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I hear more and more stories these days about folks being burnt by the (bad) privacy default settings on Facebook. As more and more older folks join Facebook, I’m concerned that more and more of the people I care about are going to have embarassing Facebook mishaps– or worse, lose jobs or relationships due [...]
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David Hockney has been using the Brushes app for recent paintings.
Just gorgeous.
“People from the village,” he says, craning back over that shoulder, “come up to me and tease me, ‘We hear you’ve started drawing on your telephone.’ And I tell them, ‘Well, no, actually, it’s just that occasionally I speak on my sketch pad.’”
– David [...]
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I recently got asked for book recs for new project managers, and I had some trouble coming up with any. It’s a shame, really– most of the books on management I’ve read really haven’t impressed me. And books on project management often are focused on PMP certification, not real-world wrangling of technical people and projects.
There [...]
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My brother is still in Syria. He’s an artist, and has told me for years that I should be watching Flickr to see what he’s up to– but I’ve never really gotten into watching other people’s photos on Flickr. Until now.
Google’s free screen saver can be hooked up to photostreams. By default, it shows pretty [...]
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Hi everybody,
I’ve just finished up version 1.0 of Salome, a theme which allows you to run a magazine website using WordPress. I’m pretty excited about it; I love the format of blogs, but there are different advantages that magazines provide. Years ago I used to help produce an online magazine, and we needed to code [...]
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I’ve been trying out a couple nifty tools; I Want Sandy has yet to win my heart, but I’m quite appreciating Jott.
Jott allows you to hook up a particular phone with a particular account. When you phone Jott’s number from the phone you’ve authorized, you’re asked who you want to Jott. You speak for up [...]
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I’m strangely amused reading about the kerfuffle between Ursula leGuin and Cory Doctorow; it brings back the days that I spent a little bit too much time on listserves.
Quick summary of the current kerfuffle:
Ursula le Guin wrote a funny little snarky piece about folks who don’t think science fiction is real literature.
Cory Doctorow liked it, [...]
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