The same rationale that drives all tech companies to change their products: featureitis. If you are maintaining the status quo then you are not evolving and that lack of new features could cost you customers/eyeballs. The problem with featureitis is…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-09-26
OK, just watched newest #doctorwho I really hope that this season doesn't end with a "power of love" ending like this episode had… # Now, to make some honey bacon. # The short prequel to next week's #DoctorWho finale is…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-09-25
Jim Henson Gets An Interactive Google Doodle On What Would Have Been His 75th Birthday http://t.co/gDYubjuP # Just read that they sold 87 quisillion copies of the #starwars bluray set. Lucas has subsequently announced he's buying Poland. # Just say…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-09-24
So, there's free beer & wine at work on a Friday night… or I can go to a pub and spend money on beer & wine. Hmm. Decisions, decisions. # BANGKOK! Oriental setting! And the city don't know what the…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-09-23
‘Bond 23? Screenwriter John Logan Hints at Blofeld Appearance http://t.co/O6IXiCXB # What do we want? Many of us only want to know that we have been listened to. That our concerns have been noted. That someone cares. # I want…
Geek, The Prisoner, TV
Revisiting The Prisoner, wherein McGoohan changes his mind.
Episode 12, A Change of Mind Patrick McGoohan himself directed this one. Using a pseudonym, one that I really really like. “Joseph Serf.” Give you a couple of guesses why. This is the most Orwellian episode of the series, with…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-09-22
Haven't tweeted in almost 24 hours. Busy designing stuff. Sorry. # Disney is adding "Avatar-land" to the Animal Kingdom. Hey, Disney? Please also consider these two words: Star. Trek. http://t.co/lXmnqiX6 # My wife is the only person excited about Quickster.…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-09-21
Twenty-Five Years Later, Celebrate the Potent and Terrifying Dream of David Lynch’s ‘Blue Velvet’ http://t.co/WGe8FRa7 # Finally watching latest #BreakingBad Wow. Next year's Emmys are in the bag. Best drama, best actor, best supporting actor. Book it, done. # A…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-09-20
Avoiding Twitter, due to work and not wanting to have the Emmys spoiled (will watch it when I get home). # Just finished zipping thru the (recorded) Emmys. Except for #madmen for best drama, no one I wanted to win…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-09-19
Watching the new #doctorwho # "What is he doing?" "He's saving us." #doctorwho # My #kubrick re-watch continues, with Full Metal Jacket. # An underrated classic. #fullmetaljacket #kubrick # Comparing the recently rewatched Star Wars films with #Kubrick .. well,…
Geek, The Prisoner, TV
Reflections on The Prisoner: “What’s it all about?”
Recently I’ve become quite reflective and introspective about many things, about who I am as a person, about what drives me. About who I am. I think I’m a good person. I care, sometimes too much. I speak too much…
Geek, Movies
Build your own James Bond Car!
I was at a newsstand here in Sydney last week and was surprised to find a really cool magazine, the first issue of a series that allowed you to build a super-detailed 1/8th scale model of the Aston Martin DB5…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-09-18
It is a perfect Spring day here. Just perfect. It's so nice I even abandoned watching the Star Wars blurays to go outside for a while. # The Shat says Star Trek is better than Star Wars. NERD FIGHT! http://t.co/dNiNzvn1…
Technology
Want to be found on the Internet? “Feed the beast.”
I love googling myself. I do it about once a month, entering my name in google to see how often I show up. I’m right near the top of the results, with a lot of results. Yes, I know that…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-09-17
Busy busy day. All meetings, stacked up like cordwood. Eventually I may design something, instead of talking about design. #UX # No Friday night drinks for yours truly, on my way home for some more #StarWars bluray goodness. #addict #…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-09-16
One week before my birthday, my gift to myself has been acquired. The Force is strong with me… #hopelessnerd # I am so George Lucas's bitch right now. # When did action figures become awesome? http://t.co/VAJmozYb # Things I learned…