Have you ever tried to adjust your office chair but couldn’t remember how to do it? Do you ever look at all the little levers under your seat and wonder how they work with the myriad muscles in your back? Don’t you wish you could just pull a quick reference guide … out of the arm of your chair?

The other day a developer approached me at work to ask how he could quickly capture and upload video to explain database processes he was documenting. He said he downloaded a trial version of Camtasia Studio, but wasn’t sure if it was the best solution. Of course I had an answer: Jing, I told him. I showed him how he could use Jing to quickly … more »

A couple of months ago I started writing little thoughts on post-it notes next to my monitor at work. The thoughts consisted of random little epiphanies or conclusions about life. I took the best 10 post-in notes and have collected them here as an attempt toward a philosophy of life. It’s not much of a “philosophy,” but I don’t know what else to call it. … more »

Recently I switched from using the iRiver I bought two years ago to my wife’s iPod Nano, which she only uses intermittently. I don’t know why I used my iRiver for so long. The iPod is superior in every way, but mostly because it offers convenience. For example, New podcasts download automatically when I merely plug it in to my computer and click Sync. Its … more »