tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54285203754179680212023-06-15T05:22:55.122-04:00192 to NutleyThe bus ride into the city is a gentle time at the beginning and end of each workday when quiet reflection is rewarded to all of the commuting souls who choose to live in NJ and work in NYC.Paul St. Amanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591357038275205283noreply@blogger.comBlogger377125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428520375417968021.post-83742997039794157612013-06-19T19:44:00.001-04:002013-06-19T19:44:38.389-04:00It takes guts to make a forecast. Reporting history is ez.Paul St. Amanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591357038275205283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428520375417968021.post-73467792824125212872013-05-15T07:55:00.003-04:002013-05-15T07:55:09.790-04:00Tweet item, get availability.Paul St. Amanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591357038275205283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428520375417968021.post-37288327692321878572013-05-15T07:55:00.001-04:002013-05-15T07:55:05.844-04:00Tweet item, get availability.Paul St. Amanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591357038275205283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428520375417968021.post-11517731604373609972013-05-11T12:11:00.001-04:002013-05-11T12:11:12.926-04:00Action-Object-Loc1-Direction-Loc2-TimePaul St. Amanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591357038275205283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428520375417968021.post-54397568210710368732013-05-11T11:36:00.001-04:002013-05-11T11:36:50.867-04:00Tweet inventory. Stream to twitter feed, e.g., "Commit to Transfer" "item VZ264" in "store 107" to "store 89" on "5-13-13"Paul St. Amanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591357038275205283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428520375417968021.post-76724307424745699972012-12-21T19:43:00.001-05:002012-12-21T19:43:52.253-05:00It takes guts to make a forecast. Reporting history is ez.Paul St. Amanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591357038275205283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428520375417968021.post-69189610725991986182012-12-21T19:42:00.001-05:002012-12-21T19:42:28.278-05:00Listening to Drucker audio. Book during commute. Smart guy. Lots of history...need forecasting. Good advice on theory of business & mgmt.Paul St. Amanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591357038275205283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428520375417968021.post-89789191477499649282012-10-22T11:09:00.001-04:002012-10-22T11:09:37.868-04:00Proverbs 20:21 An inheritance hastily gotten at the beginning, in the end it will not be blessed.Paul St. Amanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591357038275205283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428520375417968021.post-74670853763042298612012-10-07T08:43:00.001-04:002012-10-07T08:43:13.602-04:00Links for August 9, 2012<div>I've wondered about a Minecraft sdk. This guy has built some cool hacks. Must read someday.</div><div><a href="http://www.orderofevents.com/MineCraft/KinectOverview.htm">http://www.orderofevents.com/MineCraft/KinectOverview.htm</a></div> <div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Here's another language to learn (someday)...needs at least a dozen more times to be added to the list before actual consideration.</div><div><a href="http://nemerle.org/About/" target="_blank">http://nemerle.org/About/</a></div> <div><br></div><div>Not the first time I've needed to run sql from a file to insert big data.</div><br><a href="http://geekswithblogs.net/baskibv/archive/2007/06/26/113477.aspx" target="_blank">http://geekswithblogs.net/baskibv/archive/2007/06/26/113477.aspx</a><br> <br><a href="http://databases.about.com/od/sqlserver/ss/sqlcmd.htm" target="_blank">http://databases.about.com/od/sqlserver/ss/sqlcmd.htm</a><br> <div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/1543/using-sqlcmd-to-execute-multiple-sql-server-scripts/" target="_blank">http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/1543/using-sqlcmd-to-execute-multiple-sql-server-scripts/</a> </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>SOA Performance...now we are tallking</div><div><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ff714590.aspx" target="_blank">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ff714590.aspx</a></div> <div><br> </div><div>in white ala bob dylan?</div><div><a href="http://www.baronhats.com/noname.htm#hatandponcho" target="_blank">http://www.baronhats.com/noname.htm#hatandponcho</a></div> Paul St. Amanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591357038275205283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428520375417968021.post-72267169499919199612012-09-13T21:51:00.001-04:002012-09-13T21:51:09.191-04:00Design Dispatcher game in the spirit of TapperYou are in charge of getting widgets to customers in a dispatcher simulation game. Customers make orders online, the call center takes orders over the phone and your satellite offices make requests for transfers--quite a lot going on.<br />
<br />
Goals: fill up each van as quick as you can and get the deliveries made.<br />
You get paid for shipping out the high margin products and getting them to your best customers quickly.<br />
Keep an eye on your Likes and Google+...the better your reputation, the more customers you get. <br />
<br />
