Series

  • Mike Daisey and this American denial

    Two things are really bothering me about today’s news that monolougist Mike Daisey fabricated portions of his hit performance piece “The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs.” Let me get something out of the way out front: I’ve known Mike since about 1996. He was an advisor/supporter of my high school’s speech & debate…

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  • Let’s see more context-aware design touches

    I hope, and I predict, that we’ll start to see more of a trend in web and software development in the coming months and years that probably already has a great name, but since I don’t know it, for now I’m giving it my own name: context-aware design. Loosely, I define context-aware design as a principle…

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  • Why the Bangor Daily News “ad frame” is bad for you, and what to do about it

    Links should be free- and users are worth more than a few cents each. Why “ad frames” are bad business for news. My local newspaper, the Bangor Daily News, has made some admirable improvements to its otherwise lackluster website over the past few months. To their credit, they’ve slowly integrated topic and people-based cross-links throughout their…

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  • links for 2010-07-11

    Amazon.com: Four Complete Lord Peter Wimsey Novels: Whose Body? / Clouds of… (tags: books wishlist) Atmosphir – Beta (tags: personal media tocheck) Watch: Boobs Galore in New Red Band Trailer for Middle Men « FirstShowing.net (tags: towatch media movies) Watch: Trailer for Philip Seymour Hoffman's Jack Goes Boating « FirstShowing.net (tags: towatch media)

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  • links for 2010-07-10

    Amazon.com: The God of the Hive: A novel of suspense featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes (9780553805543): Laurie… (tags: media shared wishlist)

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  • links for 2010-07-09

    Font Squirrel | Handpicked free fonts for graphic designers with commercial-use licenses. (tags: shared rainstormconsulting web)

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  • links for 2010-07-07

    TVM – Learn Web Design with our Video Tutorial and Training Resource // Think Vitamin Membership (tags: web shared) What should I send investors? Part 2: Deck – Venture Hacks (tags: business)

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  • links for 2010-07-06

    Perian – The swiss-army knife of QuickTime® components (tags: tech)

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  • links for 2010-07-01

    Camera+ …the ultimate photo app (tags: personal tech shared)

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  • links for 2010-06-29

    Dial A Human! (tags: shared personal)

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