Dave Winer (What does a blog do in 2014?) So for me, until further notice, my blog is where all my scatterings come together I’m with Dave. The more I spread things out over various social networks, the more I miss having a place to call “home”. Start Here

Discriminating writers still consider the fountain pen the ultimate writing instrument. Fountain pens are fun to use and, for some of us, to collect. I’m left-handed, which makes using a fountain pen challenging. It’s worth it. Here’s how quality fountain pens are made.  

I usually dislike when people cross post blog entries to every social media network they’re on. With that in mind, I’ve decided to cross post blog entries to (nearly) every social media network I’m on. For a while I maintained a separate Twitter account used only for links to things I’ve posted elsewhere. That would be useful if I had a ton of followers and posted stuff way more often than I do.

I was looking for something I’d written years ago on my blog and was having trouble finding it. Whenever I lose things it’s because I’ve moved them for no good reason other than I’m “cleaning things up around here.” I’ve been blogging since the late 90s and still have most posts in one form or another. In an effort to clean things up around here (see!

Project VimR — Refined Vim experience for OS  I love the idea of VimR. Take “real” Vim and add OS X friendly features. More friendly than MacVim, I mean. Things such as a built-in file browser that acts like NERDTree but part of the UI. My ideal editor would be BBEdit with complete Vim bindings. Until then, I’ll keep waffling between BBEdit and Vim and hope that VimR gets closer.

Like a virus the meeting sickness has spread in our organizations over the past years. The symptoms seem to be the same everywhere: bad preparations, wrong attendees, no documentation and a growing anxiety over all the work we get less and less time to perform – via  axbom I often come across as someone who hates all meetings. That’s not true, I just think that most meetings are useless and nearly all meetings could be improved.

As a long-time user of MarsEdit I thought I’d give the recently-updated Blogo another go. I’m loyal to and comfortable with MarsEdit but initial impressions of Blogo 2 are positive. It feels modern and complete, if a little buggy. Image handling seems nice. Formatting controls are handier but not as complete as those in MarsEdit. Blogo does not yet support Markdown but I see that they plan to.

Fotografia de gran formato, 20×25 (8×10″), large format photography from Ledicia Audiovisual on Vimeo. Large format photography is a pain in the ass, generally. But it’s a beautiful and worthwhile pain in the ass. This video shows the process and makes me want to take the Speed Graphic everywhere I go.

From Fragile to Agile by Steve Johnson is more about product management than it is about agile processes. I found it to be an enjoyable read with many good insights and practical ideas for Product Managers.

  I swear the internet is run by children.    

Dear too many of you, I don’t mind that we don’t agree. I’m pretty sure you’re wrong, but I’m willing to listen, so long as you’re willing to discuss things rationally. On the other hand, if you’re only capable of shouting opinions and quoting misguided “data” as facts without also considering (however critically) what I have to say… well then I must say goodbye. And that’s a shame, because I believe you’re smart, concerned, and capable.

Hasselblad CFV-50c  I love my Hasselblad film cameras and would love them even more if I could drop a digital back on them. The new CFV-50c looks like just the ticket. Now, if I only had an extra $15,000 around here somewhere. Still, wouldn’t it be cool to shoot digitally with a camera from the 60s?