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Twitter Updates for 2010-08-29

// August 29th, 2010 // No Comments » // Twitter

Twitter Updates for 2010-08-22

// August 22nd, 2010 // No Comments » // Twitter

  • @DavidHenderson Sorry David, I disconnected yesterday. If you haven't found it already you are able to setup forwards thru email routing. in reply to DavidHenderson #
  • Gotta love ATT nameserves fouling up the web. Email getting lost and returned days later w/ att ns issues? http://ht.ly/2q7FO #
  • @Raindawg I felt like, 'Oh it's like an IRC channel.' wait.. maybe we're not the best ones to remember 1st times. in reply to Raindawg #
  • @AshPash Carry around a deck of #Clue cards that you can hand out. in reply to AshPash #
  • I find myself on a loving "proud american of the old ways" email thread president bashing and truth distortion. Where are the emerg. exits? #
  • Working near Waxhaw as the family breaks in a new rental kitchen. Glad for a little wifi in the neighborhood. #
  • @gregnewman Measuring yourself against random metrics today? :) in reply to gregnewman #
  • RT @Dbirdy: http://www.nc10percent.com/ at @AthertonMillMkt launches today at 11:30AM! #
  • At the gym. Feels like no AC. This is gonna be good. #
  • RT @secretchocolate: Random acts of culture at Atherton Market. Great time to come out! http://yfrog.us/mzlipz #opera #
  • Ahah, that was awesome. Client called and I couldn't hit mute on my music quick enough. They caught me in a jammin zone. #
  • Think its Old Meck, bring home a growler pls! RT @secretchocolate: Afternoon treat: 4:00 beer tasting of local brew at Atherton Market! in reply to secretchocolate #
  • Just had the thought if we had automator like actions inside of WordPress what an amazing piece of tech that would be. #CMS #
  • @UTKevDawg Sorry to hear that the answers weren't easily obtainable. Hope they didn't hurt you much. in reply to UTKevDawg #
  • @smashadv By booster do you mean making it a WDS, spanning from one router to another making for a kind of contiguous wifi region? in reply to smashadv #
  • @Daily_Pinch Ahaha, I did not think of that, but now that you've put the image in my head. Wowza! >:) in reply to Daily_Pinch #
  • @smashadv Problem with boosters/repeater is you halve your signal to achieve it. By nature you won't get that experience. http://ht.ly/2qVFO in reply to smashadv #
  • @smashadv Over the internet you won't notice it but intra-home traffic (file copying/high datarate ideas) will take a hit. #WDS #wifi in reply to smashadv #
  • @Daily_Pinch That's a clever idea. I'm too stupid though, I'd forget and preheat my oven. Do it with the pizza stone all the time. in reply to Daily_Pinch #
  • @Daily_Pinch *chuckle* I wondered a bit knowing you were a foodie, but hey I have a double oven. It was conceivable. 8) in reply to Daily_Pinch #
  • @Daily_Pinch Pasta in truffle sauce, like the mushroom or chocolate? A sweet pasta in ganache would be neat. in reply to Daily_Pinch #
  • Took a Uke moment and practiced against Ingrid Michaelson's You & I. Fun simple melody, easy lyrics. #ukulele http://ht.ly/2qXL2 #
  • @Daily_Pinch Very good, and yes, an Italian get away with fresh white truffle sliced on a meal is definitely a worthy experience. in reply to Daily_Pinch #
  • Trying to cater to Robin's every whim, school starts tomorrow and she has worked > summer. Fresh hawaiian pie & sherlock holmes awaits her. #
  • Reviewing new clients data assets.. Godaddy.. seriously.. Their VPS better be operating better than a few years ago or I'm migrating them. #
  • RT @taylor_mathis: Pretty creative RT @caitlinmc: I love this ad campaign for the Calgary Farmers Market - http://bit.ly/aesZyq #
  • Putting the day in motion. ? http://blip.fm/~v0nlh #
  • I used to have my alarm play this to get me up in the morning. [Brother Cane] #motivation ? http://blip.fm/~v0op7 #
  • I know I'm spread a little thin when I feel stress warbles through the force. What a pain. Must rise to the situations before me. #
  • @Raindawg Oh I like that idea.. I gave it thought. Played a few Uke riffs and am pondering some coffee instead. Too much to do. in reply to Raindawg #
  • Being human is being able to compartmentalize. My mind feels like Bowe's Labyrinth at times—but better to be creative and mad than empty. #
  • Time to take a walk and watch Robin ride in circles around me. http://ht.ly/2ry0q #
  • Ahah. RT @DavidKyle: RT @bgtheory: RT @netmeg: Google AdWords Vouchers are the AOL install CDs of the 21st century. #
  • When forwarding an email chain, make sure there is nothing sensitive in it. Just got exposed to the most interesting internal debate. #
  • Spent the morning struggling with an IIS server. Didn't take long for me to remember why I hate M$. #
  • OSX geeks, why does it take iTerm up to 30 seconds to show the cmd prompt? Never seen that behavior before with any X clients. #lazyweb #
  • @Milo_Z Over the course of multiple days, yes. For your daily session, purged at some point. Nah. in reply to Milo_Z #
  • @UTKevDawg @Chriscrutch Is that a setup? I know the dictionary will repeat words you've used before—not that it's much help. in reply to UTKevDawg #
  • @sofresh If their product or service wants to make you stab your eyes out. I talk about it. With vigor. #stabbity in reply to sofresh #
  • Robin & I will be helping. RT @SlowFoodCLT: At Jack Johnson in #CLT this weekend? Come say hi & visit our booth! #Music #SlowFood #
  • @Milo_Z Wow. Weeks. I worry about crashes or bad memory allocation (slowing down the UI/UX) over that kind of time period. in reply to Milo_Z #
  • @bestillplease While horizontal might be nicer in a general sense web browsers were made for vertical, think mobiles too, poor horz control. in reply to bestillplease #
  • Recording @TamelaRich on WIXE. What a hoot, a motorcycle roadwarrior radio show. #
  • @Milo_Z Every so often open up Activity Monitor and do sorts by CPU usage and Memory usage and see who the hogs are. in reply to Milo_Z #
  • Weather ruined my grill night, but the plants are perky and I brought out the cast iron. Win-Win. #
  • Hey @Cara, your Places RT got me thinking and I had to write it out: http://ht.ly/2sbw7 in reply to Cara #
  • I keep getting sidetracked.. must fill out paperwork. #periscopedown #
  • @Cara Just like driving a car, you have to learn from someone. If it's not already identity control is the new kids talk. in reply to Cara #
  • @Cara At least we're on to our privacy concerns faster than we learned about being poisoned by the industrial food system. ;) in reply to Cara #
  • @RichTucker Nice catch! http://ow.ly/i/3jCz#dbz #
  • Is life just a playground? Why yes.. it is. ? http://blip.fm/~v40bw #
  • Keep up your energy.. da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-daa-daaa ? http://blip.fm/~v40m0 #
  • Dangit, just hearing about tonights Zombiewalk. Hate that my Friday nights are so work filled. #
  • RT @smashadv: I hate the tactic of cold calling. Dude, if I needed what you're selling, I'd seek you out. #amen #
  • WP3 Custom Post Type guru out there? Got a query on showing multiple entries: http://ht.ly/2syFQ #
  • @zzwhitejd It's almost dinner time. ;-) Oh wait, that's my own peculiar schedule. I vote for fried cheese. hehe. in reply to zzwhitejd #
  • @RichTucker Awesome! #jealous in reply to RichTucker #

