Why I had to be a grad student
I am a big believer in education, now, but 30 years ago, when I was a 17-year-old high school graduate, you would not have heard me utter such words. In fact, I thought school was … Read more
Posts in Category ‘Humanity’
The Me Generation Myth
By the title, you can probably tell that I don’t believe in the Millennial or Me generation actually being a thing. Sure, I’ve noticed the seemingly omnipresent sense of entitlement in so many 20-somethings, but … Read more
How easy do we really need things to be?
I was reading a software review wherein the user complained that while the tool made complex selections easy, it didn’t make easy selections, such as the square edges of a building, easier. How easy do … Read more
The responsibility to call out the bad
Sometimes I feel like a crank. If I notice a process or a design that was poorly done, I feel a responsibility to call it out. That approach was ingrained in me early in my … Read more
We hear what we want to hear
It seems fairly obvious that 49 years ago when John Lennon said, “We’re more popular than Jesus now,” he was talking not about belief systems, but about news headlines. Lennon was an intelligent man, certainly … Read more