And Pixar does the expected
Well, it was somewhat inevitable Pixar is dropping Disney like a bad seed. See, Disney has been doing some underhanded things to Pixar over the fast few years, and Pixar apparently has become tired of it. Short disclaimer that makes my feelings more interesting: I’m a Disney shareholder. I don’t have [...]
Ben and the Budget
Apparently Ben of Ben & Jerry’s fame has started a polictcal activist organization. They have a nice blurb about the federal budget, using Oreo cookies as a basis for which to understand the maginitude of the budget.
If you’re daring, you can read The Actual Federal Budget.
Outsourcing to India
Wired has an interesting article about the outsourcing to India: The New Face of the Silicon Age. Interestingly, since starting my own consulting company, I’ve been competing with Indian companies for business, and have lost many bids to them. But for all the work, I applaud them. I think it’s great that [...]
No Free Comps.
Jeffrey Zeldman, as always, writes a great article: Don’t Design on Spec. I’ve been following this advice since starting out on my own. The one time I did near the beginning, I realized what a bad thing it is. I spent a few hours creating a nice design, only to have my [...]
NASA contacts Spirit
There are still articles coming out stating that NASA has lost contact with Spirit, bu on David Letterman last night, the Cheif Scientist at NASA stated that they had heard a “heartbeat” signal from Spirit, and they would be working on getting it back up and operational. Wonder which is true?