A few days ago, I instant messaged my friend Wil to ask what he was up to. He responded “Working on a visio graph”. Recently, it seems like he’s always working on a visio graph, or a powerpoint presentation, or an excel spreadsheet, or a word document. He’s getting involved in project management, so it’s […]
Different Management Structures
So I’ve been thinking a bit since my last post, about how to tie those visions of taking responsibility for oneself to management structures. What would a management structure that followed those principles look like? I don’t really have any answers yet (nobody does, I suspect), but here’s some ideas. Let’s start with what’s out […]
We the Media, by Dan Gillmor
I used to like reading Dan Gillmor’s column in the San Jose Mercury News, but stopped reading it once I moved off the peninsula and stopped getting the paper. Which is lame, because it’s available online. But anyway. Some page I was reading recently pointed to Gillmor’s new book, We the Media. Even better, though, […]
Greg Maddux wins his 300th game
Greg Maddux of the Chicago Cubs won his 300th game yesterday. And I was there (page on another site because I have more disk space for pictures on that one).
Ultimate frisbee
So after playing in that tournament in Seattle over the July 4th weekend, I was kind of discouraged about playing ultimate. I mean, it was an eye-opening experience, seeing 100 ultimate frisbee teams out on a set of 40 fields. Discs as far as the eye could see. Three straight days of ultimate. Crazy stuff. […]
Taking responsibility
This post is going to be a little bit disjointed. I apologize from the start. I have several themes running through my head, and I know they all tie together, but I may not be able to express the connection coherently. But I’ve been mulling it over for a few days now, and it’s not […]
Paul Graham
A friend of mine passed along the link to this article by Paul Graham, talking about what distinguishes great hackers from the rest of us, in light of my entry discussing the extreme gradient in the ability of programmers. I liked the article a lot, partially because it’s eloquent, but mostly because he has similar […]
Livejournal
I broke down and opened a livejournal account the other day. It’s even worse, though. I only opened a livejournal account because I don’t have a real server to host this blog on currently, so there’s no real way for me to do comments (both blosxom and Movable Type require a server where I have […]
Height Study Redux Redux
Several months ago, I ranted about a height study that I thought was kind of bogus. Then I ranted about it again. And I just read a New Yorker article that is the article I could only wish I’d written, if I had, y’know, a research budget and stuff, instead of just my rantings. In […]
Harshness
One of the things that always surprises me is how gentle other people are around each other, and how fragile some people’s self-image is. There have been a couple occasions over the past few months where I asked for somebody’s opinion, and they prefaced their comments with “I know this is going to sound really […]
