Articles from the SomeplacElse Blog
To paraphrase Napoleon, "There are ONLY two things that motivate, fear and interest... the fearful seek mere survival, the interested triumph...While glory is fleeting, obscurity is forever" In one of the Pirate movies, Davey Jones (NOT the one from the...
Just under 3 years ago while traveling at 70mph across the California desert, word came to us that our sixth grandchild would be born 3 months premature. His mother chose to name him Griffin after the half-lion half-eagle creature of "divine power". With a tiny 1.5...
There was a WHOLE LOT of anticipatory hype surrounding Apple's new iPad and though Steve did his Jobs last week, once again, it appeared to be nothing more than a really big iPhone. That is, of course, if you are not trying to sell Kindles or Sony ebook readers. To...
Admittedly my Authorian adventures have been on hiatus for these last few months. So much so,it appeared I was destined to walk a different path. Then I got a completely unsolicted invite to a book signing that begins at, of all places, the "Microsoft" Store in...
I like to invoke Socrates at the beginning of all my presentations, regardless of content. With my younger audeinces, very few even know of him, and with most of my audiences, initially, the Socratic Method flies right over their heads. But I do it anyway because I...
You know this monthly episode thing is just not working out. While it's true, it has given me the time to author thousands of digital objects for my day job. Those objects will only be read by computers, and they never write back unless there is an error. ...
I have long been an advocate of design that makes the right thing the easiest thing to do. This has served me well in most every circumstance, especially those where I have had to build something that is to be used by others. Today I got an email generated by a...
My favorite Bucky Fuller quote is "when you are doing what Nature intended for you to do, Nature provides". I really want to believe this is true, but I'm just having a hard time believing that Nature wants me to write software. When I deviate from the authoring of...
In 1879 Mister Gilbert and Mister Sullivan created this dialog, General. Stop! I think I see where we are getting confused. When you said “orphan”, did you mean “orphan” – a person who has lost his parents, or “often”, frequently? King. Ah! I beg pardon – I see what...
The latest digital trend seems to be the act of "formallly examining of the particulars of something in order to ascertain condition, character, etc." What do you think about ...? What are you eating? Are you going to buy something? How do you feel about ...? In...
I heard a lot about Woodstock turning 40 this past week. Three things in particular stand out: 1. It is very likely that if you are under 30 you have no idea what the big deal is. 2. Those who attended the festival and can still remember it, are generally proud they...
I have recently been inundated with news and digital communicaes from various sources indicating that that there is too much to do. Just prior to the climatic scene in Bridge on the River Kwai, the commander of the British commandos sent to blow up the bridge, utters...