There’s a growing body of evidence that supports the theory of social contagion – that is, your own feelings and emotions are profoundly influenced by the emotions and moods of those around you. For most people this occurs at a totally subconcious level, but it definitely happens – just think of the person who [...]
Posts from ‘April, 2006’
Optimizing ad revenue with google adsense
Found a pretty cool article on digg.com today about the Top 10 Adsense tools. It’s a compilation of tools to basically help you maximize your adsense revenue. I haven’t been able to play with all of them, but the ones I did use so far are the Blacklist and Competitive Ad Filter. [...]
Springtime in the Second City
I’ve been out here in Chicago for about a week now on yet another working session, and like always it’s been quite a productive episode, both in terms of work accomplished and calories consumed. The weather in Chicago has been absolutely gorgeous, unlike the 0-degree wind chill that welcomed me the last time I [...]
Taking a break with the new MacBook Pro
Not too many big developments lately, just coding along and still being pretty productive. Although, I think the hours are starting to take a toll on us. Hopefully this weekend will be restful enough to carry us through another 2 week face-to-face session, which starts Monday afternoon when John arrives in Chicago.
I thought [...]
kids, don’t try this at home
Just a quick snapshot that neatly captures what our working sessions are all about: alcohol, caffeine, and curiosity. And lots of trash, in all senses of the word.
JL
