Since installing Mac OSX Mavericks yesterday, my computer has crashed more than once per hour - three times while writing this post, clearly trying to keep me from tattling. The problem probably lies in a faulty video card aggravated by a modern, flashy OS, rather than Mavericks itself. Regardless, the... [Read More]

Yesterday’s post got me thinking more about useful questions. Finding a useful solution is always predicated on someone asking a useful question that puts you down the path to that solution. Going forward, the ability to ask useful questions is going to be more and more key to gainful employment,... [Read More]

I think Google is on to something with their new helpouts.  The idea is simple – use the Internet to connect with people who know more than you about something.  It’s something I’m sure plenty of people have thought of, but only now has video chat quality improved enough to... [Read More]

Coincidence is funny. I actually started writing this post a week ago, so today’s XKCD was extremely appropriate. Great comic artists (like Bill Watterson and Zach Weiner, to name some of my favorites) have the ability to poignantly capture Truth in a few pictures and words.  Randall Monroe does just... [Read More]

I'm really interested in opening the doors to the sausage factory that is research (at least a little.) Something I don't think I emphasized enough in the post or on this blog is how useful and important feedback is to research, writing, thinking ... and everything else. So if anything... [Read More]