December 2011
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Dec 29th
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Dec 21st
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Dec 20th
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Dec 20th
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Beautiful presentation by @laurilj of Edward Tufte’s talk on presentation and information design. via altnytterfarlig How to present data & info. An illustrated summary of Edward Tufte’s talk on presentation and information design. (via Mike Arauz)
Dec 19th
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“If the mind is open enough to perceive that a given policy is harming rather...”
– Barbara Tuchman’s book, The March of Folly via @langdonw
Dec 18th
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Spoken word poet Sarah Kay
If I should have a daughter, instead of “Mom,” she’s gonna call me “Point B,” because that way she knows that no matter what happens, at least she can always find her way to me. And I’m going to paint solar systems on the backs of her hands so she has to learn the entire universe before she can say, “Oh, I know that like the back of my hand.”...
Dec 18th
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Dec 16th
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Watch it evolve
Actually see change over time in a Darwin’s thinking: Multiple editions of Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species” We often think of scientific ideas, such as Darwin’s theory of evolution, as fixed notions that are accepted as finished. In fact, Darwin’s On the Origin of Species evolved over the course of several editions he wrote, edited, and updated during his lifetime. The first English...
Dec 15th
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Dec 14th
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“Like most people who make things, I’m extremely excited about what I’m going to...”
– Casey Reas, @reas Creator of Processing
Dec 13th
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Optimizing for happiness Bootstrapping + idea that makes you happy Excellent story by (@mojombo) Tom Preston-Werner at Startup School 2010. How github was built without private founding.
Dec 12th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 11th
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Corrosive corruption: A correlation between... →
Transparency International released annual data for the Corruption Perceptions Index. The Economist plotted it against the UN’s Human Development Index
Dec 10th
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Yellow Submarine iBook, damn it! :(
Dec 10th
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Dec 10th
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hub introduces git to GitHub hub 1.7.0 screencast (by Mislav Marohnić)
Dec 8th
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Una interesante aventura en la que Ricardo Piglia, guionista y actor, nos guía por el Buenos Aires de Macedonio Fernández. Documental dirigido por Andrés di Tella. Dedicado a Pablo López (nº3) Un enlace interesante: El paisaje del pensar. Macedonio en Misiones por Ana María Camblong
Dec 8th
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Dec 7th
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Dec 6th
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