Sweat Investment
A lot of people know I started OmniTI 10 years ago and many ask, "how did you do that without investiment?" The answer is always the same: "sweat... and several ulcers." Recently, I reminded myself of...
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There is nothing quite like a shorn scrot^H^H^Halp...
My daughter Gianna has Alopecia Areata (more particularly Alopecia totalis). She's bald -- completely. She's three and just now she is beginning to become a bit self-conscious about her different...
View ArticleSystems Operations and Fishing.
There is a pleasant dream where the world is black and white, problems are discreet, and solutions are straightforward. People that live in this dream are an obstacle unto themselves. The harsh...
View ArticleSeven things.
Wez Furlong wrote an interesting piece on "seven thing" you may not know about him. He singled me out... (er... sevened me out)... as someone he'd like to know seven things about. I figured this would...
View ArticleWhat's love got to do with it?
We can always be better at what we do, right? My father gave me this book a long time ago and yesterday I ran across it an consumed it. It's a discuss of the art of loving (but not really). It talks...
View ArticleFuck the blind.
One of my favorite jokes always results with a wry grin on my face and ends with the punchline: "fuck the blind." Like many jokes, it is not politically correct. The only reason these jokes are funny...
View ArticleProject Management Reading
Long ago I studied Project Management very briefly. OmniTI does a mix of project work and operations work and the orchestration of those two things is quite interesting (more to come on that in a...
View ArticleBusiness Chaotics, It's All I Know.
Yup, I read another book. I think we can all agree we live in turbulent times. Current economic conditions combined with market globalization causes all sorts of fluctuation and chaos. I enjoyed parts...
View ArticlePainful reading.
I just read “Selling to Big Companies” by Jill Konrath. “Ugh.” Written on a third-grade reading level with a tone of voice often focused on a fourth-grade audience this book was beyond painful. The...
View ArticleSexified fonts for the web.
OmniTI has been working with Clearleft for a while now on Fontdeck. The super Greg Chiasson has been pushing our beta live and I've been provisioning machines and setting up infrastructure just so you...
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Death by icicle.
This fell off the gutter onto the doorstep. Damn lucky no one was standing there. Just ridiculous.
View ArticleWhat does it mean to be a patriot?
I love my country. My sense of patriotism has grown since I was a child to what it is today. I can't imagine being a citizen in any other country (I hope all foreign nationals feel the same about...
View ArticlePlan Wagon
What does it mean to architect a system? It means you solve problems. While that might seem simple, I am absolutely dumbfounded by the number of people that attempt to solve their problem by simply...
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Vibram Four Fingers: Syndactyly Successful
These are vibram five fingers: However, I have syndactyly affecting both of my feet. I love the idea of having my toes separated which is why I prefer barefoot so much more than shoes. Vibram five...
View ArticleRemiss regarding reading recommendations.
It's been ages since I wrote about a book I've read. I didn't stop reading, just sharing. I recently read Jared Diamond's "Gun, Germs & Steel." I'm not going to spoil the book, but not for the...
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