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Category: Technology
So, About This “Twitter” Thing…
If I were to start using Twitter, what’s the best way to go about that? That is, what interface to the service makes it the least annoying to use? It would be a nice bonus if the package in question could handle multiple accounts, too. I will probably sign up as myself to try things… Continue reading So, About This “Twitter” Thing…
The PDF Plague
There have been a half-dozen stories in the past few weeks that looked interesting, but didn’t even make it into the Links Dump for the day. Why not? Because the stories or studies were only available as PDF files. I have no idea if this is actually getting worse, but I’m finding this more irritating… Continue reading The PDF Plague
Selective Response: An Open Letter
Dear Email Recipients: Thank you very much for responding rapidly to the question I sent you. Now, please go back to my original message, and respond to the other four questions that were in that message. Thank you for your reading comprehension, Annoyed Re-Sender of Emails
The Irritation of Being a Captive Market
Two annoying technology moments yesterday: 1) Kate and I got cell phones when we bought this house, and have been overpaying for them for quite some time. We rarely use them (partly because we get no signal inside the house), and have never come close to using our monthly allocation of minutes. Verizon now offers… Continue reading The Irritation of Being a Captive Market
Banking in the Future
I’m currently the president of the local chapter of Sigma Xi (an honor society, not a fraternity, thankyouverymuch), and as such have been collecting RSVP’s and dues for this year’s new inductees. As part of this process, I’ve been struck by how many students don’t have checks– I’ve had a couple of students give me… Continue reading Banking in the Future
Twitter and Time Scale Management
Over at the Inverse Square blog, Tom Levenson announces that he’s started Twittering in a post that contains, via Carl Zimmer, the best argument for why Twitter matters: Carl laughs me out of my seat. He points out that he tweeted his visit to my class, and received in return a couple of requests to… Continue reading Twitter and Time Scale Management
How Hot Is My Tablet?
I had a weird and disturbing shutdown incident on my tablet PC (a Lenovo X61) a week or two ago, which got me many screens of ominous looking text before it finally booted up properly again. Poking at it afterwards, it seemed to be running a bit hot, and it doesn’t seem like there’s a… Continue reading How Hot Is My Tablet?
How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love Google Analytics
I’ve had an article called How to Set Up a Blog (For the Long Run) open in a browser tab for long enough that I no longer remember what first sent me to it. Which is probably a good thing, because it’s irritating as hell: Life-saving market research tip #2: Use Google. If you do… Continue reading How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love Google Analytics
Technology Query: Making Animation?
The book-in-production will be released eight months from tomorrow, which means that I’m thinking of ways to promote it on-line. One obvious possibility would be some sort of YouTube video type thing, showing a conversation with the dog about physics. This runs into problems, though, given that the dog is, well, a dog, and thus… Continue reading Technology Query: Making Animation?