January 2012
23 posts
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“The underlying theme or premise of a lot of my work is that people have a hard...”
– The Future Is a Faded Song: Douglas Rushkoff on the Groundbreaking “ADD” < PopMatters
Interesting commentary on real-world “operating systems”
“Apache was not created to host subversion but in those early days its main value...”
– Apache considered harmful
“for me the definition of an artist is “to animate the magic inherent in the...”
– Emily’s Playground
“I didn’t have to think of myself as a visual artist to be an artist. Being an...”
– Emily’s Playground
“when somebody tries to measure something intangible—like the value of...”
– The Value of Content, Part 2: Nobody’s Perfect « Brain Traffic Blog
“Learning code is not about numbers and mathematics. It’s more like architecture,...”
– Learn to code, get a job - CNN.com
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“CNBC-ized news emphasizes speed over depth, immediacy over context, internal...”
– A Narrowed Gaze : CJR
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“When designs fail to provide an appropriate next step for users it stops them in...”
– Designing for the Next Step « « Bokardo Bokardo
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“If you’re a tech company or a marketer, your goal is to be the first thing...”
– Seth’s Blog: The first thing you do when you sit down at the computer
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“Always approach a problem on its own terms. Do not trust your first perspective...”
– Twelve Things You Were Not Taught in School About Creative Thinking | Psychology Today
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“You do not see things as they are; you see them as you are. Interpret your own...”
– Twelve Things You Were Not Taught in School About Creative Thinking | Psychology Today
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“- Every meeting must have one clear decision maker. If there’s no decision...”
– How Larry Page Changed Meetings At Google After Taking Over Last Spring
“digital technology has chopped the audience up in to little pieces and...”
– What newsrooms should learn from Kodak | yelvington.com
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Predicting the Future of Computing - Interactive... →
Since no supercomputer can yet predict the future, we need your help. Readers are invited to make predictions and collaboratively edit this timeline, which is divided into three sections: a sampling of past advances, future predictions that you can push forward or backward in time (but not, of course, into the past), and a form for making and voting on predictions. The most prescient prophet might...
“Apart from coding, what better way is there to get kids excited about computing...”
– What I learned about the future of computing from delving into IT’s past - Silicon.com Mobile
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“Network analysis is not just about maps. Once a map is drawn, you can measure...”
– Revealing Economic Terrorists: a Slumlord Conspiracy
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“Welcome to Social Dimension, a blog devoted to the math behind understanding...”
– Welcome to Social Dimension | Wired Science | Wired.com
I think I’m really going to like this blog.
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“Putting ideas down on paper is the first step toward creating something – once...”
– “Put your ideas to paper” ─ revolutions.is
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“We’re working with a bunch of other organizations to make sure 2012 is the year...”
– Resolution: Learn to code in 2012. Here’s how you can start | VentureBeat
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“We’re not trying to encourage longer stories, per se,” says Harris,...”
– Cowbird: An Anti-Facebook For Sharing Stories, Not Just Updates | Co.Design
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“The truth about building something you’re not used to making is that it forces...”
– An expansive definition of design – The Society for News Design – SND
“We get our ideas from what I’m going to call for a moment our unconscious — the...”
– John Cleese on the Origin of Creativity | Open Culture 