The love of change.
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- In Science, FAIL = WIN 9:00pm Oct 26
- Worrying About the Real Time Web 8:42pm Oct 25
- Google Reader Gets Magical 11:20pm Oct 22
In April, I wrote about a little debate some coworkers and I were having about whether politics could be studied scientifically, and whether that approach was valid (I said it could be, and that it was one among many valid approaches)...
Paul Carr at TechCrunch as a long and thoughtful post questioning triumphialism about the real-time web...
I try not to spend too much time pimping Google’s products in this space, but let’s face it: we make really cool stuff, and whether I work for the company or not, I absolutely adore most of our products. Fa...
Yesterday, I had an envelope in the mail from my dad. I opened it up to find a photocopy of the “Opening Statement” of the Summer 2009 issue of Litigation, the official journal of that section of the American Bar Association. The Litigation Section’s chair, Lorna G. Scho...
Sometimes the only way to break the silence is by playing music at a ridiculously loud volume. Now is one of those times...
This morning, Google announced that it will be acquiring reCAPTCHA, a company devoted to putting the few seconds you spend solving CAPTCHAs – those funny puzzles you fill out on Ticketmaster and other sites to verify that you’re human – into good use. As a...
A while ago, I suggested that physical books may become to reading what vinyl records have become to music: produced in limited numbers, used by the very few who know it to be the best quality experience, but mostly collected for their nostalgic value...
I opened up a Google Earth link on the web today called “Satellite Database” (Google Earth required to view). I patiently waited a few seconds for the program to open and load the file. When the screen populated, this is what I saw. C...
"Chris and Malcolm Are Wrong" Brad Burnham of Union Square Ventures provides a compelling third perspective in the "Free" debate.
Lawsuits Question After-Hours Demands of Email and Cellphones - WSJ.com What does and doesn't count as work these days? Breakfast Can Wait. The Day’s First Stop Is Online. (NYT) There will definitely be some "no digital media" hours under my roof.
The buzz over the future of news and the fate of newspapers has exploded since I last wrote about the topic in February. I’ve been following the conversation carefully as it has continued to manifest itself across the web as well as in print, but I’ve been reluctant to write too much about it. Ha...
How Fail Went From Verb To Interjection (NYT) The etymology of fail.
One of the big buzzwords around Washington and the rest of the country since November 4th, 2008 has been “transparency”. President Obama was widely prophesied as the harbinger of a political culture of openness and honesty. He...
Hey folks. It’s been exactly three month since I last wrote a post for Tropophilia. Trust me, it hurts me as much as it hurts you. I’ve been busy with moving from Mountain View to San Francisco, as well as throwing a bachelor party and being the best man for our very own Mr. and Mrs. Ansley. (C...
Davidson grad Tom Marshburn heads to space (DavidsonNews.net) Go (Space) Cats.
