Month: May 2012
May 23, 2012
May 22, 2012
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My first flight on Porter has been a disaster. Late plane in Dulles means missed curfew and redirection to Pearson. Car is at Billy Bishop.
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May 21, 2012
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Information Diet | Why Horses Are Not in the Constitution
Why Horses Are Not in the Constitution Neither the word "gun" nor "rifle" appear in the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, or Federalist Papers nor does the word "newspaper" or "web site." But guns, rifles, newspapers and yes, websites are vital for the health of our nation. Of course, it does…
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Privacy is personal | Customer Commons
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I’m at Freedom To Connect for the next two days. Really looking forward to this! #f2c
May 20, 2012
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Elad Blog: How Pinterest Will Transform the Web in 2012: Social Content Curation As The Next Big Thing
The most interesting wave hitting the social web in 2012 is social curation. This was kicked off in 2011 as Pinterest’s growth was noticed by Silicon Valley and a number of companies quickly followed suit – Snip.It launched as a social information curation platform, Quora adopted boards for a…
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First time flying Porter. Looking forward to this. (@ Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ))
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Taking the world’s shortest ferry ride. (@ Maryln Bell) [pic]:
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May 19, 2012
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Crowd dynamics: The wisdom of crowds | The Economist
The strange but extremely valuable science of how pedestrians behave IMAGINE that you are French. You are walking along a busy pavement in Paris and another pedestrian is approaching from the opposite direction. A collision will occur unless you each move out of the other’s way. Which way do you…
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History ain’t what it used to be.
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Now Season 4 of “Cummunity”, the porn version of #community, that will be a must-see.
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This is why you probably won’t like Season 4 of #community:
May 18, 2012
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It was great to finally meet @martingeddes today while he hung out at the @tucows office.
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Closed Loops, Open Minds: Why ‘Negative Feedback’ is Social – The Cloud
Jan 6 2012 By Email This Too many people misunderstand the most important meaning of ‘feedback.’ You’ll hear that word most often in two settings: when a sound system squeals, or when a teacher or a boss gives a compliment. In either case, that’s ‘positive feedback’: a small signal is (accidentally…
May 17, 2012
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Sara Dickerman responds to our black-pepper poll.
Should we do away with black pepper at the table? DON TREADWELL/iStockphoto Please don’t come after me brandishing yard-long pepper mills! In my article this week I advocated for a demotion of black pepper . I didn’t suggest we should banish it altogether, but maybe it’s time to question its…
May 16, 2012
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How Art History Majors Power the U.S. Economy: Virginia Postrel – Bloomberg
Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) — There’s nothing like a bunch ofunemployed recent college graduates to bring out the centralplanner in parent-aged pundits. In a recent column for Real Clear Markets, Bill Frezza ofthe Competitive Enterprise Institute lauded the Chinesegovernment’s policy of cutting financing…
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*pop* *pop*
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I’m rockin’ an old skool viral tee tonight.
May 15, 2012
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I’m rockin’ an old skool viral tee tonight.
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The Canadian Tire commercial suggesting you buy more stuff to organize your overstuffed garage rankles me.
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Dear fellow Straight White Males: Please read this:
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I post a photo of a naked baby resting its foot on a skull and NONE OF YOU retweeted it????
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Applies to innumerable edits to massive presentation decks as well.
RT @neilio @kenschafer On Writing.
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Bird by bird.
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Print – Ignore the Human Element of Marketing at Your Own Peril – Advertising Age
New Year’s resolution: Stop living in the past. Just jettison some old habits, such as trying to manipulate prospects. Stop viewing purchasers as conquests. They are members of a community, prepared to adore (or the opposite) not just your stuff but the inner you. Your essence is transmitted…
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What doesn’t kill you often leaves you physically and emotionally scarred for life.
May 14, 2012
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David Carr’s Sage Advice on Twitter – Technology – The Atlantic
I call it spidey-sense. It’s the feeling that people might want to read about something, even though I have no evidence that I’m right. The New York Times’ media reporter, David Carr, thinks picking up on these faint scents is a key to using Twitter effectively. Here’s what he told Terry Gross on…