The Tool Vendor's Dilemma
Asking tool vendors to dictate architecture generally results in architectures that require new and expensive tools. Maybe we should be asking the people that have experience building sol...
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http://naeblis.cx/rtomayko/2005/02/18/the-tool-vendors-dilemma
Asking tool vendors to dictate architecture generally results in architectures that require new and expensive tools. Maybe we should be asking the people that have experience building sol...
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http://naeblis.cx/rtomayko/2005/02/18/the-tool-vendors-dilemma
It's All About Attention
We're designed and indoctrinated to pay attention to the here and now, what's urgent and consistent with our worldview, not what's important and complex and far away. And it usually takes...
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http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2005/06/07.html#a1171
We're designed and indoctrinated to pay attention to the here and now, what's urgent and consistent with our worldview, not what's important and complex and far away. And it usually takes...
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http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2005/06/07.html#a1171
Greenwashing
(1) brainwash uncritical citizens [...] (2) sap the energy and blunt the intensity of critical citizens by forcing them to respond to greenwashing ads and by inviting them into meaningles...
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http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2005/07/26.html#a1222
(1) brainwash uncritical citizens [...] (2) sap the energy and blunt the intensity of critical citizens by forcing them to respond to greenwashing ads and by inviting them into meaningles...
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http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2005/07/26.html#a1222
Why engines and components are not evil but distracting
High-level components are a mirage: By the time they become interesting, their fitting will require more work than creating something from scratch.
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http://weblog.rubyonrails.com/articles/2005/11/11/why-engines-and-components-are-not-evil-bu...
High-level components are a mirage: By the time they become interesting, their fitting will require more work than creating something from scratch.
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http://weblog.rubyonrails.com/articles/2005/11/11/why-engines-and-components-are-not-evil-bu...
Confusing Good Fortune with Ill-Fortune
Let’s hear from you no nonsensical worries about the trade deficit. The world has problems enough that warrant our concern without our mistaking good fortune for ill.
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http://marketcorrection.powerblogs.com/posts/1142939824.shtml
Let’s hear from you no nonsensical worries about the trade deficit. The world has problems enough that warrant our concern without our mistaking good fortune for ill.
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http://marketcorrection.powerblogs.com/posts/1142939824.shtml
Tyler Cowen's Evil Twin on the Minimum Wage
Policies like the minimum wage or the laws to force Wal-Mart to pay more in health care benefits are issues where the economic impact is small relative to the emotional activation.
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http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2006/03/tyler_cowens_ev.html
Policies like the minimum wage or the laws to force Wal-Mart to pay more in health care benefits are issues where the economic impact is small relative to the emotional activation.
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http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2006/03/tyler_cowens_ev.html
Is the Increased Earnings Inequality among Americans Bad?
instead of lamenting the increased earnings gap by education, attention should focus on how to raise the fraction of American youth who complete high school, and then go on for a college ...
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http://www.becker-posner-blog.com/archives/2006/04/is_the_increase.html
instead of lamenting the increased earnings gap by education, attention should focus on how to raise the fraction of American youth who complete high school, and then go on for a college ...
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http://www.becker-posner-blog.com/archives/2006/04/is_the_increase.html
What If They Gave a War...?
Britney Spears gets more ink -- and better play -- than global warming does. [...] The real voices of dissent and engagement are found on the internet these days, but the internet is simp...
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http://www.wired.com/news/columns/0,70980-0.html?tw=rss.index
Britney Spears gets more ink -- and better play -- than global warming does. [...] The real voices of dissent and engagement are found on the internet these days, but the internet is simp...
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http://www.wired.com/news/columns/0,70980-0.html?tw=rss.index
How to Select What to Read for Personal Development
if we’re not careful, we allow the media to decide for us what we to pay attention to, and what to ignore. [...] Making a conscious and informed choice about what we read, contributes s...
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http://www.thepracticeofleadership.net/2006/02/06/how-to-select-what-to-read-for-personal-de...
if we’re not careful, we allow the media to decide for us what we to pay attention to, and what to ignore. [...] Making a conscious and informed choice about what we read, contributes s...
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http://www.thepracticeofleadership.net/2006/02/06/how-to-select-what-to-read-for-personal-de...
What Should I Do With My Life?
There are far too many smart, educated, talented people operating at quarter speed, unsure of their place in the world, contributing far too little to the productive engine of modern civi...
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http://www.fastcompany.com/online/66/mylife.html
There are far too many smart, educated, talented people operating at quarter speed, unsure of their place in the world, contributing far too little to the productive engine of modern civi...
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http://www.fastcompany.com/online/66/mylife.html
The myth of "keeping up"
You can't keep up. There is no way. And trying to keep up will probably just make you dumber.You can never be current on everything you think you should be.
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http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2006/04/the_myth_of_kee.html
You can't keep up. There is no way. And trying to keep up will probably just make you dumber.You can never be current on everything you think you should be.
