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Don’t be cute with your demo 9 Aug 2013 | 04:11 pm
I run a good sized team for a good size company and we solve good size problems for our customers. One of the problems I’m current trying to solve relates to how we help our customers help themselves....
Google’s Warning about PRISM in Chrome 11 Jun 2013 | 04:53 pm
PRISM is everywhere this week. In retrospect, I’m wondering if Google was trying to warn us about it in some small way with this message in its Chrome browser shown every time you use “Incognito Mode”...
Borrowing from Peter to get paid by Paul: The Ultimate Consumer’s Guide to Leveraged Debt 8 Apr 2013 | 02:10 am
I need to confess something. I buy lottery tickets. Not all that often mind you. Maybe once or twice a year, and only when the timing is just right. Usually I’m in the express line at the local grocer...
Dropbox buying Mailbox for IOS is a *smart* move 16 Mar 2013 | 03:38 am
Semi-startup Dropbox acquired pre-launch startup Mailbox today. This shows that some seriously wicked strategy smarts are in high-gear over at Dropbox HQ. I’ve long thought that Dropbox’s biggest comp...
Think Again 3 Jan 2013 | 10:28 pm
I’m taking an online course and I’m learning quite a few things that aren’t contained in the syllabus. I find it hard to focus longer than 10-12 minutes at a stretch when I’m using the computer. I reg...
Is Google is ruining the Internet? 27 Dec 2012 | 08:02 pm
“To my mind an overleveraged unsecured mortgage is exactly the same thing as a pirated music file. It’s somebody’s value that’s been copied many times to give benefit to some distant party. In the cas...
10 Years Smoke Free 16 Dec 2012 | 07:30 pm
Its been 10 years since I had my last cigarette. That’s a pretty good start. For some background on my struggle to quit, check out my last post on the subject. Since then, I’ve ridden my bike across C...
Looped 16 Dec 2012 | 09:05 am
Crazy. I watched “Looper” tonight. After, I wonder who the female lead was – Wikipedia says Emily Blunt. For some reason, I’m reminded of an early 90′s film “Beautiful Creatures“, no…. “Beautiful Thin...
The 2012 Top 15 Search Terms on Byte.org 15 Dec 2012 | 07:22 pm
This blog gets a lot of traffic referred from Google Searches. Google is cool enough to share those searches and WordPress is cool enough to report on them. Here is a list of the top 15 most common te...
Not comfortable with that… 14 Dec 2012 | 07:27 pm
What’s with the trend of leaving out the personal pronoun in written communications? Noticed a while ago that I do it too. Not sure where I picked it up from. Doing my best to stop. Is this a recent t...
