My wife recently had an interesting post on her blog that I found myself rereading, and I feel the need to address the topic from a male perspective. To sum up, the issue at hand was women in business and the use or their “femininity” to get their feet in the door. My wife, being a modern, down-to-earth feminist, found this concept insulting and degrading (as did numerous commenters to her post) since talent and merit should stand independent of gender. And I agree with her. But working in the world (and happening to be a guy), I felt like throwing in my two cents on the topic. Read more “Gender Roles”
Category: The World
Applefication
Apple is surrounding me. It seems like almost every other day, someone else around me buys some Apple product. At the current rate, it won’t be long before everyone around me is using all Apple products. So far I’ve held my ground. But I can’t say that I haven’t been tempted (see my previous entry on the subject).
It started a number of months ago when my manager at work traded in his BlackBerry for an iPhone and his PC laptop for a MacBook. Then more recently a few of the Flash developers at my company switched to MacBooks. Then a month ago another co-worker got an iPhone. Then last week two of my friends from work switched over – one got a MacBook and the other an iMac – both for home use. Now my dad made the switch for a new job. As I sit here typing on my PC laptop, I wonder if there is any avoiding this slow trickle continuing to grow until it becomes a landslide. Read more “Applefication”
Dancing in the Dark
Despite the images this title may conjure (whether you know who Bruce Springsteen is or not), I’m referring to how my family participated in the Earth Hour. If you are not aware of what Earth Hour is, it is an environmental awareness initiative where anyone who interested in participating would turn off their lights and any non-essential electronics from 8:30 to 9:30 PM on Saturday local time (obviously this time-frame has passed here, but there may be areas where this hasn’t by the time this is read). We made a slumber party out of it. Read more “Dancing in the Dark”
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Watch the Watchmen (On Second Thought, Maybe Some of You Shouldn’t)
I recently went to see Watchmen at the theater (which I mentioned previously). In short, I really enjoyed it and would gladly go watch it again and will likely rent it (or even shell out the cash to buy it) when it comes out on DVD. I’ve since read a few articles about the opening of this movie that have left me shaking my head. It seems that a good number of people who had opted to go see this movie ended up walking out of it before the end. Confused and curious, I felt compelled to read on only to find that the cause was what I should have expected – poorly informed consumers. Read more “Watch the Watchmen (On Second Thought, Maybe Some of You Shouldn’t)”