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In autism, schizophrenia and dementia people with strong “supervisor” (monitor, correct) functions do atypically well. It isn’t just IQ. Watch this meme emerge, viz Kahneman. #b
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/16841934.
Over the past 3 years the blogs I read have become more scholarly even as the writing has improved and volume has increased. Where does it go from here?
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/16157972.
There’s a subtle defect with 7.0 iMessage for correspondents who have intermittent data service. It used to reply to SMS with SMS, now it persists w/ iMessage if contact has past iMessage use. No fail message but need to manually resend as Text. #t
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/15063243.
Urban Institute estimated 1.6 million nonprofit groups operate in America today. Huh?
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/14559378.
I believe Facebook has won the identity management war. That is a big win. Time to start using my johngordon facebook identity — separate from my TrueName identity.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/14314115.
This is weird. A 9 yo micro-blog like post of mine gets a link removal request from Ramjet [tech.kateva.org]? It was even praising Ramjet …
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/13855334.
Adding bit-player to my feed (thx @martinsteiger) reminds me of my old wish — that sites had a random-backlog feed generator in addition to the standard feed generator. Be a nice WordPress extensions.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/13733563.
Mavericks: I turned off app store auto update — hope that will get rid of those annoying reminders to install updates I don’t want (iWorks 13, iPhone/Aperture).
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/13687639.
Calendar 5.app fail: Image [photos.app.net]. The assigned date isn’t changing to match date I’m entering. I’m seeing more rough edges like this.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/13615925.
@clarkgoble When you translate Amazon’s current P/E ration into post-Walmart profit expectations the implications for consumers are … not … good.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/13575304.
iOS 7 bug: You can remove Facebook access to your Calendar, but you can’t remove the Facebook calendar that was created when you did allow access.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/13467541.
Google’s diabolical/brilliant Android control strategy — what are implications for corporate Android devices and use of Microsoft Sharepoint vs. Google services? Only just Google should strangle Microsoft with strategy Microsoft used so well in 90s.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/13236316.
In retrospect a dying FireWire cable was probably causing increasing kernel panics for months. What happened to all that self-diagnostic stuff we’ve been promised for decades?
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/13216992.
Finding good in the default/shutdown debacle: America may be slowly realizing that we have to pay a LOT more attention to the primary system for the House of Representatives and for state legislatures. @clarkgoble
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/13053062.
We just spent billions so Boehner could keep his job. Will this make it easier to create a national employment program?
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/12967251.
Today my ML Calendar.app is synchronizing with Google Calendar whether I use the Delegates Calendars or the “Google” list. Didn’t used to work [tech.kateva.org]. I wonder if 10.8.5 fixed something
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/12711200.
Anyone have experience with the “lifeline” services Philips offers? Looking at something for my mother in Canada. Couldn’t find much online, their web site has no prices, when phone it’s hard core sales — exploitative feel.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/12649633.
I checked whether our kids Google App family credential had G+. Nope, but kids could enroll if they knew their passwords (they don’t).
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/12648791.
I reconfirmed my TrueName Google account is still G+ free. When I tried to opt out of their latest ad move I was asked to enroll :-). I have J+ on my Gordon account, which is fine. We all need multiple shadow identities now.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/12648628.
I think Pinboard API was down for about 12-16 hours, but it’s working now. I was sharing items via Reeder.app, then noticed they weren’t appearing in pinboard or app.net/twitter. #pinboard
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/12648440.
I’m not sure 3rd party SSD, Late 2009 iMac, Mountain Lion and encrypted boot drive all play together perfectly. When I get a chance I’m going to remove the encryption.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/12600329.
Google the phrase “timelines are converging” takes one to odd places.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/12374063.
Years ago I used to file things – email, receipts, books. My storage costs were high, but my retrieval costs were low. Problem was, I stored much more often than I retrieved…
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/12196457.
@clarkgobl It is a newish idea for me, ill turn it into a blog post and we can chase it down further. //@28
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/12017483.
