Webslinger
I’m working on a short-turnaround project with two developers, an ERP administrator, and other stakeholders. This is typically the kind of development project where any time spent on administrative overhead or communication (and re-communication) can hold up real progress. So I set up a WordPress instance running the P2 Theme by Automattic this afternoon. P2’s … Read more
Note: Skimmers should definitely skip my overtures and get straight to my recommendations at the bottom of this post. A lot of concern has cropped up regarding “bloatware” in the most recent batch of smartphones running Android. There are really two sources of complaints in this area: Custom User Interface skins put on top of … Read more
I’ve observed these two things in last ten years of evolution in the “Social Web:” The Social Web has made huge changes to the way people express themselves and communicate in their daily lives, generally enhancing connections and making the world a lot smaller. That very same trend has also created more complexity from the … Read more
Lawrence Lessig has an excellent column in The Huffington Post (did I just say that?) on the history of Progressivism in America and the need for a Neo-Progressive movement today. It’s not so much about liberal policy so much as it is about dethroning influential special interests and lobbies. I’ve always felt like America’s true … Read more
I was enjoying the heavy rain from my covered back porch today when the sun reflected off of this previously unnoticed spider web. Unfortunately the camera didn’t capture the rainbow-like iridescence that I saw: