predelusional: Empowerment

"Simple, clear purpose and principles give rise to complex and intelligent behaviour. Complex rules and regulations give rise to simple and stupid behaviour." -- Dee Hock

Recently, Monster.com had a security breach. You might have heard about it from various media sources (Monster attack steals user data article from BBC News). This breach of security resulted in people getting e-mails about their Monster accounts, asking them to download a trojan program in order to keep …

This morning I was thinking (for whatever reason) about the newsletters that educational institutions send to their alumni. In all of the ones I've seen, there's a place for people to put in what they've been up to lately. The stories read like a who's who entry in some vanity …

Slashdot | Hear No Evil, See No Evil — E-mail Kills the Phone

I can completely relate to the findings on this. I've found I can get more work done via e-mail than any other media. And don't get me started on blogs- they've turned one of my co-workers into a fucking …

Coding Horror: Thirteen Blog Clichés

I know I'm guilty of many of these clichés on this blog, and even this post is an admission of that guilt, but I think these should be adopted as the Miss Manners of blogs. I can't name how many blogs I've stopped reading because …