I’m tired of services that continually lock me out of using my data for my purposes. Here are two examples, tivo and linkedin.

Dear Reader,
When did we become a rude nation? I mean we are not France rude, but none-the-less, we are rude. I’ve give you 2 examples.
Language
I’m on my way back from a great time in California. I love the weather there (except today because it’s got me socked in at SFO) I’ve truly [...]

Dear Reader,
At Web 2.0 Expo, I finally got around to setting up a twitter account. (http://twitter.com/calevans) I’ll be honest, I think it’s a fad. I don’t see it as becoming a serious Internet tool/toy. but I’m going to play with it while I’m on the road. I do see some interesting things you might [...]

Dear Reader,
Actually I love this entire side of the country. I can feel my energy level rise as the plane got farther and farther west. Of course that was a false feeling, as soon as 10:00 PM arrived and I realized it was midnight at home, my energy level dropped back to normal. Even [...]

Dear Reader,
Once again, I am in San Francisco for 2.5 days of buzzword laden sessions. This is the 3rd Web 2.0 conference put on by O’Reilly. The first one I enjoyed only by podcast but I listened to every one I could get my hands on. The second one occurred while I was actually residing [...]

Dear Reader,
Ok, I’ve got 2 really primo jobs hanging out in my mail box and before I start pimping them on CL and elsewhere on the net, I thought I’d post them here for my friends or friends of friends.
I am helping a friend and previous employer, Jupiter Hosting. (www.jupiterhosting.com), find a few good people [...]

Let me bend your ear and scream in it about LinkedIn again.

Dear Reader,
I have a favorite quote about San Jose by Shakespeare:
“This other Eden…
demi-paradise…
this precious stone…
set in the silver sea of this earth,
this ground… this San Jose.”
(ok, Steve Martin stole it from Shakespeare, I’m stealing it from him.)
I am both excited and sad. Yes, I will finally be back home with my wife (the lovely and [...]

Dear Reader,
FREE TICKETS! That’s what makes Baseball great!
Everybody sing with me…
(Sung to the tune of the Oscar Myer Bologna song)
“My cool boss has a first name,
It’s Ray…”
Ok, it breaks down there but you get the idea.
Boss-man extraordinaire coughed up 2 tickets and a parking pass to the Giants .vs Dodgers today and I am [...]

The Valley is now my home. That’s both good and bad. The bad being that I’m living by myself. (but not alone thanks to a loving wife and IM) The good is that there’s always something happening here.
I’m always on the lookout for new an interesting things to do. Since I love [...]