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The 2010 Social Networking Map (via tor.com, with OP credit to xkcd)

Check out this awesome thing (click for larger in new):

A Completely Awesome 2600 Cover

Check out the cover on the Summer 2010 edition of 2600, The Hacker Quarterly: I saw it at my local Barnes & Noble bookstore and had to buy it for its complete awesomeness. The one thing 2600 has, every issue, is cool cover art. I don’t know the exact system to which these tape cartridges [...]

At New England GiveCamp This Weekend

So I’ve got my assignment for New England GiveCamp, and by this time Friday I’ll be clacking away on my laptop, alongside some 100 other computer programmers, graphic designers and other volunteers at Microsoft’s New England Research & Development Center. That’s right, NERD. Silly acronym, absolutely awesome building right on the MIT campus in Cambridge, [...]

It’s All Chinese To Me: Reader Has Google Translate Built-In

I really like Google Reader; one of its great features is its recommendations. As long as you choose to “like” articles and media on a fairly consistent basis, Reader can do a very good job of finding new content and sources (provided, that is, they come from a Feedburner RSS feed). Because Google expected me [...]

Social Media, Real-World Friends, A Thick Skin And A Sensible Strategy

Just a short while ago, my Facebook Wall had this series of notes from The Economist: What’s remarkable in this exchange is the degree of openness involved and the ability to accept a contrary opinion without changing their course of action. In short, it’s how social media is supposed to work; and it’s evidence of [...]