Category: Snapping links

• Google+ names policy, explained | Infotropism
  as far as she’s been able to figure out, anyway

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• Why Facebook and Google’s Concept of ‘Real Names’ Is Revolutionary – Alexis Madrigal – Technology – The Atlantic
  "Let’s not pretend that what Google and Facebook are doing has long-established precedents and therefore these companies are only doing what they’re doing to mimic real life." A guy who changed his mind walks through some comparisons.
• The Real Grass-roots Innovation by Indian wins Best Product Design!
  pushcart & backpack in one
• why pseudonymity matters
  "In short, had a real names policy been ubiquitous while I was in that role, I would have had to choose between my job (my career, my livelihood) and engaging with my friends online."
• danah boyd | apophenia » “Real Names” Policies Are an Abuse of Power
  just stay out of the comments. so frustrating.

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• denise: "Real Name" policies: They just don’t work.
• The Schmidle Muddle of the Osama Bin Laden Take Down — Registan.net
  "All of this makes for a gripping read. Too gripping I thought to myself."
• The Beast Is Starved: Welcome to the Next Great Depression | Common Dreams
  "Never mind that cutting Social Security to balance the budget is like attacking the mailman because your car doesn’t work." a little bit of connecting the dots. sobering.

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• Coding Horror: Nobody’s Going to Help You, and That’s Awesome
  interesting perspective, turns out the book in the post is available as an ebook from the library.

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• My Name Is Me
  "Supporting your freedom to choose the name you use on social networks and other online services."
• Bruce Lawson’s personal site  : HTML5: notes for analysts and journalists
  "Please, dear analyst/ journalist friend, define what you’re talking about before giving precise figures and talking about accelerating adoption."
• NYT: The Mechanic Muse – The Jargon
  Words & colocations (sp?) that are much more frequent in modern fiction.

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• Let’s Just Remember | Talking Points Memo
  Basically, this whole situation is ridiculous & fake.
• DC Women Kicking Ass – An Interview with the Batgirl of the SDCC panels
• Unsung Heroes of NASA Space Suit | The Mary Sue
  Sewn by hand. (And what i almost missed: done so even to this day!)
• Agatha Christie: Surfer Girl | The Mary Sue
  Something i wish i’d known about when i was younger!

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• Google Plus: Fast, Cheap and Out of Control | ZDNet
  "No, I’m not talking about porn (for once). I’m talking about the huge amount of everything that falls between porn and G-rated (general, all ages) content."
• Designing a big news site is about more than beauty » Nieman Journalism Lab » Pushing to the Future of Journalism
  "no one has figured out a way to present lots and lots of constantly updated information in a way that (a) is beautiful, (b) is effective at story discovery, and (c) privileges editorial control"
• New York – Empire of Evolution – NYTimes.com
  evolution in urban environments: ants, fish, mice, bacteria.
• What It’s Like to Have Me For a Dad « Whatever
  "Yes, there are super-intelligent badgers. Yes, they are attacking, with their evil badger guns that shoot mini-badgers that have even smaller guns that shoot even smaller badgers. BUT THEY ARE NOT ZOMBIES, and that’s really the most important thing." a letter to camp.

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• To China and Back | Smarterware
• The Teen Suicide Epidemic in Michele Bachmann’s District | Mother Jones
  sad & appalling
• release 1988 1196
  "Elaine Nelson, "What Are the Effects of Music on Human Temperature?" Ninth place, Eliot (tie)." (IIRC: none, really, but it was a fun project.)
• release 1987 1167
  "Academic achievers at Pasadena’s Eliot Middle School will be honored at an awards banquet sponsored by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Thursday, Oct. 29, 1987 at 6:30 p.m. at the Brookside Clubhouse Restaurant adjacent to Pasadena’s Rose Bowl."
• Defending The Generalists In The Web Design Industry – Smashing Magazine
  good article.
• Who Rules America: An Investment Manager’s View on the Top 1%
  "The picture is clear; entry into the top 0.5% and, particularly, the top 0.1% is usually the result of some association with the financial industry and its creations."
• Girls Go Geek… Again! – Fog Creek Blog
  "it looks like women are now returning to computer science" – sort of, slowly. most interesting part of this, from my POV, is the interview with the intern.

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• Drupal Voices 208: Pat Teglia on developing mobile apps with Titanium framework | Lullabot
• Fueling Up for the Road – NYTimes.com
• Collusion
  firefox plugin for visualizing cross-site tracking. (amusing to me, btw, that pinboard suggested "cookies" for a tag, when all I use that tag for is actual cookie recipes.)
• This Mind Intentionally Left Blank :: Utøya: English version
  first-person account of the attack.

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• Gyros Recipe – A Home Recipe for Gyros
• Gyro Meat Recipe – Food.com – 81048
• avocado & horchata recipes
• Cochata: Iced Coffee + Horchata | Apartment Therapy The Kitchn

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