Josh Orum

Archive for the 'General' Category

Why do people park in front of garages?

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

Where I live (in San Francisco), there’s a definite shortage of parking. If people intend to just stop for a minute (to carry something up to their apartment, or to get a friend, or whatever), they will generally double-park, leaving their car out in the street, or pull into a driveway. The first option is clearly superior to the second, and I’m mystified that people continue to park in driveways.
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Boring old lessons on life from basketball.

Saturday, May 19th, 2007

True Hoops, the best basketball blog out there, had a recent post on “What Exactly Did Michael Jordan Teach Us?” It’s applicable to a lot more than basketball.
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Why Democrats are missing the point if they think this is a cultural shift

Saturday, November 11th, 2006

I’ve read a bunch of articles discussing whether the Democrat victory in the recent election is indicative of a general political shift, or whether it’s the result of correctable Republican errors. This seems to be missing the larger picture: that regardless of errors (and there have been many), the Republican party under George W. Bush has changed politically.
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Innovation

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

Scott Berkun posts an online survey about innovation. I respond below. This is take one. Read it now because it’ll change tomorrow!
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Websites and Web Applications

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

I often refer to “websites and web applications” in Loud Dog’s marketing material and in general when discussing the web. What’s the difference between these two very similar things?
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