Jesse Ross | jesseross.com » Blog http://jesseross.com/blog Finding the cross-section of technology, art, politics and love in the frozen Midwest. Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:07:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 New site! http://jesseross.com/blog/2011/08/13/new-site/ http://jesseross.com/blog/2011/08/13/new-site/#comments Sat, 13 Aug 2011 16:40:35 +0000 Jesse Ross http://jesseross.com/blog/?p=368 It only took me two years to finally get around to it. Oh well, welcome to the new version of my site. I’m going to be refocusing my efforts on the type of work that I produce (namely, work that serves some sort of political or community service aim). There’s not much here yet, but that should be changing in the next few weeks, as I’ve gotten some really exciting projects in the pipeline. If you catch any sneaky bugs, feel free to drop me a line.

]]> http://jesseross.com/blog/2011/08/13/new-site/feed/ 0 I need a new blog http://jesseross.com/blog/2009/05/20/i-need-a-new-blog/ http://jesseross.com/blog/2009/05/20/i-need-a-new-blog/#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 12:34:03 +0000 Jesse Ross http://jesseross.com/blog/?p=336 I’ve been neglecting… maybe I can put together something new soon…

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]]> http://jesseross.com/blog/2007/05/22/jaiku/feed/ 0 Sevnthsin Blog http://jesseross.com/blog/2006/12/04/sevnthsin_blog/ http://jesseross.com/blog/2006/12/04/sevnthsin_blog/#comments Mon, 04 Dec 2006 15:48:49 +0000 Jesse Ross http://jesseross.com/blog/2006/12/04/sevnthsin_blog/ Check out what we do at work… or when we’re supposed to be working:

Sevnthsin Company Blog

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Seems to be fully transferred over now.

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Still… I can’t say she’s wrong. Mostly I’m just a (Choose one: lazy | busy) bastard.

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I think the universe may be conspiring against me in order to drive me schizophrenic.

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The idea is this: every two to three days, I will post a couple of things that I’ve learned over the last few days. These may be life lessons. They may be technical things. They may be little self-revelations. They may be things I actually always knew, but have just never written down. This gives me a mission statement, a focus, and a reason to write regularly.

With that out of the way, here’s what I learned today:

Having an audience is a double-edged sword. On one hand, you have people’s attention. On the other hand, you’re expected to say something interesting.

Deciding to be in Chasing Windmills will be one of the things I will look back and say was a pivotal event in my life.

After 6 Red Bulls in the span of two hours, shooting pains run up and down my right arm. It’s three hours since I’ve had my last one, and my insides still feel weird and I’m kind of twitchy.

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Oh, and if you haven’t already, redirect your feedreader to http://www.jesseross.com/blog/feed/

]]> http://jesseross.com/blog/2006/02/10/freakiness/feed/ 0 Dear Blogger http://jesseross.com/blog/2006/02/10/dear_blogger/ http://jesseross.com/blog/2006/02/10/dear_blogger/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2006 15:08:39 +0000 Jesse Ross http://jesseross.com/blog2/2006/02/10/dear_blogger/ I’m sorry to have to leave you this note, but, as I’m sure you’re already aware, things are done between us. You’ve been a good friend, a confidante even, but I’ve found someone else. Someone closer to my heart, someone more in line with my own beliefs and ideals. You’re beautiful, and maybe, one day, we’ll see each other again. But for now, this is something I have to do. Good luck, Blogger. I’m sure you’ll find another.

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