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Category Archives: Web
Kindle Sample Optimization
One of the great things about ebooks is how easy it is to read a sample of a book. It’s become a matter of course to download a sample of any book that sounds interesting, without thinking about it, just … Continue reading
“Polled” on Net Neutrality
I just participated in a phone poll from some outfit (Western Wats) calling with caller ID saying 801-823-2023. Occasionally, I’ll do these things out of curiosity about what they’re asking, but this one really offended me by how blatantly the … Continue reading
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Newspapers just don’t get the web, part 7542
I spent a little time playing The New York Times’s Times Reader 2.0 this evening and it’s pretty nice. It gives what appears to be a full copy of the day’s Times in an easy to browse format. Cut and … Continue reading
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Hacked!
Last week, this blog was hacked. As far as hacks go, it was pretty minor: traffic coming from search engines was redirected to a spammy search engine (your-needs.info) with the query from the Referer header being passed along. Traffic from … Continue reading
An Editorial Voice
Adolph S. Ochs, New-York, Aug. 18, 1896: To undertake the management of The New-York Times, with its great history for right doing, and to attempt to keep bright the lustre which Henry J. Raymond and George Jones have given it … Continue reading
Coulda, woulda, shoulda … but not really
First of all, congrats over to the team at Mint.com for going live and winning the Techcrunch40 prize. As a die hard Quicken user, I think it’s great that companies are pushing in this space. I can’t say I save … Continue reading
As He Did Think
I finally read Vannevar Bush’s essay As We May Think for the first time this week. For something written in 1945, it’s amazing; for that matter, if it had been written in 1975, it would have been just as amazing … Continue reading
At least the internet never turns into a pile of grey sludge on your doorstep
This is rainy season in San Francisco. It’s also, unfortunately, the time of year when Pacific Bell SBC at&t delivers new yellow pages. I just about stopped using the yellow pages nearly a decade ago, long before I started working … Continue reading
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Why is Audible.com so unpleasant to use?
Given my long commute, I swear by audiobooks. I used to borrow books on tape from my library, but for a little more than year I’ve been a customer of Audible.com and download books. While no service is comprehensive, Audible … Continue reading
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