print pageA student asked me recently “so why did it take six years to design?”.
A simple and elegant product almost always makes you think “why didn’t someone think of this earlier” or “what took so long”. Engineering is like sculpture, though. You can hack the rough shape out in just a few minutes. Then it might [...]
Monthly Archives: October 2008
Newsletter Sculpture
October 14, 2008 – 9:18 am
Spam Hassles Resolved
October 13, 2008 – 11:20 pm
After two months of head-scratching, research, and long repetitive emailed conversations with an ineffectual tech support department, we finally got a new IP address to separate our domain from whoever was sending spam through our shared server. In order for common good bank website emails to reflect the new IP address, I spent the last [...]
New Video
October 9, 2008 – 9:15 am
Our video slideshow has been very successful in conveying a concise overview of the common good bank project to a wide variety of audiences. It had several problems, though, that have been bugging me.
I love Sam Bartlett’s “Evil Diane” contradance music, but people found it distracting and too folksy for a bank. So I used [...]
Second-hand Reinspiration from Gandhi
October 4, 2008 – 10:04 pm
Leaving tomorrow early to visit with Narayanbhai Desai, who will be performing (in Hindi) his multi-day Gandhi Katha (the life of Mohandas Gandhi set to music) in New Haven Connecticut. His clarity and dedication to Gandhian principles is a great inspiration to me. Another friend, also a lifelong follower of Gandhi, sends me inspirational quotes [...]
More Partners
October 2, 2008 – 11:17 pm
Running at half speed this week while doing some contract web programming for dollars.
Two new partner organizations today (see the Who Are We page). I’m falling behind on a number of fronts. Having to let lotsa leads languish. With progress accelerating weekly, I could use full time help. Can’t afford to pay for it though.
Also [...]
Reporting to You
October 1, 2008 – 11:00 pm
Several people have been complaining that I’m not keeping everyone informed well enough about what’s going on and not keeping the website and business plan up to date. So today I spent a few hours updating the website and business plan to reflect past progress and the latest plans.
The most significant changes reflect the more [...]