Category: Technology
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What’s in a name?
Naming things well is a huge deal. It’s hard and it should be hard. Poorly named things can mislead/confuse people, slow down velocity, and cause poor separation of concerns in design/implementation. On the other hand, well named things will allow others to correctly understand the function and use of an object, as well as encourage…
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Simple is Better
Design Philosophy Generally, if a software package is hard to install, configure, or to otherwise use, I avoid it. If it’s hard to maintain or even tell what’s happening when its running I avoid it. I’m not being arrogant, I’ve just done it wrong more than once and had to live with it and/or fix…
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Google Apps to discontinue support for IE8
http://thenextweb.com/google/2012/09/14/google-kills-internet-explorer-8-support-google-apps/
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Slow Motion Fun
I have often thought how much fun it would be to have a slow-mo camera. I never really thought about what having one would cause me to do to get a good shot. I probably never would have thought of most of these. My favorite is the flour + candle. “Hey, where are your eyebrows?”
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Best cordless phone plus Bluetooth
This is one of the best phones I’ve ever owned. Crystal clear, doesn’t cause interference on the WiFi network using DECT, and all the usual features plus one REALLY cool feature. You can connect your cell phone to this system via Bluetooth so when someone calls you at home on your cell phone, you don’t…
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Reed Hastings’ (Netflix CEO) stock options slashed
I guess the thing I notice most here is the fact that it was a big surprise that Netflix made such a bone headed maneuver. This just demonstrates that we are all vulnerable to making mistakes. So often I see people in the tech industry and business in general mistake luck for competence. In isolation…