Communicating in a networked world
With Kai-Fu Lee leaving Google.cn [see Wall Street Journal article which first announced the departure] the story of how Google has gone from a company that provides access to “everything” on the web, to one that provides access that is modified by … [Continue reading]
This got to me through Boing Boing (as posted by Cory Doctorow), but if you can read it in Portuguese, you’re welcome to. Using a transparent plastic form you can apparently get pears to grow in a Buddha-like shape. It’s not clear to me who actually … [Continue reading]
Geek alert! This article is for Slicehost geeks only. Talk about playing on the edge, I almost fell off this time. I have eight slices (virtual servers, that is) on Slicehost (which is now owned by Rackspace) and believe me they are tiny![1] But … [Continue reading]
Being on the road mid-summer, and having to watch my use of bandwidth, I noticed an uptick in the number of spam messages encouraging me to buy cheap watches; or more watches; or fabulous watches; well, you get the drift. Since I already have enough … [Continue reading]
Métro Paris, an iPhone app [see also the FastCompany article] to help us navigate the Paris subway has been beefed up to include heads-up[1] displays that allow you to see pop-up displays of information about the buildings and businesses around you. … [Continue reading]