By Ben | Published:
June 13, 2008
Jim tagged me for the meme, so here’s how I got started…
How old were you when you started programming?
I wrote a few games (when you had to type in the games) on the TRS-80 when I was in elementary school. I think I wrote two or three of those games as a kid. I really [...]
By Ben | Published:
January 31, 2008
A great quote from Cradle to Cradle…
“Consider this: All ants on the planet, taken together, have a biomass greater than that of humans. Ants have been incredibly industrious for millions of years. Yet their productiveness nourishes plants, animals, and soil. Human industry has been in full swing for little over a century, yet it has [...]
By Ben | Published:
October 15, 2007
Blog Action Day is finally here. I’m extremely excited to read the posts that get posted by a variety of bloggers today. The number of blogs participating is upwards of 15,000. This post is my contribution.
It’s fairly common to hear the phrase “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.” Just about everyone recognizes this slogan and many practice the [...]
By Ben | Published:
September 18, 2007
I want one of these soooo bad…
I love these things. Maybe I should event get one for the beach.
By Ben | Published:
August 29, 2007
“In the United States, the materials used by the metabolism of industry amount to more than twenty times every citizen’s weight per day—more than one million pounds per American per year.”
… from Natural Capitalism.
Ouch.
Also posted in environment |
By Ben | Published:
August 27, 2007
I got tagged by Jim, so here’s my career goals for the next six months…
Learn more about usability, interaction design, human factors, and user experience.
I’ve had the opportunity to work with some individuals on recent projects that were incredibly good in these areas. There’s a lot that I have to learn here and it’s an [...]
By Ben | Published:
July 12, 2007
I have partial color-blindness and it’s a huge pain in the ass.
I don’t really mind not being able to see or differentiate every color and shade out there; but it does really bother me that I have no idea what is going on when I’m looking at color-coded visualizations. Most of the models or visualizations [...]
By Ben | Published:
July 1, 2007
I’m incredibly intrigued by the idea behind the Cut & Paste battles. If you haven’t heard of this yet, it’s similar to DJ / B-boy battles, but it’s focused on design battles instead.
I guess I’ll have to find a way to make it to one of the eleven cities where the battles are (none are [...]
By Ben | Published:
June 12, 2007
I’ve got to say that group over at Dr. Dobbs Journal have to be the most difficult bunch of guys that I’ve ever had to deal with around spam. The funny thing is that I signed up for a subscription a while ago and never received a single issue. The only thing that I’ve received [...]
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By Ben | Published:
October 28, 2006
If you don’t subscribe to WorldChanging, you’re missing out. It is one of the best and websites out there and the content is always phenomenal. The writers and content are great and they are providing a great service.
Beyond the site, they have recently announced the availability of their book. In addition to the availability of [...]
