The solution is very simple. Do what it is that you do very best; the thing that you would engrave on your tombstone as your proud contribution to society. Put it in a form that is the best and most convenient you can do for your audience given today’s technology. Abolish filler and bullshit. Leave [...]
Charlie Stross recently wrote up a much-mentioned article which is nominally about why Steve Jobs hates Flash, but actually about what he believes to be Apple’s overall long-term strategy. In it he predicts the death of the Mac and OS X as we know it.
When I read the article, I tweeted:
Indie Mac devs, I [...]
For convenience, I’ll mark the beginning with ACT’s membership program. For that program, early signs are good.
After that, I don’t know the chronological order, and I don’t know a complete list of the experiments. I just know what has fallen in my lap. But here’s what’s on my tiny little radar:
In New York, [...]
It’s early Saturday morning, my wife just went to work, and residing in my mental register are about eight things that take drastically higher priority over writing a blog post.
So heeeeyyyeeeeeere I am. Top of the morning to you. I’ve got a date with the farmers’ market in about an hour, so let’s [...]
Speaking of TED talks, on Thursday Baltimore played host to TEDx MidAtlantic.
Among many brain-bending talks was one by Joel Salatin, the now-famous farmer from Polyface Farms.
In Joel’s talk he challenged us to bring nobility and sacredness to our work. He said:
My success is tied to the cumulative effect of everyday stories, and faithfulness to [...]