David Lee King asked me to write a forward to his upcoming book titled "Designing The Digital Experience". I got to see an early draft of the book and it looks...
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Designing The Digital Experience: A Forward [Logic+Emotion]
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Public Enrichment Project / Fun and common sense for a better world
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When I began working on Interesting Thing of the Day, it was not with the idea that it would make tons of money. I was, and still am, optimistic that eventually the...
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OWL or OLD?
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I just noticed the “OWL 2 Web Ontology Language: Requirements” document from the OWL Working Group. Interestingly, while the “W” in OWL stands for “Web”, I...
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Chrysler cutting 1,000 white collar workers
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Filed under: Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, Chrysler, LLC., Dodge, JeepChrysler is losing money by the truck-load, and its vehicles aren't selling, so common sense dictates...
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"Terror outrage: BRITNEY, ANGELINA and OBAMA all unaffected as hundreds die in SEXY agony"
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The story I blogged last week - and followed up by Shane Richmond - about UK newspapers using SEO to boost their online readerships continues to rumble on. The...
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Information Overload
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CBC explores information overload (the link is on the bottom half of the page), featuring a few representatives from the newly formed Information Overload Research Group...
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On Film
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Here's the video of Maliki's aid walking back the walkback on a timetable for withdrawal: It seems to me that, one good reason for the Iraqi government to take a...
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7 Scam Warnings For Online Job Hunters [Jobs]
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According to legends we've heard, it's possible to find a job by searching online. Flimflammers are also looking for you, looking to defraud job seekers. The BBB has 7...
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design is about making things better
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Today i went to see Dick Powell speak during the opening conference of Filter Design Competition, the great design event organized by Oricum. Even though he didn't really...
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Ratings
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I intent to write something substantive about The Dark Knight at some point, but let me just note this point from Chris Orr's excellent review: "This is not a film for...
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Too much information is as bad as too little
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There's a great point in this comment: Not surprisingly, people develop strong filters for what information they're going to take in, let alone process. When you say oh...
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Common Sense PMBOK
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Common Sense PMBOK - In A Simple Way to Put PMBOK to Work, Glen Alleman translates the PMBOK to a set of 3 to 6 questions for each of the 8 PMBOK knowledge areas. Nicely...
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Me, Mini-Me, Mini Attention Spans and Mini-Laptops
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After a couple of days’ wrestling with my work inbox and perusal of numerous attachments in the kind of stupefied zombie-like state that non-parents can only achieve...
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De ce nu poti fi si bun si inteligent simultan?
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Avand ceva zile libere in ultimele doua luni, o parte din timp l-am investit in a urmari un numar mare de filme sau seriale. Un serial care mi-a placut mult (sezonul 1)...
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Lesser Known Weapons To Trick Out Your Malware Arsenal
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Filed under: Internet, Security, Utilities, Features, Windows, Freeware Everybody knows the big names in the battle against malware - Adaware, Spybot, HijackThis. Today...
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Fed actions on mortgage markets
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Two big housing-related stories out of the Fed today. The Fed is opening it's lending to Freddy Mac and Fannie Mae. Ordinarily this would calm fears of a failure, but...
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Maximize the iPhone 3G's battery life
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Filed under: cellphones hacksGizmodo has posted a guide for extending the battery life of your shiny new iPhone 3G. Apple is notorious for pushing products with...
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GTD Buzzwords: Advanced Common Sense
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This is a guest post by GTD Wannabe of gtdwannabe.com. The other day, I was listening to Merlin Mann’s Inbox Zero presentation, which was essentially the audio...
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800-FLOWERS Quietly Acknowledges Mr. Mom Stupidity
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Mother's Day is right around the corner. This is both a public service announcement and a chance to congratulate Peter Baylies on spearheading a campaign to get...
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Keeping Things Simple And How It Worked for LinkedIn
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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what web applications I use and why, and of course how this relates to what I’m doing at work. Keeping things simple...