Month: January 2015
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Sharing This Link is a Crime
I’m not generally a political person, though I do have an interest in the process and outcome of politics from time to time. This is especially the case when it comes to technology, and the future of the web. As the revolving source of my life and livelihood, I care deeply about the usability of…
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I Don’t Do NDA’s
Last week I mentioned that I don’t respond to cold partner offers, and some of the reasons why. I’ve been wanting to write this specific post for a long time, but haven’t done so mainly because I had a hard time verbalizing my rationale. I was working on a gut feeling, with the end still…
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Using Film to Understand our Digital Lives
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of enjoying afternoon tea time at Infusion Tea (it’s tasty, whether it sounds snooty or not :D), followed by a screening of ‘Citizenfour’, Laura Poitras’ documentary on her interactions with Edward Snowden and the NSA file leak that he has become famous for. Last weekend I watched…
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Setting Expectations With Your Teams
A colleague complained this morning that they had difficulty keeping in touch with other companies and their contractors due to the proliferation of competing chat services. While the many options now available can serve a wide variety of needs, the lack of consistency and connectivity between them can be a roadblock when you just need…
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Why I Don’t Respond to Partner Offers
This morning I received an email asking to partner on a project. Generally I can respond or ignore and move on, but the length and number of red flags in this particular email made it worth commenting on. Attached is the full text of the email, minus contact information. Note that it arrived in my…
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New Year, New Projects
I don’t often do the type of introspection that allows me to look back and see what has happened, but instead look forward to see what might happen. Doing so would probably make me realize that most of my resolutions, as is the norm, are more hopes and dreams than promises to action. About half…