Archive for October 7th, 2011

Siracusa.

Friday, October 7th, 2011

This isn’t going to become the “All Steve, all the time” blog. (“Don’t mourn: build something.”)

But I really liked this piece by John Siracusa, and wanted to point it out. This will probably be the last Jobs related link, barring something extraordinary.

After seeing the Macintosh and then reading this issue of Macworld, I had an important realization in my young life: people made this.

We aren’t stuck with the things we have now. We can make new things, better things. And it doesn’t take many people to do it. The team that had created this mind-bending new machine were all up on my wall, their individual faces clearly recognizable.

(Also, you really should be listening to Siracusa’s “Hypercritical” podcast from 5by5 Studios.)

Important safety tips (#6 and #7 in a series).

Friday, October 7th, 2011

Number 6: Be very careful using the “reply to all” button in your email client. Indeed, I question the wisdom of even having a self-destruct button “reply to all” button in email clients. You may laugh, but I have seen far too many cases where the “reply to all” button functions very much like a self-destruct button.

Number 7: There are certain words you should probably avoid putting in a professional email. I’m sure everyone has their own list, but I’m also pretty sure that if we merged all of our lists together, “f-cking” and “b-tch”, as well as the conjugate “f-cking b-tch” would be there.

No reason really. Just thought I’d point these out.

(Hattip: Ken over at Popehat.)

Was that wrong?

Friday, October 7th, 2011

Should they not have done that?

I tell you, I gotta plead ignorance on this thing. I mean, if someone had told them it was a bad idea for a guidance councilor to strip search students, and that the Supreme Court had ruled it was illegal, then the Atlantic Community School District might not be out $300,000.

You know, cause I’ve worked in a lot of school districts, and I tell you, people do things like sending 12-year-old boys out to act as decoy buyers so they can bust other kids for selling pot all the time.

(Well, you didn’t have to say it like that.)