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Bill Ives has been running “twitter week” this week on his blog Portals and KM. Here something from his concluding post: [Concluding Twitter Week: Predictions on How Twitter Will Change Blogs in 2009](http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/WGHl...
Read more →I am often asked what technology someone should use to create their web presence. I know Ruby on Rails well, but I often also recommend checking out Drupal. I know much less about Drupal but I know its reputation and I know its track record. So I’ve felt comfortable with my view. But, check this pos...
Read more →I wrote this short paper to formulate some ideas that have been percolating in the back of my mind for something I think of as Data Rss. Check it out here.
http://www.theonion.com/content/themes/common/assets/onn_embed/embedded_player.swf Sony Releases New Stupid Piece Of Shit That Doesn’t Fucking Work
“NASA’s Phoenix lander may have captured the first images of liquid water on Mars – droplets that apparently splashed onto the spacecraft’s leg during landing, according to some members of the Phoenix team.” (from Newscientist.com)
Check out the “article: Getting “Open With” back under control.” Thanks. 
A british organization (or should I say organisation?) called mySociety has done some really cool publically minded open source projects. Sites like FixMyStreet and WhatDoTheyKnow make so much sense and it would seem to me could **...
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You know I am a fan of the Newspapers. I’ve written about it several times, [wondering out loud whether our collective desire to get everything for cheaper and cheaper, eventually for free, wo...
Check out this post How Corrupt is Our Language in Economic Discourse?: > "And as Deirdre McCloskey has put it, when your intellectual range is from M-N you think you are being open minded ...
Read more →Tortoise by Tim Mason I set my pace deliberately keeping precious what matters under the hard shell I show the world. Truth is survival counts each step I take assures that. I’m not much on ambition, but how long you folks been around? I put that question to Aesop when he was a betting lad – gave my bookie good odds against his rabbit I left him with a moral and a question “can you hang?” Takes time to comprehend but patience comes with my pace so let me rephrase that how do you follow your dreams? Me, I keep what’s precious under the hard shell I show the world.
A very interesting article about volunteering, and applying the wikipedia philosophy to volunteering. Here he sets the scene: > “People have a problem with volunteerism: Now this statement is ...
Read more →The problems in our economy right now are real, I believe. Tons of people have lost jobs, and my investment accounts also prove it. I guess there’s no debate about that. But the question is, what to do about it. My observations: - Politicians on both sides are equally passionate yet totally contrad...
Read more →Dave writes an enthousiastic review of this book: The Secret in Building 26: > “I just finished reading The Secret in Building 26: The Untold Story of How America Broke the Final U-boat Enigma Code. What a fascinating read! I’ve written b...
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I read in Personal Technology (Wall Street Journal) today that Foxmarks, the handy, free utility that synchronizes my Firefox bookmarks between several computers, now works with Safari as well. Great. I tested it, an...
Read more →I’ve been discovering the mass of information that is created by the government and is very slowly making its way online. I will be posting my discoveries from time to time. The process of making public information available online seems to go something like this: - Law requires that information be...
Read more →Check this post The 7 deadly sins and 10 lessons of a failed startup from Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing: > “Building ...
Read more →I’ve gotten interested in what is going on in the public sector, in particular in the world of non profits. I’ve learned a lot, met many people and been trying to define a project that would at the same time do something to better the world as be an interesting and fulfilling product challenge (noti...
Read more →I’ve known about Pandora for ages, and the last month or so have been using it again, a lot. It’s quite amazing: constant, free, music. Based on your interests. How does it work? Well just go to Pandora, set up a free account, and indicate, for...
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