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WordPress Turns 10, and… 29 May 2013 | 09:56 pm
Happy 10th birthday, WordPress! And same to you, ReadWrite! Here are a couple of “open letters” celebrating WordPress’s 10th: fanmail on RW; and a love letter from Matt Mullenweg to his baby, now all ...
Aaron Swartz and Carmen Ortiz 16 Jan 2013 | 11:09 am
Aaron Swartz is dead. It appears that he took his own life. He was facing prosecution, and the possibility of jail time. I didn’t know him personally, but I am grateful for much of what he accomplishe...
The Trees Look Clean-Shaven, But I Don’t 19 Nov 2012 | 04:26 am
The edge between the front yard and the road is buried under a long, fairly deep pile of leaves. This photo gives some idea of the pile, and a better idea of how much I enjoyed moving the leaves from ...
Electing to Start Blogging Again 7 Nov 2012 | 01:59 am
I didn’t give up blogging, I just didn’t post for almost four months. I last posted just after the big summer storm, when we lost power, and got it back on the 4th of July. So I hardly blogged at all ...
Re-Dependence Day 9 Jul 2012 | 07:35 am
The strong and sudden (but not unexpected) storm of Friday June 29 damaged trees, power lines, and hence electricity supply. A tree fell right across the road opposite our house in Bethesda, but a la...
Getting Epic Wins Done 26 May 2012 | 03:09 am
At about the same time I was rereading Getting Things Done, I was reading Reality is Broken for the first time. The full title of Jane McGonigal’s book is Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better a...
Getting Things Done, Again 3 May 2012 | 07:33 am
Time to get more organized! I decided that a couple of weeks ago. This isn’t the first time I’ve made that decision. Neither is it the first time I’ve turned to David Allen’s book Getting Things Done:...
2012 Q1: iPad 9 Apr 2012 | 02:20 pm
2012 is a quarter gone already, and I haven’t been posting here much. It seems like a good time for to review the year so far. I’ll do so with a few brief posts. I was going to make this first one a r...
There’s a Hole in My Spotify 16 Mar 2012 | 04:28 pm
I’m gradually putting together a Spotify playlist of 50 favorite tracks. I would be halfway through if every track I’ve tried to add was available on Spotify. But 5 of them are not. Here’s the missing...
NPR: It’s Not Just For Radio Any More 26 Feb 2012 | 03:28 pm
When I listen to the radio in the car here near DC, I’m usually tuned to WAMU on 88.5. That’s one of the local NPR stations. For readers outside the USA, NPR stands for National Public Radio. That may...