http://www.jackiedanicki.com Letting go of outcomes Fri, 09 May 2008 21:22:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Jeff Nolan really hits the nail on the head here. I've witnessed the attitude he describes firsthand, and it fills me with horror. You can't tell people how to raise their kids, though, so it's tricky. The people most likely to not have their children vaccinated are well educated and affluent, ... http://www.jackiedanicki.com/http:/www.jackiedanicki.com/kids-and-vaccinations A few weeks ago, I met up for (a really rather good) breakfast at the Palo Alto Creamery with a friend I made a few years ago in London, Alec Muffett. Alec has unmatched pedigree as a veteran hacker, and is now doing interesting things for Sun Microsystems as a ... http://www.jackiedanicki.com/http:/www.jackiedanicki.com/identity-and-federation-who-needs-em I've stolen the Guardian's "Table Talk" questions for this intended meme. (Dear Guardian: Please put a simple page containing links to all "Table Talk" entries - and another listing all "My Life in Shopping" entries - on your website. It can't be that difficult to do.) What's your favourite table? So hard ... http://www.jackiedanicki.com/http:/www.jackiedanicki.com/table-talk Thinking about buying an extra home and then not paying one cent on it. Congress will let me keep it. Nobody loses. Losing is now banned. -@davejohnston http://www.jackiedanicki.com/http:/www.jackiedanicki.com/tweet-of-the-day I may have moved, but this great monthly tradition lives on - under the direction of a new leader! I've just done my handover post, which also includes details of the next gathering. RSVP before it's too late... http://www.jackiedanicki.com/http:/www.jackiedanicki.com/cincinnati-supper-club-3 [W]hy, if they can't manage their own party finances, should they be trusted with the national finances? Labour is a sub-prime credit risk, led by a sub-priminister... -Guido Fawkes on the British Labour party's financial crisis as it undertakes emergency talks to re-negotiate - for the third year running - £20 ... http://www.jackiedanicki.com/http:/www.jackiedanicki.com/just-asking-2 I couldn't be more proud of what my friends Pat Phelan and Florian Seroussi, with their associated partners in innovation, have done. You may know Pat as the Irish disruptor behind Cubic Telecom's Maxroam, and Florian as the French-Israeli who spearheads Celtrek. Now they've brought super-easy voice-to-Twitter capability from dream ... http://www.jackiedanicki.com/http:/www.jackiedanicki.com/twitterfone-my-innovating-friends-strike-again I made it, the bag with the power supply for my laptop did not. That's the laptop whose battery I drained playing Snood during the flight. I have mobile web until the airline delivers my bag tomorrow afternoon (let us hope that they find it). That's it, though. Email replies will ... http://www.jackiedanicki.com/http:/www.jackiedanicki.com/a-distinct-lack-of-juice ...and then, Silicon Valley. See you on the other side. http://www.jackiedanicki.com/http:/www.jackiedanicki.com/heading-for-houston If you follow my "recently read" list at left (subscribe to the list if you're that interested), you'll see I've been somewhat obsessed with the Microsoft/Yahoo drama that kicked into high gear over the weekend. I'm not proud, but I am still on the edge of my seat. If you're ... http://www.jackiedanicki.com/http:/www.jackiedanicki.com/tech-as-a-soap-opera