Scott Loftesness

The New York Times has recently begun running a new weekly column in the Friday “Escapes” section. This week’s edition covers Half Moon Bay.

Some of my own exploring in Half Moon Bay last March is covered here.

Note re Moon News below – unfortunately, Moon News has closed (April 29, 2009).

An alternative for book lovers visiting Half Moon Bay is the wonderful new Half Moon Bay Public Library which opened in August 2018.

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Also, if you go, be sure to visit Moon News, the best bookstore in town (and, unfortunately, not mentioned in the New York Times Escapes story). They don’t have a website, but here’s their address:

MOON NEWS
20F Stone Pine Road
Half Moon Bay, 94019
650-726-8610

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Another good source is the Half Moon Bay Review. Here are the results of their latest Best of the Coast survey.

For me too! A colleague says Google is why she’s stopped using bookmarks in her browser.

Tim Jarrett was blogging at Sea-Tac last night about the same time I was. (I was using WayPort while waiting for my Alaska Airlines flight home).

I was in Bellingham yesterday and had lunch with friends at Fino, a delightful restaurant right on the water in the new Chrysalis Inn. I had the “crab cake salad with spinach, cannellinis, and balsamic reduction” which was really outstanding. Fabulous taste, sparkling presentation. The rest of the menu looked equally tempting!

The view from Fino’s tables looking out on the Bay was also wonderful — particularly on a spectacular sunny day like yesterday.

Fino rates 5 Stars in my book! Highly recommended!

(Writing about this has stimulated me into starting a new “favorite restaurants” page! See: “Scott’s Favorite Restaurants”)

Beta website associated with the book “Free Agent Nation“. Aren’t we all free agents?

TIP OF THE WEEK
Be brave enough to say no. It‚s one of the joys of free agency: Turning down work because the client isn‚t the right fit, the project doesn‚t square with your values, or the money isn‚t good. Remember: To the client, a turn-down isn‚t necessarily a turn-off. It means you‚re in demand. Warning: This is really scary.

Several retailers (CVS, Home Depot) defend their use of insecure wireless LANs in their stores saying they’re not using them to transmit any customer data.

Speaking of web services, Brent Sleeper asks where are the killer apps? He’s been studying this stuff for some time — yet he’s still asking the question.

Doug Kaye highlights Eric Newcomer’s new understanding web services book.

A fascinating interview with Kevin Rollins, the president of Dell Computer. He’s bullish and, as you’d expect, very bullish on Dell!

“The experience curve says that over time, costs decline in a predictable fashion forever. We believe costs will continue to decline — forever.”

Scott Berinato talks about Public Key Infrastructure — and how Entrust has morphed away from being a “PKI company”.