July 2011 Blog Posts
I read this article today about the growing divide between Silicon Valley and the unemployed and crafted an email response to its author. In addition, I decided to post my thoughts here.
It's interesting in that the article spends a great deal of time trying to generate empathy for the unfortunate situation that a great deal of Americans find themselves in, but I'm not sure the article is persuasive in encouraging people to do something, if for no other reason that it doesn't really outline actionable things people can do.
One could argue that many of these people...
One of my favorite things to say when confronted to justify giving something a particular name, whether it be code, a product, etc. is: "Sorry, I'm a programmer, not a poet." Similarly, I can hide behind "I'm a programmer, not a designer."
Poppycock. These are just excuses to cover inexperience, ineptitude, or just flat out hide embarrassment. No more. Part of self-improvement is stretching one's self and exploring different trades and expounding on the ones already learned. I'm sick of not having a seat at the table because "I'm not a _________."
I see a lot of buzz out on the Internet over the verdict on the Casey Anthony trial. I don't watch TV where a lot of the action has been, so I have been mostly out of the loop on the day to day happenings. Thank goodness. From the sound of things this trial seems to have played out much like the OJ Simpson trial: play-by-play analysis, extra-court opinion, people ready to send her to the gas chamber.
And so it isn't too surprising that people are upset that the jury found her not guilty of murder. I think the whole...