Archive for July, 2008

The true meaning of conservative? liberal?

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Depending upon which circle of friends you run with, the term "liberal" and "conservative" are thrown around a lot. If you are a conservative, "liberal" means bad. If you are a liberal, "conservative" means bad. These terms are so draped in emotion (mainly hate and anger) that their true definitions ...

I always knew pelicans were jerks

Friday, July 25th, 2008

Somebody mentioned that Digg.com has a section, called Digg Labs, that shows experiments using different ways to visualize data. So one of the guys on my team pulls up this web 2.0 chart in the middle of a meeting. I completely lost it when I saw the headline. You got ...

Fonts are people too

Friday, July 25th, 2008

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

The wall of shame says…

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

This was written on a white board in my office after a "motivating" speech from our leader. Sorry for the picture quality. The sun was shining directly on the board and I just had to take it before someone erased it. "The WALL OF SHAME SAYS...WE ARE CAUSING THIS COMPANY TO ...

Just say what you mean

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

"Mobile Internet is today at a point of sufficient mass to sustain a chain reaction of rapid growth in consumer adoption and, in turn, mobile Internet marketing," according to the report. "Mobile Internet adoption reached critical mass through a confluence of device availability, network speeds, content availability and, most importantly, ...

iPhoney

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Like the rest of the idiots out there, I did braved the lines at the Short Hills Apple store on Friday. I waited about 2 hours (roughly 100 people in front of me). The Apple employees were very good, handing out Starbucks coffee, water bottles and even fruit smoothie shots. ...

What would you say ya do here?

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

My boss just sent me this answer to a question posted on LinkedIn. This response pretty much represents the role of product manager. Product Managers: Where are you in you in your organization? "My experience shows that most companies abuse the title of Product Manager and can't figure out what we ...

Italian Spiderman

Monday, July 7th, 2008

Hat tip to Alan Mazzan for alerting me to the genius of Italian Spiderman. Rispetti le baffi. [youtube="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvNLlwkwP64&feature=related"] More episodes

A List Apart

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Can't believe I've never came across this site before? I'm glad I found it. The first article on prototyping is great since this is pretty much my job. Warning: Only for those who make web sites otherwise you'll be bored to tears. A List Apart