http://economist.com/blogs/prospero/2010/09/bookstore_troubles
It’s also true that libraries have felt like dormant, dated spaces of late, where WiFi is absent, coffee is banned and budget cuts are rife. But if book-buying trends now sidestep bookstores, yet people still crave hushed public spaces in an atmosphere of books, then it is time to rethink our libraries—what they look like, what they offer and how they store their wares.
then: everyone’s working for some small-super-stealth-location-based-real-time-mobile-social-networking-social-media-customer-relationship-management-insert-buzzword-start-up
now: everyone’s working for microsoft, amazon, or boeing
in my profession (which i am clearly allowed to say now that i’ve experienced one full day of “real” work), gender imbalance is wonderfully, dreadfully, and depressingly skewed. let’s just there’s some drop off as you wade deeper into the cs curriculum, but it wasn’t particularly noticeable for me since stanford is familiar and full of friendly faces. (f-alliteration ftw!)
but man (or woman?), it was definitely noticeable today at new employee orientation with 100+ fellow inductees. so arrington can post something about how women have some advantage because vc’s/managers/whoever want to encourage them. that might be true, but let me just say that arrington sure ain’t no woman. that was a double negative, so let me add another not. not, not. not. oh dear i’ve lost count.
anyway, people asked me if i was in finance or legal, and then did a sort of “oh, of course you’re a pm” because oh of course i’m not a dev. i was never one for assigning much value to big name schools, but it amuses me when they look surprised that yes, i did just graduate from one such big name in the field, and not with one degree but two. these people bring out the worst in me.
but then again, how much can you blame them? the fact is that there are very few women in tech, and yes, admins are usually women. and so when you see a woman working for a tech company, chances are, they are your new admin.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/building-a-nation-of-know-nothings/
It’s one thing to forget the past, with predictable consequences, as the favorite aphorism goes. But what about those who refuse to comprehend the present?
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/07/25/the-showcase-of-beautiful-pinhole-photography/
was thinking about getting a dslr, but maybe i just need a cardboard box.
http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/03/red-eye/
not that i could draw like that, but ya know, it’s nice to dream. :]
at least, in the united states. but a toast to all the marcia lee’s out there, politicians, landscape photographers, exercise instructors, and all other such interesting professions alike.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/19/opinion/19mueenuddin.html
This is not a problem that will go away, and it is the entire world’s problem. It is said, the most violent revolutions are the revolutions of the stomach.
i might have blogged about
– being 50% of samasource’s renowned engineering team this summer
– seeing the light of ruby on rails
– eating deliciously in the mission
(picaro, ti couz, pakwan, urbun burger, frjtz, la taqueria…)
– imbibing lattes from four barrel
– eating deliciously along the peninsula
(though suburbia, there are some lovely jewels in bgame, mbrae, belmont, san mateo, palo alto! whowouldathunk. thanks yelp!)
– bidding farewell to the bay area and saying hello to seattle!
– experiencing all of the above with an amazing group of friends. :)
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/business/08consume.html
article on consumption, money, and happiness. the below doesn’t serve to summarize in any way, but rather i just liked the way it sounded.
Wal-Mart wasn’t just selling barbecues and board games. It was selling experiences.