One of the great memories I have as a kid is waking up at 3:30 wanting to open up presents. My parents would always tell me that I had to wait until my great aunt would wake up before we could open presents. Luckily she was an early riser so needless to say we . . . → Read More: Christmas Morning as an Adult
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In a previous post, I mentioned my Facebook Fatigue as something that could perhaps drive me to Google+ or Twitter. Something snapped in me today and I realized I have daily deal fatigue. Every day, my inbox gets flooded with crappy deals from Groupon, Living Social, and other wannabe’s. Sure I was like most . . . → Read More: My Groupon Fatigue Hey guys, check out BuyStuffDoGood.org. Its e-commerce with a good cause and he guy who is running is an all around stand up guy. Below is how it works: From Here One of the new buzzwords for 2011 in our office seems to be the term “Facebook Fatigue”. Supposedly people are tired of Facebook and are choosing to use Google+ and Twitter or abandoning social media as a whole. As a previously heavy Facebook user, I can understand the sentiment eventhough I am skeptical about . . . → Read More: My Facebook Fatigue Since I am currently considered the Product Manager, I get to work on projects such as making an existing web application mobile friendly. While not as sexy as creating QR code applications, there are few nuances that are somewhat entertaining. One of those nuances that I find interesting is the concept of whether tablets . . . → Read More: The Joys of Mobilization As I was at my local Starbucks, I had the pleasure of hearing a middle age woman ask her daughter what did “FML” mean on her Facebook post. With a straight face the teenage girl said “Fix My Life”. About four other patrons in the place looked up and smiled at each other. I . . . → Read More: Fix My Life This is one of the better written guides for those who have walked into an Agile shop and need a little confidence. This is from a guy named Craig Jones who titles himself a “Software Agilist”. Needless to say, Craig writes a nice little guide to help you stay on track. http://www.chiefsimplicityofficer.com/2011/02/top-5-agile-practices/ Daily stand-ups – . . . → Read More: Top 5 Agile Practicices So a few weeks ago when there was a big hubub about the Groupon IPO, I thought I’d play around with this site, BizInformation.org that tries to “calculate” website valuations based on all sorts of factors like pageviews, references, and social media rank . Needless to say the results are pretty humorous. For instance this . . . → Read More: 3,000 Dollars  Comments are closed  Business, Media, Technology  allconnect, autotrader.com, facebook, groupon, kudzu.com, myspace, twitter Last week, my wife gave birth to my first child, a boy. So like most new parents, we were excited and terrified at the prospect of taking him home from the hospital. So as random events occur, we decide to break out the IPad and Youtube (amazing how we use the word as a . . . → Read More: Parenting via Google “I may be mistaken, but I am never wrong”. Something about this quote cracked me up when watching the NBA playoffs. Its almost as good as some of his other quotes: “I always laugh when people ask me about rebounding techniques. I’ve got a technique. It’s called just go get the damn ball.” “If . . . → Read More: Great Barkley Quote |
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