Thinking about how to make a living as an entrepreneur software developer. As I move back into the world of trying to make a living through product development as a very small software developer, I'm struggling with figuring out the way I should structure things. Here is some thinking about different models, mainly focusing on… Continue reading Thinking about how to make a living as an entrepreneur software developer
Month: April 2004
Scoble's an edge-case when it comes to screen resolution
Scoble's an edge-case when it comes to screen resolution. Jeff Sandquist is making fun of me in email. Turns out that the user experience team here did a survey of Windows users and found that only 2% run their screens at a resolution of 1600×1200 or higher. That's the res I work at. People come… Continue reading Scoble's an edge-case when it comes to screen resolution
How do you persuade?
How do you persuade?. How do you persuade someone to change their mind? I've been thinking about this a lot. Why? It's my job. I'm an evangelist at Microsoft and I'm paid to persuade you to write software for an operating system that none of you have even seen yet. But, let's avoid talking about… Continue reading How do you persuade?
The Apprentice
I have to admit that I really liked The Apprentice (that's a reversal off my initial impression). Unfortunately, it really fell short recently when it used interviews as a filter. In short, the interview process clearly selected the wrong people (the two of the four that underperformed throughout the show). I thought the whole point of the… Continue reading The Apprentice
NYT
NYT. Wow. The White House is looking at a director of national intelligence… The reason this is a hot issue: intelligence is at the heart of the war on terrorism. It stands on its head the old formula for addressing threats which was 10% intelligence and 90% operations. Operational dominance pervades all aspects of the… Continue reading NYT
Zinni
Zinni on the offensive: For years Zinni said he cautioned U.S. officials that an Iraq without Saddam Hussein would likely be more dangerous to U.S. interests than one with him because of the ethnic and religious clashes that would be unleashed. “I think that some heads should roll over Iraq,” Zinni said. “I think the… Continue reading Zinni
Reuters
Reuters: Global energy usage to jump 54% by 2025. Expected oil need to jump from ~81 m barrels a day to 121 m barrels. My question: where are we going to get that oil given the sharp drop in production from the aging super giant fields? One answer: OPEC is expected to be the major… Continue reading Reuters
British Library Treasures Online
British Library Treasures Online. The British Library's “Turning the Pages” touch screen system is now online (mousing, not touching though). You can “turn” pages of these rare works online at the Turning the Pages site. Works posted so far include DaVinci's notebook, the Lindisfarne Gospels, Sultan Baybars' Qur'an, and the Sherborne Missal. The page images… Continue reading British Library Treasures Online
A9
A9. Once upon a time there was a tiny little company named Amazon.com. Well, this little company took Google results, Amazon results, and Alexa results and smushed them all together and called it A9…. You are welcomed with a nice basic search box. The results screen defaults to web results. A cool feature is if… Continue reading A9
It's the blue book!
It's the blue book!. Ever had a patron scream at you, “It's the blue book about marketing! Don't you know which one I'm talking about?” Or some variation of that–the thin red book about dinosaurs, the yellow book with green stripes about building arbors, on and on and on. The New England School of Law… Continue reading It's the blue book!