The Transparency Grenade
february 2012
Surveillance doesn't get any more beautiful than this.
static
design
privacy
from instapaper
february 2012
Shoes and software
january 2012
"Does it look good, does it feel good, is it comfortable, is it clear, is it easy?"
static
software
design
aesthetics
from instapaper
january 2012
My Head is in the Cloud
january 2012
What happens when you let the computer remember everything for you.
static
external-storage
transhumanism
cloud
memory
from instapaper
january 2012
Why I Am Against Software Patents
january 2012
"[F]or some of the proposed inventions, there may only be a handful of people in the world qualified to actually make a judgment on whether a development is sufficiently innovative so as to justify a patent. None of those people, presumably, will be employed by the patent office."
Which reminds me, whoever hired Einstein really deserved a bonus.
static
intellectual-property
patents
pragmatism
from instapaper
Which reminds me, whoever hired Einstein really deserved a bonus.
january 2012
Feinstein: Senate Panel's Probe of CIA Torture Program Concludes It Was "Far More Widespread and Systematic Than We Thought" | Truthout
december 2011
"...Coercive and abusive treatment of detainees in U.S. custody was far more systematic and widespread than we thought."
static
accountability
torture
from instapaper
december 2011
Mark Schmitt Reviews Suzanne Mettler's "The Submerged State"
december 2011
Government accountability is hard. Accountability without knowing what must be accounted for is impossible.
static
politics
accountability
from instapaper
december 2011
Don't Be A Free User (Pinboard Blog)
december 2011
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!
static
profit
business
sustainability
from instapaper
december 2011
Coilhouse » Blog Archive » In Defense of H&M’s Fembots
december 2011
Replacing the product modeling industry with a shell script might not be terrible.
static
future
uncanny-valley
from instapaper
december 2011
What Every C Programmer Should Know About Undefined Behavior
august 2011
Or: how I learned to stop worrying and love performance optimizations at all costs.
static
c
dark-magic
from instapaper
august 2011
The Future of Web Startups
april 2011
Or perhaps: the wisdom of getting faster, cheaper and more out of control
static
startups
futurism
from instapaper
april 2011
TDD Anti-Patterns
march 2011
Not that you might suffer any of these.
static
development
testing
antipattern
from instapaper
march 2011
Must Be Nice
march 2011
Just because it looks nice to watch doesn't mean it isn't hard to live.
perspective
static
relative-value
from instapaper
march 2011
Implementing Open Standards in Open Source
march 2011
Boring, yet important. See also GIF, MP3 and H.264
static
law
patent
copyright
standards
open_source
from instapaper
march 2011
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antlr
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toon
torture
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tsa
tulsa
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what_is_wrong_with_me_anyway
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