November 2011
“In short, HTML5′s element could be used in any instance where it contains...”
– When to Use the HTML5 “section” Element | Impressive Webs
“We fail our obligation to the truth not by developing opinions, but by letting...”
– “Don’t ask, don’t tell” doesn’t work for journalists either | Rob Pegoraro
“But the practical effect of these rules is the same: To paint a portrait of...”
– “Don’t ask, don’t tell” doesn’t work for journalists either | Rob Pegoraro
“if you are not having fun, why bother?”
– do dot that thing dot org - Mixel, Flickr, and Playful Creation: Why Amateurs Have All The Fun
What a ridiculous quite on life. Rest of the article is good though.
“When designing something, ideas aren’t the problem. Indeed, even crazy, blue-sky...”
– Copycats - Matt Legend Gemmell
“You might be sad that you work long hours and that sometimes your boss yells at...”
– Startups Are Hard. So Work More, Cry Less, And Quit All The Whining « Uncrunched
“Truth be told, The Muppets won me over, over and over and over again. The film...”
– A Wondrous ‘Muppets’ - Christopher Orr - Entertainment - The Atlantic
“Apple does not sell laptops and gadgets; they sell experiences which were...”
– Subsets of Design: Logic behind Voodoo
“managing psychological factors of users, through design is user experience...”
– Subsets of Design: Logic behind Voodoo
“If mere computational power were enough, of course, then any complex system...”
– The Brain is Wider Than the Sky by Bryan Appleyard – review | Books | The Observer
“The top 1 percent have the best houses, the best educations, the best doctors,...”
– Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1% | Society | Vanity Fair
“Apache was not created to host subversion but in those early days its main value...”
– Apache considered harmful
“changes in journalism are really about advertising; they are not about what...”
– The Jekyll and Hyde problem: What are journalists, and their institutions, for? » Nieman Journalism Lab
“And that gets back to the ultimate problem with libre fonts: they don’t sustain...”
– Roboto is a Four-headed Frankenfont | Typography Commentary | Typographica
Anatomy of Facebook →
I don’t think Facebook has measured the same thing as the 1960s study. In that study people were asked to select an acquaintance more likely to know the target than the sender. In Facebook’s study they measure every one of your “friends” relation to everyone else on Facebook. No user choice involved.
Also I used to have Facebook friends I actually didn’t know. Not...
“Part of my motivation for recommending this remedy is to demonstrate that our...”
– Facebook is gaslighting the web. We can fix it. - Anil Dash
“There is no sophistication in the slurs, sexuality, and destruction in the...”
– Anonymous 101: Introduction to the Lulz | Threat Level | Wired.com
“The trickster as myth proved so compelling that the network made it real”
– Anonymous 101: Introduction to the Lulz | Threat Level | Wired.com
“The lulz (a corruption of LOL, online shorthand for laugh out loud) is the most...”
– Anonymous 101: Introduction to the Lulz | Threat Level | Wired.com
“Georgia’s crackdown on undocumented workers this year was so effective that the...”
– These May Be The Droids Farmers Are Looking For | Epicenter | Wired.com
The Social Graph is Neither (Pinboard Blog) →
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“You might almost think that the whole scheme had been cooked up by a bunch of...”
– The Social Graph is Neither (Pinboard Blog)
“Forty-Four Hobbit holes were built to be permanent, with retaining walls,...”
– Ain’t It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.
Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD,... →
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Facebook Timeline Bumps Online Narcissism Up a... →
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ThinkUp Archives and Analyzes Your Social Media... →
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“Are we really going to accept an Interface Of The Future that is less expressive...”
– A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design
A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design →
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Social network analysis isn't just for social... →
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Resistance Is Futile - Magazine - The Atlantic →
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“Laxminarayan likens antibiotics resistance to global warming: every country...”
– Resistance Is Futile - Magazine - The Atlantic
Ruby’s Unary Operators and How to Define Their... →
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Herman Cain Eats Pizza with GQ: Politics: GQ →
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'Nudge' policies are another name for coercion -... →
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