July 2011
17 posts
Design View / Andy Rutledge - News Redux →
Regarding content strategy and mechanism, today’s “news” is rife with irrelevancies and distractions. Part of this is due to the news industry’s abandonment of actual journalism, but much of it is due to thoughtless promotional strategy and pathetic pandering. I suggest that digital news acquire a responsible and more usable approach.
In 2006, EVERY GOP Senator voted in favor of... →
coeus:
Oh, surprise, surprise. Look how loyalties change.
No more of this 'iPhone or Blackberry' crap --... →
coeus:
hipsterlibertarian:
A few of my favorites:
1 (a.)All of you who use an income tax preparer, raise your hand. (b.) If you (who raised hands) can not prepare your own taxes, how do you propose to run the country?
2. If you can not prepare your own tax returns, is it reasonable to hold the average citizen criminally liable for...
“Tools exist outside time. And as any craftsman knows, select the right tool for...”
– Randy Murray – Tom’s Phone (via minimalmac)
“Page, however, seems to recognize that this project in some ways requires a...”
– Inside Google — How the Search Giant Plans to Go Social | Epicenter | Wired.com
“Everything you do in life has an opportunity cost… You don’t want to obsess so...”
– Merlin Mann, The cost of opportunity cost
“Based on this reasoning and the day-to-day experience we have, it seems no...”
– A Fresh Take on Contexts
“I could end the deficit in 5 minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime...”
– Warren Buffett (via zenhabits)
Microsoft Pays University of Nebraska To Use... →
parislemon:
When you can’t beat em (Google Apps in the Cloud), don’t even try. Pay people to use your service instead.
No, it’s not straight-up cash. But it’s still hundreds of thousands of dollars in incentives such as other Microsoft software. Money that would otherwise be revenue from the University of Nebraska to Microsoft. So yes, they are paying them.
“The balancing act between how much rule-making you like in language and how much...”
– Linda Holmes | NPR Monkey See | Going, Going, And Gone?: No, The Oxford Comma Is Safe … For Now (via fromoneroomaway)
