Thinking out loud.

I was driving through a small town Friday when I saw another sign that included simple, elegant, and effective design. It was a radar speed sign, which of course you see in neighborhoods around town all the time. However, those are generally marginally effective… you know it is just sign right, and speed right by. [...]

I was playing golf yesterday when I saw a sign that I had not seen in the past. “Warning, Bee Hive” the sign said right near the fence into a backyard along the edge of the course. At first, I thought either these people were bee keepers in their backyard or, more likely, were the [...]

…which creates huge opportunity in the software business. The idea of having an IT Department grows more arcane to me by the day. The reason for having computers is to make getting work done easier. Software is fundamentally just a service that makes accomplishing some task easier, faster, etc. Computing infrastructure such as servers, networks, [...]

At this point, it is exceedingly well established that the procedures for “ensuring” airline security are really about providing passengers an illusion of security to keep air travel volume up. It is a matter of security theater as opposed to actual security. In the aftermath of the Nigerian man who attempted to blow up a [...]