It's quite fun to work through the design issues around the iOS user interaction. All kinds of things are well set by expectation now, but there's still the question of how much makes sense, behaviorally. Fun stuff. :)
Just testing the posting for now.
Greg Weber is an amazing thinker and writer who once thought he'd code for a living, but found much better uses for his abilities. :) Today I posted a status:
My hands were sweaty, i was weary of the cold
The wizened old man with eyes red from croup
Poured over every line and over every loop
When he finally spoke, my labors he did not mock
And instead pulled out a guitar, and he doth began to rock:
"Your code ROCKS!!!! Your code ROCKS!!!!
There is trouble in middle earth
And ogres are causing mayhem
There's a lotta shit causing problems
But your code is not one of them
Cuz YOUR CODE ROCKS!!!! YOUR CODE ROCKS!!!
YOUR CODE ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCKS!!!!!!!"
Greg simply rocks. Doesn't he?
"love it when the qa pass tell me our software rocks and there are no problems to report doesn't happen often."Which led him to pen this lyric...(Led Zep folksy strum)I went to QA Pass with my parcel of code,
My hands were sweaty, i was weary of the cold
The wizened old man with eyes red from croup
Poured over every line and over every loop
When he finally spoke, my labors he did not mock
And instead pulled out a guitar, and he doth began to rock:
"Your code ROCKS!!!! Your code ROCKS!!!!
There is trouble in middle earth
And ogres are causing mayhem
There's a lotta shit causing problems
But your code is not one of them
Cuz YOUR CODE ROCKS!!!! YOUR CODE ROCKS!!!
YOUR CODE ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCKS!!!!!!!"
Greg simply rocks. Doesn't he?
Just had the oddest memory climb back to my consciousness. :)Years ago my family was friends with a family of four girls, also former Catholics, also in this fervent charismatic faith walk. I remember them being somewhere in the "Valley".. Ventura, CA maybe?Anyway, the sticky part that triggered the memory is... their mom had named each and everyone of them "Mary." IIRC, Mary Jane, Mary Jo, Mary Beth and Mary Rett.So, netiverse, in this age of Social Networking and wild reconnections, if this reaches one of the "Mary Girls", get back to me. :-)
Every news source has its bias, and that is especially true for political news. The same story on the Huffington Post is more likely to have a liberal slant than something on Fox News. Most people figure out which news sources share political views and settle on a few which make them feel comfortable. For those who have trouble identifying left from right, there is now FairSpin, a site that looks like it just launched today.
FairSpin takes the most buzzed about news stories from memeorandum (the sister site to Techmeme, but for politics), and lays them out on a page literally from left to right. The Huffington Post, Talking Points memo, and Washington Monthly stories are on the left. The Washington post and New York Times stories are in the middle. And the Wall Street Journal Op-ed and Fox News stories are on the right.
If you don't agree with this pacement, then you can vote on any story, indicating whether you think it's bias is left-leaning, right-leaning, or "fair." (I am not sure whether a neutral leaning is more fair than any other, or simply wishy-washy). When you click through to a story, it presents it under a toolbar (yes, yet another frame) with its own shortened URL, which lets you cast your vote and return easily to FairSpin. For instance, this link http://fairspin.org/read/5093 takes you to a Michelle Malkin post. (This doesn't work for New York Times articles, however, because it has disabled such toolbars and non-redirecting URL shorteners after the whole Diggbar controversy).
FairSpin shows you your voting history, as well as the community's, and allows you to hide "highly-biased" stories. It neatly lays out visually what many readers already know, but is a helpful filter nonetheless. Just ignore the side which offends you the most.
The site was developed by Stephen Hood, who until recently ran Delicious for Yahoo, and Dave Baggeroer, a designer. You can read more about it on their blog.
Stephen Hood most recently ran the social bookmarking service Delicious at Yahoo. Based on this experience Stephen is a big believer in the power of the community to organize information and accomplish goals, and sees an opportunity to mobilize readers to identify bias in the news. Dave Baggeroer
Every news source has its bias, and that is especially true for political news. The same story on the Huffington Post is more likely to have a liberal slant than something on Fox News. Most people figure out which news sources share political views and settle on a few which make them feel comfortable. For those who have trouble identifying left from right, there is now FairSpin, a site that looks like it just launched today.
FairSpin takes the most buzzed about news stories from memeorandum (the sister site to Techmeme, but for politics), and lays them out on a page literally from left to right. The Huffington Post, Talking Points memo, and Washington Monthly stories are on the left. The Washington post and New York Times stories are in the middle. And the Wall Street Journal Op-ed and Fox News stories are on the right.
If you don't agree with this pacement, then you can vote on any story, indicating whether you think it's bias is left-leaning, right-leaning, or "fair." (I am not sure whether a neutral leaning is more fair than any other, or simply wishy-washy). When you click through to a story, it presents it under a toolbar (yes, yet another frame) with its own shortened URL, which lets you cast your vote and return easily to FairSpin. For instance, this link http://fairspin.org/read/5093 takes you to a Michelle Malkin post. (This doesn't work for New York Times articles, however, because it has disabled such toolbars and non-redirecting URL shorteners after the whole Diggbar controversy).
FairSpin shows you your voting history, as well as the community's, and allows you to hide "highly-biased" stories. It neatly lays out visually what many readers already know, but is a helpful filter nonetheless. Just ignore the side which offends you the most.
The site was developed by Stephen Hood, who until recently ran Delicious for Yahoo, and Dave Baggeroer, a designer. You can read more about it on their blog.
Stephen Hood most recently ran the social bookmarking service Delicious at Yahoo. Based on this experience Stephen is a big believer in the power of the community to organize information and accomplish goals, and sees an opportunity to mobilize readers to identify bias in the news. Dave Baggeroer
I gotta ask you, Portland Tech Community: Where do you find the time!!??I mean, seriously!I'm continuously amazed as I follow the tweets from @ahockley, @hundreddollar, @stevenwalling and so many others. You all seem to appear at @beerandblog, a hundred user groups and other gatherings, along with the work that you do and so much more.And I can see the intrinsic value and the marketing and networking value of these involvements! Truly.But I just can't see it. It's every moment I have just to do my work: coding and leading and managing, and then live my life: Maggie and her friends, Jeanne and music.It's probably an oversimplification to merely write this off as "life priorities", since I'm sure everyone mentioned also has a life they lead. Or to call it a "stage of life" thing, since I'm not that much older. Or am I just a slacker, laying claim to my full eight hours of sleep and an hour of exercise daily.sigh....Well, no answers... but I really don't know how they do it. And I'd love to get out to @BeerAndBlog one of these days. Comment, or email me, or let me buy you a coffee... if we can find the time. :)
Maggie and Jade at Esther Short Park
Originally uploaded by pcurtain
Maggie and Jade at Esther Short Park
Originally uploaded by pcurtain
Salmon Fisherman on the Columbia
Originally uploaded by pcurtain
fishing boats out on the Columbia River today.Mostly one or two guys in each boat. Didn't see any fish getting
hauled in.
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/03/yeah-but-he-really-knows-his-stuff.html
Saw this in a tweet from DianaOfPortland@Twitter.com. Wonderful
insight into what matters in a team member.
--p
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