Author Archives: Garrick van Buren
Even Has an ‘Undo’
“If It’s Important It’ll Find Me” – The Daily Edition
“People who don’t pay don’t get the list view so they have to wait for other people to share the content from the iPad app if they want to see it.” – Ryan Tate “There are very few things that happen in tech that I can’t ignore for 8 hours. If it’s really important, someone …
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Thawing
I just wrote down a second book idea in as many weeks, I’m investigating how to bring some older projects back from hiatus, and accelerate the timeline on some new projects. Feels good.
So, Where Are You Currently Logged In?
“When you visit my website, I can automatically and silently determine if you’re logged into Facebook, Twitter, GMail and Digg. There are almost certainly thousands of other sites with this issue too, but I picked a few vulnerable well known ones to get your attention.” – Mike Cardwell
Dear MIT: Too Much Snow – Send Flamethrowers
ISPrivate
“In an age when so many people flipped out about Google’s WiFi sniffing, you would think that these same people would celebrate ISPs that automatically encrypt traffic, as that would solve such problems. Yet, instead, it seems like the very same people are suggesting that such encryption is only for bad purposes.” – Mike Masnick …
Fame Us
“…if you’re famous on the Internet, it’s because we put ourselves on the line by forwarding your image, your video, your idea, your remix. We are the medium that made you famous.” – David Weinberger
Paulson Real Estate Recovery Fund
Brilliant strategy. Just brilliant. “One of the fund’s main strategies is to buy undeveloped tracts of land that already have environmental and building permits. Roads, sewers and electricity may also be in place, but not homes, according to one of the people familiar with the fund. If the real-estate market recovers enough for developers to …
Control Yourself
“In short, the marketing is the message, and the message is the service. We knowingly go to Facebook or Google now much as we go to the mall or the public square – to see and be seen, to have our intent responded to, whether those wishes be commercial or public expression.” – John Batelle …