What I really want is information, not a set of messages. Show me what's important. Don't overwhelm me with every individual message.

Feeds are not enough

The idea was to create a search page that instead of hiding metadata, brings it to the front, thereby showing the user just how much metadata is out there for any given query. After a few months of hacking and tweaking and some more time spent on getting permissions to share with the world, I’m now happy to say that our demo is finally online, and you can try microsearch for yourself.

microsearch

When Americans look back years from now, what will shame us most is that our country abandoned a bedrock principle of civilized nations: that torture is without exception wrong.

Get familiar with the Standard Operating Procedure.

No Torture. No Exceptions.

I will, at all costs, avoid this generic procedure.

The Sad Truth About Relationships

The Google Visualization API lets you access multiple sources of structured data that you can display, choosing from a large selection of visualizations. The Google Visualization API also provides a platform that can be used to create, share and reuse visualizations written by the developer community at large.

Google Visualization API

It's not so much that there's something special about founders as that there's something missing in the lives of employees.

You Weren't Meant to Have a Boss

A semantic agent for xmpp / jabber network which finds and shares content about resources (using RDF/SPARQL) for you and your jabber friends.

xOperator

I see a bright future in the New School, and would put this book as a “first-read” for anyone who needs to be initiated on the subject of information security / assurance.

Implications of The New School

Members of Generations X and Y, acknowledging that they need to pick up the slack when it comes to planning for their futures, are thinking about retirement and have defined financial goals according to a report released today by the Divided We Fail group (AARP, Business Roundtable, National Federation of Independent Business and the Service Employees International Union) and the American Savings Education Council (ASEC).

According to “Preparing for Their Future: A Look at the Financial State of Gen X and Gen Y,” three out of four Gen Xers and Gen Yers said saving fo retirement is a personal financial goal, and an overwhelming majority (92 percent) feels that they can achieve their most important financial goals in the next ten years. However, many younger Americans grade themselves poorly when it comes to saving money (42 percent gave themselves a D or F) and investing their money outside the workplace (47 percent gave themselves a D or F).

See Also: Questionnaire, and PowerPoint.

Preparing for Their Future: A Look at the Financial State of Gen X and Gen Y

Nowadays, it’s pretty much over. We’re all slowly coming awake to the realization that we’ve squandered vast tracts of our future for an illusory past, our intellectual capitol for a culture that’s lost its memory, our once-noble ambitions for a population hooked on cheap thrills, our emotional strength for a brittle autophobia. Boxed in by increasingly limited options and driven to near madness by denial and distraction, the population casts about uselessly, desperate to ignore the darkness at the periphery. Eruptions occur with increasing frequency, stressing the structure at all strata, applying constant pressure on the facade, laying more and more bare the true face of what’s in store for us. The smart ones are just trying to keep still while they wait for the other shoe to drop — best to not stir up the dust any more than necessary.

But that’s all changing in the world that’s coming.

1975: And The Changes To Come