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 what [...]
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 | No Comments »
“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 | No Comments »
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 »
Ghent, Belgium, is apparently considering naming a street after one of the Filipino Igarot tribe members abandoned by my great-grandfather there, circa 1913. Here’s a recent news story from the Philippines about my mother’s father’s father, Richard Schneidewind, and Timicheg, one of the tribespeople he displayed. Oh, great-grandfather Richard. Sigh.
Posted by Deana in Academia, Anthropology, Business, Crime, Culture, History, Oddly Enough, You have got to be kidding on December 12th, 2006 | No Comments »
Sure, we always hear about our robot overlords, but who would have thought that the next wave would be… dun dun DUNnnnnnn… a chicken restaurant manager?
Hyperactive Bob, the kitchen production management computer system from Hyperactive Technologies, is now being licensed to Zaxby’s, a fast-food restaurant chain with locations in the Southern states. … This artificially [...]
Posted by Chris in Business, Food, Humor, Oddly Enough, Science fiction, Technology on September 8th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Just when you were beginning to think that it would never do anyone any good, voting with your dollar makes a difference. An effort by textile companies and the government of Lesotho has brought the textile industry back from near disaster to near fighting strength again, in large part thanks to the “government… working [...]
Posted by Karen in Business, Community & Activism, Culture, Shopping on July 4th, 2006 | No Comments »
It looks like the pendulum of automotive excess is starting to swing back toward smaller, more efficient cars. The Washington Post notes that “SUV sales have dropped by up to half”:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/03/AR2005100301657.html this year over last, while small car sales have gone up, probably due to higher gas prices. Predictably, Detroit got caught with [...]
Posted by Chris in Business on October 4th, 2005 | 3 Comments »
The secret is in the tag.
Bonus link. Look for some familiar ideas and entities strewn throughout.
Posted by Steve in Business on April 30th, 2004 | 1 Comment »
