It’s been quiet around here lately…what to do?…what to do?…I know! A political post! That always works. ;o) Cracking open the paper today I see that our two favorite political parties are busy at work trying to change our state’s constitution. Let’s see what they are up to… The democrats are looking at adding an [...]
The Less is More concept to application/UI development has been around for a long time and–on the web–has gotten a bit more press lately with the whole ‘web 2.0′ (blech) trend to simplify tasks and interfaces. I agree with this. Even I fall into the trap of overdesigning the functionality of my applications. Yesterday, I, [...]
We survived another election day. Let’s recap. Texas, thanks to some help from the KKK, has officially written discrimination into their consitution. It’s about time they made their homophobia official. (And good for you, Maine, you’re both at the physical opposite end of the country as Texas as well as having an opposite view of [...]
It’s Tuesday. GO VOTE! If you live in St. Paul or Minneapolis, the two big voter issues, of course, are the mayoral candidates. They’ve been on the news daily so it’s not too hard to find info on them: Saint Paul: Kelly…clearly going after the Irish vote. Coleman…sticking with the tried and true (and terribly [...]
Between the opening statements by republicans at John Roberts’ hearings today and Bush’s buddy ‘Brownie’ stepping down from FEMA, I’ve come to the conclusion that Republicans, at least the current crop in Washington, are simply very lousy job interviewers. If the Roberts/Brownie hiring was done at your office, it’d sound like this: Interviewee: Tell us [...]
We all know that Bush Hates Black people now thanks to Kanye. Now, it turns out FEMA hates Mac people. And you linux folks too. Ah yes, the US government. For the people, by the people. Provided you aren’t poor, black, or a Mac user. ;o)
International Symposium on Local e-Democracy Tuesday, July 26 – Wednesday, July 27, 2005 Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA http://dowire.org/localedem The International Symposium is a dynamic one day conference exploring leading e-democracy trends around the world followed with field visits to area government and community e-democracy projects the next day. This is the world’s first international conference focused [...]
The winner of this year’s Great American Think-Off has been announced. Blaine Rada argued that Cooperation Benefits Society more than competition does. His closing quote from JFK seems more appropriate now than it ever has been: United there is nothing we can’t do, divided there is nothing we can. Congratulations, Blaine, and congratulations New York [...]
The Pioneer Press had a story today on celebrity bloggers. Nothing special…just your typical celebrity reporting. But it reminded me that Arianna Huffington was going to get her posse blogging soon on the Huffington Post. (Arianna was my one brush with surrealist L.A. Hollywood clientelle. Remind me to tell you the story some day.) Well, [...]
If you’re looking for an easy way to share, sort and rank your bookmarks, check out FeedMarker. The interface is sexier than del.icio.us and Bruno knows where T-1 isn’t And, speaking of Del.icio.us, I’ve been using Spurl for a few weeks now. I’ve fallen in love with it. Nice, simple interface and does exactly what [...]