While reading an old Entertainment Weekly magazine earlier today I discovered something I didn't know about that Janet Jackson Superbowl nipple slip debacle.
As you will recall, a couple of years ago MTV was put in charge of the Superbowl halftime show, and they presented some crazy spectacle involving Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson. In what would later be referred to as a "wardrobe malfunction", Timberlake removed part of Jackson's costume revealing parts that aren't fit for prime time public television.
Whether the incident was planned or accidental isn't material to this topic, although I will say that I'm in the camp of those who are all for nudity on the public airwaves provided that there is some way to determine what shows to avoid watching if your preference is not to be shocked by seeing a half second of exposed female breast. Regardless, CBS, the network that aired the game and halftime show, was fined something like $500,000 by the government for the public’s exposure to indecency.
What’s interesting – or disturbing, depending on how you look at it – is that until I read this small blurb in the legal news column tucked away in the front of the Entertainment Weekly, I did not know that a federal court in Philadelphia had revoked this fine, saying that the network couldn’t be held responsible for this accidental incident on live TV. more
Perusing Digg, I came across a post that outlines a set of twenty questions that interviewers should ask their candidates for web development positions. I thought it would be fun to see how I would answer these questions. Here we go...
What industry sites and blogs do you read regularly?
None religiously. Great ideas don't always come from the most respected names in the business. You'll find that every now and then, something new and interesting will come from someone previously unknown. That's why you have to have your fingers on the pulse of the web, and know how to sip from the firehose of new web tech.
That said, I do monitor QuirksBlog and have occasion to peruse ALA periodically. Also, I have in my aggregator a bunch of folks who keep tabs on these things pretty well. Combined with some good PubSub subscriptions and the Digg/del.icio.us/Slashdot filtering I do, I get a good feel for what's going on.
Do you prefer to work alone or on a team?
It depends on what the project is. It only makes sense that if it's a very small project, I would expect not to have to coordinate with five other developers. Also, I prefer to focus on coding over design if possible, so a team of developer (me) and designer (someone else) suits me great. more
May 27, 2005 10:38pm
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This topic has pretty good timing. Just the other day, with the current television season coming to a close, I posted my grades of the finale episodes of the top 9 shows that I watched religiously this year.
I think I enjoy TV more than movies, in particular, the quality serialized shows. Lost is probably my favorite show right now, but Arrested Development, Deadwood, and 24 are right up there on the list. All of them, along with a few other shows I watch (Veronica Mars and Smallville) feature excellent casts, great writing (with just enough calculated plot twists) and storylines that reward the faithful viewer. I also am a big fan of Survivor and The Amazing Race. I think I like them more than the other "reality" shows because they follow the same formula as the series I like -- excellent casts and quality storylines with just enough twists mixed in.
I'm also currently in the middle of watching the first season of the new Battlestar Gallactica series that Owen recommended to me a while back. I'm liking it quite a bit -- particularly because it's being broadcast in HD....
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Perusing Digg, I came across a post that outlines a set of twenty questions that interviewers should ask their candidates for web development positions. I thought it would be fun to see how I would answer these questions. Here we go...
What industry sites and blogs do you read regularly?
None religiously. Great ideas don't always come from the most respected names in the business. You'll find that every now and then, something new and interesting will come from someone previously unknown. That's why you have to have your fingers on the pulse of the web, and know how to sip from the firehose of new web tech.
That said, I do monitor QuirksBlog and have occasion to peruse ALA periodically. Also, I have in my aggregator a bunch of folks who keep tabs on these things pretty well. Combined with some good PubSub subscriptions and the Digg/del.icio.us/Slashdot filtering I do, I get a good feel for what's going on.
Do you prefer to work alone or on a team?
It depends on what the project is. It only makes sense that if it's a very small project, I would expect not to have to coordinate with five other developers. Also, I prefer to focus on coding over design if possible, so a team of developer (me) and designer (someone else) suits me great. more
