May 2008
Cory Doctorow: How to stop your inbox exploding |... →
“I’ve come up with a few tips and hacks that never fail to surprise and delight my friends and colleagues when I show them off…”
April 2008
When Young Teachers Go Wild on the Web -... →
“Do the risque pages matter if teacher performance is not hindered and if students, parents and school officials don’t see them? At what point are these young teachers judged by the standards for…
Urgency is poisonous - (37signals) →
“If stress is a weed, urgency is the seed. Donât plant it if you can help it.”
Broadband 2.0 Poised to Reshape Web, TV →
“two of the largest ISPs in the United States are hoping to kick off yet another broadband renaissance, this time with home connections that promise to reach 50-100 Mbps, enabling a slew of…
“True Love Does Not Come By Finding The Perfect Person, But By Learning To See An...”
– Jason Jordan (via tumblinas)
Phive for 25-April-08 →
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Up first on this week’s Phive is an acoustic version of Fireworks by the Tragically Hip. This goes out…
Royal Pingdom » Google domain names – the funny,... →
via browneyes: “Google owns a whole bunch of domain names other than the obvious ones like google.com, blogger.com and gmail.com. We here at Pingdom decided to find out which ones, with some truly surprising results. We only looked at .com domain names, and found thousands. Below are some of the more noteworthy .com domain names that Google owns.” mariolovespasta.com...
Phive for 25-April-08 →
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Up first on this week’s Phive is an acoustic version of Fireworks by the Tragically Hip. This goes out…
Digital Domain: Struggling to Evade the E-Mail... →
“Research for the organisation shows that only 10% of us find our offices...”
– Technology means we can work pretty much anywhere | Money | The Guardian
Digital Domain: Struggling to Evade the E-Mail... →
VCs Start the Year With a Whimper →
CIRA's New WHOIS Policy To Take Effect in June →
If the News Is That Important It Will Find Me →
The 10 best technology bloggers in Canada →
Congrats to Kate and Maggie for making the list!
Danish PM Finds Plenty Of Running Buddies On... →
Caution Shown by VCs in Q1 2008 is Good News for... →
Overcoming key resistence to adoopting social... →
WatchMixwit: Canuck Mix for GSP 19-April-08 I cooked this up for y’all this morning. Nothing like tunes and coffee to kick off a Saturday.
Friday Phive for 18-April-08 →
[I’m using SeeqPod for today’s Phive. If you don’t see the embedded player, here’s a handy link.] SeeqPod - Playable Search “Aw wicked.” says the Q104 DJ at the end of this live…
Dunbar's number - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia →
“Dunbar’s number has been popularized as the supposed cognitive limit to the number of individuals with whom any one person can maintain stable social relationships.”
America’s ‘Fastest Dying Industries’ « Screenwerk... →
# bowling alleys
# music publishing
# laundry services
# beer production
# wired telecoms
# arcades and entertainment complexes
# tobacco farming
# newspaper publishing
# videotape and dvd rental
#…
RAND | News Release | One In Five Iraq and... →
“There is a major health crisis facing those men and women who have served our nation in Iraq and Afghanistan. Unless they receive appropriate and effective care for these mental health conditions,…
“…sales of Guitar Hero and Rock Band brought in more revenue in 2007 than digital...”
– Primotech (via gtmcknight) This is such a huge trend. I bought GH as a gift and for myself and Rock Band is on the wish list.
Stereotypical Tumblr User Checklist
Tumblr meme time. Let’s see how I measure up: you… use a mac: Yes. are twenty something: 32 take polaroids: No. live in nyc: No. wish you lived in nyc: Nope. draw sometimes: Seldom. Unless doodling during long meetings counts. upload videos to vimeo to fit in: Um….no. have a muxtape: Yes. And it kicks all kinds of ass: http://flackadelic.muxtape.com/ work for...
Visualizing Viruses →
“E-mail security company MessageLabs commissioned Dragulescu to visualize the threats the company finds in the 3 million messages it scans daily. Dragulescu used algorithms to find recurring patterns in the source code of viruses and Trojans and then fed the results into a visualization algorithm.”
Shop Talk - Innovation, Marketing and Alliances:... →
Added “The Breakthrough Company” to my “to read” list.”
innovation playground Idris Mootee: Your Avatar... →
Marketers are not giving up the invasion of this escapsim by real world hucksters. Engagement in one environment does not translate into engagement in your environment. Interruptive marketing are…
Gamasutra - Analysis: 49 Million U.S. Gamers Buy... →
“With a market of 75 million game purchasers in the United States, OTX has revealed that of these gamers, 49 million have purchased at least one used game, and 26 million have sold at least one game…
Last.fm: Free Music Initiative Has Sparked 119%... →
