Category Archives: General
EFF: Why We Need An Open Wireless Movement
As you know – I’ve got a long bet on WiFi being the default transport for all our information exchange; voice, video, audio, email, web, everything. Everything. Unfortunately – there’s an insidious group with a counter bet and planting FUD everywhere. Thankfully, the EFF has declared the need and benefit for more open WiFi networks: …
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Me-tered
“If you are a home-delivery customer of Susan’s knitted animal figurines, you will continue to have full and free access to all the GillespieFamily.com news, information, opinion, and interactive content on your computer, smartphone, or tablet.” – John Gillispie
Link Rot
“The idea that authority is best transmitted by a coarse-grained gesture like linking is bankrupted by the sheer volume of gaming that is emerging.” – Steve Gillmor Back in the early days of Cullect – I was trying to figure out a way to programmatically provide a meaningful excerpt of an article. In the end …
tl;dl
like tl;dr but for talking.
Actual Size
“Other people might love the Walmart, but I’m loving you.” – Tammy Thingelstad “Now that it’s so much easier to produce a product in the small and market a product in the small, and now that it’s so beneficial to offer a service to just a few, with focus and attention, perhaps we need to …
How Do We Fix Typos with Social Media?
We all make mistakes that are overlooked before we hit publish. I’m always thankful when you point out my typos and other mistakes. That’s one of the reasons my contact info is on every page. Heck, wiki systems are even have error correction is baked into their DNA. This morning I spotted a typo on …
Apple Calls Sputnik on Samsung
“Time to check out Samsung, I guess; Apple seems to think they’ve got a really good product.” – Chris Rhodes
“The future of the book is the blurb.”
and more McLuhanisms from Marshall McLuhan .com “People don’t actually read newspapers. They step into them every morning like a hot bath.” “The road is our major architectural form.” “We look at the present through a rear-view mirror. We march backwards into the future.” “This information is top security. When you have read it, destroy …
Shrug, Corkboard, Shrug
After much hemming and hawing. I picked up an Android phone this week. It feels like settling. It solves a couple short term problems – but overall, it doesn’t really move the needle. Additionally, I’m reminded of something I wrote 2 1/2 years ago. “After years of hauling multiple toolboxes from rented apartment to rented …