December 2011
9 posts
Predictions for Journalism 2012: Tim Carmody →
Love this dude.
Dec 26th
“In 2005, the suicide rate in the US was 11.0. The likeliest person to kill you...”
– Neven Mrgan: Murder stats
Dec 26th
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Books I Read This Year
Including but not limited to: Marshall McLuhan: You Know Nothing of My Work! - Douglas Coupland Citrus County - John Brandon Bad Nature, or With Elvis in Mexico - Javier Marias Paying For It - Chester Brown A Visit From the Goon Squad - Jennifer Egan Don’t Make Me Think - Steve Krug Zag - Marty Neumeier Steve Jobs - Walter Isaacson Designing With Web Standards - Jeffrey Zeldman HTML5 for...
Dec 21st
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Dec 9th
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Dec 4th
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"Carrier IQ Says Measuring Mobile User Experience...
This, from a statement the company released on November 16th. If you aren’t already aware of what Carrier IQ does, read about it here. It’s unsurprising, but disappointing, that a rootkit manufacturer is defending its actions under the guise of “user experience”. In Cennydd Bowles’ Closing Plenary at this year’s IA Summit, he predicted the coming...
Dec 3rd
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Dec 2nd
“The problem [with the characteristics of viral memes] is that we can use these...”
– Jon Crowley
Dec 2nd
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“…I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed...”
– -Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in his Letter From A Birmingham Jail This, in response to Jay Smooth’s days-long Twitter convo with an apparently INSANE member of Occupy Oakland.
Dec 1st
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November 2011
26 posts
Nov 30th
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Nov 22nd
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“SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) — An airman armed with a pistol barricaded...”
– News from The Associated Press (via new-aesthetic)
Nov 22nd
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WatchWatch
Holy shit.
Nov 21st
“[Amazon doesn’t] give a single shit about charity or helping the needy or...”
– Steve Yegge, former Amazon employee
Nov 20th
“There are two ways to build a successful company. One is to work very, very...”
– Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon
Nov 20th
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Nov 19th
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Read This Before Our Next Meeting →
If you work somewhere that holds terrible meetings, you need to read this right now. The Kindle edition is free for Amazon Prime members, and if you go to booklending.com you can borrow it for free as well. (You don’t need a Kindle to read it, just the Kindle app for your device. I read it on my Mac and iPod touch.)
Nov 19th