August 2011
28 posts
Seldo's Tumblr: Getting started in computing →
seldo:
The very first page of the manual for the Timex Sinclair 1000, released in July 1982, contains 5 points of simple, friendly advice that should still be required reading of everyone who uses a computer:
1. You will enjoy computing.
2. You will find it easy as well as enjoyable.
3. You…
July 2011
34 posts
“We started them off with the basics, like the difference between a senator and a...”
– Emergency Team Of 8th-Grade Civics Teachers Dispatched To Washington | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
bijan sabet: Fear of new technology →
parislemon:
bijan:
I was talking to a friend yesterday after the sad and horrible airbnb story broke.
My friend commented at the time, “I would never make my home available on airbnb and I’m not sure I would ever use airbnb”
First let me make it clear: I am not an investor in the company and I am not personal…
Exactly right. The problem isn’t new technology. The problem is that some people...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-7-24) →
Theophilus London (11)
Built to Spill (10)
The Stanley Brothers (6)
Paul Simon (3)
Dj Okawari (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Google+ for Community Managers →
“Being gender-blind or race-blind or truly meritocratic is an incredibly worthy...”
– Rebuttal: Make Room In the Bubble For Everyone | TechCrunch
“You should have community policies about what is and isn’t acceptable...”
– If your website’s full of assholes, it’s your fault - Anil Dash
Go. Listen. Now. →
“Thirteen months apart, the sisters are the eldest of four daughters, all of whom...”
– Power Couple: Meet the Sister CEOs - WSJ.com
h/t @laurao
Google’s 8-Point Plan to Help Managers Improve -... →
Help?
If you could learn one thing about providing or scaling support what would it be?
“If you’re not a fan of the uppercase, lowercase method, you’re probably over 13...”
– The Art of AIM in the 20th Century by Stephanie Georgopulos
My “deep” screenname was ‘decafsilicon’. (And I’m stuck with it forever.) What was yours?
(via nickdouglas)
Nothing deep - my first username on aol/aim was lglu. Got it in 1994 and still use it!
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-7-10) →
Chris Bathgate (11)
Talking Heads (10)
Cansei de Ser Sexy (7)
Digitalism (7)
Friendly Fires (5)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Meryl Streep Nails Margaret Thatcher In Iron Lady... →
Fierce
Progress of the World's Women | In Pursuit of... →
User Testing in the Wild: Joe’s First Computer... →
Great discussion in comments as well.
An open letter to speakers →
rickwebb:
arainert:
There is nothing inspiring about winging it. If you paid $50 to see a show, would you want to see the actors and musicians winging it? You’d call them unprofessional. It’s not only disrespectful, your gamble is obvious to everyone in the room. Why speak if you’re only going to do it half-assed? Say No instead. All good speakers practice more than you think. Their...
Hansen and Wanke give three reasons why concreteness suggests truth:
- Our minds process concrete statements more quickly, and we automatically associate quick and easy with true (check out these studies on the power of simplicity).
- We can create mental pictures of concrete statements more easily. When something is easier to picture, it's easier to recall, so seems more true.
- Also, when something is more easily pictured it seems more plausible, so it's more readily believed.
So, speak and write solidly and unambiguously and people will think it's more true. I can't say it any clearer than that.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-7-3) →
The Bloody Beetroots (12)
Brett Dennen (7)
Digitalism (4)
Tame Impala (3)
Bassnectar (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“Online communities require both software and people. Sometimes the software part...”
– A VC: Modern Community Building
“Pouring a big fat algorithm in equal measures on top of 51 different groups of...”
– Modern community building - Joel on Software
Watch(via Pitchfork: Active Child Shares New Song, Tour Dates)
Save Our Inboxes! Adopt the Email Charter! →
mmmkay
I am not sure this will result in anything, I think the services themselves need to figure out how to A. teach people to email well B. integrate some of these features.