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• why i never post my photos to facebook

  With Flickr you can get out, via the API, every single piece of information you put into the system. Every photo, in every size, plus the completely untouched original. (which we store for you indefinitely, whether or not you pay us) Every tag, every comment, every note, every people tag, every fave. Also your stats, [...]

  19 May 2010 Technology; no comments. permalink   

• crushing entrepreneurs’ capital

  Or, “toldyousotoldyousotoldyouso.” For years, James Taranto quoted novelist and journalist Mark Helprin in a running gag called “Homeless Rediscovery Watch”. In that quote, the latter (correctly) predicted the media would suddenly, magically, rediscover social problems that mysteriously disappeared from 1993 to 2001. Similarly, I’d like to introduce a new segment on this blog which will [...]

  10 May 2010 Economics, Politics, Technology; no comments. permalink   

• little red riding hood

  The story animated and reimagined with infographics. It’s a design blog hit that I’m just getting around to posting. Slagsmålsklubben – Sponsored by destiny from Tomas Nilsson on Vimeo.

  21 Apr 2009 Nerdery & Sundry, Technology, design; 2 comments. permalink   

• mmm. . . irony

  Do you like irony? Think the AP are being douche-barrels deserving to fall into oblivion with the rest of the modern newspaper industry? Then you’ll love the Obama poster kerfuffle! The Associated Press are trying to sue LA artist Shepard Fairey for his use of an AP photo to create his vaguely cultish (and socialist [...]

  17 Apr 2009 Politics, Technology; no comments. permalink   

• how merlin mann made me feel better about my cynicism

  I work very closely with social media in my job, but I might be one of the most cynical in my organization about its uses and merits. I’ve been working on being less of a jerk about the OMGWEB2.0WTFBBQ bandwagon, but Merlin Mann says it much better than I ever could in his excellent SxSW [...]

  30 Mar 2009 Nerdery & Sundry, Technology; no comments. permalink   

• tech stifling we can believe in

  I hate to say I told you so, techhie and dynamist Obamaniacs, but: I told you so. President Obama plans to appoint current Federal Trade Commission member Jon Leibowitz to lead the agency, which partially enforces antitrust laws and has taken a recent interest in online advertising. . . . “Industry needs to do a [...]

  24 Feb 2009 Politics, Technology; no comments. permalink   

• viral marketing on the death star

  [via swissmiss]

  15 Jan 2009 Nerdery & Sundry, Technology; no comments. permalink   

• the power of noodles

  Teaching atomic properties and powers of two via pasta-making. Science is delicious! (via Kottke)

  07 Oct 2008 & Cetera, Technology; no comments. permalink   

• thread topic flowchart for september 2008

  In a nutshell, why I dislike this election cycle. (via Jeremy H)

  22 Sep 2008 Politics, Technology; no comments. permalink   

• on computer literacy and the presidency

  You may have heard about the latest “McCain’s so old…” joke: McCain’s so old, he doesn’t even know how to send email! Well, it turns out the Oval Office doesn’t even have a computer, for starters. As for the last two presidents to serve during the era of email, Washington Wire has a surprise for [...]

  16 Sep 2008 Politics, Technology; no comments. permalink