category archive: society

smartass time!

Here’s what I just emailed to Delta Airlines over the recent insanity: I’ve had my share of less than pleasant experiences with Delta flight attendants, but I’m not prone to blame them for their occasional surliness: they’re working in a difficult industry, for difficult management, and often with difficult customers. The story in the news […]

adios, pluto

Just in time for Christmas shopping season. I smell a scam.

armchair internet usage research, volume 1

I’ve read statements on web design & usability blogs about users who always use Google to locate sites that they may visit frequently, or even daily. Usually, the reasons I’ve seen given to explain this behavior are that the user doesn’t know about certain browser features (bookmarks, history, etc.) or that they simply can’t be […]

support Parkinson’s research!

My dear old pal Michele is putting one foot in front of the other this year in the Parkinson’s Unity Walk, an annual two-mile stroll through Manhattan’s Central Park to raise awareness and funds for research to cure Parkinson’s disease. If you’d like to give some money to a worthy cause today, visit Michele’s fundraising […]

help me help kids in need. by going bowling.

Yep, simply by sending me bowling with a bunch of my co-workers, you can help out needy kids. For the second time, I’ll be joining in on Bowl For Kids’ Sake, a big fundraising event of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Texas. I—and especially the kids who benefit—would really appreciate your sponsorship: visit my […]

why DreamHost rocks

If you’d asked me yesterday what I think of my web hosting company, I’d have told you I was satisfied with the pricing and the service. Ask me tomorrow and I’ll tell you I’m proud to be their customer. Here’s why: …if your billing address in our system was in a zip code affected by […]