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Scripting News is Down
Looking at my news feeds..this seems to be the topic on everyone’s site that I subscribe too…what’s going on…I love reading Dave’s stuff and its gone… I for one would like to see it back up. Wow, Dave took Scripting News down. My wife was the first to see this. She said “that’s so sad, it …
The New York Times today…
The New York Times today asks “how can a blog get more readers?” We all know the real answer: post a naked picture of yourself. My traffic tripled when I did that. [The Scobleizer Weblog] the funny thing, I was asked the same question today by another newbie…interesting idea about the picture.. I seem to …
Gangs of America
I got this news item/link from a friend at work, interesting reading about history about how corporations got to their current power in America. Gangs of America which in the author’s words is about “This is the first comprehensive “people’s history of the corporation,” from medieval times to the present. If you’ve ever wondered how corporations got their …
Adam Kalsey asked us to…
Adam Kalsey asked us to write about our early computing experiences. Here goes: It was 1977. I was in seventh grade at Hyde Jr. High in Cupertino. A new box had arrived and word quickly got around that the school had received its first personal computers. I think it had 8KB (kilobytes, not megabytes) of …
Business Basics
Found this interesting article in my email today about what women and men should wear on interviews..I was wondering in general because I haven’t been on an interview in over 3 years and kinda of lost touch with the concept…so for anyone interested…..Business Basics NEW YORK
S.F. Parking Dept. says 'tough…
S.F. Parking Dept. says ‘tough times’ call for more tickets, bosses told to start writing 40,000 tickets A couple of nights ago, during a phone system migration at work, 3 of the technicians at my work were issued 3 tickets for parking in the driveway @ $75.00 a piece by the DPT (San Francisco Department of …
News: Dating a Blogger
NY Times: Dating a Blogger. “It’s like all your friends are reporters now,” said Douglas Rushkoff. Right on. [Scripting News] Now I understand why certain people I know didn’t want their names put on my blog. Also just in case, I re-read some of my stories today about my job and made sure I never mentioned …