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Port of Call New Orleans
How to visit Port of Call in New Orleans.
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Power Dynamics, Academically
I just remembered that I made a narrated video a couple years ago during grad school that explains the basics of power dynamics within groups according to French and Raven’s important theory. Power dynamics are always worth checking in on I believe because they’re constantly at play in most interactions. Take a look.
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Two-factor Management
The post discusses the author’s exploration of two-factor theories in management, particularly Situational Leadership. Originating from the author’s Master’s thesis, the content delves into the model’s relevance and its connection to other management theories. Despite more modern models gaining popularity, the author finds value in these traditional theories and is working on making them accessible,…
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Standup Routine
Sometimes people tell me I’m funny. Not everyone thinks that, but some people think I’m really funny. Sometimes those people tell me I should be a comedian. I try to tell them I can’t be a comedian because I don’t have any material: I just say funny shit when it occurs to me or in…
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Thinking About Free-Market Capitalism
It’s surprising we haven’t burned it all to the ground already.
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Post-Modern Architecture was Born the Same Day as Modernism
Modernism will last forever in architecture, but it also ushered in the next wave almost immediately. Postmodernism in architecture was born the same time as modernism.
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Replacement Byword Icon
Byword has become one of my favorite apps to write in, even just as a scratchpad sometimes, from amongst many, many Markdown text editors. It works great in OS X 10.10 Yosemite too, but I find the icon clashes in my Dock with the new style of system icons. I get the typewriter key idea,…
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1984 World’s Fair Illustration
This is from a (late) birthday gift I made for my sister. Don’t say anything, she hasn’t seen it yet. Drawn in 53’s Paper app for iPad and printed in a custom Moleskin which I’ve also yet to see. Apparently this is one of the entrances to the World’s Fair that New Orleans hosted in…
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Oscar Niemeyer and His Casa das Canoas
This is a repost to this blog from other web locations, this is an essay I originally wrote in college circa 2000 while studying architecture and have updated some over the years: Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer brought the International Style to South America, transforming and elaborating upon the movement in the process. Known primarily for his…
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The Thing About Microsoft
Daring Fireball linked and commented on a couple Microsoft pieces recently, and while I largely agree with them I feel a bit of dog-piling going on. Awkwardly and surprisingly, I find myself wanting to defend Microsoft. This won’t go over well. It’s likely that this recent bout of comparisons was spawned by the news that Apple’s…