I read about the Dominion's polaron beams and the ease with which DS9 learned to defend against them, and thought, "what was the net present value of that technology investment?"

The Gillette folks probably have not read Bruce Sterling's awesome short story User-Centric.

"When developing a business model, do not forget to think about how this model will generate revenue." -Information Technology: Strategic Decision Making for Managers by Henry C. Lucas, Jr.

I took a break from the column to get my bearings with the Master's program. It'll be back next week. My obsession this weekend spilled over into blog posts and into the column.

We Can't Be Equal While reminded me: Once I was at a party with a lot of tech folk, and talked a bit with a woman, and one of the things we talked about was …

A Malcolm Gladwell blog entry reminds me that domain expertise changes one's perspective mightily. Yesterday I visited the Wired NEXTfest. I stopped by the Pfizer booth because their exhibit on using RFID to secure the …

I've lived in a house my parents owned, but it was in sunny Northern California. In less temperate spots (say, Indiana), homeowners have a heck of a lot to remember to do. Courtesy Ben: mortgage …

Will Franken blew everyone away last night at the Upright Citizens Brigade theater. Yesterday I got a couple of laughs at the lunch table with, "Well, they don't call it Moderate Programming."

Jonathan Coulton's "Code Monkey" is to Fog Creek this week as Weird Al's "White and Nerdy" is to the entire Internet. I can't forward the latter to anyone because ten innocent acquaintances have already forwarded …

Why, why, why did Aaron Sorkin think that Gilbert & Sullivan filk was the way to go? I am the very model of a cringing, disappointed fan. And why are bicker banter scenes not rising …