February 2011
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January 2011
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'Trust Us' Won't Cut It Anymore - Commentary - The... →
“Trust us.”
That’s the only answer colleges ever provide when asked how much their students learn.
Sure, they acknowledge, it’s hard for students to find out what material individual courses will cover. So most students choose their courses based on a paragraph in the catalog and whatever secondhand information they can gather.
No, there’s isn’t an...
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Twitter, Facebook, and social activism : The New... →
Long, but very worth a read. An in depth examination of why comparisons to the civil rights movement really don’t have calls for current social media activism, especially with “high risk” activism.
One of the things I took away from this is the usefulness of “strong-tie” networks, that is people you actually know in person. I mean, I knew that most of my facebook, twitter, and online (only)...
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Daring Fireball Linked List: Jeff Yang on Apple... →
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How the iPhone mail app decides when to show you... →
That is attention to detail. And I even experienced this!
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The Owner’s Mind | My Escape Velocity →
Thoughtful. Not quite how I’d have put it, but it makes sense laid out like this.
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Don’t forget the Congolese who helped tell the... →
I mean, this is something we all should know by now, but is easily glossed over. There’s so many stories hidden away that would be awesome to look into, but are just never told.
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Culture matters →
The irrational abhorrence that some people display to involving culture as a factor really seems out of place, especially when you can consider research like this.
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Downbelow Station: Here's how you write a novel →
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The Bank of Apple: Using capital to ensure... →
So yeah. Giant pile of cash turns into larger margins later, with no real drain unless you don’t need it later.
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No Opting Out Of Facebook Turning Your Check-Ins,... →
Just a quick heads up for those who didn’t know.
Better go check your Facebook profile pic to make sure it’s suitable for advertising—the company has begun using real users’ postings in ads being shown to their friends.
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Tiger Mom: Amy Chua Parenting Memoir Raises... →
This explains more than the previous WSJ article, and allows a bit more wriggle room for “western-style” parenting. However, it does seem clear (to me and to psychologists) that coddling your children, or at the very least, overindulging them risks poorer performance. Inculcating self-discipline should rank higher up on many parent’s radars and they shouldn’t back away from the sterner measures...
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How many Internet pirates are there, anyway? →
Well, this confirms just about what I know. Not that many people pirate, and those that do are those that tend to be cash strapped, ie the youngest (13-17/18-25). One could even say that the reason that the 18-25 band pirates the most was that their youth was the time where digital music just arrived, and there were no easy legal options for purchase.
It would be useful to track current 13-17...
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Fermi Telescope Catches Thunderstorms Hurling... →
ANTIMATTER, LIGHTNING, nothing more needs to be said.
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The Roommate of +10 Confusion - Grevling -... →
This is how it’s done. From the perspective of Jason Fox, how do you view a college age Calvin who really hasn’t changed?
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Babysitter - Scandinavia and the World →
Iceland is great with kids.
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Surviving the World - Daily Lessons in Science,... →
Acoustic rap.
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Report: Nation Not Ready For This | The Onion -... →
We’re so not ready for <this>.
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The frontier is everywhere: a fan-remix video... →
You should see this. Why NASA doesn’t do more like this on their own, I don’t know.
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Caligula's tomb found after police arrest man... →
This is fantastic news! Too bad it got partially disturbed before the professionals were able to begin excavations. But yeah, the (mostly undisturbed) tomb of Caligula? Maybe there’ll be another side of him that comes out through this.
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Ambiguity of open →
Interesting take on “open” and Google’s decision to remove H.264 support in chrome.
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Space invaders →
How odd. I tend to use two spaces as well, but I guess I’ll stop now…
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Twitter, Facebook, and social activism : The New... →
Not much more to say than what’s in the article. I agree with their conclusion. You should take a look at this, especially if you’re into social change and social networking. More than a bit sobering.
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'Squiggliness' used in a real paper →
This makes sense. I’m a bit sad to see that squiggly-ness isn’t as good a predictor though. I blame rivers.
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The plough and the veil →
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It really was better to be British than French →
Depressing, but yeah…
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Breaking News on EFF Victory: Appeals Court Holds... →
This is a great ruling!
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Zimbabwean Dollars Are Finally Worth Something -... →
Well, as long as it works for them…
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Live from Samsung's CES 2011 keynote -- Engadget →
This… is just hilarious. Good for dancers, but still hilarious.
…Just by posting this and doing their dirty work makes me complicit in Samsung’s plans! But I can’t help but share… ZOLL!
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IPhone and Android Apps Breach Privacy - WSJ.com →
Well, this is expected. But of course, paid apps send less.
