Stephen Yeargin

Almost six years ago, I was huddled in the front seat of one my fraternity brother’s car riding down a very dark and cold west Tennessee road. It was about 1 a.m. when we left the headquarters in Dresden with a trunk full of campaign signs to set up along the roadway and intersections on [...]

My otherwise strong immune system suffered a setback this week, laid low by your typical Upper Respiratory Infection (common cold). I managed to get both of my co-workers ill, although they seem to be taking better care of themselves than I did. The bug is going around and around, so hopefully it will have run [...]

If you were not among the more than 700,000 Tennesseans that have already participated in early voting, hop to it. Early voting ends Thursday, Oct. 30. If you are a registered voter in Tennessee, all you need to early vote is one form of government-issued identification (driver’s license). Some poll workers may be a bit [...]

After the weekend trip to BarCamp Nashville, I have started giving thought to what other kinds of technology events I would like to attend next year. I really enjoyed the social aspect of BarCamp, even though I only held a conversation of any length with my wife. Instead, I followed the live updating commentary left [...]

I am micro-blogging from BarCamp Nashville. It has been a lot of fun so far. The conversation in the hall suggested that 560 or more have registered to attend the one day un-conference for the Tennessee technology community.

My wife and I went a week ago to a lecture by Frank Warren, the founder of PostSecret.com, at Vanderbilt University. He spoke at length about how his art project escalated to a global phenomenon, yielding four books and numerous national media appearances. Interwoven within all of that was a discussion of the human condition [...]

We all know Apple likes to keep things simple. Their modus operandi has always been “we are anti-button”. That has lead to some great leaps in industrial design and powerful products that are ridiculously easy to use. It is my opinion that, in one instance, they went a bit too far.
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I am exhausted from a long day of riding all over Nashville in “celebration” of iPhone Saturday. I have had this one on my calendar for a while because it means I got my first new gadget in quite some time. There are a few facts I learned today.
iPhones are pretty nifty - Mine is [...]

Whenever a Web service that I use changes formats, I seldom complain. Facebook has done it twice in the last few years, first introducing the stalker-friendly News Feed and more recently with its design overhaul. As long as I can be convinced that the changes are intended to make the site more user-friendly and aesthetically [...]

I have tried over the past few weeks to overlook the market reports and the ongoing talk of bailouts and failing banking institutions. After all, you and I likely are not changing our plans dramatically even though the Dow dropped into four figures for the first time in five years. Charts tell a harrowing story. [...]