January 25th

  • Everyday Carry. Pictures of what people carry in their pockets. [via torrez]

January 23rd

January 20th

  • "So maybe, instead of waiting for the MPAA’s next law and changing our Twitter avatars for a few days in protest, it would be more productive to significantly reduce or eliminate our support of the MPAA member companies starting today, and start supporting campaign finance reform."
  • Russ Cox explains how the retired Google Code Search used to work. It includes links to a similar project you can install locally to search code using the same method.

January 18th

January 13th

January 9th

  • "Glue is a simple command line tool to generate CSS sprites." Handy!

January 5th

December 30th, 2011

  • Not only a fun site to browse, but a good example of taking group Flickr content elsewhere for a new experience.

December 9th, 2011

  • "Remix culture is the new Prohibition, with massive media companies as the lone voices calling for temperance. You can criminalize commonplace activities from law-abiding people, but eventually, something has to give."
  • "Like a service? Make them charge you or show you ads. If they won't do it, clone them and do it yourself. Soon you'll be the only game in town!" This is both absolutely true and heartbreaking.

December 1st, 2011

November 26th, 2011

November 23rd, 2011

November 20th, 2011

November 19th, 2011

November 18th, 2011

  • You're probably already subscribing, but if not: this is the best podcast on the Internet. Merlin Mann and John Roderick discuss things. Humorous things.

November 17th, 2011

November 15th, 2011

  • "The global brain is still in its infancy. We can raise it to help us make a better world, or we can raise it to be selfish, unjust and short-term in its outlook." Fantastic article by Tim O'Reilly describing a more practical form of global consciousness.
  • "Pictures Under Glass sacrifice all the tactile richness of working with our hands, offering instead a hokey visual facade." Bret Victor on imagining more tactile experiences with technology.

November 14th, 2011

November 12th, 2011

November 11th, 2011

November 8th, 2011

November 5th, 2011

  • Interesting look at how MailChimp helps their employees write for different types of communication with customers. Their blog is laid back and funny. Their tweets are focused and to the point.

November 4th, 2011

November 3rd, 2011

October 30th, 2011