Protecting Your Stuff by Buying Access
Former Senator Dodd nakedly exposes how the sausage-making legislative system has always worked. If you’re surprised, you’re not paying attention. You generally get what you pay for. Filed under:...
View ArticleA Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution
The recent SOPA/PIPA grass-roots Internet kerfuffle got me thinking about participatory democracy and the ability for United States citizens to influence legislation in the United States, and I present...
View ArticlePeople Against Same Sex Marriage in Washington State
Have you taken a close look at these people? I have. Exhibit A. GoDaddy as registrar. Hosted at Rackspace. Site supported by Church Web Works. Exhibit B. GoDaddy as registrar. Hosted at Rackspace. Site...
View ArticleSocial Media
Like. Share. Tweet. Pin. Rate. Check in. Plus one. It seems like whatever you’re doing or wherever you go online, you’re being prodded to do something. The main impetus of course is about getting you...
View ArticleRonald Reagan writes Mitt Romney – A #RomneyRyan2012 #obama Short Story
Dear Mitt, I’m not voting for you even though I was one of those undecided voters who seriously considered it. I tried, I really tried. You were the winner of Republican Idol, for darn sakes! Who...
View ArticleComing Soon…– What It’s Like to Work at Microsoft
I’m planning on sharing what my seven years at Microsoft was like this weekend. Stay tuned. Filed under: Microsoft, Opinion Tagged: career, job, Microsoft
View ArticleWhat It’s Like to Work at Microsoft – A Field Guide, Part 1
At Microsoft, bugs get opened, triaged, de-duplicated, assigned, re-assigned, re-re-assigned, resolved, closed, re-opened, and re-resolved on the glide path to zero blocking bugs for ship. Software...
View ArticleThe End of the Sinofsky Era at Microsoft – Opinions on Leadership
So Mr. Sinofsky is gone from Microsoft. I’m not all that surprised given Microsoft’s shift to devices and services. A friend and I were once having lunch at Kidd Valley and we spotted him sitting in...
View ArticleWhat It’s Like to Work at Microsoft – A Field Guide, Part 2
(View Part 1 of this series.) Right! Back from lunch? Good! It’s great to see facilities on top of replacing that pesky doorstop that kept getting knocked off the wall, Now back to your office – if...
View ArticleThe Measure
We have a measure of time that we beat to. When young, hearts pump faster to support hyperkinetic growth of the body. As we age, the metronome slows down, leaving us wondering where that tireless...
View ArticleComing Soon…– What It’s Like to Work at Microsoft
I’m planning on sharing what my seven years at Microsoft was like this weekend. Stay tuned.
View ArticleMike Pence Supports Child Abuse Practices
Mike Pence supports child abuse. Mike Pence must not be allowed to become the Vice President of the United States, a serious contender to replace Donald Trump should he step aside as the Republican...
View ArticleWhy Donald Trump will win the 2016 U.S. presidential election
Donald Trump is a shopkeeper, our country is a child of a nation of shopkeepers, and if there was a time in which we needed a shopkeeper to run this country, now is it. As everyone knows, the only...
View ArticleFulcrums of Decision
[Content warning: suicide] I believe that just as risk is relative, so is life and death, and the rewards of each at any given time are weighed upon scales we fabricate in the moment, often without...
View ArticleProtecting Your Stuff by Buying Access
Former Senator Dodd nakedly exposes how the sausage-making legislative system has always worked. If you’re surprised, you’re not paying attention. You generally get what you pay for.
View ArticleA Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution
The recent SOPA/PIPA grass-roots Internet kerfuffle got me thinking about participatory democracy and the ability for United States citizens to influence legislation in the United States, and I present...
View ArticlePeople Against Same Sex Marriage in Washington State
Have you taken a close look at these people? I have. Exhibit A. GoDaddy as registrar. Hosted at Rackspace. Site supported by Church Web Works. Exhibit B. GoDaddy as registrar. Hosted at Rackspace. Site...
View ArticleFarewell, Twitter
I’m done with Twitter and tweeted my last tweet in January 2023. Though I mourn the voices I’ve left behind, I celebrate the experience. While quitting Twitter cold-turkey has been rough, the time I...
View ArticleLet’s Dance
If you tilt your head sideways and stare at history long enough, repeated patterns of human behavior pop out. They’re repeating sequences of erratic dance steps breaking out of the regular syncopated...
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