February 2012
Life-Long Learning: Guerilla Tactics: Selling A... →
scottbritton:
I thought it’d be cool to expose some of the less obvious tactics I used to get people to sign up for my Skillshare class. A tweet here and there just doesn’t cut it for the young and hungry. Sometimes you need to put the warpaint on.
Email Signature and Inbox Special Ops
BRYCE DOT VC: Bionic Software and Programable... →
brycedotvc:
Last week there was a quote that surfaced in a few posts related to the funding round announced by Codecadmy (in which OATV participated). The quote was from Douglas Rushkoff:
As we move into an increasingly digital reality, we must learn not just how to use programs but how to make…
Continuations: Peter Thiel on Government and... →
continuations:
Peter Thiel was interviewed by Francis Fukuyama (he of the “End of History”). The interview is well worth reading as it contains a lot of provocative thoughts. I agree with Thiel that the US government has lost its ability to achieve the kind of progress represented by the great…
Continuations: Consider ACTA a Treaty (and Why... →
continuations:
In 2010, I wrote about ACTA several times. Essentially, ACTA was a behind the scenes effort to create a global copyright framework that would significantly strengthen rightsholders’ enforcement options. The initial ACTA process was held in secret for several years before drafts of the agreement…
biiiiird:
Devendra Banhart-Quedate Luna
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“Once again, the explanation for this effect returns us to the benefits of not...”
– Why Being Sleepy and Drunk Are Great for Creativity | Wired Science | Wired.com
See! (via Meredithmo)
“There are crazy days and then there are days like yesterday. Kickstarter has...”
– 24 Hours » The Kickstarter Blog — Kickstarter
This is an amazing achievement. I love the what the Kickstarter guys are doing, and their play-by-play blog post is one of the best examples of community building and celebration to date.
(via joshuanguyen)
Story of the week. Big applause for the...
“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.”
– Albert Einstein (via morganmissen)
“When our parents sent a letter in the mail, nobody was allowed to open it to...”
– I Don’t Care About The Entertainment Industry’s Profits, And It Enrages Me That You Think I Should - Falkvinge on Infopolicy (via rafer)
“He was a man too busy to flush toilets.”
– Isaacson, Walter (2011-10-24). Steve Jobs (p. 281). Simon & Schuster, Inc. (via wkmacura)
“I feel like we’re working in an office building in Grand Theft Auto.”
– Sean, on the sirens and helicopters outside all day (via mattlehrer)
“I forgot that coding in C basically means re-implementing buffering every few...”
– (via wkmacura)
“Is call middleware because you can not able make head or tail of it.”
– @DEVOPS_BORAT (via wkmacura)
“If the opposite of pro is con, the opposite of progress is…”
– LinkedList NYC weekly e-mail. 14 December, 2011 (via wkmacura)
wkmacura:
I’m glad to know my building uses ridiculous encrypted Medeco locks, but has a website that sends me e-mails with my password in plaintext.
(and their website lets you authorize people to get the spare key)
In other news, Bennett is stuck in the elevator at...
Path: We are sorry. →
thepersonalnetwork:
We made a mistake. Over the last couple of days users brought to light an issue concerning how we handle your personal information on Path, specifically the transmission and storage of your phone contacts.
As our mission is to build the world’s first personal network, a trusted place for you to…
Continuations: Tech Tuesday: Routing and TCP/IP →
continuations:
We are continuing along with the web request cycle. Last week we took a look at the HTTP protocol. There I already mentioned that HTTP requests and responses travel over a TCP/IP connection. Today we will dive a bit deeper into TCP/IP. This is technically not really necessary for…
Chrome For Android: The Browser For The 1%
parislemon:
My title is literal, figurative, and facetious all in one. I just hope Google has a good sense of humor about it — because they have a good product on their hands.
First of all, yes, Chrome for Android is here. Second, it’s only compatible with Ice Cream Sandwich which is currently on — wait for it — 1% of Android devices. But in an attempt to add some silver-lining to the 1%...