Jed's Daily Musings
My personal site of random cool stuff I find or think of on the Internets.
Export your Google Docs data
One of my favorite personal blog posts is about not trapping users’ data. In late 2006, Eric Schmidt declared “We would never trap user data.” Many of the major Google properties (search, Gmail,…
Three quick notes…
Note 1 – A VERY local Failblog
If you haven’t ever heard of Failblog, it’s simply hilarious. Every day there are a ton of photos and videos that can only be described as “FAIL.”
But Thursday…
The problem with cable news thinking
Not only the networks of all political persuasions that come to mind, but the mindset they represent…
When I was growing up, Eyewitness News always found a house on fire in South Buffalo….
A Marc Andreessen blog archive
I noticed a few weeks ago that Marc Andreessen had deleted virtually everything off his blog. The only thing that’s left is the post announcing the formation of his VC firm, Andreessen Horowitz.
…The problem with cable news thinking
Not only the networks of all political persuasions that come to mind, but the mindset they represent…
When I was growing up, Eyewitness News always found a house on fire in South Buffalo….
Gun Show Loopholes Gone Wild
To preempt the tide of angry comments and emails, let me clarify that, despite the ambiguity of the leading clause, I support Second Amendment rights. But one of the favorite arguments used by…
Apparent risk and actual risk
There are people who I will never encounter in a restaurant.
That’s because when these people go out for dinner, they go to chain restaurants. These are the tourists in New York who seek out the…
You should feel pain when unclear
Email blasts are the best training for being clear.
At my last company I had about 2 million customers.
When writing an email to everyone, if I wasn’t perfectly clear, I’d get 20,000 confused…
Make a decision
It doesn’t have to be a wise decision or a perfect one. Just make one.
In fact, make several. Make more decisions could be your three word mantra.
No decision is a decision as well, the decision…
The Front Fell Off! (via practicalboatowner)
The Front Fell Off! (via practicalboatowner)
