Every instrument needs a virtuoso and the ukulele is no exception. Jake Shimabukuro takes the Ukulele far beyond the little 4 string instrument you played with in grade school because you were too small to hold a guitar. Take a look at Jake playing Gearge Harrison’s While My Guitar Gently Weeps.

Scott Berkun has a collection of essays including a great one on Why smart people defend bad ideas. It’s certainly something I’ve done before to my detriment and it is something I’ve seen in others that I’ve tried (and failed) to avoid.

The problem with smart people is that they like to be right and sometimes will defend ideas to the death rather than admit they’re wrong. This is bad. Worse, if they got away with it when they were young (say, because they were smarter than their parents, their friends, and their parent’s friends) they’ve probably built an ego around being right, and will therefore defend their perfect record of invented righteousness to the death. Smart people often fall into the trap of preferring to be right even if it’s based in delusion, or results in them, or their loved ones, becoming miserable.

Return of Design – Web Color Schemes – Take color scheme inspiration from other designers and websites. Also includes variations based on color principles. I like all the bright saturated colors used, checking the websites that inspired the color schemes shows that many of these are used in moderation and balance against the lighter colors and the standard white background.

Whats new? Not much yet…

Upgraded software to stem the tide of comment spam. Working on a new design for the site. Expect Breakage in the short term. More newness in the future.

Dan and Emily got married today, a great big congratulations to the both of them!