April 2008
24 posts
“A good and kind man who attempts to unite a divided land is stabbed in the back...”
– A VC: The Lessons of Rev Wright
Josh Holmes - Public speaking and movement onstage →
Josh has a really good post here discussing movment on stage or in front of a group while giving a talk. Great read as I’m becoming more and more intrested in trying to put together some talks.
Luton Park adds trail for mountain bikers →
Another mountain bike trail, sweet…still a little far from my house, but more trails == good
Bam! Dead laptop a day before go-live, what luck!
“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.”
– Amen! - Douglas Adams (via didyouevernotice)
“A group of teens paid it forward at the pump Wednesday, spending a few hundred...”
– Now that’s pretty awesome - Teens pay it forward at the pump (via woodtv.com)
Motorcycle Yahoo Pipe
A buddy of mine is in the process of looking around for a new used motorcycle. So to aid in his search I put together this Yahoo Pipe that aggregates all of the Craigslist postings across Michigan and then filters out all the expensive Harley stuff and ATVs/dirt bikes. I figured someone else out in the ether may find it helpful.
“In fact, I’ve come to believe urgency is poisonous. Urgency may get things done...”
– I feel like I’m living this question right now - Urgency is poisonous - (37signals)
Twubble →
Twubble can help expand your Twitter bubble—it searches your friend graph and picks out people who you may like to follow.
“…would offer almost $6 million worth of its Pro Gold XP premier real...”
– Pro Gold XP premier? Really? Could you have chosen a worse name? Microsoft’s marketing people called, they want their nonsense words back. (via Great Lakes IT Report)
West Michigan Day of .NET Agenda Announced -- We... →
I’m helping to orginize and it’s turring out to be quite an event.
Silverlight Roadmap questions →
Silverlight 2.0 RTM late summer this year, Beta 2 sometime in May. Fun.
“The argument from high-tech employers, that they simply can’t get enough high...”
– H1-B Workers and Gains From Trade (via marco)
The Business of Silverlight →
Added to my RSS reader
The Highly Extensible CSS Interface →
Very well done overview
Google Analytics Supports Hourly, Weekly and... →
Finaly
April Fools
Alright, I’m sick of it, April Fools on the web is tired and old. Done. Note to self next year, don’t pay any attention to anything on the first of April.
jQuery Tutorials for Designers →