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don’t search the “latex” tag on tumblr if you expect to find any tips about typesetting. Adam Laiacano: Tips for making a technical blog on tumblr. This was useful in pointing out I wanted <code> not <tt>. (TT is also not a great tag to do a Tumblr search for when you’re in the office.)
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You want to bring fiber to every home (Google Fiber)? Well, I’ll blanket the world with balloons (Project Loon) serving up WiFi to every square inch of the planet! Larry’s campaign, if successful, will make Caesar, Napoleon, Columbus, the Wright Brothers, the Apollo 11 Mission, the Manhattan Project, and our Founding Fathers look limited in…
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This is a longing for certainty in an unstable world. It is an escape from extremely complicated problems we cannot even name. It is a longing for the “great simplification”. It is nostalgia for a lost, simple world and the elementary array of tasks within this world. In this general cacophony – where serious debate…
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fylatinamericanhistory: On October 30, Google featured Mexican musician Agustín Lara on its local Mexican and Colombian home pages to commemorate his 113th birthday.
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I want my logo to sort of allude that I have questionable ethics. (via clientsfromhell)
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Domenico’s Speech in Andrei Tarkovsky’s Nostalghia
shihlun: What ancestor speaks in me? I can’t live simultaneously in my head and in my body. That’s why I can’t be just one person. I can feel within myself countless things at once. There are no great masters left. That’s the real evil of our time. The heart’s path is covered in shadow. We…
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speedwag: i played a video game once and now im gay and i kill people
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Table of Contents — October 2013, 14 (7)
Table of Contents — October 2013, 14 (7) Journalism Journal’s Special Issue:Practicing Media Activism, Shaping Networked Journalism edited by EDP Professor Adrienne Russell is now available as open access
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In the last five months, the NSA’s surveillance practices have been revealed to be a massive international operation, staggering in scope. But how do all of the NSA’s programmes fit together – and what does it mean for you? The Guardian Decodes PRISM
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Metaphors matter: Talking about how we talk about organizations – Stowe Boyd via GigaOM Pro
Metaphors matter: Talking about how we talk about organizations – Stowe Boyd via GigaOM Pro stoweboyd: I’ve been involved in a complex discussion with a broad group of social tool makers, org culture theorists, change agents, and others, regarding the nature of change in organizations and the role — and challenges — of change agents.…