clock … watching time, the only true currency

OK, if you’re of a certain age and have seen all the other Star Wars movies, you have to watch Revenge of the Sith, aka Episode III (terrible, memory-sucking Flash website there, by the way). But… You don’t have to like it. You don’t need to rush to the theater. It’s more than acceptable to [...]

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The weather was perfect, and the race — especially after the swim — went well. Official time of 2:52:45, so faster than I hoped, putting me in 181st place among the 1,129 amateurs. 2009 update: the Accenture links are broken, sadly. Accenture was the title sponsor of Escape from Alcatraz for 2005. As a result, [...]

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Escape from Alcatraz is less than 48 hours away. Glad the race is nearly here… all I can do now is stretch and look forward to leaving the water. Figuring I can finish the swim in ~50 minutes, do the “warm-up” run to the bike in 5-7 minutes (1/2 mile? 1 mile?), bike the 18 [...]

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Three minutes of your life will be well spent with the following trio of links. Vin Crosbie reports a great one-liner from New Orleans. David Pogue reminds readers that you must spend time to save time. Life’s a b***ch that way. Tim Bray dances to the same tune as this blog’s slogan… but reminds us [...]

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Via Jeremy, I found Chris DiBona’s post about why WiFi should be turned off at conferences. Maybe it should be taken one step further on an every day basis, and all communal workplaces (read: conference rooms) should have a bin at the door where everyone can turn in their Treos, Blackberries, and other mobile devices [...]

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Obviously, I hoped that News.com would bring home the Eppy for Best Internet News Service over 1 million, but that went to Slate Magazine this year. CNET News.com and Boston.com were the other finalists in that category. Overall, the folks at NYT Digital must be pleased, with Martin Nisenholtz honored as Outstanding Individual Achievement and [...]

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I’ve been quiet for a few days, even if news in the Mac world has not. Since Sunday morning, I’ve been stretching my brain with a class on accounting and finance. One week, Sunday to Thursday, cramming in lots of information about the language of business. Coming in, I knew the vocabulary of accounting and [...]

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The rumors flew around a short while ago (link to WSJ, behind pay-wall), but my editorial colleagues at CNET News.com got the story this afternoon: Apple to ditch IBM, switch to Intel chips. I can see from the burgeoning TalkBack thread (50 comments and counting) that people still aren’t sure whether to believe the news. [...]

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Nice to have another site that requires little explanation: TV.com. Went live officially this morning, and WSJ used the launch as a reason to survey what’s going on at CNET Networks. I like getting outside perspectives. You might enjoy a bit of history… the domain cost, well, not a lot, relatively when it was purchased [...]

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