Interesting to hear that high performers underrate themselves only until they see the work of others, but low performers never learn that they are low performers.
NYTimes – [Among the Inept, Researchers Discover, Ignorance Is Bliss](http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/health/011800hth-behavior-incompetents.html)
While researching “prior invention” documents I found an [old ask slashdot article about prior inventions](http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/25/0212247), and a great article on [a horrible contract for consultants](http://www.rhs.com/web/blog/PowerOfTheSchwartz.nsf/d6plinks/RSCZ-6NY3U9).
Here’s a gem:
> A competent attorney would tell you that good agreements are designed to avoid disputes, and that their most important purpose is to avoid at all costs ever putting anything that you depend on from being left up to the discretion of a court.
I just found these links equal parts handy and hilarious.
NOTE: stale blog post, finally publishing (there are a lot chilling in my “to post” queue, expect blogorrhea)
Hi folks!
I don’t have a very good excuse for not updating earlier, but I got a job at [Linden Lab](http://lindenlab.com) makers of [Second Life](http://secondlife.com). A few of you know what that is, and the best way I’ve described it so far to folks is that it’s a 3D web browser where you can make and do anything. It’s a place to [hang out like a chatroom (with bots, even)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OlGjrhasZk), or its a place to [play games](http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/07/play-final-fantasy-vii-in-second-life/), or it’s a place to [listen to music](http://www.guardian.co.uk/secondfest/listings/0,,2098599,00.html), whatever you want. People even hold [classes](http://secondlife.com/education/) and [meetings](http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-6127448-7.html) there.
There is a lot of hype (both positive and negative) about it, but regardless I am excited to be there.
All of this said, I do have to say this is my personal site and statements and material posted here do not necessarily reflect the position of my employer. I mostly pontificate about virtual worlds, etc. in private as not to bore my less technical readers, but if I do so here, it is not something I am doing professionally.
Also I should maybe get my alt name off of my front page? :\
meh.
