As I arrived at work today, I found that I had left my phone sitting, charging on my home office desk. For a moment, I seriously considered driving the 20+ minutes back home and then 20 minutes back to the office just to avoid a day of limitation, nuisance and *gasp* disconnectedness. The thought of going throughout the day without my iPhone appendage was befuddling to me. Yet, I was already behind and therefore had no choice but to soldier on. (continue reading…)

taking raw ideas and finding the real value

There is something appealing to me about the process of honing /smelting ore. Perhaps it’s the chemical reactions that enable the process. Perhaps it’s the concept of taking found material and working it into a real purpose. Or it just may be that the process reminds me so much of the creative process to develop good ideas.

It is curious to analyze the metallurgy process and the number of steps required to arrive at a pure metal. It’s not just about melting down ore and pouring it into bars. There are several steps and honing that happens. I did some quick research and found a nice overview of the process at Wikipedia

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I m struggling with Apple’s decision to begin walking away from the technology that helped put them back on the store shelves. Yes, I am talking about Firewire. When Apple introduced the new Al Macbook it looked really good until the connections were revealed.Not only did it not have eSata (not a surprise) but, it also lacked the universal, swiss army knife of connectivity – Firewire.
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