December 2011
3 posts
South American Air Travel
Flying from SFO to Lima, Peru felt like what air travel used to be like in the states. I had two early flights and was served a full breakfast on each of them. It was still in-air cuisine, but hot eggs and crepes hit the spot after trying to sleep on the red eye to El Salvador. They even passed out pillows, blankets, headphones, and newspapers. Things I’ve only heard rumor of on domestic...
October 2011
3 posts
I was quoted talking about Steve Jobs’...
June 2011
1 post
May 2011
1 post
“The second trick is to stop thinking about yourself. While learning something...”
– Aaron Hillegass - Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X
April 2010
3 posts
“By the way, we are not prudes. We expect your web presence to represent who you...”
– Excellent line on a job listing. Especially when a requirement is that a person be a “net native” and a real user of the web.
October 2009
1 post
His mom may not be a genius.
Mrs Wrigley, a housewife, added: “His vocabulary is amazing. He’s able to construct complex sentences.
“The other day he said to me, ‘Mummy, sausages are like a party in my mouth’.
That’s the most memorable quote you could come up with from your 2 year old genius… really?
...
July 2009
1 post
June 2009
3 posts
Panel Biography
I’m participating in a panel discussion this summer and was asked to write my own bio to be published in the handouts. See if you can spot the differences between my version and the final version. (Names removed to protect the guilty.)
“Tyler Stalder is a 6 ft. 175 lb. new hire hailing from Fort Hays State University. His most recent adventures and exploits have taken place as...
May 2009
3 posts
Today's Highlights
I was sent the clean version of a work document. I can only imagine what the dirty one looked like.
Someone asked if they needed to arrange information with my assistant. I have no idea who that is, but if they can find them they should let me know.
I am required to have a formal portrait taken for a brochure. (I’m not sure why this is so exciting)
I officially rescheduled snarky...
“1. Don’t Change the World, Before You First Change Yourself.
I was just like...”
– Paul Angone
“People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
If...”
– Paradoxical Commandments - Kent M. Keith
April 2009
2 posts
Shea's hostess checklist
Make fancy food
Prepare fancy place settings
Erase inappropriate drawings
Party time!
“Actually, they have not been talking so much as mentioning certain ideas and...”
– Cryptonomicon
March 2009
3 posts
Friends and E-mail
All of my e-mail conversations with my friends follow a very similar format.
Person 1: Maybe we should do this?
Person 2: No we are doing this!
Person 3: Yea! Let’s do that!
It is rarely the same person starting the thread, but it always works out the same. It’s not surprising that this system of checks and balances gets us into crazy fun situations. Unrelated it looks like I may...
“True story, Word of Honor:
Joseph Heller, an important and funny writer
now...”
– Kurt Vonnegut The New Yorker, May 16th, 2005
February 2009
1 post
Super Bowl Water-cooler Fodder
The Pittsburgh Steelers won but didn’t beat the 7 point spread.
Santonio Holmes (MVP) made the game winning catch under triple coverage in the corner of the end zone.
James Harrison of the Steelers defensive line returned an interception 100 yards for a touchdown, the longest in Super Bowl history. Fun fact: Harrison was cut from the Steelers three times and once from the Ravens.
Joe...
April 2008
1 post
“Finally, professionals reviewing design proposals are likely to be sober,...”
– Jakob Nielson on Remote Design
February 2008
1 post
Read this if you intend to copy my designs
zachklein: 4. Do what [redacted] did and offer me something you’ve created. Some of my most rewarding relationships were founded online serediptiously by people willing to exchange with me. In the case of [redacted], I requested a copy of his manuscript to proofread, and a tour of his hometown the next time I visit. Fair trade, I think. I really like the idea of trading things for information....
January 2008
7 posts
“I Don’t Need to Ask for Opinions”
More often than not, you will be...”
– This is tough and will drive people crazy, but I think its an important part of design. http://www.wakeuplater.com/website-building/8-web-design-mistakes-that-developers-make.aspx
“I do not claim to have invented JSON. I claim only that I discovered it. It...”
– Douglas Crockford’s insightful take on discovery of an aspect of javascript data transfer.
“I got my PhD out of spite. Just to prove it to them.”
– Overheard at FHSU
“5. Make some new friends to go with your new behavior
People who don’t change...”
– - Penelope Trunk The worst part about this is when your current circle criticizes you every step of the way.
“ThoughtWorks is simply taking advantage of a pattern where new technology goes...”
– Zed Shaw Ironically my university is using a Java Portal and its total crap as expected.
December 2007
64 posts
“Why invest your money in something because a broker told you to? If the broker...”
– Mark Cuban
Note to self: Always always get gifts pre-wrapped.
Everything from Amazon arrived today. I love them <3
i’m just not good at christmas. All the things I asked for I ended up buying the last couple of weeks.
Finished book two. Wow just wow.
“His Dark Materials” series is totally rocking my world.
@jlsmidt @dylanbathurst : why didnt you guys tell me you were getting coffee, I was in manhattan almost all day.
Had Panera for the first time. Just one more thing to miss when I got back to Hays.
Is 3 days before xmax too late to append my list? I’m really wanting an ipod nano + nike+
Just got on Seesmic. Registration was slick, but parent’s internet isn’t quite fast enough for lots of video.
@dylanbathurst An article about what we talked about. 1 line css http://tinyurl.com/yupxw2