These are my notes on the show.
DARPA Grand Challenge.
Lusted after a good Slide Rule. 6″ plastic slide rule in my pocket protector through high school. HP 35 calculator, the first scientific calculator.
Archive for April 15th, 2006
But do I have the skills?
Having performed similar work in the past is a good predictor of ability to perform such work in the future. Even better is work on the suggested project: if you can show that you’re already doing the work that needs to be done, and doing it successfully, you have solved the problem of convincing me you can do it. You might still burn out, have a personal emergency, or get hit by a bus, but I have high confidence that you’re capable of doing the work. Another excellent way to convince me in your ability to do the work is to present a detailed plan for doing it, with a good schedule. Such a plan is a great complement to any other ways. All applications we accepted had good plans, and not having a good plan was grounds for rejection even for people with very impressive resumes.
Example of a site with a menu that stays at the same place on a page, even while you scroll the rest of the page. I think it uses just CSS, rather than DHTML or Javascript.
Excellent podcast by Leo Laporte. Here are my notes for episode 2. I listened to episode 1.
Extensions that:
- Make textboxes bigger
- Homestarrunner full-screen extension (Ben Goodger). I haven’t seen Home Star Runner for some time!
- Flashblock (click to make Flash animation start)
- Del.icio.us extension.
- Prefetching
Tab browsing becoming the norm. Making it more natural and make it happen automatically. User interface testing.
Work for Google. Summer of Code is being launched to mentor organizations. I want to apply for this, as a student. They’re going to put links in the shownotes. Financially profitable despite not charging for the product.
Ad-sharing deals. Doing a release now is a lot more complicated because they have a lot more visibility.
Pet peeve. “Boy, they must have a lot of time on their hands.” Not true for open source (free). Computer business all came from people doing this stuff for fun. Not cave people anymore. “What’s the point of civilization if we can’t work on intellectually interesting problems?” “Firefox was a huge waste of time… until it wasn’t!” Continue reading ‘FLOSS Episode 2 with Ben Goodger’
I have absolutely no problem cruising around a grocery store that is super stocked. It is interesting to me. Where it all comes from and all of the different types of food and stuff there. It’s an adventure to pick out stuff that I have never had before and see if I can make something good out of it. Computer stores are the opposite. I get overwhelmed if I don’t have a list of exactly what I am looking for. -pam kelso
Update: I have no more Writely invites. However, there are lots of people with invitations at Google Community. Writely invites topic.
Anyone want one? I signed up for Writely well before Google bought them.
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