A View from Elsewhere

Was Joel aiming at me? Probably not, since his nemesis here is "stunningly-good-looking." Oh, and if you've ever heard my rant about how metrics drive behavior you'll probably get the sense that I'm definitely not the person he was aiming at. I watch Read More...

I've now spent over a month dabbling in the new office coffee, produced by the local Starbucks machines. I have to say, it works -- it's OK stuff. I still prefer the brew that comes out of my own coffee pot, but relative to the old stuff, this is pretty Read More...

One of my tasks over the weekend was to calculate how much it would cost to operate a service. I can't tell you what the service is, of course, since actually providing useful context is far beyond the scope of this blog. ;-) However, I had a good sit-down Read More...