Hi. I'm Joe. I like law, tech, and stuff for geeks. I'm an Associate Editor at Phillyist and a contributor to Geekadelphia. I judge people loudly in public but other than that I'm a nice guy.
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I'm constantly messing with it, particularly the background photo, which the Pre's browser either semi-intelligently refuses to load or stupidly just chokes on because the file is really large.
Check it out at http://test.joebeta.com and click the link in the lower left corner to try their service for yourself.
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Dear Joe Ross, Executive Director of Citizen Schools:
I know joeross.com redirects to citizenschools.org, but I really want it. C'mon, what do ya say? From one Joe Ross to another: Please? Can I? Please?Sincerely,Joe RossComments [0]
I'm looking into some fun things to do with Posterous Pages so stay tuned and bear with me on the duplicate links, etc.
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I watched the LOST series finale last night. And, of course, tweeted about it. These are best read from the bottom up. At least one person confirmed that they stopped following me because of the barrage I sent out during the series finale last night, and at least two other people have stopped following me since.
It's understandable: they probably tasted too much like spam. But I couldn't resist, and at least some people liked them. Plus, I wasn't alone.
And also, I can't take full credit, because I got help from @iBashDaily.
So, here they are, all 24 of my stupid LOST spoilers...strategically, this post was not autoposted to my Twitter account.
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Andrew Golis, the 26-year-old former deputy publisher of Talking Points Memo, is the man Yahoo has plucked to develop original content on the news side.
I know it's not good personal policy to use comparisons of yourself to others as a basis for self esteem. In fact, I'm alway telling some of my most beloved friends and family about how such comparisons are apples and oranges, and only serve to set us back even further in moments where we're already feeling down on ourselves.
But today I'm 27, and there are lots of people older than me in this world. But now there is officially a new group of people that is younger than me, too.
Aging has never been on my mind. I know people -- some under 30 -- who agonize about every passing birthday (you know who you are...) and really dread the whole idea of getting older.
I wasn't very fond of growing up, but only recently has getting older started to look less than desirable. This guy, Andrew Golis, is probably light-years ahead of where I am for plenty of good reasons. None of which are particularly relevant to my own journey.
But here I am, thinking about 27 years of life. And it's not just because my girlfriend likes to tell me I'm "almost 30" (thanks, Meg, I love you too) but because I'm still annoyed that the whole I-wanna-be-a-lawyer thing took so long to coagulate into something real, something I could commit to and act on.
Timing is everything, though, and I wouldn't have survived law school if I had started after graduating college in 2005. I'm not sure I would even be as engaged in the experience, either.
My classmates in the evening program at Temple Law have rich life experiences that serve to put the law in perspective. In my eyes, that's a premium over and above tuition, and one that many people don't have the luxury of experiencing in law school.
I'm more driven and active these days than i was in college, too. So much so, that I decided to get involved in the Student Bar Association, which will only lead to more enrichment and engagement.
So, yes, some people are light-years ahead of me in life, even if they're a bit younger (don't even mention Mark Zuckerberg), but that's okay. I'm where I want to be, with who I want to be with, doing the things I know I should be doing.
Not bad for a 27-year-old.
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ReclaimPrivacy.org uses a bookmarklet to check which privacy settings may need some tweaking if you really want your Facebook account locked down. All you have to do is drag this link into your bookmarks bar and then visit the privacy settings section of your Facebook account. Don't trust it? Well, the source code is wide open, so have a look under the hood if you're skeptical.
As you can see, I have the green light on all counts. Whew.Comments [0]
Trying it out on the test page I'm playing around with thanks to http://flavors.me - http://test.joebeta.com
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My youngest brother, Brian, just waked across the stage at Stockton College. He is the final college graduate of four children my parents put through the ringer.So happy Mother's Day to a mom who dedicated her life to making sure her children were ready for the world when they woke up one day and found that they were, bittersweetly, adults.Congratulations, Brian.And we love you, Mom.
