Build New or Build Better?
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
Sometimes it makes sense to go new, other times it makes sense to reinvent the old. This happens all the time in software. Sure, I could refactor this, but I could also just rebuild it all together. Hmm… It’s also generally easier for a designer to dramatically alter design, making it their own. But if [...]
Sometimes it makes sense to go new, other times it makes sense to reinvent the old. This happens all the time in software. Sure, I could refactor this, but I could also just rebuild it all together. Hmm… It’s also generally easier for a designer to dramatically alter design, making it their own. But if [...]
Motivation
Thursday, November 27th, 2008
A lot has been said, written and studied about motivation. But it’s still something that is hard to maintain and definitely not easy to manage. I know for myself, I go a month here and a month there where I’m highly motivated and it’s times like that the time just flies by. Eventually, the roller [...]
A lot has been said, written and studied about motivation. But it’s still something that is hard to maintain and definitely not easy to manage. I know for myself, I go a month here and a month there where I’m highly motivated and it’s times like that the time just flies by. Eventually, the roller [...]
Ideas, ideas, ideas…. who has the time?
Saturday, September 22nd, 2007
You know, ideas are really not that hard to come by. Maybe it’s just all the reading I’ve been doing lately but I definitely have my imagination cap on as of late. How does that proverb go again? When it rains, it pours The problem of course is time; finding time to pick through the [...]
You know, ideas are really not that hard to come by. Maybe it’s just all the reading I’ve been doing lately but I definitely have my imagination cap on as of late. How does that proverb go again? When it rains, it pours The problem of course is time; finding time to pick through the [...]
Bring on the gridlock! Bring on change!
Friday, September 7th, 2007
Short term pain for long term gain. I tend to believe that in order for change to occur, there needs to be a (cheaper|better|more convenient) alternative to prompt a change in user|consumer habit. After having read Jeremy’s post only minutes ago, it’s easy to see how we got to where we are today – specifically, [...]
Short term pain for long term gain. I tend to believe that in order for change to occur, there needs to be a (cheaper|better|more convenient) alternative to prompt a change in user|consumer habit. After having read Jeremy’s post only minutes ago, it’s easy to see how we got to where we are today – specifically, [...]
Power, Air Conditioning and Data Centers
Friday, June 8th, 2007
Here is a wacky idea I was thinking of a while back. Picture this problem… We’ve got all these data centers consuming all kinds of power, which produces an incredible amount of heat which is then counteracted with air conditioning that consumes an immense amount of electricity and ironically produces more heat. The big picture [...]
Here is a wacky idea I was thinking of a while back. Picture this problem… We’ve got all these data centers consuming all kinds of power, which produces an incredible amount of heat which is then counteracted with air conditioning that consumes an immense amount of electricity and ironically produces more heat. The big picture [...]