Thesis: Sharepoint is the best guide to understanding Microsoft’s collapse.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/11758431.
@xwordy We need eco-Econ to understand how these kinds of trap-states evolve and become stable.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/11697991.
I missed that Bing is now Siri’s search provider. [searchengineland.com]. So in iOS 7, if you enter a term in ‘search iphone’ then choose ‘search web’, do you get results from Bing or Google? I wonder how many people do that. (I always do.)
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/11583063.
@la Whenever I think something should exist, it usually does :-). Three months ago Liberty Mutual started announced development of corporate cloud insurance policies [www.cloudave.com].
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/11323299.
iTunes 11.1 – deleting podcasts vs. inability to browse. I’m looking into the alleged podcast lost with 11.1. There is something broken, but it may be a browser bug. I see podcasts in a smart folder I can’t locate in iTunes browser.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/11288783.
Maureen Dowd is rivaling Tom Friedman now. That is not a complement.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/11126660.
I need to write a script to identify all Library images impacted when a bug in an old version of iPhoto flipped EXIF orientation flags. Thinking…
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/11121055.
Does the iPhone 5c need a case? In all reviews I’ve read nobody has discussed this. iPhone 5 definitely needed a case, if 5c doesn’t that’s a big enhancement. Also – how water resistant is the 5c?
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/11115488.
@clarkgoble I’ll buy that argument – financial institutions are increasingly parasites on the body economicus. I wonder if we’ll eventually supersede behavioral economics with ecological economics.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/11083011.
One of the more interesting developments in modern CogSci is the distinction between (roughly) IQ-test-capability and rationality (inclination to use IQTC).
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/10996864.
Anyone figure out an efficient way to identify old tech habits that have quietly become sub-optimal? I run into these periodically, but discovery is inefficient because compared to my coworkers I’m ‘cutting edge’ (*cough*).
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/10986153.
Knowing cog sci research of fatigue effects of decision and self-control it is easy to see why group exercise is so effective.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/10924647.
The real problem with email: People who say they hate it act like they want more of it.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/10831145.
Surprised nobody has litigated US male military registration as gender discrimination.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/10525933.
The problem with trying to change the culture of a large corporation is that one’s best allies keep leaving for better jobs.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/10408198.
What does it mean that most of the valuable posts I find on Stack Overflow are marked off-topic and/or closed?
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/10406711.
When I do major computer revisions I discover problems that have been slowly accumulating over 1-2 years. I end up with a week of one bug/defect/failure after another. Like working on old plumbing.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/10382482.
Difference between Evernote and Simplenote: I frequently update or delete my Simplenote files. Often I modify existing rather than add new. I think of Evernote as repository, grows but entries static. True?
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/10349690.
The continued high school confusion about calculators, graphing calculators, computers, phones and pads tell us curriculum lifespans surpass human generations.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/10314686.
How much does the development of the vertically integrated walled worlds of Google, Apple, and Microsoft (GAM) resemble the evolution of the nation state? What role have patent trolls played in the demise of interoperable standards? Discuss.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/10255222.
Singularity watch: Describing to Emily recent adventures with creating ML Installer and removing Sophos Anti-Virus, I realized I’m living in Vinge’s “Rainbows End”. Even net can’t manage knowledge dissemination, documentation isn’t keeping up … #t
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/10170561.
What the world needs is a dating service for special needs teens and adults managed by their caregivers. #specialneeds #t
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/10166853.
Observation from special needs: When the human mind works it works as a mob, when it doesn’t it’s a rabble.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/10166797.
Still need to track special needs teen net activity, buy Mountain Lion filtering killed by https. Trying monitoring filtering via OpenDNS again…
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/10090172.
Found today it was not at all obvious how to edit subject line when replying in newish Google UI. I am SO not Google’s customer any more – shame I made commitments back when I was. Divorce is painful.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/9324329.