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  1. tech wtrs: Your readers are smart and busy, don't tell them the 20 year history of your technology.
  2. @jow3 I grew up in Chicago, then commuted on 93 for 20 years, so far the Ca. rain is a cake walk : )
  3. @jow3 Here in California they sometimes build houses w/ out furnaces! Wow! We do however have a nice fireplace insert : ) how's Co?
  4. We have no furnace, the kindling store is sold out, I must use my axe : )
  5. tech wtrs: One misunderstood term can blow the whole paper. Assume your tech terms ARE overloaded and define them. Establish common ground.
  6. tech wtrs: Be humble. Your book won't be: "good for beginners AND experts, great for learning AND as a reference..."
  7. For horse owners "bombproofing" is a well known concept, via @dimsumthinking not a strange book title at all... like the others though :)
  8. Lost and Found: http://www.vsa-software.com/blog/?p=8 Although it's missing DMNS - do what I mean, not what I say
  9. Have a family, plant trees, build a house, climb in Eldorado, write books, hike in NZ, sell a startup... have fun! http://bit.ly/4qk7qb
  10. tech wtrs: *Finally* do the beginning of your topic... get the user to do something cool (and meaningful) in 30 minutes. (thx electric rain)
  11. RANT: The backchannel leads us towards Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron" world in which we can all be equally bad at everything.
  12. The horses' midnight snack. The full moon's making the fog glow as if it was dawn. Was there ever a camera that could capture this lighting?
  13. I'm LOVING wikipedia's writeup of RAS syndrome... but they forgot SALT talks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAS_syndrome
  14. is thrilled with this weekend's horse clinic and continues to be amazed at how complex and physical it is to 'sit' on a horse correctly.
  15. Just did my first ride 'under the lights' in our 10k sq. ft. arena. 1250 watts from the garage, 1500 via the house and all was peachy.
  16. tech wtrs: What's the cool thing in your topic du jour that your users should take away, that they can share during (geeky) cocktails?
  17. RANT: cont. okay, I realize I haven't quite let go of this one yet ; )
  18. RANT: Hey you! Social marketeers and whuffiers! If you're in the AUDIENCE, the speaker is NOT having a dialog with you. Shut up and listen!
  19. tech wtrs: Who's your audience? Don't be greedy now. Really. Who's your audience again? Don't lose track of that, don't bite off too much ;)
  20. Dear iTunes Store, My internet comes thru a satellite. It's NOT okay with me when you delay starting my download for 4 or 5 hours - ouch!