Month: March 2004
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Third visit from Gene
Tonight, Gene “the stereo guy” visited us for the third time. While I like Gene, and he does a good job, I hope to never need his services again. (But let me know if you want his number, for San Franscisco-area repairs/installations.) It wasn’t about the stereo, per se, but just a general frustration with…
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Congrats, Rich
Glad to read the news.
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Book: Wolf Pass
I was on an airplane, I read an ‘airplane book.’ The title in question was Wolf Pass, by Steve Thayer. Thriller, set in 1962 Wisconsin with repeated flashbacks to WWII. Nazi sniper in Wisconsin in 1962, with JFK thrown in, just because. I finished reading this very quickly, and left it on the plane. And…
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Legends Field
How like the Yankees to name their spring training facility Legends Fields. Even as a childhood fan, I have to admit it’s a bit much. But a sunny Saturday in Tampa was not a bad way to pass the time. Glad to be home now, though, and sticking around for a few weekends to come.
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Travel day
Back on Sunday, after checking out A-Rod in Tampa.
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Vin gets started
Vin Crosbie has released the first look at his vision for the future of the newspaper business online. I’ve printed it (it’s long, even though this is only the beginning), and I’ll review on the plane tomorrow. Looks like it’s part of an OJR series on the future of news.
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“ability to understand the technical…
Johanna Rothman on project managers, aka program managers. With a link to a discussion on Joel Spolsky’s site. I like the job description, whatever the title.
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Few remember New Century Network
One of the earliest efforts to get newspapers to work together online was called New Century Network (NCN). There were several powerhouse newspaper chains involved, and the goal was to build a national portal which pulled together the best news and information from each of the various chains involved. Various fatal flaws: Newspaper chains hate…
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Voting is hard
OK, that’s not true. Voting is easy. Informed voting is hard. And I can’t say that I really live up to the informed part as well as I should. In California, we’re voting on various initiatives which determine how billions of dollars should be spent, and it all boils down to yes or no answers.…