Not all publications are on a financial deathwatch. Cook’s Illustrated takes no ads and charges for access to its recipes online. According to “Let’s Invent an iTunes for News,” the publication has 90
Velocity: TCP and the Lower Bound of Web Performance July 13, 2010 7:08 pm | 13 Comments John Rauser (Amazon) was my favorite speaker at Velocity . His keynote on Creating Cultural Change was great. I
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Boost your immunity and heal yourself with these tasty, natural anti-inflammatory foods
A number of anti-inflammatory drugs in the market promise to ease our pain and calm angry allergic reactions. While they may provide quick relief, long-term use of some anti-inflammatory medications such as…
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Errol Morris on photography. Existence is elsewhere. — André Breton, “The Surrealist Manifesto” www.istockphoto.com 1. The Juice David Dunning, a Cornell professor of social psychology, was perusing t
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“In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for contructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear of being alone.” Post written by Leo Babauta . Creativity is a nebulous, murk
The office of Panic Inc. includes a full kitchen, which occasionally turns into a battleground as yours truly and one Les Pozdena compete in a format similar to TV’s Iron Chef™. Our co-workers judge u
It is a common misconception — to paraphrase a commenter in the previous post on common misconceptions about publishing , that "the only two people that matter are the author and the reader (one puts
The rock opera "Pink Floyd: The Wall," first performed in 1978, came at a time when some rock artists were taking themselves very seriously indeed. While the Beatles and Stones had recorded stand-alone songs or themed albums at the most, The Who produced " Tommy " in 1969 and "Quadrophenia" in 1973.…
One of my research interests is finding the principles that underly the management of information, complexity and uncertainty. When something as simple as a web-form is called “technology” it is time
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