Drew Mattke - Professional Technical Designer
 
 
2005-08-30
 

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Random Access 30
Another Random Access article.
Contact juggling is a dextrous manipulation of crystal spheres that is positively mesmorizing to watch and nearly impossible to do well.

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2005-08-30
 

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Innovation vs Comfort of legacy systems
A while back, a friend of mine recounted to me a nugget of wisdom from an old client who said, "you know what 'legacy system' means to me? It means that it works."...

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Here on my personal business site, learn more about me as a professional than a one-page resumé can impart. You'll also discover some insights that I am happy to share with you. These topics bring together elements of Design, Technology, and Business — with some random thoughts that tie back in ways you might not expect.

To help you with your consideration for hiring me, be sure to review my Dossier.
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Freakonomics :: by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

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This is an insightful book that highlights the learnings to be gained when you apply one science (economics) to another (sociology).
The book poses and answers some interesting questions such as: "Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool?" and "Why do drug dealers still live with their moms?"

 

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Web not innovating on pace with consumer expectations?

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Technologists have charged through a lot of innovation and "progress" over the years, but it does seem like we're leaving a lot of money on the table in terms of unrealized leverage of available technology.

 

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Guns, Germs & Steel :: by Jared Diamond

Guns, Germs & Steel

An amazing book that explores the rationale for why some societies won and other lost in the clash of cultures witnessed on Earth over the past 500 years.

 

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A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.
— Albert Einstein
     
                         
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