I haven’t written here much. I haven’t written much anywhere. I have been trying to put my finger on why, so I could either accept it or work through it. It wasn’t until I caught up with my now favorite podcast, The Conversation, that I figured it out. Before I tell you what I figured [...]
Author Archives: jeredb
YouTube - “Different” by Youngme Moon
March 8, 2010 – 11:41 am
A fantastic video for an interesting book
Pictograms through the Ages
February 26, 2010 – 9:45 pm
A nice NY Times piece about Olympic pictograms via Gruber
8-bit Dr. Horrible
February 24, 2010 – 11:18 am
I adore [Joss Whedon's Dr. Horrible Sing Along Blog](http://www.drhorrible.com/). I also adore 8-bit styled games and music. It must be the nostalgia of it. So when [Shaun Inman](http://shauninman.com) [links](http://twitter.com/shauninman/status/9581694510) to an [8-bit cover of Dr. Horrible songs](http://8bitcollective.com/members/Doctor+Octoroc/), I just had to [share](http://www.doctoroctoroc.com/video-game-inspired-music/8-bit-dr-horrible-tribute/).
The Lo-Fi Manifesto
February 24, 2010 – 10:21 am
A great read Too many software programs create “roach motels” for content and information: the data checks in (via File > Import), but it never checks out. This is inline with my recent thinking. Particularly after using the “at first glance, awesome, but after the demo expires, not so much” Personal Brain. The Lo-Fi Manifesto.
Fantastic use of negative space
February 22, 2010 – 3:10 pm
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LOST Posters « Mattson Creative
February 16, 2010 – 10:14 pm
LOST Posters « Mattson Creative. via Matt Haughey
Satan Responds to Pat Robertson.
January 16, 2010 – 7:07 pm
Dear Pat Robertson, I know that you know that all press is good press, so I appreciate the shout-out. And you make God look like a big mean bully who kicks people when they are down, so Im all over that action. But when you say that Haiti has made a pact with me, it [...]
Reading – Why we use cookbooks
January 13, 2010 – 6:45 am
For Esther: The recipe is a blueprint but also a red herring, a way to do something and a false summing up of a living process that can be handed on only by experience, a knack posing as a knowledge. We say “What’s the recipe?” when we mean “How do you do it?” And though [...]
Elmo Ricky Gervais Lullaby
January 12, 2010 – 9:38 pm
Elmo Ricky Gervais Lullaby. Having an Elmo loving child at home, this was a fantastic way to end my day.
Don’t Be A Hero
January 12, 2010 – 9:08 pm
Heroes are damaging to a team because they become a crutch. As soon as you have someone who’s always willing to work at all hours, the motivation from the rest of the team to produce reliable, trouble-free software drops. The hero is a human patch. Sure, you might sit around talking about how reliability is [...]
Good bye Saxo Bank, Hello Sungard
January 12, 2010 – 8:55 pm
Yes, cycling sponsors change all of the time. In recent years, it feels like sponsors are changing very quickly. Blame it on the global economy, blame it on flighty sponsors, but it feels like most “first-name” The sponsor who has first billing have been changing every year. Team Saxo Bank is leaving pro cycling, handing [...]
Best decade ever
January 1, 2010 – 9:54 pm
On the first day of 2010, I woke up thinking about how awesome the previous decade was. It is not often that we can reflect back on an entire decade, but 1999 to 2009 was a significant time for me. I met my future wife, went to prom, travelled around Europe and Russia, finished high [...]
USAjobs.gov: good enough for government work
December 28, 2009 – 9:32 pm
As an employee in the Virginia state government system, my coworkers and I bandy about the phrase “Good enough for government work”, which is essentially a euphemism for how we do not want to work any harder on a project, or that perfection is eluding us. Remember that phrase: “Good enough for government work.” Every [...]