Hi folks - hope you're having a good Friday! I've decided to consolidate the tech things I'm doing onto my other site, Useful & Clever, which is where I was putting some of the fun projects I'm working on. There's a little more to this move that I'll share later, but if you're a long time reader …
We hold these truths to be self-evident...
Like many of you who vehemently opposed a Trump presidency, I've been walking around in a bit of a stunned stupor these last few days. I'm gathering my thoughts on what I want to do next, and how I can do the most I can to help bring about a more respectful world. There has to be a better way for us …
Barack Obama And Doris Kearns Goodwin: The Ultimate Exit Interview
But I tell you what, though. [Long pause.] I’m named Barack Hussein Obama. I’m African-American. And I’ve been elected twice to this office with the majorities of the American people. So something is working.
Vanity Fair
Wonderful interview with President Obama. Such a decent man with a deep …
Rethinking the Work-Life Equation
Workers in the experimental group were told they could work wherever, and whenever, they chose so long as projects were completed on time and goals were met; the new emphasis would be on results rather than on the number of hours spent in the office.
NY Times
A jumble of thoughts
On a normal Friday of a normal December, a bunch of families said goodbye to their kids and sent them off to school. Announcements. Meetings for the Principal. A normal Friday.
Then the abnormal sound of gunfire. Of violence. Of death.
And now, the sound of tears, of sadness, of remembering and …
What we have here is a failure to communicate
(I should point out, coincidently, and in testament to how obvious the headline choice is, the Courant chose a similar headline. I started writing this before I saw the Courant article, for the record. :-) )
I had a rather animated conversation with a friend today about CL&P's performance during …
Following up on my @ctforum tweet
I wanted to briefly expand on a few tweets I made during last night's Connecticut Forum. The topic was "The End of Civility?" and the panel featured David Gergen, Stephen Carter, Christopher Buckley, and Gina Barreca. It was a good discussion, and what I'll address was only one aspect of it.
The …