July 2009
13 posts
Happiness is a Journey, not a Destination. →
We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren’t old enough and we’ll be more content when they are. After that we’re frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage. We tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse...
Does Web-based really mean Server-based?
sproutcore:
Daring Fireball posted a great analysis of the new Chrome OS. However, he demonstrates one of the common misconceptions about modern web platforms. Money quote:
Web apps largely consist of server-side code, with a relatively thin layer of JavaScript that runs on the client. Data, too, mostly resides on the network, not the client machine.
This is exactly the misconception What is...
5729.) I want my hipbones and collar bones to be...
Sad but very well worded thoughts (via blogsecret)
equal but different
equality does not discourage diversity we’re not the same, but rather we balance and complement each other
listening to "Brad Paisley -Waiting on a Woman - " →
I don’t mind
“Squabbling is just passionately getting to know one another.”
– Me, about two minutes ago.
Timeline: Unemployment Rate →
MSNBC provides a graphic representation of the change in unemployment over time, both nationally and per-state, from the all-time low of 4.4 percent in March 2007 until now. (Well, so it claims - actually it goes from Sept 2007 at 4.7% until May 2009 at 9.4%.)
Check it out!
Teaching To "Innovate Routinely" →
“… consumers complain of VCRs that defy efforts to program them, pens that won’t write unless they’re held vertically, and car doors that routinely swing shut on the driver’s emerging foot.
In nearly every industry, good design is the holy grail sought for bragging rights, for its aesthetics and usability, and in no small part because it will enhance the firm’s bottom line. The...
If medicine were taught like architecture... →
As someone who spent a long, long time in school (and mostly loved it) this wry, funny note from Dr Garry Stevens highlights some of my own questions about modern academia: “If medicine was taught like architecture, first-year med students would spend most of the year describing exciting ideas about completely hypothetical surgical techniques to their tutors. Along the way they would...
“Salesman: this new supercomputer can do half your job for you!
Business...”
– Sean Sutherland in Great Riddles, Giggles, and Jokes.