You’re not “awesome,” you’re “awesome at”

Here in Silicon Valley, we like to throw around words like “awesome,” “killer,” “kickass,” and “rockstar.”  In fact, we’ve even made “rockstar” into an all-purpose adjective, as in “rockstar developer” or “rockstar salesperson.” (Can it be long before we start using “rockstar” as a verb?  As in, “I really rockstarred that latest release!”  Ugh.) Lost … Continue reading You’re not “awesome,” you’re “awesome at”

“Is there anything connected with this accelerator that involves the security of the country?”

I read the following passage today, and was inspired by the following crowning moment of awesome. I only hope that the country would respond the same way today.***One day in 1969, the Congressional Joint Committee on Atomic Energy convened in Washington, DC, to hear testimony from a number of scientists concerning a proposed multimillion dollar … Continue reading “Is there anything connected with this accelerator that involves the security of the country?”