December 08, 2003
Facing up to it
So, as most of my friends know, we moved in September. We did all the right things, hired movers, boxed everything up, moved in, hung curtains. What we didn't do right, or more importantly what I didn't do right was take care of how I moved those boxes around and installed all those curtain rods.
I guess I elther put too much stress on my arm or tweaked my elbow joint, but my right arm hurts and has been hurting for the last month or so. I ignored the pain for a while hoping that it would just go away. However during the Thanksgiving holiday I started to notice a major twinge in my elbow whenever I would try to lift a paultry dish out of the dishwasher.
Since then the pain has gotten worse to the point that whenever I lift anything with my right arm, my elbow joint screams. I had to bag out of helping friends move this weekend and relent to my body's screaming wishes to call a doctor. Not being to lift my own cup of coffee Sunday morning and a very angry wife convinced me. We'll see what is causing it, but man this is a drag.
December 04, 2003
Why Personalization Hasn't Worked
"Personalization hasn't worked because most people don't have a compelling reason to personalize. It hasn't worked because the cost of doing it well usually significantly outweighs the benefits it delivers. It hasn't worked because managers have seen it as some Holy Grail of content management."

