Feed Sift (05/31/2019)

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ARCHITECTURALDIGEST.COM -- 10 Best Designed Buildings in the World From Top Architects

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ENGADGET.COM -- 23andMe says gene report can detect the risk of type 2 diabetes

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EVERNOTE.COM -- Introducing Evernote for Gmail

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LATIMES.COM -- One of California’s last black enclaves threatened by Inglewood’s stadium deal

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EMAILGEEKSCOMMUNITY.COM -- You’ve been sent an InDesign file — now what?

Feed Sift (05/24/2019)

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ARCHITECTURALDIGEST.COM -- Visit 22 Real-Life Settings of the Star Wars Movies

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FORBES.COM -- Why I Won't Hire A 'Money-Driven' Candidate

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MCSWEENEYS.NET -- Nihilist Start-up Haikus

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NNGROUP.COM -- Visibility of System Status

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KCET.ORG -- The Lost Hills of Downtown Los Angeles

Feed Sift (05/17/2019)

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URBANIZE.LA -- L.A.’s Emerging Business Hubs

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ARCHITECTURALDIGEST.COM -- 6 Painting Problems That Are Really Easy to Avoid

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ENGADGET.COM -- FTC fines Office Depot $25 million for bogus virus scans

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THESOURCE.METRO.NET -- New video: constructing the Crenshaw/LAX Line

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KCET.ORG -- Why Is SoCal's Harbor Split Between Two Cities?

Feed Sift (05/10/2019)

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XKCD.COM -- Opportunity Rover: Awwww....

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VITALS.LIFEHACKER.COM -- How to Make Sure Your Friends Don't Become Anti-Vaxxers

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CALTRANSD7INFO.BLOGSPOT.COM -- How Do We Build the Frame for the Deck of the New Valley View Ave. Bridge in Santa Fe Springs?

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SETHS.BLOG -- Telescopes and Microscopes

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CNBC.COM -- At Apple, 'you had to prove yourself every day, or Steve Jobs got rid of you'

who am I today?

Who I am, my identity, is something I've tried to understand and write about over the years. Clearly, it hasn't been something I've made a priority, as it seems like so many posts start out this exact same way.

So, who am I today?  Well, it's a Saturday.  So I'm a coffee drinker and my Pandora station of the day is Saturday Morning Coffee. With the wife and daughter off seeing the latest Avengers movie, I've been at home with my son.  He's had a chill day of watching acapella groups on YouTube and hanging out outside.  At the moment, he's gone over to visit his grandma, so I've grabbed the laptop, gone out to the patio and thought I'd just write a little bit.  The skies are blue, there's a breeze, the sun is out and the palm trees are rustling and the birds are chirping.  Going to sit down at the table, I scared a squirrel who was hanging out on the table.  Beautiful Southern California day.  I've shaved, gotten some things done off my to do list and also not been stressed out or anxious about all the stuff I think I need to do.  Have knocked a few things off my list that have been there since we moved.  The list will always exceed what I can do, but I'm not going to stress about it.

So, who am I today?  I'm chill.  I'm going to get some stuff done, but I'm not going to make my whole Saturday into a crush of self-imposed busyness.  I'm going to stop eating cookies and banana bread, have some carrots and veggies and drink my water and take my vitamins.  And prepare for the noise that will herald the return of Lori and Ellie so that it doesn't feel like an interruption or disruption to my plans.

Happy weekend, friends!

Feed Sift (05/03/2019)

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EVERNOTE.COM -- Looking Ahead: Evernote’s Priorities for 2019

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VENTUREBEAT.COM -- Apple’s Mac Pro manufacturing woes could doom U.S. iPhone assembly

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ARCHITECTURALDIGEST.COM -- 23 Kitchen Tile Backsplash Ideas, Design, and Inspiration

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BITSOFCO.DE -- Tips for making interactive elements accessible on mobile devices

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NPR.ORG -- Deaths From Gun Violence: How The U.S. Compares With The Rest Of The World

Say My Name

It's always bothered me when people call me "Jim" - it's not my name. 

My dad, also goes by Jim. So when people would call me Jim, it would bug me, but I knew most people wouldn't know this, so I'd just have to be careful and tactful in clarifying my name.

But when someone called me Jim today, it still bothered me. This person, somewhere else on the planet, I'll never meet them in person, saw my post on Social Media, complete with my name, and decided to call me a different name.

Why? It can't be laziness, because then you could use the silly abbreviation Jms.  (Wm. for William makes sense.  Jms. seems silly.)  It wasn't Twitter so there wasn't a character-count.

Is it a sense of familiarity? "Hey, pal of mine, Jim, Jimbo, Jimmy, Jimster, the Jiminator..." Do people think it's endearing? It's not a nickname, it's someone else's name.  I've told you, plain as day on my social profile, my name. You don't make me think we're good buds if you call me by some other name that I haven't told you I go by.  (I love how some languages go with "I am called..." vs "You can call me...")  So.. James... Jamebo... Jamester... the Jamesinator... making copies.  (Who makes copies anymore?)

Autocorrect?  Good heavens, I hope not.  You need to dramatically break that phone in half and throw it in a lake while saying something really cool.  Cue: CSI: Miami scream.

So, yeah, if you're calling me Jim, you're doing it wrong.