Search online for a UPS/FedEx delivery simulation game.Paul St. Amanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591357038275205283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428520375417968021.post-21440790456060285712012-09-08T11:53:00.001-04:002012-09-08T11:53:41.470-04:00Can you ask siri to give you an answer a week from now?Paul St. Amanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591357038275205283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428520375417968021.post-42715018202032381192012-09-08T11:51:00.001-04:002012-09-08T11:51:14.985-04:00Imagine a search engine where results are typed by hand by someone on the other end of the page.Paul St. Amanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591357038275205283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428520375417968021.post-61989254671629888162012-06-21T05:30:00.003-04:002012-06-21T05:30:54.254-04:00t all the time.Paul St. Amanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591357038275205283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428520375417968021.post-74866656453482113542012-06-21T05:30:00.001-04:002012-06-21T05:30:50.719-04:00Do you ever walk away from your pc after coding and get the sensation that you just took off headphones even though you never were wearing any? I get thaPaul St. Amanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591357038275205283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428520375417968021.post-15847451237405797112012-06-14T10:06:00.001-04:002012-06-14T10:06:08.874-04:00Only Jesus has more saves than Mariano.Paul St. Amanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591357038275205283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428520375417968021.post-90310477840097614612012-06-13T20:04:00.001-04:002012-06-13T20:04:20.112-04:00There's a difference between, "I wouldn't do anything for you" depending on who says it.Paul St. Amanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591357038275205283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428520375417968021.post-25855468715019765322012-06-08T09:37:00.003-04:002012-06-08T09:37:15.928-04:00Tie in w/fb, bb's video app, IPhone, khan, moodle, lore, etc.Paul St. Amanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591357038275205283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428520375417968021.post-78733006642177684692012-06-08T09:37:00.001-04:002012-06-08T09:37:12.310-04:00Quiz; Are avenues laid out East-West or North-South? How much does a Metro card cost? Etc.Paul St. Amanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591357038275205283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428520375417968021.post-62893827237807030722012-06-05T17:42:00.001-04:002012-06-05T17:42:24.341-04:00"The only thing you are above average in is stupid," he said.Paul St. Amanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591357038275205283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428520375417968021.post-48344158909895302092012-05-31T09:57:00.001-04:002012-05-31T09:57:25.326-04:00Why are people attracted to leaders? What urges people to become leaders?Paul St. Amanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591357038275205283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428520375417968021.post-78034599344990974382012-05-20T11:13:00.001-04:002012-05-20T11:13:59.375-04:00How do we know Jesus wasn't totally buff?Paul St. Amanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591357038275205283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428520375417968021.post-20527057840057504012012-04-05T12:36:00.001-04:002012-04-05T12:36:06.991-04:00A Behavioral Theory of the FirmI love reading old business books that print the source code for models the authors' build in old computer languages. <b>A Behavioral Theory of the Firm </b>is one of those books. I saw a snippet of this book on Carnegie Mellon's website where they show off the achievements of their most distinguished alumni. They showed a snapshot of a flowchart of a business process and at that moment I had to pick up the book (thanks Amazon). I'm just in the initial chapters, but found some good nuggets already:<br />
<br />
The following list describes their research strategy:<br />
<ol>
<li>Focus on a small number of key economic decisions made by the firm.</li>
<li>Develop process-oriented models of the firm.</li>
<li>Link models of the firm as closely as possible to empirical observations.</li>
<li>Develop a theory with generality beyond the specific firms studied.</li>
</ol>
...Nothing short of a brilliant start to a seminal work.Paul St. Amanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591357038275205283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428520375417968021.post-80919175864484180342012-03-21T10:02:00.001-04:002012-03-21T10:02:46.530-04:00Why go to college?Why bother going to college? If you want to write code for a living then just do it. If you are good...one of the best...then you'll easily land a job at a tech company....<br><br>...keeping the job and maintaining a good life/work balance...that is a whole 'nother issue.<br> <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">InterviewStreet</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:challenges@interviewstreet.com">challenges@interviewstreet.com</a>></span><br> Date: Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 7:20 AM<br>Subject: Real-world apps CodeSprint<br>To: <a href="mailto:pstamant@gmail.com">pstamant@gmail.com</a><br><br><br><u></u> <div marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" style="margin:0pt;padding:0pt;background-color:rgb(250,250,250);width:100%!important"> <center> <table style="margin:0pt;padding:0pt;background-color:rgb(250,250,250);min-height:100%!important;width:100%!important" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-collapse:collapse" valign="top" align="center"> <table style="background-color:rgb(250,250,250)" width="600" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-collapse:collapse" valign="top"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-collapse:collapse" valign="top"> <div style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;font-size:10px;line-height:100%;text-align:left">Interviewstreet - Real-world app contest</div> </td> <td style="border-collapse:collapse" valign="top" width="190"> <div style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;font-size:10px;line-height:100%;text-align:left"> Is this email not displaying correctly?