Some peers of mine have been wondering whether any of the YCombinator startups actually cure pressing user needs. Leonard points out that reddit and infogami are cool, and that two successes out of eight attempts …
Man, there are a lot of business out there with "solution[s]" in their titles.
In this week's column I talk about the word on the tip of my tongue. The most powerful word I've learned in the past decade is probably "satisfice." Researcher Herb Simon coined this word, a …
Slacktivist pointed me to a post about morality at Obsidian Wings.
Frighteningly often, the moments of lucid contentment in my life involve consumption. Just now, I felt that complacent blanket as I drank rooibos tea, listened to Belle & Sebastian and Harvey Danger, and read John-Paul. …
Last week's MC Masala did not answer that question but poked fun at my own language foibles. As an aside: If India's Hollywood, Bombay, is called "Bollywood," then shouldn't we call Bangalore "Bilicon Balley" or …
"That's my meta-weakness: getting into situations where my weakness is applicable."
Haikus about Muni, often on the themes of tourists, lateness, and feast-and-famine arrivals. "Religion isn't the opiate of the masses anymore, Karl. IDEs are." My ad hoc campaign to learn the world of programming continues …
Turn-of-the-century British sitcom "Spaced" is pretty funny. Leonard and I watched the entire run of it last night. Of course, it's British, so the entire run is 14 episodes. And you thought Arrested Development was …
