Elsewhere: the technocrat edition
The post "Banality: The Curse of Economic Success" at "Anne 2.0" explains that when the society gets richer, it also gets a lot more uniform and banal. Another, more compact and Danimal-style
way to put the same observation is to say that to a first
approximation, pretty much everybody dislikes diversity and likes good
and convenient things. The post "Links - Women in Computing" lists posts that analyze the lack of women in computer science.
Paul Graham has a new essay "Are Software Patents Evil?"
After agile and pragmatic programming comes the "Emo Programming". If I needed glasses, I guess that I would otherwise wear emo style, but my head is so big that it would just look silly. And I don't need to buy a Mac as long as software such as Reveal (how come it's not "Revealr" ?) tries to offer the same experience.
One of the most puzzling things about American politics for me personally has always been the fact that politicians can openly take money from various interest groups and yet they are not sent to prison for bribery. To each his own, I guess. "Not One Dime" proposes a fix to this system.
As the namespace keeps filling up, it keeps getting harder to come up with good names for new products and services. Kurt Schrader's post "Flickr Didn't Start This Trendr" shows where the current fashn of dropping the vowels before the last word-ending consonant originated from. The post "The Problem With Ruby" is, in its own way, an excellent illustration of the Paradox of Choice.
The post "OpenOffice Lets Me Down, But the OpenDocument Format Bails Me Out" reminds us why open files formats are superior to proprietary ones. Now, if only the same could be said about the software itself...
Scott Heiferman's list "50 Reasons Why More People Aren't Using Your Website" has been mentioned in many places.
When we were looking for a condo to buy before choosing to buy the one we currently live in, we went to an open house that had been advertised as "Wow wow penthouse!" The building was from the 70's, and the apartment was at the top floor, which I guess technically makes it a penthouse. I have never in my life regretted not bringing a camera with me, since pictures of that place would have been the best blog post ever. I am sure that in the 70's the place was a cool pad of some swinging bachelor, but today its massive bar with a log cabin theme beihnd it was simply beyond words, as were the light fixtures in the ceiling. It is rare that when people exit the open house, the realtor apologizes to them. But I guess things are different today, as the photo series "Downtown San Diego Condo Rave, Drinks, Sushi, Fashion & neg-am io financing" demonstrates. Note especially the sexy neighbours lounging nears their windows. I think I once saw the same idea used in a Mad Magazine comic by Sergio Aragones.
In the book "Microserfs", the narrator described Las Vegas as a scene of a game of Sim City gone horribly wrong. I am sure that this description is quite apt, but in this case it is even better.
Paul Graham has a new essay "Are Software Patents Evil?"
After agile and pragmatic programming comes the "Emo Programming". If I needed glasses, I guess that I would otherwise wear emo style, but my head is so big that it would just look silly. And I don't need to buy a Mac as long as software such as Reveal (how come it's not "Revealr" ?) tries to offer the same experience.
One of the most puzzling things about American politics for me personally has always been the fact that politicians can openly take money from various interest groups and yet they are not sent to prison for bribery. To each his own, I guess. "Not One Dime" proposes a fix to this system.
As the namespace keeps filling up, it keeps getting harder to come up with good names for new products and services. Kurt Schrader's post "Flickr Didn't Start This Trendr" shows where the current fashn of dropping the vowels before the last word-ending consonant originated from. The post "The Problem With Ruby" is, in its own way, an excellent illustration of the Paradox of Choice.
The post "OpenOffice Lets Me Down, But the OpenDocument Format Bails Me Out" reminds us why open files formats are superior to proprietary ones. Now, if only the same could be said about the software itself...
Scott Heiferman's list "50 Reasons Why More People Aren't Using Your Website" has been mentioned in many places.
When we were looking for a condo to buy before choosing to buy the one we currently live in, we went to an open house that had been advertised as "Wow wow penthouse!" The building was from the 70's, and the apartment was at the top floor, which I guess technically makes it a penthouse. I have never in my life regretted not bringing a camera with me, since pictures of that place would have been the best blog post ever. I am sure that in the 70's the place was a cool pad of some swinging bachelor, but today its massive bar with a log cabin theme beihnd it was simply beyond words, as were the light fixtures in the ceiling. It is rare that when people exit the open house, the realtor apologizes to them. But I guess things are different today, as the photo series "Downtown San Diego Condo Rave, Drinks, Sushi, Fashion & neg-am io financing" demonstrates. Note especially the sexy neighbours lounging nears their windows. I think I once saw the same idea used in a Mad Magazine comic by Sergio Aragones.
In the book "Microserfs", the narrator described Las Vegas as a scene of a game of Sim City gone horribly wrong. I am sure that this description is quite apt, but in this case it is even better.
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