Monthly Archives: May 2009

The Really Big Wave?

Last week, Google’s big announcement was for something called Google Wave – a whole new approach to collaboration among groups, etc. Google called it a new approach – but, actually, I saw a lot of similarities to the “post-email world” … Continue reading

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WordCampSF 2009 – The WordPress Community

I attended WordCampSF 2009, the WordPress community gathering, in San Francisco today – and had a great time (pictures)! Held at the Rutter Conference Center at the new UCSF Mission Bay campus, this was a most impressive turnout of the … Continue reading

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Remembering Zipf’s Law

A good friend of mine many years ago mentioned Zipf’s Law to me one time during a discussion. I remember being fascinated by it – named after the linguist George Kingsley Zipf – and then moving on as your brain … Continue reading

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The Zepp Over San Francisco – iPhones and Lizard Brains

It was another one of those stunning Spring mornings in San Francisco today – perfect (if a bit warm!) for all those Bay to Breakers crazies! On my walk into the UCSF Conference Center in Mission Bay, the Zeppelin poked … Continue reading

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Leadership is Situational

Here’s a great quote from Steve Ballmer in today’s Corner Office column in the New York Times: “I’ve come to believe that to be a great leader, you have to combine thought leadership, business leadership and great people management. I … Continue reading

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Update: 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid and Tires

I continue to be very pleased with my 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid that I purchased almost exactly three years ago. The car now has 39,000 miles on it and continues to get 41-42 miles per gallon in the everyday routine … Continue reading

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Where’s Your Office?

My friend Chris Gulker has exactly the right idea – he’s moved his world HQ for the month of May to France – to Ameugny to be exact. As I’m sitting this afternoon at SFO waiting for a weather-delayed flight … Continue reading

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Adding a Photoshop Lens Blur

This is another one of those “notes to myself” posts – this time about how to add a lens blur to an image (simulating depth of field) in Photoshop CS4. This particular YouTube video did the trick – seems to … Continue reading

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