No Project Without A Tweet

You should be able to describe your business project in 140 characters or less. I don't have more time than that.   -- @GAVollink I've been following along with a pilot training program that was recently launched where I work.  One section of it is on a project definition framework.  I have never liked this framework, and only today - while responding to the trainer on another inquiry, did I finally understand why....

22 Feb 2013 · 3 min · Gary Allen Vollink

Syntaur Doing It Right

I have an Ensoniq KS-32 keyboard that was released 20 years ago.  I think that mine is only 17 years old, though (I'm the third owner, but I have owned it since 1998).  Anyway, it's a great board, and it has treated me very well for a very long time. There had been a low battery warning for, probably the last 10 years or so.  My response was to just never turn it off, which worked until I had to turn it off for a while....

13 Oct 2012 · 2 min · Gary Allen Vollink

I Did NOT Subscribe, and Why

Dear magazine publisher. I was thinking that it would be awesome to sign up for your magazine for a year, try it out.  So, I went to your site, and started to fill out the information that you asked.  When it came to pay you, though, you have told me that by signing up now, I agree that you'll AUTOMATICALLY bill me again, every year, from now until I actually remember to go out of my way to cancel....

30 Apr 2012 · 2 min · Gary Allen Vollink

SOPA/PIPA (Protect IP)

I am your constituent and I never miss a vote.  I want to make clear, that there are already laws and international treaties in place to protect from online piracy.  If those are not working, using Chinese style censorship methods to block foreign sites makes me wonder what happened to freedom, and I will remember those in congress who agreed with a minority of struggling entertainment concerns that Chinese style internet totalitarianism is the best answer....

18 Jan 2012 · 1 min · Gary Allen Vollink