Looking at my to-do list today, I noticed for the millionth time how two key attributes of a task seem to be either redundant or in conflict: its due date and its priority. It always seemed to me that you should only need to assign one or the other. If you have a deadline, then [...]
Posted by Chris in Business, Science, Technology on November 30th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Seems like we’re getting back to the future in style. The Climate Friendly Cities is a project of the Green Renewable Independent Power Producers (GRIPP), a local non-government organization. In the Ecopolis episode, GRIPP Chairperson Athena Ballesteros explained that she envisioned GRIPP to address the pollution and noise problems that come with the 250,000 or [...]
Posted by Deb in Business, Carfree, Environment, News, Shameless Promotion, That which is awesome on January 26th, 2009 | Comments Off
“First, writing the decisions down is essential. Only when one writes to the gaps appear and the inconsistencies protrude. The act of writing turns out to require hundreds of mini-decisions, and it is the existence of these that distinguishes clear, exact policies from fuzzy ones.” — Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. “The Mythical Man-Month” (via Brad)
Posted by Chris in Business, Philosophy, Technology on December 4th, 2008 | Comments Off
The new endeavor, named Virgle, has been written up on the Google blog by Sir Richard Branson. Radcliffs, get your rockets ready!
Posted by Deana in April Foolishness, Blog, Business, Fun, Humor, News, Oddly Enough, Science, Space, Travel, You have got to be kidding on April 1st, 2008 | 5 Comments »
At least Chris and I are. He’s interviewed on Podbop, and I’m profiled on Offbeat Bride. I’m also in the Offbeat Bride book, too….
Posted by Deana in Blog, Books, Business, Fun, News/Media, Oddly Enough, Plain foolishness, Uncategorized, You have got to be kidding on January 30th, 2007 | 5 Comments »