BurningbirdI can’t go into details yet, but there might be changes on the SxSW panel. I’m still waiting to hear from some of the players, and when I do, I’ll post something online. Not that I think anyone is going to SxSW just because of this panel, or even because I was going to be […]
One of the most wickedly ironic moments this week was reading in Robert Scoble’s weblog about how he and Shel Israel–two men–gave a talk about weblogging to PR and marketing folks at L’Oreal: a company whose clientele is almost exclusively women. Turns out that L’Oreal, the world’s largest cosmetics maker, is one of Microsoft’s best customers. But […]
I received a coupon special from a neighborhood auto shop that’s just joined a national car care organization. As part of the special, the shop would do a complete car preventative maintenance check. I called and asked if performing an analysis of a Check Engine Light would be part of this effort, and they said “Sure!” This […]
Misbehaving pointed to a new Geek Calendar featuring 12 young, attractive female tech workers in typical calendar poses. According to the “About the Producer” page (the producer being one of the models): Lilac Mohr, who herself is a Senior Java Developer, is the producer of the Geek Gorgeous Calendar. Sick of hearing complaints from male co-workers about the lack […]
Being woke from a half sleep, I read the following over at Dave Rogers, about his finding out that a neighbor of his had died: So here’s this guy, 35 or thereabouts, who’s going through some tough times, and he’s pretty well off financially, I guess […] He lived probably 50 feet from where I’m typing these […]