Author Archives: Jason

About Jason

Jason R. Koepke is Founder and Data Strategist at GNT LLC, a risk-analysis and data strategy firm that provides analytical and technical services to the public and private sectors. His work and research has been featured in the academic, financial, and technical industries.

Furious Ben TCBing It

Despite having written the worst blog post in the blogosphere, Furious Ben has been on fire with some outstandingly interesting posts and series.

I liked this personal tale of slugging, something that is fairly well known around here but I don’t know anyone who has actually done it–probably because I don’t know anyone that lives in the middle of nowhere.

My favorite, though, is the evolution in his workspace. Ben has moved from the standard sitting type work environment to one where he is walking on a treadmill while working. The posts are short and interesting so make your way through; I think I missed some but you get the idea:

  1. Standing: the plan
  2. Standing while working: first impressions
  3. Standing not getting tiring
  4. Standing is working out
  5. Minor rearrangement of furniture
  6. Ben takes his first steps
  7. Being productive with work and walk

Fun Heavy Reading: Jokes About Dictatorships

During the past several weeks, I have come across articles about serious treatments of funny during dictatorships. The first one is about jokes under communism, with the expert that is interviewed being a former colleague of mine at University of Pittsburgh. The second one is about jokes under Hitler. Both include LOL bits (gotta keep it cyber for the kids). I’m waiting for a book about Iraq.