Author Archives: bradfonseca
House of Shorts – AT-AT Day Afternoon
http://houseofshorts.com/at-at-day-afternoon/ This was cute though I seem to think that I’ve seen this same film somewhere else before. I’d be curious to find out how the film-makers managed to animate the AT-AT in such a realistic way.
House of Shorts: Goodnight, Sweet PakMan — Disturbingly Good
Goodnight, Sweet PakMan — Disturbingly Good I’m not much of a fan of Tarantino or homages to his work but this one’s quite good.
Structured Versus Unstructured Writing & Other Thoughts on the Writing Process
How much structure does one need to write something? I suspect it varies from person to person and from project to project. In my case for this blog, I generally gather ideas in notes on EverNote, usually in point form. When I judge I have enough to create a decent post I write from this […]
On Time (on House of Shorts)
On Time (on House of Shorts) A man gains a way to see 30 seconds in the future, acts on his new knowledge, and gains (and loses) something…
Killing the Myth of Speed Equalling Poor Writing
Killing the Myth of Speed Equalling Poor Writing Apparently writing 250 words per day works out to around 90000 words a year which is an average paperback novel. Writing 250 words takes about 15 minutes so you could be a novel a year author by writing 15 minutes a day. It’s probably an oversimplification or at least […]
CANONICAL UNVEILS UBUNTU FOR TABLETS, DEVELOPER PREVIEW AVAILABLE FOR NEXUS DEVICES ON THURSDAY
Other than “Wow! This is so cool! We can actually do this! I iz teh h@ck3r!!”, I’m not sure why we would need yet another mobile OS.
Cyber-Warfare & China
“An official, shadowy Chinese hacker group…” – Isn’t that a bit dramatic? If it’s true and not propaganda then there’s nothing “shadowy” about this group of hackers. In China, you need to be state-sanctioned or you can’t operate, plain and simple. Cyber-warfare has finally started to be visible in any case. It was only a […]
Morality in Economics (and Elsewhere)
I just finished listening to CBC: The Invisible Hand, Episode 10 – Homo Economicus 2.0. The gist of the podcast was discussing the idea of economists modelling human behaviour in the marketplace via a sort of wire frame person acting its own self interest dubbed “Homo Economicus“. In recent years, an attempt has been made […]
Can Ideas Rot? [Lifehacker]
Can Ideas Rot? [Lifehacker] “I have a new rule that I’m making for myself and holding others to: If you haven’t worked on something in the past two weeks, you’re not allowed to talk about it.” Steve Corona makes this bold statement at the beginning of his post on Lifehacker. I guess I’ve been trying to respond […]
10 Reasons Why Documents and Spreadsheets Are Killing Your Career
10 Reasons Why Documents and Spreadsheets Are Killing Your Career This whitepaper, “10 Reasons Why Documents and Spreadsheets Are Killing Your Career”, lists a number of compelling reasons why these artifacts are bogging down the BA. I’m not sure their product is the answer to all the issues but it does a fair job of addressing a […]
The Emporium of Lost Thoughts 