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Life Mobile

Do I need a smart phone?

A cute little monkey.CNN: “Technology won’t stop evolving, so perhaps figuring out how to manage this tech-infused, mobile life may be the way of the future. Kenny Fair, a 60-year-old graphic designer in Overland Park, Kansas, said he’s had to learn to control himself and his gadgets since purchasing a Palm Pre smartphone in August 2009, an event he described as “an immediate love affair” that changed his life.”

Articles like this make me stop and ask myself if I really need, or want, a smart phone.

Yeah, I guess I do.

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Life

Have a .ly domain? Watch out.

Watch out! It's a blog fly!Ben Metcalfe: “The domain was seized by the Libyan domain registry for reasons which seemed to be kept obscure until we escalated the issue. We eventually discovered that the domain has been seized because the content of our website, in their opinion, fell outside of Libyan Islamic/Sharia Law.”

During the .ly land rush I recall folks warning this could happen. Now it has happened. I feel sorry for anyone using .ly, especially folks like bit.ly. Can you imagine if they get their domain got revoked?

The internets could break at any moment.

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Life Uncategorized

Robenstein

Kim, my lovely wife, did a Halloween Postage of me. How cool is that!

Rob as Frankenstein!

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Life

Cowards need not apply

If you’d like to comment on this site, feel free, but know this. I will not approve your comment if it contains foul language or you’re too much of a coward to use your real identity.

Share your opinion, please, but why hide?

Yes, I’m talking to you ‘no’ at no.com. You are a coward.

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Life

GOP means Grand Old Pirates

The White House Blog: “This is the same agenda that caused the deepest recession since the Great Depression, costing 8 million jobs, wiping out trillions in family wealth and setting middle-class families back. Instead of a pledge to the American people, Congressional Republicans made a pledge to the big special interests to restore the same economic ideas that benefited them at the expense of middle-class families.”

The parties are so far apart. One is for America, one is for the rich in America. I’ll let you decide who is who.

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LEVEL Life Rosetta

Rosetta + LEVEL

A wonderful boquet of flowers.Rosetta + LEVEL: “With the acquisition, Rosetta will have estimated 2010 revenues of $215 million, more than 1,000 team members, 10 offices in the US and Canada, and unsurpassed expertise across all digital and direct touch points.”

Yesterday was a pretty exciting day here at LEVEL HQ. I look forward to learning, and working with, our new brethren in the east. Here’s to a bright future.

I’ve been asked what this means for me. Well, it means we’re bigger and we have bigger opportunities as a company. It’s all good. We’ve been growing at a pretty fast clip year over year. This is a good thing for LEVEL, Rosetta, and our collective family. Each studio brings a great set of people and skills to the table. It’s going to be a fun journey.

Good times!

P.S. – Yes, this is the third company I’ve worked for that’s been acquired. The last two, Visio and Pelco, went rather well. Third times a charm, right?

P.P.S. – Apparently Rosetta has a presence in Chicago and Boston? How do I get a trip to either one of those beautiful cities? I need to get to Chicago in the December, preferable with a weekend stay while the Bears are in town. Boston, well, I could deal with a trip there any time. With Boston it’s all about history for me. Smile, life is good!

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Indie Life

Living the dream

Hello, Dr. Jones.Marco Arment: “After four years of my serving as Tumblr’s lead developer, Tumblr’s technical management needs have evolved to require types of experience that I don’t have, and my independent career has offered a lot of opportunities that I haven’t had the time to take full advantage of.”

Good luck Marco, and congratulations!

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Life

San Luis Obispo, 25 best places…

CNNMoney.com: “The diversity of landscapes surrounding SLO is something to see. Drive eight miles west and you’re at white sandy beaches. Head east and you’re in the mountains. Go north to Pasa Robles wine country, or south to San Luis Obispo wine country. Even Father Junípero Serra, the priest who founded the town in 1772, might agree that it’s heaven on earth. “

I’m sure everyone will forgive the typo, it’s Paso Robles, not Pasa Robles, but the point is San Luis Obispo is an awesome place, even if you’re not ready to retire. Proximity to multiple beautiful beaches and the mountains to the East make it near perfect.

It’s why we want to live here.

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Life

Patent Office, whoops.

BNET: “Trademark Office, under its new director, David Kappos, has finally begun to seriously address transparency of information with a new data visualization dashboard. The big lesson? As a number of people who watch the organization have thought, for years — years — the USPTO has blown smoke and lived in a world of denial and obfuscation.”

Whoops. That’s about all that can be said.

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Life

If its sacred, don’t build there

Michael Moore: “I now wish they would just build a 111-story mosque there. That would be better than the lame and disgusting way the developer has left Ground Zero an empty hole until recently. The remains of over 1,100 people still haven’t been found. That site is a sacred graveyard, and to be building another monument to commerce on it is a sacrilege. Why wasn’t the entire site turned into a memorial peace park? People died there, and many of their remains are still strewn about, all these years later.”

You may, or may not, agree with Mr. Moore’s political views, but he makes a fair point. If the World Trade Center land is sacred, why are we building on it? Forget the community center blocks away. Why aren’t “American Patriots” up in arms over the new construction on the very site 2600 plus lost their lives?

I’ll tell you why. Some people just live their lives in fear. They have to be scare of something. Today that something is the “scary” Muslim.