Last night I was talking with Keith Pleas. Keith is a developer that I’ve known for more than a decade now. He worked on the help system in Windows 95. He also owned a furniture shop where he imported from around the world, particularly in the Asian Pacific. So, he’s well connected in that part […]
How I Learned French in One Year || kuro5hin.org
Riding on the coat-tails of an earlier article about emigrating to other countries, I present to you a small summary of my experience rapidly learning French to pass a standardized test for Canadian immigration. Since I live in the middle of the US, far removed from anything […]
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Here are some people blogging from the island of Sri Lanka off the Indian coast. It was arguably the worst hit country in the tsunami disaster.
Otherwise known as the “Oh Shit!/Oh Cool!” technique.
Earlier I blogged about how the brain is tuned for novelty, but tunes out that which is common or expected.
Some of the areas where this matters include training, filmmaking, advertising, and I suppose dating. Director/writer David Mamet says that the prime objective of a director is to […]
Tsunami update: Microsoft responds, bloggers organize, video torrents
A quick roundup of items related to the tsunami disaster. Image: mannequin in pile of wreckage in Thailand, shot by blogger and NBC correspondent Kevin Sites who is on assignment in Asia covering the story. (Link)
*Following up on a previous BoingBoing post, an anonymous Microsoft employee says:
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Boing Boing: Tsunami account from Burning Man gate manager
I don’t know who or what to acknowledge for my presence. That will take a lot of soul-searching. I am certainly among the luckiest people in Thailand right now. According to local news it looks like my town had a SURVIVAL rate of 60%. Please think of […]
Hugh MacLeod is the artist behind gaping void.
ChangeThis :: How To Be Creative
Hugh MacLeod MacLeod, an advertising executive and popular blogger with a flair for the creative, gives his 26 tried-and-true tips for being truly creative. Each point illustrated by a cartoon drawn by the author himself.
If you’ve ever felt the draw to do something […]
This morning I’ve been seeing photos and reading accounts of the terrible earthquake
that hit Sri Lanka, Indonesia, India, Thailand and others. The death toll is
up to 23,000 people. Here’s a round-up of what I’ve found (mostly through Scoble,
BoingBoing, WorldChanging
and Waxy):
Photos
of the after-effects of […]
Fancy stuff you can do in the Google search box. In case you didn’t know, of course.
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Tsunami Relief
Like so many others around the world, we at Google are following the devastation caused by the earthquake and tsunami that has hit many parts of Asia and east Africa. Below are a few sites already set up to provide information and handle donations for victims throughout the region. Our thoughts are with everyone […]