I Disagree, Vehemently

https://medium.com/change-objects/optimism-doesn-t-sell-1f3723cff6d7

What were the Obama campaigns? Flat-out optimism. Those worked quite nicely.

OTOH, different medium, different results? I think that there are things to be optimistic about, but optimism requires charisma and oratory skills, while pessism is more of an Eeyore game. Hollywood doesn’t have authentic charisma/voice to pull off optimism.

Rails

Joined RUM (Ruby Users of Minnesota) today, and made a visit to their monthly get-together this evening. For those that know me, you’ll know I have a love/hate relationship with Ruby on Rails. I love what it stands for, I love the concept of it. The biggest problem has been getting from n00b status to … Read more