June 2010
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90+ Essential Social Media Resources -... →
Now you’ve gone and done it. You’ve come across a list so enormous, so useful, and so awesome, our futile attempts to describe it have been lost in the tubes of cyberspace.
We’ll just say this: No matter what you’re into — Twitter, Facebook, Mobile Apps, Business Development, or good-old-fashioned YouTube hilarity — you will find it below.
So put down your barbeque, send out another huge...
“Clay remembers hearing of the attack on Pearl Harbor on the radio. His older...”
– For Gilman WWII veteran, holiday is day for memories, gratitude, duty | The Des Moines Register
News from hometown: Farmers hope sunshine stays a... →
Counties in southeast Iowa have received over 10 inches of rain so far this month which has caused crop concerns, according to the report. The emerged corn is lacking color and standing water in low-lying fields won’t permit newly planted crops to survive. The first cutting of alfalfa continued and looks to be in good condition. Pastures are reported in mostly fair to good condition, but have seen...
May 2010
“The information technology industry “needs to be a major player in the way...”
– Dell leading the way on health care information technology - Austin American Statesman
“Age and sex: 36% were in the 26-39 age group; 26% in the 18-25 range. 11% were...”
– iPad launch: which model did queuers buy - and how many had beards? Find out… | Technology | guardian.co.uk
Is a “Net Zero” Phone Bill Achievable? - GigaOM →
GE last year unveiled plans to help consumers achieve what it calls a “Net Zero” home — as in zero utility bills — by bringing together solar, wind, fuel cell, smart appliances and interfaces with smart grids and other technologies. The conglomerate’s efforts are the subject of a case study in my new book on technology-enabled business innovation, “The New Polymath.”
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Philosophy
Ancient Philosophy – iTunes – Feed – Stream – David Ebrey, UC Berkeley
Death – YouTube – iTunes – Download Course – Shelly Kagan, Yale
Existentialism in Literature & Film – iTunes – Feed – Hubert Dreyfus, UC Berkeley
Heidegger – iTunes – Feed – MP3s – Hubert Dreyfus, UC Berkeley
Heidegger’s Being & Time – Feed – MP3s – Hubert...
Art - Marina Abramovic’s Silent Sitting at MoMA... →
Sitting with Ms. Abramovic has been the hot event of the spring art season. Celebrities — Bjork, Marisa Tomei,Isabella Rossellini, Lou Reed, Rufus Wainwright — did a stint. Young performance artists seized a moment in the limelight. One appeared in his own version of an Abramovic gown to propose marriage. Certain repeat sitters became mini-celebrities, though long-time waiters on line stared...
“Customers around the world are experiencing the magic of iPad, and seem to be...”
– AppleInsider | Apple sells 2 million iPads in under 2 months
“I’ve said it before and it’s worth saying again. Apple is building the Disney...”
– Daring Fireball Linked List: Dave Winer on an Apple TV Without Local Storage
“Only four of the 10 shows in the social media ranking were also in the top 10...”
– Drilling Down - Online Buzz Doesn’t Equate to Ratings - NYTimes.com
“But I’ve met a lot of people in my time on this mostly amusing planet. I’ve been...”
– Stephen Fry, on Kindness (via intheglow) (via gatsbylives) (via tobia)
Mobile TV's Last Frontier - U.S. and Europe -... →
At least 40 million people are watching live TV this year on mobile phones, Ms. Maxbauer said. Most live in emerging markets where operators, which prefer to sell TV programming for a fee through their wireless networks, do not control the sale of handsets.
Free, on-the-go viewing is common just about everywhere except the United States and Europe, where operator resistance and a maze of...
New Rules For Campaigns' Use of Social Media -... →
Social media have long been a platform for political trickery. But the Federal Election Commission has exempted most shady online activity—AstroTurf campaigns, veiled Twitter feeds, anonymous Facebook pages—from traditional campaign regulations. Now this loophole may be closing, at least at the state level. Ahead of the midterms, four local election commissions are considering crackdowns—the first...
Facebook privacy: What should you do? | Digital... →
On Monday, a story of mine in Life & Arts section of the Austin American-Statesman will discuss Monday’s Quit Facebook Day, a movement to protest privacy changes on Facebook. As of this writing 23,425 people have pledged to quit the social networking service.
It sounds like a lot of people until you factor in that Facebook is on its way to having 500 million users.
But even if the numbers...
Skype App Updated to Allow Voice Calls Over 3G -... →
The Skype app for iPhone [App Store] has been updated to allow voice calls to be made over 3G data networks. Skype is a popular VOIP (voice over IP) application that allows users to make phone calls from their computer or mobile phone over a network connection. This avoids using up any allotment of “voice minutes” from cell phone providers. Instead, the calls are routed over the data...
“Let’s get one thing clear right now, shall we? There is no Idea Dump, no Story...”
– Stephen King (On Writing) (via awritersruminations) (via pcquotes) (via tobia)
“Many people with jobs have a fantasy about all the amazing things they would do...”
– Paul Buchheit of Gmail fame on What to do with your millions - (37signals)
AppleInsider | Czech report says iPhone 4G will... →
At a reported 960 x 640 resolution, the new display will make it easy for the new model to render existing iPhone apps via pixel doubling, while also giving Apple bragging rights to the highest pixel density on a mainstream smartphone screen. Apps can also be optimized to take advantage of the new resolution, much the same way that existing iPhone apps can be adapted to support the iPad’s...
Week in Apple: antitrust drama, performance vs.... →
Does the long holiday weekend have you itching to catch up on hot Apple stories from the last week? You’re in luck, as we’re wrapping up the Ars Design Awards for Mac OS X, while covering more rumors about the new iPhone, and some legal drama over Apple allegedly abusing its dominant music market position. Read on for the roundup:
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