Tremendous visual representation of the fragmentation of Android, courtesy of OpenSignalMaps.
Category: Technology
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Deep Blue +15
Fifteen years ago, Deep Blue rocked the world. Happy Anniversary.
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How to make money online
From Seth Godin.
The first step is to stop Googling things like, “how to make money online.” Not because you shouldn’t want to make money online, but because the stuff you’re going to find by doing that is going to help you lose money online. Sort of like asking a casino owner how to make money in Vegas…
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Super Cool
Bonus points if you can identify both spheres.
This is a shot of Saturn’s rings with the moon Enceladus in front and Titan in the background. For more actual astronomy info, check out Phil Plait’s Bad Astronomy blog.
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Facts Before Snark
Jon Gruber, in Apple Fanboy mode tries to make the point that even Google develops for iOS before Android.
Only he’s wrong. The Android Google Plus app has been out for a while…
I predict a correction before the end of the day.
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Acela WiFi is Lame
I’m doing better tethering with my old 3G Android phone than using their WiFi. It’s only the Boston to New York train, not like that’s a popular run…
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No Piracy, No Piracy, No Piracy, No Piracy…
Gruber nails it…
So to encourage people not to engage in piracy, they’re going to force everyone to watch yet another annoying, time-wasting, gratification-delaying warning screen that can only be avoided by engaging in piracy. They’re purposefully making the movie-playing experience worse for honest paying customers.
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Valve Company Handbook
Definitely worth a read. Some highlights:
Valve is flat. It’s our shorthand way of saying that we don’t have any management, and nobody “reports to” anybody else. We do have a founder/president, but even he isn’t your manager. This company is yours to steer—toward opportunities and away from risks. You have the power to green-light projects. You have the power to ship products.
While people occasionally choose to push themselves to
work some extra hours at times when something big is
going out the door, for the most part working overtime for
extended periods indicates a fundamental failure in planning
or communicationAnd if you stop on the way back from your massage to play darts or work out in the Valve gym or whatever, it’s not a sign that this place is going to come crumbling down like some 1999-era dot-com startup. If we ever institute caviar-catered lunches, though, then maybe something’s wrong. Definitely panic if there’s caviar.
Everyone is a designer. Everyone can question each other’s work
From the glossary at the end:
Coffee Machine, Right-hand Dispenser—The dispenser in all coffee machines at Valve that holds the decaffeinated coffee beans. To the best of our knowledge, these have never needed to be refilled. For all we know, the beans are decorative plastic.
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Just Watch
A cool experiment and optical illusion…
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Asana
If you haven’t checked out this excellent app, you should.
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