My technical meanderings and other nonsense. Published since 2002. No, really. I'm *that* internet-old. I remember the days of Definitely worth re-reading if you do any kind of technical support for your job. I find that most support requests are actually feature requests disguised as an issue. Users will do anything to try and get what they want, and if you allow them too much leeway, you’ll spend your entire working hours running in [...]
Monthly Archives: August 2012
What App.net Really Is
After reading this thorough overview of App.net I am beginning to understand a little bit better of what the service actually does. According to that post, App.net is a platform for social networks, not a social network unto itself. What we see up there now (at alpha.app.net) is just an example of what can be [...]
My Wish for App.net
I’ve just started using App.net, so I have no idea what it will turn out to be, if anything. It could morph into a very useful social network led by users (much like Twitter was in it’s early days), or fail to produce any true value to anyone. If I had to write down a [...]
Old logo drawings of mine
I was looking through some old drawings and sketches I did when I was a young teen (some 20 years ago). I was (and still am) fascinated by logos, particularly sports teams. I used to hand craft the logos with pencil, paper, markers, acrylic paint, pastels – anything I could use to draw the logo, [...]
Ten Years of Daring Fireball
I haven’t read Daring Fireball the whole ten years, but certainly as long as I can remember. And I’ve always remembered it being honest, sometimes harsh (but fair), and real. An individual who’s got nothing to lose by always giving it to you straight. Someone who expects excellence, accountability, and open/honest truths from businesses and [...]
Commit Driven Development
Interesting (reverse) approach to developing and committing: “What if instead we start by writing our commit message, a succinct note of what we want our next chuck of development to accomplish and we work on that until the commit message captures what we have in our code.” Many times I struggle to recall exactly what [...]
From the Archives: Saturday
Eight years ago this month, my thoughts on the damage, aftermath, and making it out alive from Hurricane Charley, which split through Florida as we vacationed in Orlando and Daytona Beach. “The water is thick, heavy, and appears almost to be entire waves washing up from the Atlantic Ocean, which is just one block to [...]
The Old Twitter and App.net
I’d love a new and better Twitter. One without ads, and one that brings me back to the days when Twitter just came out. I’d have a small group of friends that I would communicate with daily, by learning what they are up to, what they’re thinking, and when we can get together again in [...]
Five Sentences
Occasionally I’ll notice people using five.sentenc.es (from their email signature). Example: ——————————————– Q: Why is this email five sentences or less? A: http://five.sentenc.es Their emails will literally be five sentences or less, every time they reply to you. You could even test it – try sending them a difficult question or theory (which should garner [...]
A Drive Into The Gap
Fantasic short story about baseball and memories. “The bat isn’t the valuable thing. It’s just a bat like every other. It’s the story that’s valuable.” Via Daring Fireball.