Can I check my email again?

Last night after eating dinner at a friend’s house and I said, “Can I check my email again?” He looked at me as if I had just insulted him, as he said, “You just checked it about a half hour ago.” I was caught in one of those surreal moments of the most bizarre silence [...]

What kind of future

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The Big Ad !!!

A great ad doesn’t have to sell a product but can tell a story, hopefully one that entertains and educates. Stories are what stay in people’s minds. We remember them because they can paint a visual picture; funny stories all the more so. I still believe TV spots can help build brands because it can [...]

1-0 til cykelhjelmen

Har jeg ret eller hvad…??

Something from Joel on Software

Read this little statement:
A very senior Microsoft developer who moved to Google told me that Google works and thinks at a higher level of abstraction than Microsoft. “Google uses Bayesian filtering the way Microsoft uses the if statement,” he said. That’s true.
Google also uses full-text-search-of-the-entire-Internet the way Microsoft uses little tables that list what error [...]

Her er lidt jeg har tænkt over

Beklager allesammen, men jeg har ikke været helt oppe på dubberne, og lagt nyt og nyheder op fra den lille familie, men jeg har da tænkt lidt over sagerne – som jeg blandt andet har set i nyhederne. Hermed lige et par bemærkninger, der har sat tankerne igang herhjemme….

Multitasking in the Office Space

Big screens are good, interruptions are bad, etc. The stuff about how long it takes to pick up a train of thought after being interrupted is really cool; I’ve been claiming this based on my own experience but I never had anything remotely scientific to prove it. You can read the original papers by Gloria [...]