Why I'm voting for whom I'm voting for in the Drupal Association election
For those who don't know: I served on the DA Board in 2010-2011, and was on the Governance Committee that developed the new structures. Before that I was in the General Assembly. I'm currently on the...
View Article"Binge viewing"? It's called "watching"
When Netflix published the entire first season of the Americanized “House of Cards”, it was considered a radical act. Netflix has recognized how people recently have been “indulging” in “binge viewing”...
View ArticleThe view from space
This video struck me in a profound way.OVERVIEW from Planetary Collective on Vimeo.Only a few hundred people have been in space, but they share an experience that changed them, changed how they see the...
View ArticleDelivered overnight to your doorstep: Boxes, boxes and more boxes!
I confess, I’ve been sucked into the Amazon Subscribe and Save program. I hate having to battle parking lots and fight the crowds at Target just to buy toilet paper and tissues. It’s so much easier to...
View ArticleSecond screen
It's not that we need a second screen, it's that we have an inadequate first screen.If we're watching a great movie, we're engrossed, swept away. We're not even thinking about the phone in the pocket...
View ArticlePiggies for tomorrow
Piggies are for saving!My piggy is Instapaper, Pinboard and Evernote, where I bookmark all the things that my ADD head says, “Oh I’ll want to read this later.” But when does later come? I think it’s...
View ArticleNebula reading
If you're a science fiction fan like I am, here's a new reading list. NovelWinner: Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK) Nominees:We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, Karen Joy Fowler...
View ArticleMahlerficent occasion
MahlerficentLast night, on impulse from a friend’s suggestion, I had the immense pleasure of attending the main concert for this year’s MalherFest. Historically I haven’t been the biggest Mahler...
View ArticleDigital: ephemeral
What happens to this blog when I die, when I no longer pay the monthly bill? What happens to my emails when my card no longer covers the autopay on the account? What happens to the gigabytes of...
View ArticleHome on Lagrange
I first came across Lagrangian Points many years ago in Arthur C. Clarke’s novel A Fall of Moondust. It boggled my young mind, picturing satellites orbiting in seemingly static positions around the...
View ArticleBuilding a better superego
’Tis the season for New Year’s resolutions, a tradition floated by best hopes and intentions for the future … and grounded by the reality that most will fade long before Summer Solstice, some forgotten...
View ArticleBother me less (or: I don't want your notification's nose under my attention...
The Apple Watch seems to be inspiring a lot of uninspired thinking. Things like all the news that fits on the wrist. I for one cannot imagine why I would spend hundreds of dollars so a device can annoy...
View ArticleBowie
When I saw the news on Twitter that David Bowie had died, I started to cry. It was the middle of the night, but I couldn't sleep anymore. I tossed and turned with "Heroes" echoing in my head.Very sorry...
View ArticleGuarantees
I’ll be an entrepreneur … if you pay me to do it. I’ll paint the picture … if you will hang it. I’ll write the book … if you will sell it. I’ll take the test … if you promise to pass me. I’ll take the...
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