Nat Torkington, on O’Reilly’s Radar site, posted a link to Adam Shand’s lessons learned from previous employment: Lessons Learned from Previous Employment (Adam Shand) — great summary of what he learned in the different jobs he’s had over the years… Source: Torkington, N. (2009). Four short links: 14 May 2009. Retrieved May 14, 2009 from… Continue Reading Lesson’s Learned from Previous Jobs
This is for my co-worker Peter. :) Nat Torkington, on O’Reilly’s Radar site, posted today about the the Open Library Book reader: Open Library Book Reader — the page-turning book reader software that the Internet Archive uses is open source. One of the reasons library scanning programs are ineffective is that they try to build… Continue Reading Open Library’s Book Reader
Updated: Oops, made a little mistake. So I was updating a spreadsheet where I keep track of the states I’ve visited the other day… I’m now up to 40 (out of the 50 plus the District of Columbia). I got a couple of the states on a trip to Maine in 2007 and also on… Continue Reading States I’ve Visited
So, this post has been awhile coming. Before I moved in I took some photos of my new apartment, in the Avalon at Lexington Hills complex. (Unfortunately my particular apartment floorplan is not listed for whatever reason.) I also took some photos after I had unpacked and setup part of the apartment, but I seem… Continue Reading Apartment in Lexington
Last night while reheating leftovers I was reminded that, yes, Virginia…I am a rocket scientist. So, where I used to live in Providence, UT was something like 4,700 feet in elevation. Where I live now in Lexington, MA its like 250 feet. One of the tricks I use with some leftovers is to use steam… Continue Reading Yes, Virginia…I am a rocket scientist…
Here’s a slideshow of my drive east. My friends Trent and Lori (well I think it was Lori, really) suggested I take photos of my drive across the country. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] Credit: Brandon… Continue Reading Go East…the slideshow
Both yesterday and today I saw a San Francisco parking permit on cars while driving to/from Cambridge. One was 2008, one was for 2009. Both were area G. What are the odds. (Yes it’s a bit unusual that I remember what the permits look like, and can recognize them still.)
When reading about President Obama’s proposed budget, and what he has cut from it, I’m struck by the thought that I must be doing something wrong. Among the programs on the president’s chopping block: A Department of Education attaché position in Paris. Cost: $632,000. Source: Shahadi, J. (2009). Obama will slice budget by $17 billion.Retrieved… Continue Reading I’m doing something wrong…
Dear interweb, I have another post idea that will probably take significantly more than 1 hour to write. /sigh </return to regularly scheduled programming>
All of my personal experience, and discussions with folks that did research into online communities (albeit most of those discussions were held back in the mid-/late-1990s) can be summed up with the phrase/notion: “Online communities take careful care and feeding [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px”… Continue Reading Online Communities