by David | Feb 9, 2008 | economics, technology
Last week, I whinged about Whole Foods’ bag policy, and now I’m going to pick on a product I buy there. Sorry for the sour streak, but if you’re in New England and looking out the window right now, you’re probably grumpy, too. On the other...
by David | Feb 8, 2008 | culture
I had a busy day today with several urban destinations, so I shouldn’t be at all surprised that I was nearly hit by flying cigarette butts twice, one coming from a moving car, the other from a more or less stationary person. Both times, I was seized by the same...
by David | Feb 7, 2008 | culture
I had grand plans to redo the site for the day as lemonrat.com. Perhaps fortunately for all concerned, I just didn’t have time. The Year of the Rat is the beginning of the 12-year/12-animal cycle of the Chinese zodiac, and I’m feeling more on the verge of...
by David | Feb 6, 2008 | working
When you run a web-based business and your site is down for maintenance, you might consider not doing what Linkedin did last week. Here’s the screen: Let’s leave aside the question of the wisdom of doing this maintenance or upgrade or whatever on a...
by David | Feb 5, 2008 | economics, technology, working
Last week I took the train to New York City to attend a board meeting for a non-profit arts center I work with. A lot of interesting things were discussed, but the one that stuck in my head was, “our database still stinks.” That’s a Microsoft...
