Ralph Waldo Emerson's memorable words from his 1841 essay, "Self-Reliance": A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He … [Continue reading] about A Foolish Inconsistency
Calling Captain Kirk
I suppose I was the odd child in my neighborhood. While the other boys were playing with light sabers and phasers, I wanted only one thing from the future: the Universal Translator, the ultimate piece of linguistic technology which would … [Continue reading] about Calling Captain Kirk
Guillaume Portes Redux
My post of 10 days ago, How to hire Guillaume Portes, received quite a bit of attention, with over 50,000 page views, links from 25 blogs, and around 300 comments left by visitors to this blog, Slashdot and the Joel on Software discussion group. … [Continue reading] about Guillaume Portes Redux
Surviving the Slashdot Effect
You wake up one morning, check your email and what do you see? Fifty comments in your moderation queue awaiting approval. Hmmm... You then check your server stats and see that 500 people have hit your blog in the last 5 minutes. Hmmm... You check the … [Continue reading] about Surviving the Slashdot Effect
The Formats of Excel 2007
I've installed the new Office 2007. This isn't my preferred platform. In fact I find I'm not using heavy-weight editors of any variety much. For every page I compose in a dedicated word processor I author perhaps 50 pages in emails, blogs or wiki's. … [Continue reading] about The Formats of Excel 2007