September 2011
20 posts
BBC News - Smart cities get their own operating... →
That led McKenty to think this way: The topics that generate contributor...
– The Dream of OpenStack in a Commercial OS is Realized - ReadWriteCloud
Great insight
This is not a consensus-based approach — there’s no guarantee that...
– FAQ - WHATWG Wiki
My own theory is that we are in the middle of a dramatic and broad technological...
– Marc Andreessen on Why Software Is Eating the World - WSJ.com
Today’s game-theory software is not yet sufficiently advanced to mediate between...
– Modelling behaviour: Game theory in practice | The Economist
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The lack of network-operator competition we currently have, and the concomitant...
– AT&T/T-Mobile | Susan Crawford blog
more gems from Crawford’s piece
The problem for America presented by deregulation in both the wired and the...
– AT&T/T-Mobile | Susan Crawford blog
Amazing post on the politics, policy, context, and history around the ATT/Tmobile merger, and value of net neutrality and open internet in general.
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The most significant measures of wealth are parental supervision and access to...
– A VC: What Is Going On?
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Need a little extra push to roll out of bed in the morning? Would ponying up a...
– Can This Alarm Clock Help You Be More Generous and Get to Work On Time? - Business - GOOD
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Wanted: the Self-hiding alarm clock:
This morning while cleaning up my office, I came across an old sketchbook from one of my design classes in college, circa ~1999. In it was a gem of a product idea (if I do say so myself). Without further adieu, here it is: The Self-Hiding Alarm Clock:
Problem: I always turn off my alarm clock and just go back to sleep. It’s too easy to reach!
One solution: move the alarm clock to the...