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Framing is complete!

Well… the walls are all in place, the doorways are in place, the bracing for the bulkhead is in place, and even some of the wiring has already been run. So far, we’re off to a (mostly) rousing start. But there’s …

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RIP Miss Moneypenny

Lois Maxwell, the actress who first played original long-suffering admirer of super spy James Bond, passed away yesterday at 80. In my world, this is pretty significant news. But then, I am a movie geek. And like many …

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Could Google do evil?

My coworker Martin sent around a link to an article that paints Google as being a great big source of evil, tantamount to being the core of a near-police state. To say that it’s a little alarmist is putting it mildly. I …

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Expensive floors are a problem

There’s two ways to install a floor: the cheap way and the expensive way. This isn’t about right and wrong — though important, for once this hasn’t been the sole guiding factor. And when the difference between them is …

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Remembering my circuits classes the hard way

Okay, first off: Roger and Ed. I didn’t take Engineering, so this wasn’t pounded in my head. So go easy on me, okay? I spend the weekend working as much as I could in the basement, trying to make some more headway given …

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A really bad joke

I would never consider myself a funny person. I have my moments, but most of the time I’m not what you would call funny. I work with funny people, who have comedic timing, which I’m very thankful for. But I’ve never been …

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Experience Matters

We’ve been in the interactive marketing industry now for over 11 years. We’ve been there, we’ve done that, we’ve seen … well, maybe not all of it, but we’ve seen a lot. A lot of it is not great (ranges from okay …

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The iPhone is obsolete

This was originally posted at http://experiencematters.criticalmass.com/2007/09/13/the-iphone-is-obsolete/. The site is no longer active. Unless you’ve been living in the middle of Mongolia for the last six months, you …