Upset Over the Free

// August 19th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // On the Radar

Facebook is releasing Places online. Probably on the verge of swallowing the competition—or not.  What I find really interesting is the fact of how irksome people get when they find out the service shares their data with their friends.  Seriously?  Then get all fussy wanting to have the options off by default. Really?  This is a growing trend with each release of many social applications that have gravity.

I keep going back to this point in my head..

You Pay for What?

We pay what for these services?  We have rights to these services?

It’s a mousetrap that has some fantastic connectivity and resources and we get upset when the capital motivations are there by default?

Yes this is the question game.

Look at your web browsers. You accept cookies, beacons, and report all your whimsical anonymous data every moment.  It’s not off by default.  Why?  Because it would kill the ad revenue of browser business models.

Natural Born Skeptic

We should be born skeptics is all it comes down to. If you don’t pay for a service, expect the service to want something out of you for using it. If you pay for the service I expect a lot more for my money and expect to have recourse when things go awry (hear that check baggage fee!)

Defensive Driving

You are taught that a defensive driver is the best driver—they’re all out to get you I can hear my parents saying.

Same thing exists online.  Enjoy the ride but beware of all the caveats.  Find out what data you are bleeding out—if it’s anonymous, how it’s correlated, is it sold, and then come to peace with those things or use anonymizers and a load of plugins to attempt (and I say attempt because it is an attempt—not a guarantee of true anonymity) to stay off the radar.

Free Will

We use these services of our own free will.  Eagerly walking into a commercial trap because we like what it has to offer at a price that can’t be beat. While I expect some civility in these services I don’t expect them to look out for my interests and neither should you.

I’ll be curious to see how the course of data laws, options, our expectations, and free enterprise all mingle over the next decade.

Weekly Updates for 2010-08-08

// August 8th, 2010 // No Comments » // Twitter

Weekly Updates for 2010-08-01

// August 1st, 2010 // No Comments » // Twitter

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