April 2011
1 post
“I want news that admits and defends its point of view (and acknowledges that...”
– On the news / from a working library
March 2011
1 post
“We can tell the stories we want to tell and say the things we need to say. We...”
– Frank Chimero - Velocity
February 2011
2 posts
“When it arrived the web seemed to fill all of those niches at once. The web was...”
– The Web Is a Customer Service Medium (Ftrain.com)
“We are in a wait-and-see, try-it-and-see phase of publishing and the web—past...”
– Readability 2.0 Is Disruptive Two Ways (via Instapaper)
January 2011
1 post
“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us...”
– Ira Glass (via Rabbit Write’s interview on Gala Darling)
My hero.
(via baileygenine)
December 2010
1 post
October 2010
2 posts
“Our world is shaped by widespread statistical illiteracy. We fear things that...”
– 7 Essential Skills You Didn’t Learn in College | Magazine (via Instapaper)
“I just can’t ever get away from this one. For me, it’s what everything...”
– “Distraction,” Simplicity, and Running Toward Shitstorms
September 2010
6 posts
“On opinions
Robin Hanson lists 20 reasons why your opinions “function more...”
– On opinions
“Certainly kids need to learn how to use the net effectively, but I think they...”
– http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/09/16/internet.brain.carr/index.html
“American culture at large is no stranger to a Puritan work ethic, and that labor...”
– Alex Payne — Staying Healthy and Sane At a Startup
“Saul (pictured, via) had this statement: “There is only one religion of...”
– Koran Burning Condemned by International PEN President - mediabistro.com: GalleyCat
“From a bit to a few hundred megabytes, from a microsecond to a half an hour of...”
– http://userweb.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/transcriptions/EWD10xx/EWD1036.html
August 2010
14 posts
“The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he...”
– Leo Tolstoy, 1897
Anyone Can Type On the Internet.
Confirmation bias (also called confirmatory bias or myside bias) is a tendency for people to favor information that confirms their preconceptions or hypotheses regardless of whether the information is true.
(via http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias)
‘Vuvuzela,’ ‘interweb’ among new words in Oxford... →
I’ll have you know, I coined the phrase “interweb”, or more accurately, “The Interwebs”. Your welcome, OED. Your welcome.
“For programmers we had three additional tests. Was the person genuinely smart?...”
– How to Start a Startup
“I think most people have one top idea in their mind at any given time. That’s...”
– The Top Idea in Your Mind
Arcade Fire Unstaged on Devour.com →
I love the Arcade Fire.
“SMACK MY BISQUE UP”
– Cook To Bang – Recipes To Get You Laid
Best title evar.
“The path to excellence requires this balance between confidence and doubt, and...”
– Study Hacks » Blog Archive » Beyond the 10,000 Hour Rule: Richard Hamming and the Messy Art of Becoming Great
An Awesome Sarcastic Rant Eloquently Put,... →
“Quit your complaining. It’s not the world’s fault that you wanted to be an...”
– Elizabeth Gilbert’s official website, quoting German filmmaker Werner Herzog
“With rare exception, most twenty-two year olds simply haven’t been sanded...”
– Elizabeth Gilbert
“To live in the world of creation — to get into it and stay in it — to frequent...”
– To live in the world of creation — to get into it… - Bobulate
“Keep a journal, and don’t assume that your work has to accomplish anything...”
– In it for the long haul « Story Route – Cathryn Wellner
July 2010
3 posts
“As a friend of mine once advised me, don’t get good at something you don’t want...”
– Distractivity: Ambient Thought
Awake-ish
Wife: I know did you see it when you left this am
Me: I did not. I don't function until about 2pm.
Wife: We have this in common
June 2010
1 post
1 tag
“Yet Another in the Ongoing Series Wherein I Examine a Piece of Supposedly...”
– http://daringfireball.net/2007/12/fastcompany
May 2010
2 posts
“I suppose earlier generations had to sit through all this huffing and puffing...”
– DNA/How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Internet (via Instapaper)
April 2010
2 posts
Frank Chimero has a blog. (In the Classroom: Why... →
I’m sad to see this show go as well. Sad from a point of nostalgia, and from a point that I think something educationally will be lost.
fchimero: So, mimicking the “How infographics look”, rather than the “Why good datavis works and is valuable.” Also see http://bit.ly/3K6P02
(via Instapaper)
March 2010
2 posts
1 tag
Mad People
If you’re not watching Mad Men, I feel sorry for you.
1 tag
“Now he would never write the things he had saved to write until he knew enough...”
– Ernest Hemingway from “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”
August 2009
1 post
Alpine, bitches. No images up in here.
I did this on Ubuntu. It’s nice to zip around in text again with only keyboard shortcuts to guide you. It feels like one of those text-based adventure games from back-in-the-day.
Here’s how I set it up with Gmail: http://javatarian.wordpress.com/2008/02/01/configuring-alpine-with-gmail/
merlin:
Alpine Messaging System
Alpine is a fast, easy to use email client that is...
December 2008
1 post
WatchI love Ratatat.
Germany to Germany by Ratatat
November 2008
13 posts
