We don't need roads: Archive

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“Minimalism in computing is not about how your computer looks. It’s about how you...”

– Chris Bowler in Computing Simplicity?

Feb 24th

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Feb 24th

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99% of n00bs

Recently, I’ve read a lot of interesting posts about the iPad and the future of computing, and then some posts about the ReadWriteWeb/Facebook login page: some say we’re the stupid ones, others say no, we’re not. Anyway, the Internets talked about the n00bs. (seriously, read these articles, it’s worth it) My favorite feature of the iPad as a device for n00bs — but also...

Feb 21st

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Feb 21st

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“Basecamp is the first product I have seen that is truly project management for...”

– Jim Dunnigan, former Product Manager for Microsoft Project

Feb 19th

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The Kinks - This Time Tomorrow (1970)

Feb 16th

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“People like Instapaper because of the features it has now and the way they’re...”

– Marco.org - Side effects of developing for yourself

Feb 16th

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Stuff →

Paul Graham: Another way to resist acquiring stuff is to think of the overall cost of owning it. The purchase price is just the beginning. You’re going to have to think about that thing for years—perhaps for the rest of your life. Every thing you own takes energy away from you. Some give more than they take. Those are the only things worth having.

Feb 16th

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Feb 10th

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Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington - Solitude...

Feb 9th

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Feb 9th

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A Story Culture →

Rands: Information Is Getting Smaller and Faster Look at the historic progression of popular personal written information containers over the past 10+ years: Home pages > Blogs > Lists of Links > Tumblr > Twitter I see two symbiotic trends. First, I see a reduction in the average size of a piece of information. I see information that feeds our short attention spans. Second, and more...

Feb 9th

Don't Be A Hero →

Alex Payne: If you’ve built a system that’s supposed to be reliable, you shouldn’t be up fixing it at four in the morning. You shouldn’t be getting paged at all hours. Sure, you might need to do some occasional planned after-hours maintenance, or some very occasional unplanned-but-process-driven disaster recovery, but you shouldn’t need a hero. In the Computer Science school I’m currently...

Feb 8th

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