BurningbirdI’ve been in the computer industry for several years, and have two degrees: a BS in Computer Science, and a BA in industrial psychology. In the past, I’ve worked with some very well known companies, including Boeing, Sierra Geophysics, Stanford University, Harvard University, Standard Insurance Company, John Hancock, Intel, and Nike. I’ve even paid my […]
As of this first week in January, 2009, the web statistics at my five main sites read as follows (only values greater than or equal to two percent are listed): Burningbird (main page) Browser stats Browser and version (if provided) Percentage MSIE 5.5 4.3% MSIE 6.0 6.8% MSIE 7.0 14.6% Firefox 3.0.5 16% NetWireNews 8.3% […]
Expect breakage…incorporating bunches of stuff…
I purchased my Kindle because I liked the idea of my library of books being at my fingertip. I also liked the fact that ebooks are, typically, cheaper than paper books. What I didn’t expect was how much the Kindle opened up new avenues in reading for me, and it did so through the concept […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I hesitated before downloading the Kindle sample for Seth Godin’s Tribes, because Godin’s market-speak, manifesto-laden punditry doesn’t have a lot of appeal to me. More than that, I wondered what Godin could say that wouldn’t end up being a re-hash of the now dusty all is good in the commons genre that marked […]