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by kevinp 16y ago
Maybe I've allowed Dave Winer undue influence over me in this regard, but I can't see giving up Google Reader's All Items "river of news" view. Are there plans to offer this presentation style in NewsBlur for those of us who'd rather not vi
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by kevinp 16y ago
Ah, the joys of in-band signaling. Now, where'd I put my blue box?
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by kevinp 16y ago
Jason doesn't have just one persona. He alternates from Dean Martin to George Steinbrenner and from Jerry Lewis to Donald Trump. Now he's doing his Tony Soprano "youth today" routine demanding one-way loyalty. Hey Jason, while you're gettin
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by kevinp 16y ago
At-will employment: Deal with it or sign an employment contract. This applies to both parties. End of story. Update: Jason in October of 2008: "We’ve laid off a just under 10% of our full-time staff, cut our overhead by doing smart things l
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by kevinp 16y ago
Shirky wrote, "Expensive bits of video made in complex ways now compete [emphasis mine] with cheap bits made in simple ways. 'Charlie Bit My Finger' was made by amateurs, in one take, with a lousy camera." That's akin to writing in the ea
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by kevinp 16y ago
"Charlie Bit My Finger" is a specious example. It's a 56s clip like one you'd see on America's Funniest Home Videos, a program filled with viewer-submitted content and a counterargument to "By Moms, For Moms." Two questions raised here: How
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by kevinp 17y ago
Context? I have a natural tendency to start sentences with "I think" and the like, and I have to fight myself to NOT to use such phrasing on the job. Every "perhaps," "maybe," "why don't we ... ?" opens a door through which the other party
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by kevinp 17y ago
There are no multivalue databases on the list (e.g., OpenQM).