"I didn't say any of those things. Why are you claiming that I said that?"
More furniture's been rearranged at work. It feels as though I work in a living room, which is pleasant. Then again, I want to take my shoes off to read on the couch, but I …
Fog Creek just rearranged some furniture. Probably the most minor effect of this was that I espied a copy of Linux Journal whose cover article was titled: Podcast And Reel In The Blogs And Wikis …
An awesome effort to put medical knowledge in the public domain to guard against patent hijackers, but also an example of "to do the needful" in the wild.
Yesterday Leonard and I served as extras for an episode of Uncle Morty's Dub Shack. We were two people in a crowd watching a musical performance. Also yesterday, my column on my own musical tastes …
I'm fine using the subway system on weekdays. On weekends it falls apart. Freaking weekend advisories.
Some good ideas on stopping yourself from responding to hostility in kind. Included: "check your ego at the door" and the reminder that someone has to be the adult.
Incredibly useful advice for the new hotshot. "If you have to tell someone about your reputation then it isn't a reputation."
I met some neat hackers tonight at a Google tech talk. (Guido van Rossum spoke on Python.) The moment that I say nonchalantly, "I work for a small software firm in midtown called Fog Creek …
