19th March, 2008
Always Something
For some reason, I hadn’t been receiving notifications of your comments. Consequently, some comments didn’t actually get posted until now. This somehow seems vaguely familiar.
Chalk it up as another reason for the recent server move.
My apologies, Cindy and Mike.
Great googly moogly indeed!
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17th March, 2008
If All Your Friends Jumped Off A Bridge
I watched a fascinating program over the weekend on the Discovery Channel about the power of the brain in extreme situations. One of the topics covered was harnessing the power of dreams. It seems when we dream, the brain’s logic center is turned off, keeping us from thinking about what cannot be done and instead allowing the free combination of ideas; thinking out of the box as it were. This is why so many great ideas and breakthroughs occur while we sleep, particularly for those who have learned to harness this abilty.
While the idea of tapping hidden brain power during sleep is intriguing, it underscores just how shackled our minds are every day by the restrictions we place upon it; knowing what “cannot” be done or perhaps even more stifling, considering what everyone else does.
Then I came across this post by Seth Godin, which I think has more to do with bridges than resumes.
So, what is thinking like everyone else keeping you from accomplishing?
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16th March, 2008
Speed is Good
We moved the blog and the optical lab site to a new server overnight. You may notice some random odd characters on the main site, an unfortunate side effect of the move, until we find them all and get them corrected. But, I think you will find both sites significantly peppier. We were running a little tight on memory and beginning to experience some problems as a result. So far, I am VERY happy with the move. The fancy new server will also give us the ability to roll out the new lens availability application (within the next month) and handle the added demand it will certainly bring.
Meanwhile, I am still working on infrastructure for OpenOptix before starting a participation campaign next week. So, you may want to stake your claim on openoptix.org, before the crowds arrive.
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4th March, 2008
Who's the Slacker Now?
…that would be me, of course. I know I have been remiss in my bloggerly duties as of late and posts have been sparse. I do hope you’ll forgive me, given the projects that have been occupying much of my time; most notably, the OpenOptix initiative and the still unnamed, but long-awaited replacement of our famous interactive Progressive Lens Chart.
If you’ve not read about it, the first project for the OpenOptix initiative is the Open ABO Study Guide; a community driven opticianry program which upon completion will be compiled into an e-book and distributed freely. In looking for a tool to facilitate collaboration on the project, I decided to use a wiki, more specifically the Wikipedia engine, which now resides at http://www.openoptix.org/wiki.
The OpenOptix wiki at this point has very little content to speak of and is in desperate need of some community lovin’. The beautiful thing about a wiki though, is that has potential to be used for so much more than the ABO Study Guide. Given enough community participation, it can become the optical encyclopedia and an invaluable resource to the industry. With that goal in mind, I will continue to add to it (when I can) until I feel all the basics are in place, at which point I will actively solicit participation and contributions. In the mean time, all the working pieces are there so, feel free to check it out, play around, experiment (don’t worry you won’t break it) and add any optical-related content that interests you.
Your feedback on any of these projects is always welcome, so don’t hesitate to comment or contact me.
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