July 2011
“The government censors much content on the Internet, but it has allowed a...”
– Trouble on the China Express - WSJ.com
It’s an interesting twist: the military seems to excel at execution and strives for ideas, startups drown in ideas and struggle to execute.
Watch(via Debt Ceiling Negotiations: The Democrats Have Compromised. The Republicans Have Not. It’s About Time People Noticed. | The New Republic)
“Why do your business plans cost twice as much as the personal ones? Synergy.”
– If Dropbox Used GitHub’s Pricing Plan | Users in Hell
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“[Apple cash] reminds me of the military strategy: control the supply lines, and...”
– Forget Acquisitions: Apple control the Supply Lines | Alex Blom
A List Apart: Articles: A Checklist for Content... →
For those people who don’t put any value into the words on the page.
“Accordingly, it is a fact, as far as I am informed, that England was, until we...”
– Thomas Jefferson on Patents
How Digital Detectives Deciphered Stuxnet, the... →
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BBC News - Murdoch: the network defeats the... →
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“But the most important fact is: not for the first time in 2011, the network has...”
– BBC News - Murdoch: the network defeats the hierarchy
“Now there is a school of social theory that has a name for a system in which...”
– BBC News - Murdoch: the network defeats the hierarchy
Why We Need the New News Environment to be Chaotic →
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“Real news—reporting done for citizens instead of consumers—is a public good....”
– Why We Need the New News Environment to be Chaotic
“That’s the newspaper business, or at least it was until recently. The average US...”
– Why We Need the New News Environment to be Chaotic
“Now, as our special report explains, the news industry is returning to something...”
– The future of news: Back to the coffee house | The Economist
Murdoch's malign influence must die with the News... →
This is what it looks like when an institution dies. Inefficiencies, out-dated business models, and a shrinking customer base all force shut downs.
But, a fourth problem: corruption must be revealed. It’s always been there, but it was perhaps to well carried out, too well institutionalized, or too accepted to matter.
Normally uncovered corruption is covered up or the institution is...
The case for and against the Oxford comma - The... →
I’ve always used the Oxford comma – it’s felt cleaner. But there’s a good case against it that doesn’t amount to laziness. Now to reconsider…
Richard Clarke: China's Cyberassault on America -... →
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How to add PHP validation to Sublime Text 2
I’ve loved Textmate for years now, but let’s be honest, the thing is old now. It’s slow~ish. It sorely needs some updates. It’s missing key features (intelligent undo, try to ⌘-t for an index.php file, project management needs plugins which have memory leaks, etc).
Sublime Text 2 isn’t ready to go out of the box, much like TextMate, it needs bundles to work. But,...
“I am more of an asset than the vote will be a liability.”
– That line right there is a sign of how corrupt and ineffectual our government has become.
Voting wrong is the default choice if it gets politicians re-elected.
The Road to Gay Marriage in New York - NYTimes.com
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The 5 must-knows about how readers navigate news... →
Homepages still drive lots of traffic for news sites.
Daring Fireball: On Attribution and Credit →
A good example of the pejorative way many mainstream media sites link.
