Rehearsing tonight for a concert Friday night, I had one of those Eureka moments: all I need to do to play jazz the way I want is to practice really hard for about 5-10 years.
April 1 at 8 PM: Local composer and performer Ric Troll and The Rhythm Comedians will be presenting a concert at […]
I lost my friend Mickey today. Michael Sullivan. I first knew him as Stroker, because that was the name somebody put on the back of his baseball shirt. He was one of my first baseball coaches about 25 years ago. He remained a close friend.
Mickey was a great coach. He had us do all kinds […]
So what’s a “first class user interface construct”? I’ll show you a perfect example in Google’s new gmail.
First some background. I’ve tried many, many webmail systems, and I actively use at least six for various purposes (Yahoo, MSN, gmail, fastmail, Outlook Web Access (OWA), and the free Linux ones). They all have their strengths […]
I finally started using FogBugz yesterday. It’s not perfect, but it has made a marked difference in my productivity and the productivity of my small team in just a couple of days.
I’m using naming conventions to link cases together into “subcases”. It certainly works fine for a small project, but I’d sure like the ability […]
My favorite Mexican restaurant in Grand Rapids - possibly my favorite restaurant of any kind in Grand Rapids - is Caramba just off the corner of Leonard and Fuller. Jose is the owner, and he’s a great guy, but the food … oh the food!
My wife is from Texas, and Paula and I lived there […]
I decided to move my blog outside of my company’s website (www.aptica.com). I found that I was censoring myself too much on my business website. I want to talk about serious things and stupid things in addition to business and technology. Heck, I want to talk more about my family and mundane things, too. […]
I changed my mind today about the Terri Schiavo “right to die” case. Originally, I sided squarely with the husband. Then I saw video footage of his wife.