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Don't Go

Posted by Shawn Olson on Jul 8, 2003 | Last Updated Oct 31, 2011

Poem on forseen loss. I wrote this for my mother shortly before she died.

poem on loss, death, old age, sickness

Information Overload

An Over-Abundance of Information in the Information Age

Posted by Shawn Olson on Apr 4, 2010 | Last Updated Nov 12, 2011

An essay on the trends on the Internet that cause an explosion of information that is often antithetical to the ideals of democracy and progress. This essay cautions parents, teachers and community leaders to be wary of every emerging media outlet.

internet, society, media, information, data, knowledge

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird

Posted by Shawn Olson on Jul 31, 2007 | Last Updated Nov 11, 2011

Photos and video of the Ruby-Throated Hummingbird.

ruby-throated hummingbird, hummingbirds

The art of judging

Posted by Shawn Olson on Jan 9, 2003 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011

The art of judging has been undermined by misinterpretations of historic flaws in judging.

cultural relativism, social assessment, judging, judgment, good versus bad,

Society's sentiment towards evolution

Posted by Shawn Olson on Oct 19, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011

People argue against evolution all the time when they've never read about it.

anti-evolutionism, evolution, evolutionary misconceptions

Moving to Montreal

Posted by Shawn Olson on Feb 29, 2020 | Last Updated Jan 25, 2024

I took a job in Montreal to work as a Product Owner for 3ds Max.

montreal, 3ds max, moving

Autodesk Moving to Rental-Only for Software

How a company made for artists is pushing a policy that promotes more starving artists instead of thriving artists

Posted by Shawn Olson on Oct 13, 2014 | Last Updated Oct 13, 2014

Autodesk is now making plans to stop selling perpetual licenses and move all future business to a rental-only model.

software, sales, consumer, license, perpetual, rental

Desktops are not extinct

Posted by Shawn Olson on Mar 8, 2012 | Last Updated Mar 8, 2012

Editorial discussing the notion that the time of the desktop is over. I argue that the advent of smart phones, tablets and mobile devices do not preclude the value of the desktop.

computer, productivity, mobile device, ipad