productivity
After getting back from Peru a few weeks ago, and getting sucked back into the intense pace of my life here, I've tried to carve out time to reflect on the contrast of culture and life in Pucallpa, Peru and the suburbs of DC. While there are many
technology
Back in June of this year, Steve Jobs made a comment about the iPad and tablet computers and his vision of computing: "PCs are going to be like trucks. Less people will need them… This transformation is going to make some people uneasy. The PC has taken us a
miscellaneous
Last weekend my company co-sponsored the 4th annual Run for Wounded Warriors at Burke Lake Park. The event raised over $20,000 for Wounded Warrior Project, a great cause that supports wounded Veterans. The weather was great (much warmer than last year). I'm glad so people came
technology
I'm not even sure what you call it, but I'd like to find a open source or hosted (software as a service) service solution to allow me to create simple web applications, primarily related to simple database and workflow systems. There seem to be several services
miscellaneous
My company is co-sponsoring the 4th annual Run for Wounded Warriors on 3 Oct 2010 at Burke Lake Park in Fairfax Station, VA. Come out for a beautiful 4.7 miles run around Burke Lake, and support this great cause. Everybody will get a t-shirt and some great
technology
Billmonk.com is finally completely dead (to my knowledge). I've enjoyed the free web service since Feb 2006, but after months of random error messages it appears to be complete dead. As I try to recreate my outstanding IOU's, I've been shopping for alternatives
technology
Here is some free software for Windows that I enjoy: * Paint.net - photo editing * CDBurnerXP - burn CD’s and DVD’s * WinDirStat - little app that shows you the size of your folders (very useful if you’re trying to clean out your hard drive) * Crimson Editor - editor for looking at
technology
So I was thinking to myself in class last night while we were discuss various network security topics that email providers should digitally sign (with public-key encryption) their emails to verify that the emails aren’t being spoofed. I figure, one of the big problems with spam is spammers
photography
technology
So in my daily interactions with the convenience of communication through voicemails, emails, and now social networking I’m thinking that the direction email is going to move is that follow the social networking trend. I think the concept of a trusted network of friends will embed itself into the
miscellaneous
I was reading a hilarious article today from The Onion, which reminded me of a discussion about the line-item veto and how incredibly important I think it is for our government to find a way to reign in its absurd habits. I am certainly unqualified to talk about the
technology
If I had direct influence of a technology product company, I’d make the coolest all-in-one device ever. People want fewer toys that do more things and I think we’re willing to pay for it. Many attempts at convergence have failed because companies try to create these