Tag: Technology

Documenting things used to be expensive. Camcorders and cameras were heavy and costly. It was hard to document things because the tools to do so were too difficult to use often.

Finish reading Constant Documentation

I had heard of Basecamp and 37Signals, but I never really dove into what made them tick. After watching my first Jason Fried talk I was hooked. Some of the stories told are the same, but it may help you to learn them a little better. If you’ve got around 6 hours and work in the software business, here is a list of things to do.

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Stevenf tackles New World computing perfectly. Thank you Steven. I’m going to stand on his shoulders and expand a bit on a small bit of his analysis. There are three (really two) areas that need to be sorted out for what he calls New World computing.

Finish reading A real breakthrough in future "computing"

If you can’t say it in 250 characters or less, then create an online doc to share and link me, or call.

Twitter get’s close to this and Yammer is even closer by limiting it to only internal. But my idea basically breaks down sending long inter-office emails.

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This is mostly a response to the whinings of an anonymous CEO. If I had written that, I’d want to pull my name from it too.

The article I am referencing focuses on how much Google controls the traffic of the internet. The main arguments by the CEO are that:

Finish reading Google listings, aaa, and playing fair

“People don’t want a quarter-inch drill, they want a quarter-inch hole.” — Dr. Theodore Levitt, Harvard Business School Professor

I am a big fan of all things tech. I think all of the amazing pieces of gadget porn available today are incredible and I love playing with them. But, their true utility is a total waste to me.

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I just finished reading some great articles my dad sent me on Google’s design methods. Douglas Bowman’s Goodbye Google, Kevin Fox’s letter to Doug and others, Joe Clarks more aggressive Google Brain idea, and then I finished with the Google UX team company info.

Finish reading Simple and great design

Gmail has changed the way I do email in two crucial ways. 1st is tagging. It’s just like folders, but one email can be in multiple folders. For instance a message about creating an agenda can be in todo and meetings. Two tags, no folders, but I can see the tagged emails as if they were all in a folder together.

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Despite not mentioning it much, I am quite the technophile. I spend too much time browsing the internet looking for cool gadgets, new technology, and just all around jaw-dropping neat stuff. I say too much time because I am very happy with my current gadget setup. Here is a quick rundown, which you may or may not be jealous of.

Finish reading Is upgrading within us all?

I am really getting to the functionality behind the wordpress blog software. There are a ton of import options. So all of my old blog posts are here now. Additionally, all of my google reader feeds have been brought to the sidebar. All I had to do was trim around the edges. This is something that I very much like about computers and technology.

Finish reading Power of computers…