the unobstructed view

by rob knight

Category Archives: In my mind

Transition

Last September, I spent a Saturday afternoon in the office, attempting to work on a particularly difficult project. It was a gorgeous, sunny Saturday, which meant that it was rather stuffy and hot in the office. After a couple of hours of false starts, I gave up and headed to the gym.
The gym at UCSC [...]

Macworld Spoilers Suck

Tomorrow I’m taking the day off work and heading to Macworld at Moscone Center in San Francisco. Yup, that’s right, I’m taking the day off work. So you get the hint that I:
1. Like going to Macworld
2. Enjoy surprises
I really look forward to “the new thing” being introduced and gawked at by the geek masses. [...]

2008

Howdy folks and welcome to 2008. This place has been a virtual ghost town for most of the last 16 months. Essentially since I started working full time in August 2006, I’ve been in that world and neglected this one despite the fact that, on most levels, they tend to be similar.
I have thought numerous [...]

Bad Code is Expensive

The city of Palo Alto recently launched a $240,000 redesign of cityofapaloalto.org. The response from the community has been less than enthusiastic:
So far, with this website as a great example, we have managed to create a image of a city that could be aptly described by Gertrude Stein, when she said about another city, “there’s [...]