09 Oct 2008, 8:03 a.m.

Thank You, Eliza Mulcahy

If there is one thing I have learned from Obama Pics Daily it is that the candidates have to eat in public, a lot, and they often look silly while doing so. Barack Obama is …

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04 Oct 2008, 12:30 p.m.

Subjects And Objects In Geek Careers

I love reading Derek Lowe's In The Pipeline to glimpse the shape of the biochem industry: what's inherently hard, what's common, and what's revolutionary. The grammar is familiar if the nouns aren't. This came through …

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03 Oct 2008, 20:41 p.m.

Happiness At Work

I really like writing technical specifications and recruiting. Today I did both!

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03 Oct 2008, 8:59 a.m.

If The Election Debates Were Like High School Debate

On any given day there would be three or four debates Sixteen or more debates would determine the winner, tournament-style You'd see team debate ("Oxford-style") where each ticket found out 90 minutes before the show …

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29 Sep 2008, 17:16 p.m.

YoubenTuben

On the occasion of the end of his TV show, Roger Ebert links to semi-embarrassing YouTube clips and garners poignant appreciation from his fans. One crucial point comes up over and over again in the …

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28 Sep 2008, 18:11 p.m.

Haze Outside, Malaise Inside

Seeing old friends makes me feel homesick. Going to more free culture events here may help. Also, distractions! Like HOWTO/memoir books about other professions! Zac Unger's Working Fire, about a guy who basically leaves academe …

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20 Sep 2008, 13:22 p.m.

Buffet

While updating my list of books to read I came across some snatches I'd meant to blog: The DVD for The Matrix should include a deleted scene where Morpheus, who has shipped a cell phone …

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17 Sep 2008, 18:01 p.m.

Boss Speech

One of my bosses, Chris Fahey, is giving a talk at the Web 2.0 Expo tomorrow on "The Seduction of the Interface: Merchandising in Interactive Product Design." If you're choosing among talks to see tomorrow, …

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17 Sep 2008, 9:52 a.m.

Choices You Didn't Know You Were Making

There is some serious path dependence in nonconformism. First it's because you want to, then it's because you wouldn't know how not to.

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16 Sep 2008, 22:18 p.m.

Bleh

Today was the kind of day where I cumulatively spent 30-45 minutes mentally rehearsing come-backs and insults to my major irritant. However, at least I didn't lose my job. 25K layoffs at HP?! I know …

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