Opinion: The unspoken truth about managing geeks
Written by Jeff Ello
September 8, 2009
Opinion: The unspoken truth about managing geeks
September 8, 2009 (Computerworld) I can sum up every article, book and column written by notable management experts about managing IT in two sentences: “Geeks are smart and creative, but they are also egocentric, antisocial, managerially and [...]
I like Webmonkey’s title.
Google Waves goodbye to Email…
You can read the official release here…
http://wave.google.com/help/wave/about.html
My take on it…
I think, –at least in the world of people who already live and die via google– that we’re about to see a major shift in the way people collaborate and work online in groups.
I already exist in a number [...]
http://www.tweenbots.com/
Technology as a feature in our lives.
What are the lines between us, and them, and what do we do when a object asks for help?
Some of us spend a lot of time working with computers, and when something goes wrong, we fix it. Not because we should, but because we need it to work.
But [...]
… and now they’re finally doing it.
The best technology comes out of the most random places sometimes.
I just found this story, and its one of those scientific advances that while not really revolutionary, still is a big step forward in its particular area…
Intuition + Money: An Aha Moment – The New York Times.
In short…
“We have seen a 100 to 500 times [...]
I don’t know who said that. Part of me wants to say William Gibson. But I’m not sure.
This evening I’m headed up to NYC to visit my brother for a few days. I decided to take Bolt Bus. They say it has wifi, and the price is very good.
So what the [...]
About 80% of the people I work with ride bicycles.
I own a motorcycle, but thats not nearly as useful for a quick zip across town.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not about to give up my SuperHawk… But when you just want to roll out, 10 blocks or so. its [...]
Studio Daily Article on The Dark Knight Production Process.
In short, IMAX breaks the technology that is at hand for most movie production studios, even the big ones. Well worth the read.
To support the IMAX scenes, the studios could not work in full IMAX resolution, which is theoretically 18K; instead, the target resolution was approximately [...]