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Author: andy

  • Quote: Collective Stupidity

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    Quoted from [Creating Passionate Users](http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cpu/~3/79458827/the_dumbness_of.html) >Meanwhile, an individual best achieves optimal stupidity on those rare occasions when one is both given substantial powers and insulated from the results of his or her actions. If the above criteria have any merit, then there is an unfortunate convergence. The setup for the most stupid collective is also…

  • Great Sky

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    It might have been cold but we rose midmorning to head down to [Skydive Carolina](http://www.skydivecarolina.com). The winds were calm and I was psyched to get a few jumps in. I had packed my day-bag with care that it might be windy I would have everything I needed to work. Of course with that much consideration…

  • Another blog chapter ends

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    With a fond good-bye I have left [typo](http://www.typosphere.org/) for [wordpress](http://www.wordpress.net). It really is fond because I enjoyed what typo brought to the scene. It’s amazing blip on the radar at a time when RoR was taking off and the things it employed were beyond anything before it. Unfortunately the talented gang of developers has dwindled…

  • Unleash the Monkey

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    We’ve gone and done it now. After 10mos of being sequestered we’re letting ourselves out of the cage and are taking our act on the road. You have the opportunity to come surf the maelstrom of a developing company, [Nuance Labs, Inc.](http://blog.nuancelabs.com). The thoughts and trials behind a startup that has some far reaching ambitions…

  • Wade Davis

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    I am so glad I found this. While perusing through [TED](http://tedblog.typepad.com/tedblog/#)blog I saw that they had a Feb. 03 recording of [Wade Davis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade_Davis)’ biosphere / ethnosphere talk. I had the pleasure of seeing him give this talk at the 2006 [SCAA](http://www.scaa.org). Since we saw him I have tried countless times to explain the talk I…

  • Candyfaith

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    I’ve known Michael Quigley for near 15 years. He’s an amazing individual if you ever get the chance to meet him. By day he leads the development of massive scaling websites (250m+ hits a day) and in his downtime can be found wielding instruments with such precision you’d think he was a Norwegian prog god.…

  • 2006 Year in Review

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    At the beginning of last year I could not have seen what was to transpire this year. As I grow each year seems more so like that. Maybe it’s due to the embracing of chaos and knowing I can only manifest a few variables, or maybe it is just additive wisdom of the years behind…