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Re: Randy Pausch: Grace under pressure

Christine Herron — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 02:38:23 -0000

I saw this (and blogged: http://www.christine.net/2007/09/sobering-joyfu...) as well. Still thinking about it, and not sure what it was that made this moment in someone else's life so personally compelling. Is it because Prof. Pausch is a geek and so evidently 'one of us?' Because he's a frighteningly good storyteller? Or maybe because I'm At a Certain Age and am Looking for Meaning?

I'm also verklempt, even a couple of days later.

Re: Midday round-up: Crowdsourcing, Firefox 2.0 and Mashup Camp

Christine Herron — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 19:32:18 -0000

I've started live blogging of Mashup Camp over at http://christine.net - feel free to reference for notes. You can also see the session agenda set by the participants at the camp wiki: http://wiki.mashupcamp.com/index.php/MashupCamp2Grid.

Re: Google buys its start-up garage

Christine Herron — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 21:10:43 -0000

I heard Susan Wojcicki speak on having Google in her garage earlier this year - she was a very entertaining storyteller, and I posted some of her anecdotes at http://www.christine.net/2006/05/susan_wojcicki....

Re: TuitionCoach launches college funding site

Christine Herron — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 17:09:36 -0000

The basic site is still pretty bewildering, unless you live in a traditional nuclear family. e.g., the calculator didn't handle my own sample need of two-parents-divorced-and-remarried, with each claiming one child from their first marriage on their taxes though both children live with a custodial parent, and with current spouses that provide the majority of the current household incomes. (Whew!) Based on divorce statistics, I imagine that these non-traditional financial structures need to be covered, especially since these are the folks whose complexity of college financing will require more assistance.

Re: Gary the VC Snowman

Christine Herron — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 17:00:01 -0000

I couldn't stop laughing at this one. Had to repost it!

Re: What is proper etiquette for VCs — fiddle with Blackberry or not?

Christine Herron — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 22:47:12 -0000

There's no point in meetings that you're not interested in. What ever happened to the introductory call? (Kudos to David P.) I'd rather spend 15 minutes on the phone than waste an hour-plus of both the CEO's and my time in a pointless meeting.

So I don't bring my phone into meetings...though I DO use a laptop to take notes. No human can write as quickly as a CEO talks. (Yes, I am really taking notes!) >:-)

Re: Tis the season for video holiday cards

Christine Herron — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:20:27 -0000

Love your singing holiday video! Thanks for reminding me to pick up some barbed wire along with the garland and twinkle lights. :)

Re: Show Your Support for the Company-Customer Pact

Christine Herron — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:41:23 -0000

I've also just set up a copy of the pact at http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/ccpact/ - I'm still in the process of moving signatures over, but feel free to start signing up here! (It IS easier than the wiki...)

Re: Twitter Spam Spirals Out of Control

Christine Herron — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:16:27 -0000

The twitter spammers are missing the boat...reciprocity is required (as others here have mentioned) in order for the spam to be visible. So, let them follow us! It doesn't clutter up my stream, or have any impact upon my use of twitter. I never see their content.

The spam accounts and associated content will, however (a) clutter up the public stream, and (b) create some annoying extra traffic for twitter servers. But do that many folks really try to keep tabs on the public timeline?

Re: 30-Level YouTube Game Debuts

Christine Herron — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:02:00 -0000

I admit it, I played the whole way through...maybe just a fad, but those 'spot the difference' puzzles have been in the weekly comics section for *how* many years...?

Re: 30-Level YouTube Game Debuts

Christine Herron — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:02:00 -0000

I admit it, I played the whole way through...maybe just a fad, but those 'spot the difference' puzzles have been in the weekly comics section for *how* many years...?

Re: 30-Level YouTube Game Debuts

Christine Herron — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:02:00 -0000

I admit it, I played the whole way through...maybe just a fad, but those 'spot the difference' puzzles have been in the weekly comics section for *how* many years...?

Re: What I learned from BlogHer

Christine Herron — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 16:12:07 -0000

Lazy bum! Glad you liked the posts. I have a couple more (including the great lunchtime talk with Meg Hourihan and Caterina Fake) that I'll post today.