scottinseattle

a killer metal band

OK. Doesn't anyone else who read this now think, "Well gee why would I ever write a book then?" You could easily make $23 an hour as an entry-level server in a diner if you include tips.

By that definition, they do get it. Because RCS is an improved version of the Messages inbox already in the phone. No need to take any time to adopt and adapt to any new program.

I think it's really weird that right now both Joel Spolsky and Steve Yegge started blogging again. Maybe we're about to hit the apocalypse

    "American office workers have barely looked up while their work quarters have been degraded from sensible to silly. Not so long ago, they worked in two- and three-person offices with walls, doors, and windows. (You remember walls, doors, and windows, don’t you?) In such space, one could work in quiet or conduct meetings with colleagues without disrupting neighbors.

    Then, without warning, open-plan seating was upon us like a plague upon the land. The advocates of the new format produced not one shred of evidence that effectiveness would not be impaired. They really couldn’t. Meaningful measurement of productivity is a complex and elusive thing."

I mean that's a rookie mistake on the part of the kitchen builders, not having felt/rubber pads on the cupboard doors.