I am interested in the history of technology and I have a soft spot for the machines that became milestones in the history of computing. Recently, I had the opportunity to get an early NeXT Cube, the same computer that Tim Berners-Lee used to invent the World Wide Web! NeXT also happens to be the [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Are we done yet?
You may have perfectionists in your life. You know the type, the ones that work on a project tweaking and “finishing up” until the deadline has long passed. So, what’s the harm?
The harm associated with perfectionism can lead to delays or even stop a project. So how do you know when it’s time to call it [...]
Innovation through necessity
Innovation: A need or problem encourages creative efforts to meet the need or solve the problem – Plato
This is the way humanity seems to evolve, we move towards the path of least resistance and sometimes that means we really have to amp up our efforts to succeed or in extreme cases to save ourselves.
On a [...]
Jen Miller’s Interview with the Intern
Christian: Hey Jen, I know that this has nothing to do with your job description but I would like to interview you.
Jen: Okay, shoot.
First I should explain to the readers that you are the office accountant, and not in the office full time. Second, you and I have had limited interactions. I think that the [...]
crowdSPRING: Silly Name, Fantastic Resource
If you are a graphic designer looking for some spare cash or you are a small business with a limited marketing budget, crowdSPRING may be the site for you. Sure, the name is a little unclear and the capitalizing the last word may annoy you a little bit but this website is a great graphic [...]
