http://www.wordpress.loslevys.com Levys on demand Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:10:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the reasons I switched jobs earlier this year is that after a year and a half of media management, I was getting excited about programming again, thanks in no small part to the joy of working with Brandon Mitchell, a smart programmer and all-around decent guy. I jumped ... http://www.wordpress.loslevys.com/2008/08/22/cherry-picking/ Via the Fuze Blog: http://www.wordpress.loslevys.com/2008/04/10/i-have-been-to-reno/ Here's a photo of Ivan and Rachael, taking a nap after the big event. You'll find more on  Flickr. http://www.wordpress.loslevys.com/2007/11/14/ivan-and-rachael/ Ivan Joseph Levy was born at home at 12:55 PST today. He weighed in at 9 lbs., 3 oz. Both Rachael and Ivan are doing well. I'll have pictures up shortly. http://www.wordpress.loslevys.com/2007/11/14/welcome-ivan/ There's this idea that lean, successful organizations should focus entirely on their “core,” their primary reason for existence. But of course, even if you are, say, a news organization, you still need to make sure your people get paid, someone installs the desks and the workstations and the software, and ... http://www.wordpress.loslevys.com/2007/11/10/software-is-frozen-business/ Contrary to what a very loud proportion of our readers say, we're actually fairly sophisticated over here in the newsroom information center. Once we kicked the five-drink-minimum policy (and that was just before breakfast, mind you) we had decades of clear thinking to create what we are — a hard-charging ... http://www.wordpress.loslevys.com/2007/10/20/context/ I've been blogging since 1997. But it's more accurate to say I haven't been blogging since '97. See, I used to blog before the tools existed, and back then I certainly didn't have the chops to develop my own. So I just changed the HTML directly and uploaded via FTP. The ... http://www.wordpress.loslevys.com/2007/10/14/memory-lane/ I've said the word "master's" so many times it's lost all meaning. Master's master's master's masters. Now that I'm finally done (see a few graduation photos on Flickr) I feel both elated and a little let down. What do I do now? Of course I'm busy enough that the question makes ... http://www.wordpress.loslevys.com/2005/12/12/17/ It's a new year, and I've got a new photo of one of our kids. My dad got a great shot of Chaja and Rachael during a knitting session. Check out the larger version on Flickr. http://www.wordpress.loslevys.com/2005/01/03/16/ John Udell has a nifty tool that generates bookmarklets for looking up books in your local library. The idea is that you're looking up books in Amazon or Barnes & Noble -- anything that puts the book's ISBN number in the address bar. If you're looking at a particular book, ... http://www.wordpress.loslevys.com/2004/09/16/15/