http://blog.mosesting.com 1/3 Engineer, 1/3 Designer, 1/3 Observer, and 100% Kid at Heart Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:41:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Taken straight from Randy Pausch's The Last Lecture: This is beautiful advice that I got once from Jon Snoddy, my hero at Disney Imagineering.  I just was so taken with the way he put it.  "If you wait long enough," he said, "people will surprise and impress you." As he saw things: ... http://blog.mosesting.com/2008/11/18/look-for-the-best-in-everybody/ Here's a personal philosophy that I try to live up to: Treat a person the same today as if you would any other day.  Don't be nicer just because you need something from that person.  That makes you fake.  Individuals can oftentimes see through the fakery and realize whether or not ... http://blog.mosesting.com/2008/11/14/dont-be-fake/ A copule of good finds today: CDOs Explanined http://www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/2008/10/collateralized-debt-obligations-cdos-are-investment-instruments-that-are-partially-to-blame-for-the-mortgage-crisis-what.html Primer to the Subprime Mess http://www.slideshare.net/guesta9d12e/subprime-primer-277484?type=powerpoint http://blog.mosesting.com/2008/10/25/the-subprime-mess/ Being an avid fan and an implementer of cool layouts (prints, web, etc..), it is crucial to have the ability to quickly generate a block of text.  Blocks of random text, aka Dummy Text, is extremely helpful when you're trying to design layouts and want to get to a final ... http://blog.mosesting.com/2008/10/07/lorem-ipsum/ While finishing up the last few chapters of Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds, I came across the following quote that was extremely thought provoking: This is the moment -- this is the most important moment right now.  Which is: We are about contribution.  That's what our job is.  It's not about ... http://blog.mosesting.com/2008/08/20/contribution/ Magnetic Knives Holder by MIU: $25 Set of 3 Extremely Sharp Knives by Global: $150 Cooking Inspiration: Priceless http://blog.mosesting.com/2008/07/03/chop-chop/ I was reading The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership and it mentioned a powerful message by Mother Teresa at the 1994 National Breakfast Prayer.  Do yourself a favor and take 10 - 15 minutes to read through the speech transcript. http://blog.mosesting.com/2008/07/02/mother-teresas-words/ This guy's work is simply amazing.  Give him a 2D sheet of paper, and he'll create a 3D model that will render you in an ultimate state of awe. http://www.petercallesen.com/ http://blog.mosesting.com/2008/06/25/ultimate-2d-to-3d-creations/ There's a lot of heat and lots of talk about why airlines suck these days.  Long lines, long waits, bad customer service, paying for checked luggage, $100 fee for changing a flight (shame on your JetBlue), etc... In spite of it all, I want to take a quick moment and point ... http://blog.mosesting.com/2008/06/11/why-i-like-delta/ It's 12:43am and I can't sleep.  If you ask my girlfriend, I'm one of those guys who never has a problem with sleeping.  2 minutes after lying down, I'm out like a newborn baby.  Night in, night out. But not tonight.  Tonight, I'm having trouble sleeping.  Maybe it's because I'm sleeping ... http://blog.mosesting.com/2008/05/30/bye-bye-boston/