(((((Let me give you an unironic bouquet of parentheses)))))
Like a golf ball each facet of the American government has a beautiful and unique center when you scrape off the aerodynamic divits.
I'm sure "helping" the USPO is just as fascinating as redesigning the triscallion for DOT.
Or helping disenfranchised voters find their polling place "round back the municipal building where they got the hog shows."
I heard Tufte was giving a speech at a local coffee shop owned by some new ycombinator startup next week after Eric S. comes by to make sure everyone's in line with Google's new coffee brand.
exactly. a business built around the oculus product would, by definition not some vague promises, be precluded from canibalizing it for profit. they might let it languish or fail, but the worst we would be left with is an unpolished turd. by artificially propping up the product and guaranteeing capital for market penetration you guarantee facebook will make their money back. no. matter. what. they. have. to. do. then we're stuck with a turd with market penetration
I think this is an excellent piece of journalism. I'm still digesting it. Its rather subdued and blunt. I don't know if its... layered... I don't know how I SHOULD feel about it... but I know that my first impression is that it is masterful in its tone and I agree with the sentiments expressed and the overall tone.
Have you ever walked into a job that you thought would save your life and pull you out of a slew of bad breaks... your dream job? And then some miserable pissant with leverage over you and your position decides to make you a scapegoat? When you're going down in flames at least grab the pilot's parachute.
I used to go tour Williamsburg as a child. I used to love the shot towers and the tricorns and the proximity to the beach. I used to love the ferrier and the the legislators and the town harlot. I had been to jamestown and I had been to my own family's homestead which predated Williamsburg and their delicious recreation of a duck potpie. I respected Jamestown and I like to think even as a child I knew the recreation for what it was, the type of people who'd be there and yes, I too, would rather be wearing a uniform and protecting ponies on assiteague but creative anachronism at jamestown pays better because more people want to visit pocohontas than get yelled at for swimming with horses.
I guess my point is hackers are like ren faire workers these days. the problems are and have always been people not who works for them.
Like a golf ball each facet of the American government has a beautiful and unique center when you scrape off the aerodynamic divits.
I'm sure "helping" the USPO is just as fascinating as redesigning the triscallion for DOT.
Or helping disenfranchised voters find their polling place "round back the municipal building where they got the hog shows."
I heard Tufte was giving a speech at a local coffee shop owned by some new ycombinator startup next week after Eric S. comes by to make sure everyone's in line with Google's new coffee brand.