February 2012
6 posts
January 2012
25 posts
“It is easy to build everything.
It is next to impossible to build nothing.”
– My thoughts when it comes to software development.
With today’s tools and the (relatively) minimal cost to begin developing, it becomes incredibly enticing just to build something. Anything. Everything.
It is much more difficult (next to impossible) to have a plan, understand the...
“The Most Patriotic Thing You Can Do [is] Bust your ass and get rich.
Make a...”
– A good friend sent this article to me that Mark Cuban wrote. The entire article is worth a read.
PR Gone Horribly Wrong: Ocean Marketing & Paul...
This has been out for a while, but I’m just getting around to finally reading about it.
This somewhat piggybacks on my earlier post featuring A Real Person, Just Like You.
Synopsis: A customer emails a company about a game controller he ordered, and the crazy replies that he got from the PR company that followed. This Paul character (not me, I promise) started to name drop (including...
Being Retarded
I love this post. I recommend everyone read this. Here’s an excerpt:
But what does it mean to be retarded? Well, I know what it doesn’t mean.
It doesn’t mean not being able to choose something for lunch despite 100 choices in front of you.
It doesn’t mean not being able to find your car keys.
It doesn’t mean saying the wrong thing to a person.
It doesn’t mean forgetting your best...
“Women. They are a complete mystery.”
–
Professor Stephen Hawking, one of the world’s most eminent physicists, has admitted that women number among black holes and supersymmetry as one of the greatest mysteries in the universe.
Dr. Hawking isn’t alone…
“I am a technical person operating in a binary world.”
Luxury Car-Sharing Service HiGear Shuts Down Due...
I posted about HiGear about a month ago and discussed my growing confusion at luxury car-sharing services where members ‘rent’ their own cars to complete strangers.
It now seems like theft is shutting this one down. From TechCrunch:
[…] HiGear was targeted by a criminal ring. The group stole four cars totaling $400,000. The criminals used stolen identities to bypass HiGear’s...
Scams.
Just got this email:
Greetings,
My name is Mr. Henry Thapelo, I’m the Credit Manager of Capitec Bank Ltd in South Africa. I need your assistance in executing a business that involves the transfer of the sum of US$19.5 Million dollars. I shall perfect all legal documents in your name to make you the legal beneficiary of the funds. Once the funds are transferred to your nominated account we...
December 2011
36 posts
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become...”
– President John Quincy Adams
“I’ve been doing location and mobile stuff for a while - for more than 10 years...”
– Dennis (via brycedotvc)
People that do research reports are like that friend you have that bets on sports and never wins. You have no fucking idea how or why they continue to do the same losing thing over and over again but they do. And the best part is they are always confident that at sometime in...
Logitech, you suck. Seriously.
I’m not one for publicly making a fuss, but this has gone on too long.
I ordered a Logitech Harmony Link on November 3rd, 2011 (direct from Logitech’s website) and at the time of ordering was shown the the product was “In Stock”. According to the email receipt that I received, Logitech’s shipping policy is as follows:
In stock orders will typically ship within 3...
WatchThis is pretty awesome.
“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Design is knowing which ones...”
– Scott Adams (via homedesigning)
About 13 years later than it should have been:...
As Techcrunch said: about damn time.
This move will finally make developing web applications that can run on-top of IE a (hopefully) more pain-free process than ever before. Especially in healthcare (where the most prevalent version is IE 6) this is welcome news.
Official blog post here.
