This exercise was put forth over at Gapers Block. I found the comments very interesting seeing a mix of shared insight, missed opportunity and painful regret. So I thought really hard what I would tell myself, and I realized I wouldn’t focus on any one event. I find my missed opportunities and [...]
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My list of companies that make bags for MacBooks
December 16th, 2007 No Comments
I am looking for a bag to carry my 15″ MacBook Pro. I really don’t like reading all the comments so I consolidated all the links I found on the web. The only commentary I have on all the bag makers below is, I have owned a Brenthaven bag for nearly 5 years and [...]
Tags: bags · gear · list · macbookpro
My twitter Wishlist
August 12th, 2007 No Comments
Here are two Twitter bots I would love to see:
Google search history bot posts at random my search queries every hour or so.
FedEx tracking bot send it the tracking number and it twitters the location of your package.
Things that chew up my attention
July 9th, 2006 2 Comments
Keeping My iPod updated
Paying for my gas, (No! I don’t want to buy a car wash, No! I don’t want a receipt, Do I ever choose anything but 87 octane)
Buying anything at CDW.com (But I still love the company)
Television (I know I need tivo, heck I need digital cable)
The weirdness that is Google reader (Love, [...]
Tags: attention · google-reader · ipod · list · Ubuntu
Attention what do I value most
June 19th, 2006 No Comments
I value:
people, products and services that make my attention efficient and effective.
attention I receive from others and wish to make their attention efficient and effective.
title to, access to and control of my attention artifacts.
those who recognize that attention exchanges are and should always be symmetrical.
Silos that house my attention data
June 15th, 2006 2 Comments
So I just thought I would list out where some of my attention data is stored, definitely not an exhaustive list and not in any order. This list just screams opportunities for attention efficiency, forget paying me for my attention data just let me be more efficient with it.
Where is your attention data stored?
I [...]
List of languages I have programmed in
May 21st, 2006 1 Comment
A list of languages I have had to code in. The list is in no particular order.
Perl
Java
Ruby
Basic
FOCUS
Fortran
COBOL
PL/1
Visual Basic
Tags: list · programming
Most Popular Books at Java one: Update
May 21st, 2006 No Comments
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I thought I would update the list of best selling books at JavaOne. It was sad to see Ruby for Rails drop off the list. Looks like AJAX was a popular topic, taking [...]
Tags: ajax · books · javaone · list · Technology
My Interface Design Principles
April 12th, 2006 1 Comment
I did some work on putting together a new interface design for an application. So, I thought I would provide my guiding principles.
“Information becomes the interface”, Edward Tufte in Visual Explanations p.142.
“OODA Loop” (Observation, Orientation, Decision, Action) By Col John Boyd, USAF (Ret).
Information displays should strive to be no wider than 16 choices and [...]
Tags: design · experience · interface · list · OODA · principles