11 month ago
deusx : Jim Minatel: ASP.NET, XML, CSS, Ajax Book Editor: Wrox Blox launches with Silverlight, Adobe AIR, IPhone and LINQ - "Wrox Blox are short, electronic-only, downloadable, and typically going to be on hot cutting edge topics. For short, these first few range from about 20-40 pages ... And, here's something I think you'll find cool: they're DRM free."
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11 month ago
deusx : Wrox::Wrox Blox - "Excited about new technology? Stumped on a problem? Trying to keep up with new software releases but don't have time to read an entire book? Then Wrox Blox are the answer!"
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11 month ago
philgyford : Crooked Timber » » Globollocks Watch - I like the "objective" scoring of articles. I want to do something similar to calculate genuine "newsworthiness"... +1 per person killed, +1 per million dollars stolen, etc. (via Nick Sweeney)
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13 month ago
philgyford : LRB | Rosemary Hill : Keep Calm - An account of the Co-operative Correspondence Club (early 20C women's letter-writing distribution network). Also rather moving as the century continues and the women age.
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14 month ago
philgyford : Starting out: Creatives clued in to 'Generation C' | Small Business | Business | Money | Telegraph - Schulze & Webb getting some press coverage. I can't even imagine what Matt and Jack will be doing in years to come.
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15 month ago
gleuschk : How children lost the right to roam in four generations | the Daily Mail - keep your friends close, your enemies closer, and your children on a leash
philgyford : How children lost the right to roam in four generations | the Daily Mail - Interesting graphic showing one family's increasing restrictions on their children's freedom, over four generations. I wonder how child abduction rates have changed over a similar period. (via Boing Boing)
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17 month ago
philgyford : This time, only world class will do - Building Design - "If Milton Court on the Barbican Estate must go, its replacement has to be much, much better." Current plans are very dull and, worse, destroy the current walkway link to the Barbican and surrounding buildings.
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20 month ago
philgyford : John Sentamu: Face to faith | Guardian daily comment | Guardian Unlimited - The Archbishop of York on how ethics are not the same as feelings, law, social norms or religion, and how ethics in business are important. Also, I hadn't noticed comments on Guardian articles before (in tiny tiny text).
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20 month ago
philgyford : Telegraph | News | London-on-Sea: the future of a city in decay - Map of how much of London may flood. Run for the hills. (via Haddock)
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20 month ago
deusx : 21 links to start with GTD - What's the next action - "links and articles on how to start with GTD"
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22 month ago
philgyford : LRB | Jonathan Lear : Can the virtuous person exist in the modern world? - More ethics, morality, philosophy stuff for me to delve into one mythical day when I have loads more time to read books. (Subscribers only)
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22 month ago
philgyford : Guardian Unlimited Arts | Arts features | Steve Rose on the renaissance of the Brunswick Centre - And the history of the its birth. It looks lovely now, and could only be improved by the reappearance of Skoob Books and by calling it the "Brunswick Centre" instead of the "Brunswick". Stupid pointless re-branding. (via Blech)
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philgyford : Comment is free: Religions don't deserve special treatment - It's a shame this needs saying, but still, great stuff. "It is time to refuse to tip-toe around people who claim respect, consideration, special treatment, or any other kind of immunity, on the grounds that they have a religious faith." (via Haddock)
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23 month ago
jkottke : Bob Holmes imagines an earth without people in New Scientist - Bob Holmes imagines an earth without people in New Scientist. "All things considered, it will only take a few tens of thousands of years at most before almost every trace of our present dominance has vanished completely. Alien visitors coming to Earth 100
philgyford : Imagine Earth without people - life - 12 October 2006 - New Scientist - What would happen to the world if we all vanished. (via Boing Boing)
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23 month ago
jkottke : The story of Friendster's failure - The story of Friendster's failure. By way of illustration, the people involved all blame each other for the debacle. I've gotta say, I loved watching Friendster fail...they were the poster child for stupid dot com companies during a time when that crap wa
Linkorama : Wallflower at the Web Party - There is no single reason that explains Friendster’s failure...“It’s a power story,†he said. “It’s a status story. It’s an ego story.†But largely, he said, Friendster is a “very Silicon Valley st
Andy Baio : Wallflower at the Web Party - in-depth NYT profile on Jonathan Abrams and the demise of Friendster [via]
philgyford : Wallflower at the Web Party - New York Times - Why Friendster floundered. I love reading technology failure (or not quite success) stories. (via ChrisDodo)
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24 month ago
philgyford : The New York Review of Books: The Case for Decency - "The belief in unity that has fueled so many utopian dreams is an effort to reconcile the irreconcilable that ends in repression. Berlin suggests we renounce this venerable faith, and learn how to live with intractable conflict." (Subscribers only)
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jkottke : Author (and reader) Nick Hornby on how to read - Author (and reader) Nick Hornby on how to read. "Please, if you're reading a book that's killing you, put it down and read something else, just as you would reach for the remote if you weren't enjoying a television programme."
philgyford : How to Read - Nick Hornby - "If you don't read the classics, or the novel that won this year's Booker Prize, then nothing bad will happen to you; more importantly, nothing good will happen to you if you do" (via Kottke)
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27 month ago
philgyford : LRB | Tom Shippey : The Most Learned Man in Europe - Interesting summary of the history of libraries in Western Europe. (Subscribers only.)
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27 month ago
philgyford : Guardian Unlimited | The Guide | Jacques Peretti: History in the remaking - The commodification of our childhood memories. "Once they start making programmes about your youth, you may as well kill yourself with a spiked ball, preferably while wearing rollerskates."
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27 month ago
philgyford : Guardian Unlimited | Guardian daily comment | Confessions of a virtual virgin - Newspaperman Roy Greenslade on coming to terms with being a blogger, and what journalists must now accept and learn.
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27 month ago
philgyford : Guardian Unlimited | Family | Family Forum: How eccentric are your people? - I thought this would be horrendously cloying but it was actually really funny.
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27 month ago
philgyford : Guardian Unlimited Arts | Arts critics | It's not as easy as it looks - Jonathan Jones on learning to draw (via Rodcorp).
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27 month ago
philgyford : The Observer | OMM | A northern soul - Paul Morley on the Manchester and Liverpool punk scenes from 1976 and beyond. I always find his excitement infectious. (via Ted Mills)
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28 month ago
deusx : defmacro - The Nature of Lisp - "my attempt to explain Lisp in familiar, intuitive concepts."
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28 month ago
François Nonnenmacher : The Four-Day Week Challenge
Philippe Janvier : The Four-Day Week Challenge - Working less and Getting the Things Done : "It's harder than we thought". On est quand même bien placé pour le savoir :) [via] #
philgyford : A List Apart: Articles: The Four-Day Week Challenge - Excellent article on restricting the hours you work. "And then it hit me: there will always be more to do." Realising this is a big step.
Paul Hammond : A List Apart: Articles: The Four-Day Week Challenge - A lot of the constraints and barriers we place on ourselves are completely unnecessary and even worse, keep us from being happy
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