David Vivero

I heard T. Boone Pickens’ “big plan” tonight on Larry King. It seems like he’s spending hundreds of millions of dollars promoting the natural gas industry, in which he is very much invested. Is he raising awareness on an environmental issue or lobbying for his financial interest? I have no problem with either; but be honest with Americans, T. Boone.

Also of note: Richard Branson kept calling him T-Bone, which I thought was hilarious.

Pet peeve: when people spell ‘desperately’ with two a’s (‘desparately’). You’d think that ABC’s housewives would have educated the American public about how wreckless that is.

Pandora is better than it used to be

I’ve come around on Pandora recently. It’s been an outstanding way to produce background noise/music for my work day. Last.fm is excellent as well, but the recommendaions recently haven’t been as accurate as Pandora’s. I will continue to do some A/B testing and keep you posted.

Great bbq i Swampscott (sp?) and now to write up some Sunday design specs for the week’s work. I think by now I’ve got a good routine going.

Even though the interface encourages it, status updates or tweets in the third person now just make me think the person is arrogant.

One thing I’ll miss about Cambridge: Central Kitchen

Renewing my interest in Typography

I’m a huge fan of FontShop, with their visual search engine for fonts. I used to love collecting fonts when I was a kid and doing basic web design in the mid 90s; it’s good to be back.

Craigslist doesn’t seem to work too well for items priced above $200. My modern media console found a buyer in seconds, but I can’t offload my dresser to save my life.