Everybody’s a Project Manager, Part 4 
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This is the final part in a list of key project management tips and techniques. See also part 1, part 2 and part 3.
Grubers New RSS Feeds 11 Comments
John Gruber of Daring Fireball fame has just updated his RSS feeds to include both tiny link posts and larger essaylike posts. This is very much appreciated by yours truly.
One interesting thing to note in the XML feed: larger noteworthy posts are now starred (★), while the link posts are plain. Delicious. I predict widespread adoption/copying of this feature. My fingers are tingling now, to do the same. Your thoughts?
The Euthyphro Dilemma 6 Comments
Reading up on discussions on atheism (the lack of belief in god), I stumbled upon this interesting question, called the Euthyphro dilemma:
Is the pious loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because it is loved by the gods?
Wikipedia “translates” this into something more readable:
Is what is moral commanded by God because it is moral, or is it moral because it is commanded by God?
As a self-confessed atheist, always willing to discuss my lack of belief, I’m often asked “what about moral values?”, a question I think is utterly ridiculous. The idea that killing is only wrong because god says it is, is just — dangerous. Even so, I think citing the essence of the euthyphro dilemma to the inquiring mind might be a good way to deal with things.
Indiana Jones IV … V and IV? 5 Comments
IESB reports on some interesting contractual obligations:
Shia LaBeouf, a break out star this year with a few small films under his belt like Disturbia, Surf?s Up and Transformers, has signed a four picture deal as the archeologist?s offspring. That?s right, he has signed on for 3 more Indiana Jones movies after this one!
Does this mean Harrison Ford is done with this franchise after this film? Apparently not! He signed a three picture deal, his final stint as the whip wielding adventurer will be a trilogy. This means they better crank out these films pretty quickly before it becomes Indiana Jones and the Hunt for His Prune Juice. He is getting on in years after all.
So after Indy 4 next summer, we may be able to look forward to 5 and 6. Thinking part “bad idea” and part “more indy!”, I’m leaning towards the latter. Penny for your thoughts?
Everybody’s a Project Manager, Part 4
Beach != Ashtray 3 Comments
Even though it looks like a giant sandbox, the beach is not an ashtray.
The Double-Click 11 Comments
It’s been around, probably, since the dawn of the mouse. The double-click has become synonymous with “open”. The purpose of the double-click is to allow one to do two things with the same button. So far this has meant that single-click selects, double-click opens. It’s worked so well and has become so ubiquitous that it’s been a while since anyone thought it could be different. Even so, I’ll bet my mouse that we won’t be double-clicking in 5 years.
Everybody’s a Project Manager, Part 3 2 Comments
This is part 3 in a list of key project management tips and techniques. See also part 1 and part 2.
From the Mormon Sci-Fi Author 2 Comments
“It was a hard thing for human beings to deal with, when we first realized how much of our behaviour arose from evolutionary necessity,” said Wiggin. “There are still numberless humans who refuse to believe it. [...] It’s another thing to find out that neither God nor evolution created you [...]“
The above passage is from Xenocide by Orson Scott Card. I removed parts of the quote to ensure it spoilerfree. What’s interesting is not the contents of the passage, rather that Card is a devout Mormon. I find it very satisfying to see that he can leave his religion out of his books.
Quick Thoughts On Joystiq 2.0’s New Comment System 3 Comments
Online gamer-blog Joystiq has just redesigned. While the design of the new version 2.0 is a shining example of mediocrity, the comment styling is interesting.
Comments with low karma have their text obscured by low contrast, while popular comments have their crisp contrast intact. It’s almost like a comment temperature. This is another approach to [...]
Transformers Mini-Review 6 Comments
Transforming robots from the planet Cybertron have traveled to earth in search The Allspark, a robo-mythical device holding ancient powers. The evil bots, the Decepticons want to use its power for their evil deeds, whilst the good bots want to protect it.
And there it is. The plot for a two hour over-the-top action extravaganza featuring giant robots skating, fighting and blasting each others to pieces. It works for me, in fact I think it’s one-hundred times better than Armageddon, the emphasized being an actual line from the movie. For what it tries to be, Transformers is so good that I’m willing to look past all ridiculous things in this movie. Things such as bots that coincidentally choose to transform themselves to only GM cars, one funky bot called “Jazz” and an Xbox 360 bot.
Finally I thought it interesting to see Michael Bay poke fun at the current president (”Could you wrangle up some ding-dongs, darling?”). I also noticed the apparent lack of American flags, present in most other Bay movies.
All in all, Transformers is eminently watchable, especially on the big screen. Make no mistakes: 4 stars is a lot for a movie based on plastic toys from the 80ies.
Atomic Swing - Pilgrim 6 Comments
I want to share with you all, this great song “Pilgrim” from Atomic Swing (my favourite band of all time). Listen. Enjoy. Buy their album.
Atomic Swing - Pilgrim (mp3 @ 96kbps ABR Mono)
Click the tiny blue play button to play the song.
Paid Parking in my Neighbourhood! Woo-Hoo! 1 Comment
You’d think it was Boo-Hoo. Not in this case. Just a few weeks ago, the Copenhagen parking administration erected brand-new parking meters in my neighbourhood. That means paid parking 24/7. What’s so great about that I hear you ask? Well, that means us residents can get a resident parking permit (cheap annual fee), while people who just park their SUVs here but live elsewhere will have to either pony up the dough or find somewhere else. The result: it’s no longer a pain in the ass to find a parking spot for residents. It’s so easy to forget why we have to pay for parking, it’s good to be reminded once in a while.
Semper Semantic 18 Comments
I’ve only just launched a client website, and already a good friend of mine has reminded me of the importance of a semantic website structure. Why? Because I used an empty b tag to attach graphics. I sacrificed semantics in favor of style and a little bit of ease of use.
Netucating People 3 Comments
While we are busy with a lot of different things at Titoonic, I recently managed to finish up a project for an e-learning company called Netucating People. The project included a full visual identity plus website.
