Month: March 2012
March 18, 2012
March 17, 2012
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Digital Natives Are Slow to Pick Up Nonverbal Cues:
http://j.mp/ADyK4M
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The World’s Population in One City
http://erlyedt.in/w1HXmI
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Draw Something hits 30 million downloads, overtakes Zynga on Facebook
http://erlyedt.in/FSzsmD
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Empty-Handed, Full-Hearted
http://erlyedt.in/FOR7Cs
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Fifty is the new thirty
http://erlyedt.in/FSzhaX
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Great analysis of the role of business model development vs. execution in startups:
http://instapaper.com/zKyskro4t
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The new iPad’s dictation feature is pretty amazing.
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A First Look At The High Line’s Incredible Final Phase:
http://j.mp/zyjb3s
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Infographics Show The Cultural Divide Between Country Music And Pop:
http://j.mp/zrx2L8
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Ruby, Ruby on Rails, and _why: The disappearance of one of the world’s most beloved computer programmers. – Slate…
http://j.mp/yN0kj3
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Science controversies past and present | Print Edition – Physics Today
http://j.mp/FOOKwK
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RT @HarvardBiz – The Magic of Doing One Thing at a Time – Tony Schwartz:
http://s.hbr.org/FRI8cR
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I Didn’t Tell Facebook I’m Engaged, So Why Is It Asking About My Fiancé? – Technology – The Atlantic
http://j.mp/xXAMsR
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The Current Rage In Branding: Fake Authenticity Is Now A-Okay
http://j.mp/yPpkxH
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I love weird architectural concepts like this:
http://j.mp/FPvdZT
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Britta on Community: Why the Gillian Jacobs character is confusing the show’s writers
http://j.mp/AA27lp
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March 16, 2012
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The Blog : The Future of the Book : Sam Harris
Writers, artists, and public intellectuals are nearing some sort of precipice: Their audiences increasingly expect digital content to be free. Jaron Lanier has written and spoken about this issue with great sagacity. You can purchase his book here , which most of you will not do, or you can watch…
March 15, 2012
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Why Cyberbullying Rhetoric Misses the Mark – NYTimes.com
THE suicide of Jamey Rodemeyer, the 14-year-old boy from western New York who killed himself last Sunday after being tormented by his classmates for being gay, is appalling. His story is a classic case of bullying: he was aggressively and repeatedly victimized. Horrific episodes like this have…
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Toronto could see ‘toonie size’ hail, thunderstorms this afternoon!
http://soc.li/6dGu3Pg
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Noted. RT @dougestey Calling in sick to work on May 15th. You have all been warned.
March 14, 2012
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I hate clowns. So do you.
http://schafer.com/2008/01/hey-clown-even-kids-dont-like-you/
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Log base 2: The placebo defect
Sunday, September 25, 2011 The placebo defect Suppose a clinical trial randomizes 100 patients to receive an experimental drug in the form of pills and an equal number of patients to receive identical pills except that they contain no active ingredient, that is, placebo. The results of the trial are…
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A must-read for anyone unconvinced about global warming (or confused by resistance to the idea):
http://instapaper.com/zz2geh94M
March 13, 2012
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The Inside Story of How John Carter Was Doomed by Its First Trailer — Vulture
http://j.mp/yXfGu8
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Defining Property (via Instapaper)
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Rands In Repose: Hacking is Important
http://j.mp/A7GRMk
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I just upgraded to the paid version of @rdio. I’m kenschafer over there if you want to follow me.
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In Memory of Troy Davis | Being Wrong
I was driven to post this in memory of Troy Davis — and also in anger, in sadness, in intellectual disgust and moral horror. Davis, who was black, was executed just after 11:00 last night for the 1989 murder of white police officer Mark MacPhail. That execution took place despite massive…