Del Martin is dead.
You probably didn’t know her or her partner of over fifty years, Phyllis Leon. You might have seen them on the news getting married in San Francisco by Mayor Gavin Newsom. She died a married woman. Text from DJCline.com Read the rest of this entry »
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Some reporters were roughed up and arrested by police at last week’s convention for creating a disturbance. Actually they were trying to cover lobbyist events. To paraphrase Mayor John Daley from the 1968 Chicago convention, the press isn’t there to create disorder, the press is there to cover disorder. Anytime any reporter is refused access to any event it means something bad is happening and the public has a right to know. On that note: Read the rest of this entry »
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On August 28, 2008 the STC Silicon Valley Chapter held its Summer Schmooze at Arthur’s in Santa Clara. There were your typical funny stories about robots, dead mice, genetic engineering, missing freeway exits and hitchhiking toddlers. You kind of had to be there. Here are some pictures from the event. Text from DJCline.com.
STC Moves Meetings To UCSC
The STC Silicon Valley Chapter will have its next meeting September 25, 2008 from 6:00PM to 9:00 PM at the UCSC Extension campus in Cupertino. The street address is 10420 Bubb Road Cupertino, CA 95014. For directions visit www.ucsc-extension.edu. Dinner for members will be $10 and nonmembers $20.
On August 25, 2008 at Pillsbury Winthrop in Palo Alto, SDForum’s Virtual Worlds SIG hosted John Bates of Entropia Universe to present “Virtual Economies with Real Results: Entropia Universe”. Mr. Bates is the most engaging and fascinating speaker I’ve seen wearing a zoot suit. Text from DJCline.com. Read the rest of this entry »
Aug. 21, 2008 at SAP in Palo Alto SDForum’s Engineering Leadership SIG hosted Jane Divinsky of JAD Consulting WIIFM’s presentation “Wild & Crazy Adventures of an Interim VPE”. Text from DJCline.com Read the rest of this entry »
On August 21, 2008 at Orrick’s Menlo Park campus, SDForum hosted “Green and Clean Dinner Three: Where’s The Money?” focusing on the role of technology and business in finding solutions. Text from DJCline.com. Read the rest of this entry »
On August 21, 2008 at SAP in Palo Alto the Future Salon hosted John Taylor Gatto’s presentation on the state and future of education from his latest book Weapons of Mass Instruction. Text from DJCline.com. Read the rest of this entry »
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Counting Houses
“You have many houses, one for every season.” -Judy Collins
In a time when many Americans are trying to keep just one roof over their heads, presidential candidate John McCain could not remember how many houses he owns. Text from DJCline.com Read the rest of this entry »
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Top Ten Reasons Jerry Seinfeld will be promoting Microsoft Vista: Text from DJCline.com Read the rest of this entry »
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Ben Stiller got some friends together and made a very funny movie about movies. Half the fun is trying to figure out who they are making fun of. There are fake previews at the start of the film that introduce each of the characters. There is the Scharzenegger/Stallone action hero. There is the Eddie Murphy/Chris Farrel gross-out comedian. There is the Heath Ledger/Tobey Maguire serious actor. There is the Ice-T/Snoop Dog rapper. All of them are brought together to make a Vietnam movie that tries to be Apocalypse Now, Platoon, Missing in Action and any other overwrought action epic. Text from DJCline.com Read the rest of this entry »
On Aug. 15, 2008 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, SDForum held the Corporate Innovation and Research Fair. Technology leaders from eBay, HP, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP and Sun talked about innovation and collaborating with entrepreneurs. You would think that all these fierce competitors under one roof would be like watching a watering hole in Africa. In fact everybody faced the same challenges of creating something new and getting it in the hands of customers. Text from DJCline.com. Read the rest of this entry »
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After the Russians invaded Georgia, I ran across an old poster which raises all sorts of questions. Text from DJCline.com. Read the rest of this entry »
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A Guide To Signs, Codes, And Signals From Across The World
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Toasted Text from DJCline.com
I recently inherited a toaster oven. It was joke but I loathe to throw it away. For those of a certain age, toaster ovens were the favored kitchen appliance by college students before the introduction of cheap microwave ovens. Text from DJCline.com Read the rest of this entry »
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Julia Child was revealed to be a spy for the OSS during the WII. You just never know. Read the rest of this entry »
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A Letter from the President
There are a couple of things you should know about: Read the rest of this entry »
On August 13, 2008 at the NetApp campus in Sunnyvale, the Silicon Valley DITA Interest Group (SVDIG) hosted IBM’s Michelle Carey and Shannon Rouiller presentation “Editing in DITA: Or how we attained enlightenment”. Text from DJCline.com Read the rest of this entry »
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Technical communication is changing beyond recognition as the market becomes more unstable. The way to stay in the market is to keep your skills in demand and up to date. I will talk about a great way to do that in tomorrow’s post. Let’s talk about the opportunities as they stand right now. Read the rest of this entry »
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Senator John Edwards admitted to having an affair. Apple CEO Steve Jobs appears to have lost weight because of his health. Do you have a right to know? Text from DJCline.com Read the rest of this entry »
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