6/04/2007 @ 23:02 GMT
43folders : Michael Gartenberg - When Reporters Set Agendas - Part II - In my experience, many reporters will keep you on the phone exactly long enough to get the quote they want. The rest is just noise to them. via:DF
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6/04/2007 @ 23:01 GMT
jimray : Google now indexing real estate listing - With tips to realtors on how to get listed. This is great, especially if it means furthering the downfall of the real estate industrial complex.
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6/04/2007 @ 23:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Woodstock 2.0 Expo - Woodstock 2.0 Expo: "The Woodstock Film Festival has agreed to partner with me to develop a conference that will begin one day before the main festival and be dedicated to the internet topics that most interest me..."
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6/04/2007 @ 23:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Woodstock 2.0 Expo - Woodstock 2.0 Expo: "...a unique and compelling two-day event that brings together the best and brightest of the social media community. We are inspired by un-conference conferences like Gnomedex, Community Next and BlogHer..."
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6/04/2007 @ 23:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : UBS Analysis of Comscore Search Numbers for Feb - UBS Analysis of Comscore Search Numbers for Feb: "Google's sponsored clicks were down 3% m/m, up 45% y/y, and 6% q/q. Yahoo's were up 4% m/m, up 25% y/y, and 4% q/q."
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6/04/2007 @ 22:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Creating Dynamic Client-side Maps Mashups with Google Spreadsheets - Creating Dynamic Client-side Maps Mashups with Google Spreadsheets: "Here's the coolest part though - I didn't code this map. My Spreadsheets->Map wizard did."
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Cameron Moll : FullSingle single-page site gallery - FullSingle, a single-page site gallery.
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jimray : Dick Cheney: still an idiot - Continues to assert Saddam connection to al Qaeda. Seriously, did he take a blow to the head or something?
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6/04/2007 @ 21:01 GMT
Rod Begbie : Japan Runs on Dunkin' on Flickr - Photo Sharing! - This cracked me up when I saw it at Fenway last night. The Dunkin Donuts billboard above the bleachers is in Japanese (reportedly, it says "Welcome to Fenway Park"). Dice-K mania hits Dunks! #
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Rod Begbie : CHICK CHICK BOOM - Fun Flashgame from Nintendo. Are they prototyping ideas for console games using Flash? This could easily be a great two-player DS game. [via] #
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Linkorama : Why We Hate - What it comes down to, I think, is that we are emotional creatures under enormous modern stress and prone to groupthink.
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6/04/2007 @ 20:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Yahoo! Digs Panama - Yahoo! Digs Panama: "Noto raised his 2007 revenue estimate by 2% to 3%, and his earnings per share forecast to 94 cents from 91 cents."
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6/04/2007 @ 20:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Most hated things on the web - Google hates cilantro more than emo kids
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6/04/2007 @ 19:01 GMT
Khoi Vinh : Design Observer: Our Little Secret - On the occassion of AIGA New York’s screening of “Helvetica: A Documentary Film by Gary Hustwit,” Michael Bierut waxes nostalgiac on the art of typesetting.
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6/04/2007 @ 19:01 GMT
Linkorama : How to Start a Wiki, a podcast - Whether you are a beginner or an expert in wikis, you need to hear Ross Mayfield co-founder and CEO of SocialText Wiki software. He will describe the best way to roll out a wiki, how to build adoption of your wiki, real life examples of successful wikis,
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6/04/2007 @ 19:00 GMT
cameron : Pancake making, heroin style - What to do if you have too much drug paraphernalia and time. via b3ta.
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6/04/2007 @ 18:01 GMT
Khoi Vinh : Village Voice: Hot Hot Heat - “A graphical dissertation on the number one song in America.” Very clever and hilarious. Thanks to Mike Essl for the link.
jimray : A graphical dissertation on America's number one song - Clever, that.
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6/04/2007 @ 18:01 GMT
Cameron Moll : iPod slows enemy gunfire, possibly saving soldier - "Kevin [Garrad, 3rd Infantry Division,] was hit in the left chest where his iPod was in his jacket pocket. It slowed the bullet down enough that it did not completely penetrate his body armor." Via DF. [via]
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6/04/2007 @ 18:01 GMT
Linkorama : Wiki Wednesdays: 2.0 events done right. - I attended the London one yesterday night, my first time at a Wiki Wednesday, and didn't really know what to expect. My experience has been that events - even remotely- connected to companies directly involved in the industry tend to be rather limiting i
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6/04/2007 @ 18:01 GMT
Linkorama : London Wiki Wednesday - Yesterday we held the second of the revamped London Wiki Wednesdays at Microsoft’s Great Pulteney Street office, in a swimming pool.
