I’ve seen a lot of inappropriate billboards — and a few outright offensive ones — driving around Los Angeles. But today I’ve seen one that really takes the cake, from Jiffy Lube. The headline is “Making sure nobody walks in Los Angeles.” Doesn’t this perfectly epitomize everything that’s wrong with the transportation attitude (and situation) [...]
Continue Reading...Not that I expect the CEO of Microsoft to act any differently, but is it really necessary to resort to physical violence and threats in today’s corporate giants? Really when it comes right down to it, I imagine that it’s something of a mob mentality — if the organization is threatened they’ll lash out to [...]
Continue Reading...And now, iTunes 5.0 comes with the new “Polished Metal” look (and for some reason has a peculiar window shape that no longer sports Apple’s classic curved edges). Yet another example of the lack of consistency and, I fear, the continued slide toward mediocrity. Someone please prove me wrong.
Continue Reading...If I didn’t already have an iPod and an iPod Shuffle, I’d want one of these. As a matter of fact, I think this is the ideal evolution of both. The iPod is a little bit too big and the Shuffle is a little bit too limited — enter the gorgeous new iPod nano. The [...]
Continue Reading...Well, it’s now been several months since we switched from traditional telephony courtesy of Verizon to Vonage’s VOIP service. The results are in and the reviews are mixed.
The bottom line: Vonage service isn’t ready for the masses, but it does look promising. The bad news is that it’s just not reliable enough — well — [...]
Speaking of Mail, I just discovered this handy little plug-in that allows Apple Mail to set priorities and ask for return receipts. I still can’t figure out why Apple continues to leave this feature out. Not that I use it that terribly often, but every now and then it would be nice to have.
Continue Reading...I’m really, really getting sick of how bad Apple’s Mail application is. Of course, I’m writing this after the third crash today, so I’m a bit more annoyed than usual.
Let me be clear, though: I love Apple Mail. It’s ability to index, quickly search, support virtual folders and treat all my mail accounts as — [...]
This is me. Martial artist, zen student, programmer, writer and author, technologist, father of two, photographer and a resident of Los Angeles (well, the outskirts of it).
I also publish Rational Scrum and am President & CEO of Hyrax International LLC, delivering comprehensive process improvements to its clientele. Specialities include audit and assessment of program areas such as project management, quality assurance, risk management and customer satisfaction as well as delivering focused initiatives to improve customer efficiency.
