I have been blogging for ten years

May 18, 2010

A prospective client checked out my blog today and commented on something that I wrote a few years back (all good things of course). That made me take a look to see how far back my blogging goes, and it is — April 2000. That is just over TEN years ago.
That’s like 1000 years in [...]

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New IKEA AMON Desk for the Office

May 8, 2010

Adding furniture to my new office space — We need to brighten the space up a little because of the dark flooring. Since our color scheme is black+white+dashes of green, I have decided to try adding a white desk. The metalic U legs also echo our conference table — the strut table’s design.
Enjoy the assembly [...]

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Broher MFC 7840W wireless network multiple function printer review

May 2, 2010

For the new office I need a new printer. Specifically the requirements are:

works well with Mac and PC
works well with Linux a plus
need a copier function — we don’t print much these days, but we do have the occasional copy need, copying sketches made in meeting for clients for example
reasonably fast
laser instead of ink — [...]

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Furniture Liquidator as Economic Indicator

April 23, 2010

First, a shout out to Office Furniture Liquidators in Somerville MA. I need a set of cubicle partitions to block off some space for storage in the new office. After trying to work with a few different firms unsuccessfully, these guys (Dave) took care of me and within 15 minutes he located the right set [...]

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Secret of Hong Kong Education

April 19, 2010

A very interesting CNN video on the secret (success) of Hong Kong’s students:

private tutors (I do not agree)
Priority at Home for academy excellence (agree)
Cultural Traditional – emphasizing education (agree)

Watch and decide

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The David Brooks Hook vs the Sandra Bullock Trade

April 15, 2010

I like the NYTimes. David Brooks is a good writer. But why can’t he write a column without riding on Sandra Bullock’s success and misery?
As most people have caught on and noted, Sandra Bullock did not trade her personal problems for her professional success, her Academy Award for best actress. It is not a choice [...]

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My Love of Gadgets Started from my First Calculator

April 9, 2010

When I was maybe ten years old, electronic calculator became available. I lusted after this basic scientific model, the size of a paperback book, at my local stationary store for a year. My dad bought it for me and I loved that thing. It has all the log and trig functions.
Since then, I slowly saved [...]

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Ira Glass on the Tastes and Ability Gap

April 6, 2010

This is a great clip. If you truly have good tastes but get frustrated by your lack of ability to produce something that is up to your own expecting? Do no give up. Get pass the beginner’s ability gap.

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iPad in every room, in every bag

April 5, 2010

After watching this segment, this is my take away:
Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg has an insightful comment about people don’t want to carry iphone plus iPad plus laptop all the time, true. David Carr says how much it is a family computer, True. What is going to happen? People need to have multiple iPad. Leave [...]

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Mobile Camp Boston 3

April 3, 2010

Went to Mobile Camp Boston 3, now part of Mobile Mondays. This was the first mobile event I attended. I love the location, MIT Tang Center, easy parking, 1/2 away from Starbucks. Was it useful? Not too bad. Found out there is life beyond the iPhone/iPad. (Not a lot, but a little bit..). The camp [...]

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