Author Archives: Todd

Browse Happy

Posted on May 20, 2012 by Todd

Browse Happy.  It’s a service that allows you to know you’re using the latest [and therefore theoretically most secure] version of your browser. It also tells you what version the other guy’s are on.

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Sherry Turkle on “Alone Together” | To the best of our KNOWLEDGE

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Todd

Sherry Turkle on “Alone Together” | To the best of our KNOWLEDGE. She just mentioned a great point that with Facebook, a college student mentioned he couldn’t reinvent himself (my comment: and therefore also experiment and find things he didn’t like) when … Continue reading →

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Darin Gibby on Why America has stopped inventing | To the best of our KNOWLEDGE

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Todd

Darin Gibby on Why America has stopped inventing | To the best of our KNOWLEDGE. great interview regarding Why America has stopped inventing

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Nathan Myhrvold on Modernist Cuisine | To the best of our KNOWLEDGE

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Todd

Nathan Myhrvold on Modernist Cuisine | To the best of our KNOWLEDGE. OK piece on inventing and publicizing and acting on the invention.  I like this and the next post of the 2nd interview from American Invention on ttbook.org.

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The Last Quiet Places with Gordon Hempton [On Being]

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Todd

The Last Quiet Places with Gordon Hempton [On Being]. That seems reasonable for why New York City is the way it is, why the Communications Room of the American Red Cross in St. Louis, Missouri is the way it is, … Continue reading →

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Good reminder

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Todd

Errol Morris: “Believing Is Seeing” | The Diane Rehm Show from WAMU and NPR. Just heard on NPR.  Thought provoking.  Different perspective on certain well-known photos.  Never heard of the guy before, nor the book, but the part of the … Continue reading →

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Today I saw a rainbow in St. Louis, Missouri.  Before the Clean Air Act apparatus was in place in St. Louis (with it’s associated problems (especially for low-income individuals)), I had *never* seen one in St. Louis.  It isn’t perfect, … Continue reading →

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Todd | Leave a comment

Overheard

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Todd

What do disaster health and welfare traffic, video conferencing, and [something else I missed] have in common?  They are all becoming browser based (or app based if on a mobile device).

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Platform change

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Todd

We’re leaving platform and Java™  behind in favor of browser based “applications”.

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