No, though investment in innovation may be a bubble, innovation will never be a bubble. Thousands of companies are investing in design and research efforts to create innovative products and services for customers, and innovation has been taking place for…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-08-05
Beer-thirty. # Has Hollywood lost the ability to provide good third acts to blockbusters? http://t.co/h9E8n2K # Queen Victoria Building, downtown Sydney, night. http://instagr.am/p/JTd_O/ # When I have too many drinks I sometime impersonate Patrick McGoohan singing 70s songs. "Celebrate… Good…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-08-05
Beer-thirty. # Has Hollywood lost the ability to provide good third acts to blockbusters? http://t.co/h9E8n2K # Queen Victoria Building, downtown Sydney, night. http://instagr.am/p/JTd_O/ # When I have too many drinks I sometime impersonate Patrick McGoohan singing 70s songs. "Celebrate… Good…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-08-04
Promising new leads in D.B. Cooper case. Would have happened sooner, but investigators were focused on how King Tut died. #verycoldcase # 8 things comic book movies could learn from Captain America http://zite.to/ovaIPQ # Alfred Hitchcock's Earliest Surviving Film Found…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-08-03
Apple's iCloud.com Error Pages Have Personality http://zite.to/ntXigr # How Batgirl took on DC Comics: the anatomy of a PR crisis http://is.gd/6iAz5i ME: I love this story & the DC editors' lame response… # Ever want to see a character from…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-08-02
Catching up on Curb. This show is fantastic. # When watching Curb, there's always that moment where I go "this will go horribly wrong" and, of course, it does. Always. # This last episode of Curb I'm watching does a…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-08-01
Captain America is an absolute triumph: exciting, moving and grounded by character and heart. My favorite movie of the year. # An absolutely perfect day in Sydney @ Aroma Festival http://instagr.am/p/I9SaU/ # At the Aroma festival at the Rocks drinking…
Geek, Movies
Movie Review: Captain America is a triumph
When I returned to the states for a while last month, I put aside time to catch up on some movies. It being summer, this means I mostly watched superhero and action films. I’ve already wrote up my thoughts on…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-07-31
Grilled some hamburgers for a late lunch. The meat Down Under is definitely better than the stuff in America. #yum # Watch this baseball player make a "superman" leap over the catcher at home base: http://t.co/CWkdIRU # What You Need…
The Prisoner, TV
Revisiting The Prisoner, revisited: “All the world’s a stage” in a strange bedtime story
As I was looking over my posts on The Prisoner, I realized I didn’t write much about the penultimate episode. I correct that oversight now… Once Upon a Time Once Upon a Time is unique in several aspects. It again…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-07-30
Paramount Officially Delays Star Trek Sequel – GI Joe Takes 6/29/12 Spot & No New Trek Date Yet July 28, 201 http://zite.to/neqIUx # Why Your Dad's 30-Year-Old Stereo System Sounds Better than Your new One http://zite.to/rubiZr # Beer-thirty. @ Edinburgh…
Geek, Technology
My life, my tweets
One of the ways that software development has changed over the years is the way that developers are considered “good” at what they do. In the early days a good developer was a productive one – if you produced over…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-07-29
DOS Turns 30 http://zite.to/qJTOtd # I can't understand why these politicians can't agree on raising the ceiling in their den! Is the issue about how many inches to go? #Litella # Seen the street next to my office. Umm… Yeah.…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-07-28
'WALKING DEAD' SHOCKER: Frank Darabont Steps Down As Showrunner http://zite.to/qMGUDM ME: Wow. Methinks "creative differences". # The iPad's incredible effect on the PC industry is only beginning http://t.co/IFPUADI # I'm off to collect my pants. # In an alternate reality,…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-07-27
Expensive corn dogs, plus 10 other things that are totally Apple's fault http://zite.to/qD8pLo # Incredibly important news: Skidoo is finally coming out on DVD. http://is.gd/bLVBL7 # Downtown Sydney, just now. http://instagr.am/p/IjTmQ/ # Whenever I walk around downtown and listen to…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-07-26
I like my new avatar. #futurama # Wrote first draft of my introduction to an ebook on/Revisiting The Prisoner during lunch. Now to write the rest of it… # Waiting for the train. @ Milsons Point Station http://instagr.am/p/Iehj7/ # Listening…