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Microsoft’s cool new research building, a photostory
via Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger by Robert Scoble on February 14, 2008
Yesterday Kevin Schofield, general manager of Microsoft Research, invited Rocky and me over to tour Microsof’s cool new research building which opened three months ago. Building 99. We’ll have a video of this tour up on March 3, as part of the opening of FastCompany.tv.I uploaded a ton of photos, here’s a few of the key notes and photos I made (which are, as always, in the Public Domain so...
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Building the Facebook gaming platform: Interview with Shervin Pishevar, CEO of Social Gaming Network
via Inside Facebook by Justin Smith on March 02, 2008
... Developer Page Inside Facebook: How did SGN get started inside Freewebs?Shervin Pishevar: TJ Murphy created Warbook last summer. By August, it had reached 15 million page views/day, and we saw that there was a huge opportunity for a pure play social games network. Since then, we’ve focused on original ideas and games that are specifically built for Facebook and other social networks. We ...
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The "Python Paradox," Redux
via raganwald by Reginald Braithwaite on March 01, 2008
The only way to get Ruby into the enterprise is if a strong champion threatens firings unless it happens, actually fires the first suspected saboteur and builds the first version of the new application outside the company in secret. It may sound extreme, but take it from a guy who’s done six such applications at four organizations. People generally love the Ruby language, which is why there...
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Frequently Asked Questions about the Improved Profile
via Facebook Developers News Feed by (author unknown) on March 06, 2008
Last week we gave you the first look at how we're changing the Facebook profile. As we expected, we received some good feedback as well as requests for more details. Today we're presenting answers to some questions that were asked. Will Facebook applications appear in the narrow column?Facebook applications won't appear in the narrow column by default, but users can add them there if...
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The Myth of the "Transparent Society"
via Slashdot by kdawson on March 07, 2008
palegray.net recommends a piece by Bruce Schneier up at Wired. Schneier addresses the central fallacy of the "transparent society" idea promoted by David Brin, and also takes on the flawed arguments that attempt to justify increased government monitoring of citizens. From the article: "If I disclose information to you, your power with respect to me increases. One way to address this power...
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How I Found or Started Using A Dozen Web Services
via louisgray.com by louisgray on March 10, 2008
I was talking with a friend the other day about one of the Web services I use on a daily basis. When they asked about how I first learned of the site, I couldn't really remember. Did I get invited? Did I just log in? Did a friend tell me about it? No idea.So, I thought I'd take a look backward and share how I found out about some things, or what the driving reason was to join others......
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Acid Tripping, Disneyland and Special Relativity
via raganwald by Reginald Braithwaite on March 18, 2008
malcontent: …Lisp guys know all about monkeypatching and dynamism. Those crazy mofos write mind bending macros and morph the language in ways that can only be described as an acid trip inside the ‘it’s a small world’ ride in disneyland…earthboundkid: Python is a language for pedants. That’s exactly why I like it. There’s (almost) always one “correct” way of doing something, and...
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Shyftr Puts Favorite Blog Posts "In Your Pocket"
via louisgray.com by louisgray on March 21, 2008
... friends and peers to make comments on RSS feeds, highlighting both the most commented items, and the most popular subscribed feeds. As with other online feed readers, you can add new feeds and view stories within your Web browser.Now, with this new addition, not only do you see how many comments are on a story, but there are buttons for "Quick Pocket", adding a story to your pocket, and also "...
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Andy Warhol: "Either once only, or every day."
via Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder on April 28, 2008
Interesting Andy Warhol quote, found on The Happiness Project: "Actually, I jade very quickly. Once is usually enough. Either once only, or every day. If you do something once it’s exciting, and if you do it every day it’s exciting. But if you do it, say, twice or just almost every day, it’s not good any more.”Link
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