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http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2006/04/the_myth_of_kee.html
::HorsePigCow:: marketing uncommon: Populating Web 2.0
article, distraction, future, social, utopia saved by: veeliam more details ...
http://www.horsepigcow.com/2006/11/populating-web-20.html
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http://www.horsepigcow.com/2006/11/populating-web-20.html
Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki - Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki
I like the look and feel of this wiki. And the subject.
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http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Main_Page
I like the look and feel of this wiki. And the subject.
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http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Main_Page
Sorting my workflow out : Journal : Mark Boulton
well, I’ve got a diary, why do I need this?’—but after using it, first on the SXSW panel organisation, and every day since then, it has saved my bacon on a number of occasions.
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http://www.markboulton.co.uk/journal/comments/sorting_my_workflow_out
well, I’ve got a diary, why do I need this?’—but after using it, first on the SXSW panel organisation, and every day since then, it has saved my bacon on a number of occasions.
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http://www.markboulton.co.uk/journal/comments/sorting_my_workflow_out
Overcoming Procrastination - Wikibooks, collection of open-content textbooks
It's one thing to recognise you need help, and another to use ma.gnolia to help you perpetuate the problem by "bookmarking" it for latter days.
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http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Overcoming_Procrastination
It's one thing to recognise you need help, and another to use ma.gnolia to help you perpetuate the problem by "bookmarking" it for latter days.
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http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Overcoming_Procrastination
See how fast you can type!
i got 69 words per minutes. this is what i learned in the military. i hope to beat 70 wpm by the end of the day without mistakes.
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http://labs.jphantom.com/wpm
i got 69 words per minutes. this is what i learned in the military. i hope to beat 70 wpm by the end of the day without mistakes.
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http://labs.jphantom.com/wpm
Upcoming.org: Ma.gnolia's First Birthday Party
Ma.gnolia is celebrating its first Birthday on February 15th at Citizen Space in San Francisco. Save the date!
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http://upcoming.org/event/137811
Ma.gnolia is celebrating its first Birthday on February 15th at Citizen Space in San Francisco. Save the date!
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http://upcoming.org/event/137811
TheTenWordReview.com
There is always a new reason and there will always be another new reason to use hReview and any of the other wonderful little microformats available. Ten words to review. No more. No less...
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http://www.workingwith.me.uk/blog/website/thetenwordreviewcom
There is always a new reason and there will always be another new reason to use hReview and any of the other wonderful little microformats available. Ten words to review. No more. No less...
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http://www.workingwith.me.uk/blog/website/thetenwordreviewcom
Hip Web Shop in a Can – Le «blog personnel» de Joe Clark
Everything you want to know, in a nutshell, on how to setup shoppe−for the web. This list goes to eleven and is offered by the underestimated Joe Clark, albeit his sites have yet to imp...
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http://blog.fawny.org/2006/12/06/hipshop
Everything you want to know, in a nutshell, on how to setup shoppe−for the web. This list goes to eleven and is offered by the underestimated Joe Clark, albeit his sites have yet to imp...
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http://blog.fawny.org/2006/12/06/hipshop
Design View / Andy Rutledge - Web Wars
A parody/metaphor kind of thing of the history and struggle of web based standards folks as told through the voice of, maybe, George Lucas, i.e. Star Wars. A complete distraction, but wor...
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http://www.andyrutledge.com/web-wars.php
A parody/metaphor kind of thing of the history and struggle of web based standards folks as told through the voice of, maybe, George Lucas, i.e. Star Wars. A complete distraction, but wor...
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http://www.andyrutledge.com/web-wars.php
the unobstructed view » 3-way iChat
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http://www.robknight.net/2006/11/18/3-way-ichat
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http://www.robknight.net/2006/11/18/3-way-ichat
Trulia - Real Estate, Homes For Sale, Sold Properties, Real Estate Maps
Use Trulia to find real estate, homes for sale, recently sold properties, local school information and much more. Trulia is a free unbiased real estate search engine where you can search ...
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http://www.trulia.com
Use Trulia to find real estate, homes for sale, recently sold properties, local school information and much more. Trulia is a free unbiased real estate search engine where you can search ...
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http://www.trulia.com
A List Apart: Issue 227
The list is getting more apart. It used to be a something to look forward toward.
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http://www.alistapart.com/issues/227
The list is getting more apart. It used to be a something to look forward toward.
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http://www.alistapart.com/issues/227
stuckUnstuck
I really don't know what to say of this little app, but only time will say. For now, it'll amuse me.
chris messina, community, design, developing, distraction, happiness, kelly goto, larry halff, mashup, twitter, More... saved by: veeliam and 3 people more details ...
http://stuckunstuck.com/statuses/list
I really don't know what to say of this little app, but only time will say. For now, it'll amuse me.
chris messina, community, design, developing, distraction, happiness, kelly goto, larry halff, mashup, twitter, More... saved by: veeliam and 3 people more details ...
http://stuckunstuck.com/statuses/list
