One of my guides for creating a slick FB profile recently made PC World’s list of 10 tips for Facebook Power Users (Tip #5). That coverage sort of endorsed me as a thought leader in tweaking Facebook. The user interface and design of Facebook is only of interest to me because I enjoy the service… Continue reading Facebook User Interface Revision and Revolt
Month: March 2009
My Remarks at the 2009 Babson Entrepreneurial Energy Expo
Yesterday our graduate student energy club produced its annual energy conference. I have many thoughts and good feelings about how the event went. A summary would be ‘smashing success.’ I could not communicate enough to those I spoke with how proud I was of the team of students involved in creating such a professional experience.… Continue reading My Remarks at the 2009 Babson Entrepreneurial Energy Expo
Nothing To Worry About
I just returned from an week-long trip in Norway with a handful of Babson MBA visiting students at ITNU in and looking at renewable energy businesses. It was a great time, and I hope to blog about it soon. For now I wanted to push down my last post about gmail being down with something… Continue reading Nothing To Worry About
My Gmail Account is Down (I am not alone)
I noticed gmail was not working and on a whim searched the news for “gmail down.” It seems I am afflicted by the same temporary service interruption that others have been seeing. Things were working fine until about 10 minutes ago. I consider myself a gmail power user and recently chose to upgrade my account… Continue reading My Gmail Account is Down (I am not alone)
January Song of the Month: Blue Lining, White Trenchcoat
I was going to skip January, but then remembered this Mando Diao tune Blue Lining, White Trenchcoat. This track begins at what sounds like a rail station and rips right into a piano driven frenzy. Later on the song breaks down and then comes back together. The lyrics are a lock often ending with the… Continue reading January Song of the Month: Blue Lining, White Trenchcoat
February Song of the Month
I’m selecting a song from Vetiver’s Tight Knit record (official release 3/4/09) for the February song of the month. The album as a whole is quite good. I like the upbeat spring-day-type songs like Everyday and More of This. The tune that gets my commendations is Another Reason To Go, which has a funky keyboard… Continue reading February Song of the Month