Computing has become needlessly complex

Over the past year I have been thinking a lot about how needlessly complex computing has become. In addition to being so complex it is often causing people a lot of aggravation and anxiety in trying to manage it, and accomplish what they want. I've started a new blog to try to capture observations about things that have progressed, but perhaps have not gotten better.

More on the Indiana taxi situation

So today I landed at the bright shiny new airport in Indianapolis Indiana. I landed at 9a after a 2 hour flight from Newark. Seems nice - except nobody told the taxi drivers where the new airport was located. They were few and far between. The poor young girl trying to get them to appear kept pushing the call button to no avail. This city is nice but someone really needs to step into this taxi situation before the Superbowl arrives - people will absolutely not tolerate this. The line is 12 people deep and its the middle of the week.

Worst Taxi Cab Drivers

Last week I was in Indianapolis. We were a few blocks from the office. It was fairly cold so we decided to take a cab to the office rather than walk. On 2 of 3 days upon telling the cabbie our destination, Monument Circle, we were asked: "Where is that?". Now one may understand it a little, except for the fact that we were asking to be taken to the absolute dead center of the city, containing the most notable landmark, and tallest building in the city. One trip, the driver never pulled the flag, one trip he was unable to change a $20 (I know us crazy New Yorkers with our big bills and high falutin' ways). Overall a very nice city - but they need to monitor cab drivers perhaps just a little bit.