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The Depression in color

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:26:08 -0400

The Depression in color:

(via Instapaper)

"Avoid becoming an administrator, or your job will consist of dealing with money and disputes."

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:35:11 -0400

“Avoid becoming an administrator, or your job will consist of dealing with money and disputes.”

- Paul Graham

Children can learn from bad teachers

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:35:24 -0400

Children can learn from bad teachers:

Seems reasonable.

Young people, risky behavior and the net: the facts

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:03:17 -0400

Young people, risky behavior and the net: the facts:

Danah Boyd and Samantha Biegler have released a draft literature review on “Risky Behaviors and Online Safety,” commissioned by Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society. It looks at the latest papers on the risks presented to young people by using the Internet; if you’ve been reading the newspapers, the distance between the reality and what you’ve heard in the sensationalist accounts of pedos, cyberbullies, etc, will surprise:

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The Rumpled Anarchy of Bill Murray

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 20:20:30 -0400

The Rumpled Anarchy of Bill Murray:

From 1988. Interesting read after all these years. Great actor.

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A Failure to Communicate

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:32:18 -0400

A Failure to Communicate:

While the high-profile Google settlement has captured the attention of the publishing industry at large, a contentious copyright infringement lawsuit filed in Atlanta in 2008 by academic publishers against four individuals at Georgia State University has quietly progressed. And while a New York court now considers whether to approve the sweeping Google deal, a court in Atlanta could yet deliver something that publishers expressly chose to avoid in their settlement with Google: a fair use ruling.

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Apple is being ruthless, not monopolistic. Why is this so hard to understand?

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:59:00 -0400

I’ve been reading a few articles, such as this one on Ars, discussing the Government’s interest in Apple over possible monopolistic practices with its new iAds product. Here’s what everybody is missing.

Google owns AdMob. AdMob collects user data on the ads it sells on iOS and it passes that data on to the Android team. The Android team has detailed analytics on how iOS users use their devices in addition to what types of ads they prefer. Google also has this insight into other mobile platforms.

Apple doesn’t have this same window into the usage patterns and ad preferences of Android users. This puts Apple at a competitive disadvantage for allowing this analytic data to fall into the hands of a major competitor.

Apple has two options. Block AdMob from collecting data or start selling ads into the Android ecosystem to compete head-on with Google. Blocking AdMob is the more Apple thing to do because Apple wants to control the entire ad experience and that includes the OS.

The mobile ecosystem is evolving. Everybody is forging new ground and issues such as this will take time to figure out. Relax.

Huh. Never knew. Via Boing Boing.

Wed, 26 May 2010 20:22:00 -0400

Huh. Never knew.

Via Boing Boing.

Mr. Mom

Mon, 17 May 2010 13:46:46 -0400

Ron: Yeah? Are you gonna make it all 220?
Jack: Yeah. 220... 221, whatever it takes.

The Failure of Empathy

Mon, 17 May 2010 13:41:56 -0400

The Failure of Empathy:

The iPad isn’t the future of computing; it’s a replacement for computing.

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"By the way, what have you done that’s so great?"

Mon, 17 May 2010 09:09:25 -0400

“By the way, what have you done that’s so great?”

- Steve Jobs

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Wed, 12 May 2010 12:55:38 -0400

Oooh, my arm.

Wed, 12 May 2010 12:55:18 -0400

Oooh, my arm.

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