<br><a href="http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=97f851cba4845dfc189c2478a&id=2528187cf4&e=9a50346916" style="color:rgb(51,102,153);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">View it in your browser</a>. </div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table style="border:1px solid rgb(221,221,221);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" width="600" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-collapse:collapse" valign="top" align="center"> <table style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);border-bottom:0pt none" width="600" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Arial;font-size:34px;font-weight:bold;line-height:100%;padding:0pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"> <div style="text-align:left"><a href="http://interviewstreet.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=97f851cba4845dfc189c2478a&id=76cb718822&e=9a50346916" style="color:rgb(51,102,153);text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal" target="_blank"><img src="" alt="Interviewstreet" style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; border: 0pt none; line-height: 100%; outline: medium none; text-decoration: none;" width="93" border="0" height="32"></a></div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-collapse:collapse" valign="top" align="center"> <table width="600" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-collapse:collapse;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" valign="top"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="20" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-collapse:collapse" valign="top"> <div style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;line-height:150%;text-align:left"><h1 style="color:rgb(32,32,32);display:block;font-family:Arial;font-size:34px;font-weight:bold;line-height:100%;margin:0pt 0pt 10px;text-align:left"> <span style="font-size:18px">Real-world app CodeSprint</span></h1> <h2 style="color:rgb(32,32,32);display:block;font-family:Arial;font-size:30px;font-weight:bold;line-height:100%;margin:0pt 0pt 10px;text-align:left"> </h2> <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif"><b>Dear Interviewstreet Participant,</b> <br> <br> <span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:13px;line-height:17px">Hope you're doing awesome! We've an exciting contest this week - Build a real-world application (mobile or a web app) for the US govt.</span></span></span> <div style="padding-right:1px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:17px"> </div> <div style="padding-right:1px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:17px"> <span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="padding-top:1px;padding-bottom:1px">As you might already know, we're working with the US Govt to develop an application that promotes equal pay for women - <a href="http://interviewstreet.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=97f851cba4845dfc189c2478a&id=e5ef0b2867&e=9a50346916" style="color:rgb(51,102,153);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">equalpayapp.interviewstreet.com</a>. While the link is already live, we still decided to conduct a special sprint for 8 hours this <b>Saturday (12 noon - 8pm PT)</b> to showcase the apps that are built in this timeline to our entire developer community along with special prizes from Interviewstreet for the one that receives maximum votes! (Here's an <a href="http://interviewstreet.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=97f851cba4845dfc189c2478a&id=9d91e93a45&e=9a50346916" style="color:rgb(51,102,153);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">example web-app</a>)</span></span></div> <div style="padding-right:1px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:17px"> </div> <div style="padding-right:1px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:17px"> <span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="padding-top:1px;padding-bottom:1px">You can have a look at the problem statement, develop ideas and start hacking at Saturday 12 noon to show the world what you've built. You'll be given a bare unix EC2 instance to deploy your web app. For programmers designing mobile apps, we're working with <a href="http://interviewstreet.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=97f851cba4845dfc189c2478a&id=b57fbc1891&e=9a50346916" style="color:rgb(51,102,153);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Pieceable</a> to display your code in an iPhone simulator. </span></span></div> <div style="padding-right:1px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:17px"> </div> <div style="padding-right:1px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:17px"> <span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="padding-top:1px;padding-bottom:1px">Brainstorm ideas/prototypes and lets hack this <b>Saturday at 12 noon </b><a href="http://interviewstreet.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=97f851cba4845dfc189c2478a&id=13842a8aeb&e=9a50346916" style="color:rgb(51,102,153);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">(add to your calendar)</a><b>.</b> </span></span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">We'll be on IRC (#codesprint) during the time. 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How to become desireable to a late stage pre ipo company like facebook?Paul St. Amanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591357038275205283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428520375417968021.post-67323114029572043142012-03-11T10:57:00.001-04:002012-03-11T10:57:49.875-04:00Wildebeast's all die gruesome deaths. And we think we have it rough.Paul St. Amanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591357038275205283noreply@blogger.com0