I strongly believe Space is going to be to the next generation what Computers and the Internet has been to mine. Not just because it will be more accessible thanks to the likes of Richard Branson or Elon Musk, but because it will be what people are talking about at the water cooler. Space is [...]
The choice among candidates or Propositions can be confusing at times. Hell, most of the time. I think the switch flipped when imperfections in a solution became more important than the solution. Then ads stopped telling you why you should vote for something, and instead focused on why you shouldn’t vote for that other something. [...]
First off, making your website or app social should not be a feature. It should either not exist at all on your site, or it should be a necessary part of your site or app’s core offering. Which means you should consider carefully before adding it at all. And if “social” is the core offering [...]
The topic of immigration policy has been in the news a lot lately, and I found myself caring much less about the topic than I used to. In the past I kind of viewed illegal immigration as theft – where somebody who doesn’t have the right to be here was stealing my opportunities. I know, [...]
In my previous post, you may have noticed Y2X in the title. If you did, thanks for reading it, and you can use it all you want. I decided to coin 2010 as Y2X simply because it was nerdly delicious. An algebraic decade! But the more I think about the moniker comes from, and where [...]
I think drugs are going to be a major news story in the 20-teens. A small but increasing faction of Americans has been crying out to legalize drugs for about 50 years now. And they are quietly winning… sort of. The current drug boom started in the 1960′s and 70′s with Marijuana and then LSD, [...]
I’m starting a new usage for the word Tron. Help me add it to everyday slang. Tron: v. – To disappear into your computer and exist only in a digital world. Tronning: v. – The process of disappearing into your computer world. Tronned, or Tron’d: n. – Congrats, you only exist to other people in [...]
So it just occurred to me, if you were to describe the political ideology that exists within the average mid-to-large sized business, it would probably be a Totalitarianism. I’m not complaining about that, because if you think about it, that’s kind of the way it has to be. Businesses exist solely to make money and [...]
I read something awesomely funny on Ruminations.com a couple weeks ago, and I love repeating it so I’ll share. And then of course, deconstruct. Whenever someone says “I’m not book smart, but I’m street smart”, all I hear is “I’m not real smart, but I’m imaginary smart”. Having met many people who make the claim [...]
I don’t know if that’s the number for sure. It’s just a guess. But it seems that by about the 4th comment on any Internet article where the thread goes to bad places. Sometimes funny bad places, but often awkward bad places. “Trolling” is the term I believe. But that four post estimation doesn’t count [...]