One of my favorite movies, ever, is ‘Blade Runner‘. I’d seen it in theaters when it opened (yes, it was a long time ago) and was surprised that it wasn’t more popular; it seemed to have a brief run, with little attention, and it sort of faded away.

It was (and still is, in fact) visually stunning, prophetic in many senses and it asks complex questions about the meaning and value of human life, what it is to really be human.

Today, though, I’m not going to offer a review or synopsis of the film. Instead, I thought it was worth mentioning that a little piece of the technology in the film may here, now. Read the rest of this entry »

Recently, I’ve become a contributor to personal finance site wisebread.com

• Although I’ve only written a few posts, I’ve already been on the ‘popular list’ on del.icio.us for my article on blogging tools and add-ons;
• My article on using WordPress for personal blogging or a business website has been cited on blogherald.com under ‘WordPress Techiques and Tips’. The Blog Herald is “… the first blog dedicated exclusively to the news of the blogosphere and remains the longest (and largest) standing resource of its kind.”;
• And, my more contemplative article, “Do you want what you have… and do you have what you want?” was mentioned on thesimpledollar.com, one of the most popular personal finance blogs.

According to D5, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs have not appeared together in a joint interview since 1984. And despite the prevailing view that the two companies have always been at odds with each other, the interview revealed that the two computer titans had praise for each other’s companies:

Steve Jobs: “Bill built the first software company in the industry and I think he built the first software company before anybody really in our industry knew what a software company was, except for these guys. And that was huge. That was really huge. And the business model that they ended up pursuing turned out to be the one that worked really well, you know, for the industry. I think the biggest thing was, Bill was really focused on software before almost anybody else had a clue that it was really the software.”

Bill Gates: “What Steve’s done is quite phenomenal, and if you look back to 1977, that Apple II computer, the idea that it would be a mass-market machine, you know, the bet that was made there by Apple uniquely–there were other people with products, but the idea that this could be an incredible empowering phenomenon, Apple pursued that dream.” Read the rest of this entry »