“But you know what’s easy to find outside Google Play or Apple’s iTunes? Anything you want.” – Violet Blue
Author Archives: garrick
Omphaloskepsis.com
“After gazing intently at my own life for a few minutes, I snapped out of it. Just like I thought at the beginning, I mused. * is just a pretty mirror to gaze into narcissistically.” – Jon Mitchell * I removed the name to make a larger point – garrick.
Un-withdrawal
“…many people find the biggest surprise in leaving Facebook is how little leaving affected them. Like them, I found leaving a non-issue.” – Joshua Spodek
“people == distraction”
“…sometimes you need few days without anyone else to get things done before deadlines. Working remotely off of 12”-13” laptop can give you a boost that you don’t expect…” – Peter Legierski
Paying for Freedom
“I would pay for a service that never sells a single piece of my life. For a service that cares about my emotions and not ad impressions. For a service that is committed to putting me first and not the advertiser. For a service that emphasizes and never blurs the sanctity of my privacy. For …
Advertising Eats Batteries
“Up to 75 per cent of the energy used by free versions of Android apps is spent serving up ads or tracking and uploading user data” – Jacob Aron, NewSeientist
All We’d Have Do is Say ‘Stop’
Webstock ’12: Matt Haughey – Lessons for a 40 year old hat tip patrick rhone
Dead Tree
“Print will survive. Books will survive even longer. It’s print as a marker of prestige that’s dying.” – Tim Carmody
Anti-Free
“…avoid mom-and-pop projects that don’t take your money! You might call this the anti-free-software movement.” – Maciej, Pinboard.in
Important!
“The problem isn’t the 100 messages but the 100 new responsibilities represented by the email messages.” – John D. Cook