Coté's Drunk & Retired

As one of my old managers used to say, “I read this five…

cote — Wed, 16 May 2012 07:23:38 +0000

As one of my old managers used to say, “I read this five times and I’m still not sure if it’s in English.” (Taken with instagram)

3 minutes sometime before dinner time in May

cote — Tue, 15 May 2012 22:37:53 +0000

listen to ‘3 minutes sometime before dinner time in May’ on Audioboo

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What Kind of Fear Owns You?

cote — Sun, 13 May 2012 23:09:20 +0000

What Kind of Fear Owns You?

Things we like about pirates

cote — Sat, 12 May 2012 22:00:39 +0000

they’re always drunk
an orderly system of day-to-day life
filthy, but well dressed
loot!

All about IBM. Also: #projectsputnik and hoodies – Back of the Envelope podcast #012

cote — Sat, 12 May 2012 15:40:59 +0000

Ed and I talk about IBM as a company, their current high-level strategy (according to Cote). Also, the recently launched Project Sputnik and Hoodie-gate.

Click to listen below:

…or download directly.

And, don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast feed! Also, there’s a whole dedicated tumblr.

Repetition is the Soul of PowerPoint

cote — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:30:19 +0000

A common deck-tactic is to keep reseeding the same slide(s) over and over. Most people won’t like your slide at first – you probably couldn’t do a good job given the time and info you had and, let’s face it, your not a graphic designer! – so you just keep putting it in front of them. Also, it’s often easier to verbally explain your point than for people to read the slide on their own; showing the slide again and again gives you the chance to explain it again.

(If all this makes you ask “the why do slides?”…Yes!)

Just in case you forgot. And: steak knives.

cote — Wed, 09 May 2012 22:09:07 +0000

Just in case you forgot. And: steak knives.

Photo

cote — Wed, 09 May 2012 22:09:05 +0000

“My tie was the symbol of how serious and important a year this was, and I wore it every day to show…”

cote — Wed, 09 May 2012 22:08:55 +0000

“My tie was the symbol of how serious and important a year this was, and I wore it every day to show this.”

– Zuckerberg’s hoodie rankles Wall Street

Prickly Friends

cote — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:31:29 +0000

Listening to This Developer’s Life makes me miss being around programmer’s. They’re very harsh to outsiders, but once you’re in, they’re real dears and loving.

The main thing is: they’re curious about everything and love ideas. They’re explorers of a world that doesn’t exist and that they’re creating more of each day.