April 20th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink
Are you ashamed that you find Facebook boring? Are you angst-ridden by your weak social-networking skills? Do you look with envy on those whose friend-count dwarfs your own? Buck up, my friend. The traits you consider signs of failure may actually be marks of intellectual vigor, according to a new study appearing in the May issue of Computers in Human Behavior.
Read about the interesting finding at Roughtype.com
April 6th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink
Traditionally, SF heroes solved problems by application of intelligence and scientific knowledge. These days, you can substitute lasers or AK-47s for scientific knowledge. Or swords. The equivalent of the internet or mobile phones are used only when the hero needs to find something out. Usually someone else does the actual typing. Don’t include any science that might frighten the readers.
March 30th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink
Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat, but as temporality embarrassed millionaires.
–John Steinbeck
March 18th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink
Recently I’ve started to move away from digital ways of storing information since I like have a central place to record music I need to research, books I need to read, movies I need to watch, and so on. I haven’t found an app or system of apps in order to record this data on the fly that really satisfies me, and working in IT, I know all too well the fragility of digital data. I recently had a brush with phone death when I put my water bottle back in my timbuk2 messenger bag without the cap screwed on tightly. My iphone nearly bit it (pro-tip: turn off your phone immediately, remove the battery if you can, and submerge the entire phone in uncooked rice), and with it, all my data since my last backup.
I’ve since moved to a moleskine system of recording my thoughts.
Using a standard pocket ruled moleskine, I have the following sections:
Some of these sections could easily be recorded by an app (2do was a recent favorite) but the tiny keyboard is just not conducive to recording dreams, thoughts on Zen, reviews, and definitely not writing ideas.
I used the pen clip mod found on Instructables and am using a Micron #1 Archival Ink Pen (black) (I highly recommend these pens for moleskine use).
Since I have access to a label maker at work, I created small tabs that I use to quickly find sections. Using two labels holding the page edge from both sides, I can see the section name in advance or retrospect.
So that’s my personal moleskine system. Maybe it helps you with yours.
February 25th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink
Anthony Cannon Walker dressed as a stereotype of an American Cowboy and posed with regular people he met in Japan. The series of photographs are captivating.
February 9th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink
In two hours, I will sit down at a computer and have a series of five-minute instant-message chats with several strangers. At the other end of these chats will be a psychologist, a linguist, a computer scientist, and the host of a popular British technology show. Together they form a judging panel, evaluating my ability to do one of the strangest things I’ve ever been asked to do.
I must convince them that I’m human.
Fortunately, I am human; unfortunately, it’s not clear how much that will help.
Continue reading at The Atlantic
February 4th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink
February 3rd, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink
Growing is Forever from Jesse Rosten on Vimeo.