"In the end, we can't predict what's going to work." I think this statement narrows the type of problems his mantra applies to. There are many problems one faces in business, for example the prediction of what the market will accept/like/hate where perfect prediction is impossible without experiment and it is the fast…

A "meeting" by it's very name indicates pointlessness. I say they should be called "decidings". Or if the objective is different, name accordingly e.g. "Brainstorm Idea Collection", "Boss question asking", "Termination Announcements", "Celebration", or whatever. The picking of the name will force the organizer to have…

Way to make a meeting suck most: Conduct it during lunch to justify giving cheap pizza instead of wages during the time.

A few years ago I had a cut rate ISP decide they weren't billing me enough and unilaterally doubled my bill retroactively so that by the time I saw it, I'd been overbilled three times.

Without giving out too much info, at least say your first name or something in your voice so those who know you can at least feel confident they're leaving that PG13 message for the right person. I've found people uneasy with the stock computer voice since they can't tell who they called or wonder if you've moved.

There seems to be an assumption that Google would take care of any problems. I love Google and their apps, but seriously, has ANYone on this board ever received an individualized tech response from Google on ANYthing? I think they only take care of things that effect their users in bulk. Even then, the only response…

Ok but from previous articles, I thought rsync didn't play well with resource forks and permissions on macs and so made for iffy backups. And then there was mention of rsyncX.

Not using a headset is like saying "Put everyone on speakerphone." It will lighten your workload because you will annoy the hell out of anyone you talk to. Even if it isn't a long repeating echo, it will be a short muddying echo and make for those awkward stalls when both are trying to talk at once.

Ah! I've been looking for this. Every sailor needs it. But given that vinegar is an acid, doesn't it pose any risk to color or the material?

Exciting and useful feature. However, it does open a whole host of security concerns, broadcasting everything you do over the net. What concerns me is that as best as I can tell, iChat is only kind enough to provide encryption to paid .mac users which seems a bit like having to pay a "protection" racket. Encryption is…

Be alert to symptoms: When a computer has a software crash, you will see some kind of blue screen or crash alert or lockup or whatever. If, on the other hand, your CPU overheats, it may trigger it's thermal protection and turn off abruptly. With a CPU termal shutdown, there will be no warning or anything. Your…

In spite of how rediculously common they are, batteries are pretty fancy chemical devices and are thus highly effected by environmental conditions. I've read that exceeding or pushing the limits of the temperature tolerance is one of the easiest ways to shorten their life. So think twice before leaving your phone,…

For some reason lots of people always email me asking "Is your x still available? " without so much as declaring that they want it. Well duh, even if it is, it might not be by the time they read the reply.

Has anyone found an app that is multiplatform and can share a single datafile format, and can sync to palm? I'm using Password Manager by Ramix. It is java, but doesn't do Palm, and seems to no longer be maintained. (BTW, don't use the beta. It deletes your password file.)

People keep saying it isn't supported in the SF bay area, but it is. As I discovered yesterday taking the bus for the first time in a couple of years, it is featured front and center on the VTA's web page (Santa Clara Valley) [www.vta.org]

Many people are saying there is no support for the SF bay area. There is indeed. As I discovered yesterday taking the bus for the first time in a couple of years, it is featured front and center on the web page of the VTA site [www.vta.org] Maybe you just can't get there directly from Google?

@moe52: I'm all for capitalizing on experience like a skilled craftsman learns to do after repeating it often enough. But if it wasn't a little steelyard or a 2x4 at stake, but instead a load beam in a skyscraper, or a circuit about to go to fab for 100,000 units, a hand snapped chalk line isn't going to cut it. One…

I guess that must be why illiterate Mexican immigrants get paid so freaking much. Why did I waste all that time on school!

You'll never look at 98% of your documents again, which is exactly why it makes sense not to pay for real estate to store them physically. I'd still like a faster way to scan. I'm using a Scansnap, but it still takes some handholding.

You'll never look at 98% of your documents again, which is exactly why it makes sense not to pay for real estate to store them physically. I'd still like a faster way to scan. I'm using a Scansnap, but it still takes some handholding.