http://www.jesrush.com Jason Smith... Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:34:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "Conviction without experience makes for harshness." -Flannery O'Connor No related posts. http://www.jesrush.com/477/ An Interview with Cali and Jody of the Results-only Work Environment (ROWE) - Free PursuitsA results-only work environment (or ROWE) is a radical new way of working that focuses on results instead of face time. ROWE in practice means “each person is free to do whatever they want, whenever they ... http://www.jesrush.com/toward-a-results-only-work-environment-rowe/ I recently traded in an HTC Vogue on Verizon for a Blackberry Storm. The Vogue was a very flexible/capable phone, with dozens of fun and useful applications for its Windows Mobile platform, but had four painful problems which I think are fairly common across the entire HTC/Windows Mobile line: 1) It ... http://www.jesrush.com/goodbye-htcwindows-mobile-hello-blackberry-storm-review/ The Case For A Four-Day Workweek - Environment and EnergyHow often does Utah, of all places, get mentioned as a hotbed of public-policy innovation? Not often. But, last August, the state carried out a rather novel idea: Shift all government employees to a four-day workweek. No, this wasn't the French ... http://www.jesrush.com/the-case-for-a-four-day-workweek/ Do peer-to-peer lending sites like Prosper and Lending Club work? - By Ray Fisman - Slate MagazineOn Prosper, the largest of the peer-to-peer sites, the process is a little like eBay-meets-Match.com. Lenders select from among a catalog of prospective borrowers much as singles "shop" an Internet dating site for potential ... http://www.jesrush.com/bypassing-banks-peer-to-peer-lending/ Excerpt from Critical Mass § SEEDMAGAZINE.COMA few years ago, Swiss economists Bruno Fey and Alois Stutzer announced the discovery of a new human foible, which they called “the commuters paradox.” They found that when people are choosing where to live, they consistently underestimate the pain of a long commute. ... http://www.jesrush.com/a-fascinating-article-on-traffic-and-commuting/ This definitely made me chuckle.  This guy takes fast food and re-arranges it into a fancy presentation. Brilliant.Fancy Fast FoodMcSteak & Potatoes (Fancy Big Mac) by FancyFastFoodIngredients: * 1 McDonald’s Big Mac Extra Value Meal (#1) with a large fries and large Coca-Cola Related posts:A Great Story Editor’s ... http://www.jesrush.com/fancy-fast-food/ Bruce Schneier has a fascinating article over on Wired, based on a study by Magne Jorgensen, about how the act of undergoing risk analysis on software projects actually leads to over-optimism and over-confidence.Potential explanations all come from behavioral economics: cognitive biases that affect how we think and make decisions. (I've ... http://www.jesrush.com/risk-analysis-gone-awry-software-project-over-confidence/ I recently sprang for a refurbished Dell Latitude E4300 laptop (2.4ghz CPU \ 4GB RAM \ 160GB 7200 RPM HD \ Webcam) from the Dell outlet store for $976 and wow -- it is one fantastic machine. Easily the best laptop I've ever used and one which offers an ... http://www.jesrush.com/laptop-review-dell-latitude-e4300/ Editor's Query: Tell us about a time when the lights went out and something unexpected happenedEditor's QueryTell us about a time when the lights went out and something unexpected happenedSunday, June 14, 2009In my family, there are a few stories that get told over and over.One of them was a ... http://www.jesrush.com/a-great-story/