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6/04/2007 @ 16:01 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : software engineering quotes - (via flynn.zork) [via]
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6/04/2007 @ 15:01 GMT
Eric Meyer : U.S. protects Iranian opposition group in Iraq - ...despite officially considering them a terrorist group. Could things get any more asinine?
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6/04/2007 @ 14:01 GMT
Khoi Vinh : Humanized: Tabs Gone Wrong in Firefox 2.0 - Aza Raskin argues that the latest version’s new tabs configuration “…takes a giant step backward by actively concealing information.”
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6/04/2007 @ 12:01 GMT
nelson : Blue cheese spill in Mecca, CA - And the Salton Sea was threatened!
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6/04/2007 @ 12:00 GMT
Richard Rutter : Galactic Network Interweb - From now on, I too am a Galactic Network Architect.
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6/04/2007 @ 12:00 GMT
Simon Willison : PyCon Wireless Network - PyCon Wireless Network. Conference WiFi is generally bad, and getting worse as more people turn up with laptops. Here’s how Sean Reifschneider built a solid network for PyCon 2007 for $2200 in hardware and 70 hours of work.
Matthew M. Boedicker : building the wireless network for PyCon - (via simonwillison) [via]
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6/04/2007 @ 11:01 GMT
nelson : Lawyerbear - The Leader in Ursine Litigation and Defense
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nelson : Book of Curiosities - lovely annotated 11th century manuscript
gleuschk : Book of Curiosities - can't get it to load -- come back later
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6/04/2007 @ 08:01 GMT
jcgregorio : xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language - By Randall Munroe - that is so "me" it's terrifying
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6/04/2007 @ 06:00 GMT
adamrg : First! - "Without a first poster, there wouldn't be a second post!... Get in there and mull it the f- over."
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6/04/2007 @ 03:01 GMT
Khoi Vinh : Design Can Change - “Problem: Climate change is a complex and sometimes contested topic; nevertheless, it cannot be ignored. Designers, in particular, must examine how our practices impact the environment.” Sort of like a Flash-based Al Gore presentation.
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6/04/2007 @ 02:01 GMT
cobra libre : Make it a Bright Green SXSW: Google Transit Comes to Austin - Rockin' #
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6/04/2007 @ 02:00 GMT
Simon Willison : Talks for Oxford Geek Nights announced - Talks for Oxford Geek Nights announced. Microslots on Yahoo! Pipes, Semantic Mediawiki, Second Life and more.
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6/04/2007 @ 02:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : This Slide Rule Hack That Rules Them All - This Slide Rule Hack That Rules Them All: "Greg Schechter (pictured with the judges above) from UIUC walked away with the trophy. His slide rule widget (yes, slide rules) and entertaining presentation style put him at the top of our list."
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6/04/2007 @ 02:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Google Using YUI Grids CSS - Google Using YUI Grids CSS: all your homepage layout are belong to YUI
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6/04/2007 @ 02:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Schweizer 1-26: Birth of the One-Design Sailplane - Schweizer 1-26: Birth of the One-Design Sailplane: a nice little tribute to the 1-26 on Retro Thing
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6/04/2007 @ 00:00 GMT
deusx : API Documentation - Twitter Development Talk | Google Groups - "Twitter exposes some of its functionality via an Application Programming Interface (API). This document is a reference for that functionality, and aims to serve as a reference for developers building tools that talk to Twitter."
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6/04/2007 @ 00:00 GMT
Simon Willison : Twitter / secgen - Twitter / secgen. The UN Secretary-General has an (unofficial) Twitter page.
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6/04/2007 @ 00:00 GMT
Simon Willison : Fortify JavaScript Hijacking FUD - Fortify JavaScript Hijacking FUD. Bob Ippolito points out the flaws in the recent widely disseminated JavaScript Hijacking paper. While the paper does miss some important details, it’s good that more people are now aware of the security implications i
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6/04/2007 @ 00:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : bagel to go [photo] - bagel to go [photo]: Ingenious reuse of CD spindle package... heh
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