Monthly Archives: August 2008

Funding journalism: the way it is, the way it will be

Posted on August 22, 2008 by Karl

Mark Glaser asked his audience to imagine “a Future Tense for Newspapers”, back in February 2007, inspired by a post by Jeff Jarvis. Among many great responses, I added my own two bits: The way it is:: Newspapers judge readership … Continue reading →

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Nice tutorial: “How To: Live the Cloud Life”

Posted on August 22, 2008 by Karl

Paul Stamatiou: How To: Live the Cloud Life.

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What it takes – it’s not praise and neither is it born-with talent

Posted on August 21, 2008 by Karl

Fellow Comcaster Arpit Mathur: shared some thoughts about 37Signal’s piece “Don’t be so quick to embrace your own ignorance” and reflects on confidence in the workplace. This made me reflect on a set of material I’ve read over the past … Continue reading →

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Terrific 5 minute video: How to buy a car

Posted on August 19, 2008 by Karl
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Plastic packaging MADNESS

Posted on August 19, 2008 by Karl
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Dare Obasanjo: “Don’t fight the Web, embrace it”

Posted on August 17, 2008 by Karl

A must read: Dare Obasanjo: Explaining REST to Damien Katz: There are other practical things to be mindful of as well to ensure that your service is being a good participant in the Web ecosystem. These include using GET instead … Continue reading →

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Great intro to Getting Things Done with Emacs and org-mode

Posted on August 17, 2008 by Karl

Sacha Chua: Emacs: Getting Things Done with Org – Basic.

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NYTimes on Jon Stewart

Posted on August 17, 2008 by Karl

NYTimes: Is Jon Stewart the Most Trusted Man in America?: Most important, at a time when Fox, MSNBC and CNN routinely mix news and entertainment, larding their 24-hour schedules with bloviation fests and marathon coverage of sexual predators and dead … Continue reading →

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SEO Advice Not Followed Often Enough

Posted on August 12, 2008 by Karl

Aaron Wall: Emotionally Engage or Enrage: Market research, site structure, and on page optimization are important. Doing them well can double or triple the earnings of a site, but when you get into the big fields where people are deeply … Continue reading →

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“Measure, don’t guess”

Posted on August 12, 2008 by Karl

java.net: Java Performance Tuning: A Conversation With Java Champion Kirk Pepperdine: While I’m all for performance planning, I’m dead set against premature optimizations. When is a plan a plan, and when is it premature? I guess it’s a little like … Continue reading →

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