The Desert of My Dreams

Earlier tonight, I had an evening packed with errands/life. I had an appointment in Palo Alto later in the evening but before that I needed to pick up a prescription from Safeway, change into workout clothes, get an hour of cardio at the gym, cleanup/become un-sweaty again, grab a quick bite to eat, and […]

I know everyone is expected to be overjoyed with the prospect of a new year and a new slate but I really hate this time of the year. Here are the top ten things I hate about January:

The “Happy New Year” Greeting - Why must everyone wish me a happy new year? Does […]

During the past few months, I’ve been observing some changes in the blogging behaviors of many of my friends. I’ve been referring to their behavior as microblogging. I thought I was onto something new but a quick Live search reveals that the term has been floating around for awhile (just when I thought I had […]

I started officially blogging on October 1, 2001. I had started adding updates to my personal website as early as December 2000 but I only became familiar with blogs (and actually figured out that what I was doing had a name) around September 2001.
It’s hard to believe that I’ve been blogging for […]

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the various terms used to describe social interactions online. Specifically, I’m concerned about virtual and real life (RL) when used to describe what happens online and offline respectively. Admittedly, I’ve been using these interchangeably but I’m starting to think that doing so is incorrect and actually […]

Adobe would make a killing if they somehow integrated EndNote-like features into Acrobat. I’m envisioning something that would have better support for creating a library of PDFs, managing your citations, and taking notes.
My current setup of EndNote, PDFs, and paper copies isn’t cutting it. There’s got to be a better way to […]