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• This Blog as a T-Shirt Reactee.com is doing for t-shirts what Twitter did for instant messaging. Of course, the best way to figure out how a new medium works is to republish a blog through it.
• The Almost Always On, Not Quite Everywhere Network One of the reasons I’ve always been skeptical, cynical, and generally a wet-blanket on browser-only software is unreliable networks. Everywhere I go - there isn’t a network connection. So, any browser-only information I might need (email, documents, photos, etc) are completely inaccessible on my fully wifi-enable, ethernet-ready laptop. “I’ve got draft posts on Google Docs — and
• My 11 Favorite Eponymous Laws  Amara’s law — “We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run”. Brooks’ law: “Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.” Conway’s Law : “Any piece of software reflects the organizational structure that produced it.” Edwards’ law: “You cannot apply a
• Re-grarian In March 2007 (18 months ago), I wrote the following 2 sentences - thinking there might be an interesting short story in behind them. A kind of eco-post-apocalyptic-new-world-esque thing. The contemporary version of re-visiting the grandparents’ abandon, run-down farm in Iowa. “Future world where ex-urbs are re-claimed by the government and turned back into farmland to
• I’m skimming Dave Slusher’s shared items… I’m skimming Dave Slusher’s shared items. Dave doesnt’ Twitter (at least that I know of) - eavesdropping on shared items is at least as good. Yes, shared items and tumble blogs are exactly the same thing - one is a whole lot easier.