04 Jul 2013, 23:05 p.m.

Innocuous

The friendly people of OpenITP let me co-work there sometimes, so I got to sit in on a chat recently in which Karl Fogel mentioned Telex. Part of how Telex would help censored users is …

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30 Jun 2013, 10:28 a.m.

No

"No" is a new Chilean film and if you liked any combination of The War Room/Wag the Dog/Forrest Gump/Goodbye Lenin!/University of Laughs then you should check this out too.

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29 Jun 2013, 23:00 p.m.

On the End of Google Reader

Google Reader will end on July 1st, in just a few days. It looks like many of my friends are switching to the Newsblur service, or running an instance themselves. If you subscribe to this …

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10 Jun 2013, 9:57 a.m.

Yes You Should Have Business Cards

Left-justify your name and web address and email address -- no title necessary -- in a legible font. Get the perforated cardstock and do it on a home printer, or get a local copy shop …

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02 Jun 2013, 8:35 a.m.

Misunderstandings

Yesterday I was waiting on a subway platform and saw an ad for "The Hangover Part III" (with "The End" at the top), and a movie ad stating "This Is The End". "Wow, they're really …

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22 May 2013, 10:47 a.m.

Recent Links

The cost of making your academic articles inaccessible (that is, not Open Access) at the margins of relevance. The facts on girls in information technology. A farmer on a bus, and software localisation. A Facebook …

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22 May 2013, 10:40 a.m.

Some Recent Writing

Several people recently liked my Geek Feminism post on learning to "scratch your own itch". ... somewhere along the way I got the impression that people usually get into open source via "scratching their own …

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12 May 2013, 9:49 a.m.

Tips for New Summer Interns

Three tips to help new Google Summer of Code applicants and interns, some of which all remote workers could stand to remember: Never let yourself get stuck on a technical question or problem for more …

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12 May 2013, 8:54 a.m.

Sorry!

I am sorry, Lakshmi Singh! I am one of those people of South Asian heritage who criticized your pronunciation of your name. I was wrong and I'm sorry.

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05 May 2013, 21:04 p.m.

A Really Long-Winded Way of Saying That Maybe I Love Techno Now

That thought about music, love and transformation made me think of how strange and world-changing it is to find a new friend or author or musician or project or workplace and suddenly click. They taught …

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