A shot of JD

"The CheapID card […] is sterile. Without the appropriate barcode reading system, no..."

Tue, 01 May 2012 17:03:57 +0100

“The CheapID card […] is sterile. Without the appropriate barcode reading system, no identification information can be recovered from the card. Even with the tools to read the card, all personal information (including a person’s name) is encrypted. Digital signatures prove that the information is on the card and can be provided by authorized parties, but nothing is disclosed. This protects people from abuse of their identity credentials. In at least Rwanda and Iraq, people have been targeted for violence and persecution based on information extracted from their ID card, for example, a last name which identifies them as belonging to a targeted ethnic group.”

- CheapID

"Perl is ‘some assembly required’. Python is ‘batteries included’. PHP is..."

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:37:48 +0100

“Perl is ‘some assembly required’. Python is ‘batteries included’. PHP is ‘kitchen sink, but it’s from Canada and both faucets are labeled C’.”

- PHP: a fractal of bad design - fuzzy notepad

"Have you ever run an ad on Facebook? The ad manager is a revelation — as perfectly organized and..."

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:18:50 +0100

“Have you ever run an ad on Facebook? The ad manager is a revelation — as perfectly organized and tidy as the rest of Facebook is sprawling and messy. Spend $50 and try to sell something — there it is, UX at its most organized and majestic, a key to all of the other products at once.”

- Facebook and Instagram: When Your Favorite App Sells Out — Daily Intel (via iamdanw)

whitewhine: I’m sure that’s exactly how she felt: mildly...

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 18:50:40 +0100

whitewhine:

I’m sure that’s exactly how she felt: mildly annoyed.

You should have to pass an intelligence test before being allowed to use Nazi-related similes.

"It says something about our culture that it takes becoming a billionaire to get comfortable with a..."

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 10:10:38 +0100

“It says something about our culture that it takes becoming a billionaire to get comfortable with a decision to publicly prioritize family over [work] time.”

- Bryce.VC

"Ministerial words about an immediate problem with basics like fuel or food [are] the only sort of..."

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 19:41:00 +0100

“Ministerial words about an immediate problem with basics like fuel or food [are] the only sort of ministerial statement which people believe.”

- Even I’m starting to wonder: what do this lot know about anything? - Telegraph

Helpful description. Maybe Google’s now trying to make up...

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:34:00 +0000

Helpful description. Maybe Google’s now trying to make up for all the times when its favoured Google Plus over other social networks in results…

“Hierarchy of disagreement”: from clear refutation...

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:59:23 +0000

“Hierarchy of disagreement”: from clear refutation to mere vituperation, based on the essay “How to Disagree” by Paul Graham. (via Wikipedia)

Taxi-window sticker

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:08:42 +0000

Taxi-window sticker

"We lash out against companies that violate our privacy, yet fail to see how our unwillingness to..."

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:32:56 +0000

“We lash out against companies that violate our privacy, yet fail to see how our unwillingness to value their digital goods in some small way led to the prevalence of a business model that gives the actual product away and earns money by selling our personal information. We never noticed that in order to own all this free stuff, the free stuff gets to own us back.”

- Nick Bradbury: Digital Ownership and the Path to Privacy

(via Boing Boing)

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:54:58 +0000

(via Boing Boing)

sneak: Modern Pictograms, from the Design Office, is a free...

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:26:58 +0000

sneak:

Modern Pictograms, from the Design Office, is a free font containing common icons and symbols. Great for use when designing, or you can embed them in your website using @font-face.

Good Tools Have Verb-Based Interfaces

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:52:58 +0000

Good Tools Have Verb-Based Interfaces

Come back Bieber, all is forgiven.

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:11:07 +0000

A new Microsoft product is trending on Twitter.

I started reading: “The new release delivers enterprises a single, integrated management solution for private clouds…”

Well, as far as trending topics go, at least it’s a different *kind* of inane.

"If I had a nickel for every founder who told me how much data they were going to collect, well, I’d..."

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:33:06 +0000

“If I had a nickel for every founder who told me how much data they were going to collect, well, I’d have a lot of nickels. If I had a nickel for how many of those same founders knew what they were going to do with all of that big data, well, I’d have significantly less nickels.”

- BRYCE DOT VC: Data Data Everywhere and Not a Drop of Value

My most-starred Twitter users of 2011

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:17:08 +0000

My most-starred Twitter users of 2011:

Based on numbers I gathered while attempting to make something more interesting with Python and the Twitter API.

The Geography of the Year in Music (via feastingonroadkill)

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:09:28 +0000

The Geography of the Year in Music (via feastingonroadkill)

"Lifestyle media isn’t a fad. It’s what human beings have been doing forever, with a..."

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:42:05 +0000

“Lifestyle media isn’t a fad. It’s what human beings have been doing forever, with a brief, recent interruption for a hundred years of professional media along the way.”

- Seth Godin

"The girl was probably hired to assemble burritos and tacos, but on that day she was awkwardly..."

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:43:58 +0000

“The girl was probably hired to assemble burritos and tacos, but on that day she was awkwardly villainized in the role of soda machine information technology manager.”

- Coca-Cola Freestyle: Drowning us in choice

An illustration for Build & Analyze podcast episode #54:...

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:02:59 +0000

An illustration for Build & Analyze podcast episode #54: Snob Blend by 5by5illustrated.

I would drink this.