March 2010
11 posts
“It’s amazing, isn’t it? Turns out that what most people want is photos, music...”
– Paul Waite in comments at Simon Willison’s blog
Indeed, people are weird :)
Logarithmic calendar view →
Marco Arment knows good UI-design.
“There are people who cheat on their spouse but not at cards, and vice versa, and...”
– Clay Shirky
(The essay isn’t actually about this, but it’s a nicely condensed insight).
Law Enforcement Appliance Subverts SSL →
I guess this just highlights that, by principle, SSL is especially vulnerable to attacks by people in power. Very useful link found in the HN discussion: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~perspectives/firefox.html
The Institute of Physics manifesto for the UK... →
There, I’ve practised my share of politics for this year :)
“Often, privacy isn’t about hiding; it’s about creating space to open...”
– Danah Boyd: Making Sense of Privacy and Publicity
I’d want to cut ten more quotes from that keynote. Do read it.
“Amazon’s revisionist “bookpad” vs. Apple’s recombinant “mediapad.” Rear-view...”
– Kontra
… I’m adding a new feed to my reader. Thanks to Marco.
“From Nexus One to Latitude to Talk, Google is in danger of being relegated to...”
– Kontra
If you’re up for it, the man actually has a lot more to say about GOOG.
Watch(Yes, another car snippet - maybe I’m turning into a youth again :))
I used to dream of owning a BMW, and talked about them all the time. It got so bad that my school girlfriends got me model cars for my birthday. How’s that for working on your nerd image.
And then BMW ruined everything by bringing us nearly a decade of ugly, ugly cars.
But it seems they’re getting back...
Try out the Duck Duck Go search engine →
Got strangely impressive results when I tried this pointless query, so let’s give it a few days as my browser default (via HN).
Unsolicited mail-configuration assistance
From the leaflet boxed with my new phone:
Your device supports easy, network-assisted e-mail set-up. […] During the e-mail activation process, your e-mail address, user name, and password, along with technical information, such as your device ID, may be sent to Nokia. Nokia will not process or store any personal, identifiable information after the activation, without your consent.
I...