I love this song. I don’t know what it is about it. I don’t think she will make it big time, but the song is worthy to me. From the Storm Large site. I have a few live versions. I should get the LP. The studio version is the best.…
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I heard this story on NPR about the credit crisis and financial meltdown. It was a clear objective view of what happened. No one was demonized or blamed. It was a collective system that led to this outcome. I learned more about finances during this episode than I have in…
Once the Chevy Volt and other Electric Cars come on the market, I believe there will be alot of people who trade in their cars for a gas-free commute. This will have an important effect. Electric bills are going to skyrocket. What is now considered ‘cheap’ will become an important…
Also known as Baby Sandwich. This was my favorite slide from my presentation. There are ideas that become wrong over time and you have to willing to get rid of it. It could be your own code, your own ideas or positions you had previously taken. It doesn’t matter whose…
At AjaxExperience, we stayed at the Boston Renaissance Hotel. It was mostly 95% pleasant, but the 5% really annoyed me. Is this nitpicking or human behavior? I definetely feel like it’s the little things that matter. Although if you screw up the big things that is bad too. In general, I…
Remember Browser Possession? It was at the end of last years AjaxExperience. I had figured that it was a dead issue, but apparently it has come up again a few times in this years conference. I asked the Adobe guys about it and got a surprising answer. They are talking…
Someone at the conference just asked me a question: “What should the enter key do on a form?” My answer, based on research during my stay at Intuit is: Submit the form only if A login form with 2-3 fields like username/password A short form like “New Widget” or “Save…
I think it went well. I had nice reviews from people afterward. So far, the conference has been fun and informative. I have met lots of new and exciting people. I love being around such brain power. It’s inspiring and exhausting. Somehow though, I feel like last years was more…
The other day I blogged about a list of RIA frameworks. Apparently TheServerSide.com picked it up and spiked the traffic. Anyway, by the end of the review, I came across SmartClient and I was tired of RIA Frameworks and they all looked the same. I gave them too quick of…
I am flying through the air, 400 miles per hour and 50,000 feet above the ground. No net. My legs are pressed up against a steel bar in front of me. I am being mildy shaken like an infant being held. This is a good time for thinking. In the…
NOTE: I am not an engineer. I am very good with HTML/CSS and I love jQuery. The following is from that point of view. I was wondering what the state of RIA Frameworks were these days. Have more competitors popped up? How easy are they? As a non-engineer, I wondered…
I don’t think this applies to everyone, but it applies to me many times over. When I feel like I can not make “progress” I get very stressed. My mind doesn’t think as well, my body feels ill. I generally have a short temper when I am in this state.…
http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/09/chryslers-shock.html Why has this taken so long? Minivan owners’s are EXACTLY the kind of people who want an electric car. It’s quieter, more eco-friendly and saves gas. Minivan drivers are in that 40 mile a day category. I am so happy that someone finally announced this. Now, I just need…