale Fan Club →
Pimp my datacenter →
How To Be The Next Bill Gates →
IT is boring say graduates →
On behalf of the IT workforce, I say you’re all wankers and we can drink you under the table!
Wish the companies I have worked for would follow...
A stand-up meeting is simple to implement. There are just a handful of guidelines:
* Limit the time to fifteen minutes.
* Pick a regular time for the team to meet, preferably in the morning.
* Start on-time regardless of who is absent.
* Each person answers these three questions:
* What have you accomplished since the last meeting?
* What are you working on next?
* What impediments do you...
“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places....”
– Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms
“Where is my head?
Where are my bones?
Why are my days so far from home?
Where...”
– Bush - Headful Of Ghosts
“the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or...”
– Definition of Pluck
“Ryan: So, uh, I got Josh an expensive birthday present.
C.J.: You...”
– The West Wing- Constituency of One
Denon USA | AK-DL1 →
Seriously, why is going to buy a $500 ethernet cable?
“Some day soon, kids will ask what life was like before organic spray-on...”
– Merlin Mann
the unltimate way to solve design disputes(taken...
tarabrown: Thinking about how to merge back parallel efforts between designers and PMs after they have thought about similar features but diff mindsets
jchenry: @tarabrown two words rochambeau tournament
Guide to Better Napping →
How to nap - Boston.com I’m a big fan of napping and often evangelize the transformative power of a quick Pzizz. If you’re new to the nap habit — or if you buy the propaganda that naps…
“In my experience, those who do not like you fall into two categories: The stupid...”
– John Wilmot, Second Earl of Rochester
“believe nothing,
no matter where you read it
or who has said it,
not even if...”
– buddha
Hewlett-Packard chairman, president and CEO Mark V. Hurd An employee’s advice to Senior Management:
Stop screwing the employees. Stop reducing benefits every week. Stop saying you plan to invest in research and development when you are actually reducing everything except your bonuses. Start treating people as people. Get some moral fiber.
WatchScobleizer talking to Tara Brown about BarCampSeattle
Using JavaFX Script Objects in Java Programs →
Sun dims, loses chief researcher to Kleiner... →
HP exec cuts birthday cake with MacBook Air →
Zimbabwe President: Vote for Me or Starve →
“The tree of liberty must be refreshed with the blood of patriots and tyrants, that is its natural fertilizer” I think the tree is getting thirsty in Zimbabwe
The Right Answer: How to Talk to a User →
Tie One On: Can the Necktie Survive? →
“To the user, the interface is the product”
– Jef Raskin
“But in the end, no matter what I pretend
The journey is more important than the...”
– Linkin Park - Enth E Nd
“And so love goes. And so life goes. And so I go. You carry on my brother.”
– Neal Cassady, in a letter to Jack Kerouac
The Last Time I Committed Suicide →
Bill Clinton updates Facebook profile to say "It's... →
Minutes after New York Senator Hillary Clinton sent an email to her supporters ending her campaign, President Clinton changed his Facebook profile relationship status from “Married” to “It’s…
