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Linkdump for August 10th

by Rob Friesel

What Google Could Learn From Pixar Harvard Business Review (via DF): Despite an unbroken string of 11 blockbuster films, Catmull regularly says, "Success hides problems." It's an insight Google should acknowledge and act on. Google's leadership admirably tolerates failure on side-projects (and big projects as well), but what Pixar has that Google does not is […]

Linkdump for April 13th

by Rob Friesel

Formations and transformations: Samuel Delany’s Dhalgren at Tor.com (tagged: Dhalgren Delany essay todo ) Brown-Bag on Public Speaking: 25 Tips at Redfin Corporate Blog (tagged: presentations article essay publicspeaking education ) Crockford on JavaScript: A Public Lecture Series at Yahoo! (tagged: crockford video javascript webdev todo ) ECMA-262-3 in detail at Ajaxian — an interesting-looking […]

Linkdump for October 5th

by Rob Friesel

PKD writes the FBI October 28, 1972: “…several months ago I was approached by an individual who I have reason to believe belonged to a cover organization involving politics, illegal weapons, etc….” Dare we say that if it were anyone else we would believe him to be crazy? (And how does that preclude us from […]

Linkdump for September 27th

by Rob Friesel

More school: Obama would curtail summer vacation short version: I would support this if we did not ONLY emphasize traditional academics; when we're talk about lengthening the school day, let's keep in perspective that kids need to be kids, too—more hours and more days is only part of the answer, we also need to make […]

Linkdump for June 19th

by Rob Friesel

Friday Q&A 2009-06-19: Mac OS X Process Memory Statistics at mikeash.com (via DF) — echo: good layman's terms run-down of what's happening inside that silver slap sitting on your lap (tagged: memory hardware essay ) Nearby on Your Phone at Flickr Blog (via DF) — I hate to say it but there goes my last […]

Linkdump for June 2nd

by Rob Friesel

The Big Idea John Joseph Adams at John Scalzi's blog ("Whatever") re: his new anthology, Federations. WANT. (tagged: scifi literature wishlist ) The Kosher Guide to Imaginary Animals at Ecstatic Days : …this bite-sized bestiary is the deciding vote on which fantastical creatures are kosher. Embarking on an undomesticated romp from A to Z, the […]

Linkdump for February 17th

by Rob Friesel

Specify your canonical at Official Google Webmaster Central Blog (via DF) (tagged: webdev url todo ) The Third Bucket by James Duncan Davidson (tagged: photography essay todo ) Top 10 iPhone Games, as Voted by Wired.com Readers at Game | Life from Wired.com: Yay! Time-wasters! (tagged: iPhone games fun todo ) MDK : Quicklook for […]

Linkdump for January 4th

by Rob Friesel

Hen of the Wood "Fine Dining in Waterbury, Vermont" — recommended by Adam & Sue and now by the Terrapin… (tagged: via:terrapin Vermont food ) Acorn 1.5 release notes via DF: looks like some nice improvements (perhaps time to try it again?) — http://flyingmeat.com/acorn/ (tagged: Acorn Mac OSX software graphics ) "Bacon Zombie" T-Shirt Design […]

links for 2007-04-05

by Rob Friesel

If We Taught English the Way We Teach Mathematics… via kuro5hin.org: “…because mathematics, as the art of abstraction, provides us the with ability to make simple statements that have incredibly broad application. For example, the reason that numbers and arithmetic are so unreasonably effective is that (tags: essay language education math research)