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My ML Calendar.app syncs with my Google Account, manual update. Changes made on Google side go to Calendar on refresh, but changes made to Calendar.app don’t go to Google. Wish I knew who to blame; I’ll hate ’em both equally for now.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/9123142.
I scanned several recent articles in flattening of eBook sales. No journalist mentioned the stinking DRM/Format mess, not even Wonkblog. Appeared often in comments though. I guess we’ll find out who is right in a few years…
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/8700904.
Knowledge flow: is it accelerating? I feel as though the flow of new significant knowledge across multiple domains has accelerated over past 3 years. Just a feeling… Can’t quantify …
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/8627074.
Happy thought of the day: Considering stresses of American tribal power shifts, global environment policy demands, post-AI world transforms – state of US politics is much better than the historical norm.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/8477764.
Downloaded my Twitter archive. Nice design. 1 mo = 1 .js file, HTML wrapper to browse. CSV file too. Nice.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/8258626.
The world needs a scent clock for dogs. Smells like flowers in the morning, dead fish at night. Then Kateva would know when to expect her dinner.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/8250218.
Landmark moment: Companies confess IT hiring “gap” not skill shortage after all [photos.app.net]. “Unattractive” includes salary.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/8197006.
Using Google Play Upload, I can read my iPhone User Guide on all of my Macs. (I have a couple of 3rd party ePub readers, but Google/Chrome/Play may be best way to read Apple’s ePubs on a Mac.) — photos.app.net/8166539/1
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/8166539.
Demonstrated I could put my iTunes ePUB files into Google Drive folder, then put symlinks into iTunes Books folder and iTunes would sync them to my iPhone.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/8164770.
Mortal Life: The extreme sport of the gods.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/8160868.
Samuelson and Quigley, Funny Times: “Oh my God! The Universe is a Ponzi scheme…”. I think some physicists suspect as much. photos.app.net/8143699/1
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/8143699.
My bike is passed by a gas-engine-mod bike. Thought 1.0: DWI license suspension. Thought 1.1: Reasons why rider is Hero spitting in eye of Fate. The .1 comes from experience.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/7970334.
“We are all filtering through to the back of the pack.” Ultra runner John Storkamp. I like that quote.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/7747986.
@johngordon Storm soaking reminded me that I should periodically take an iPhone shot of all of my wallet cards. They’ll dry this time, but it’s a habit I’d forgotten. I’ll create a q6m task for that.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/7502209.
Storm bike notes: Paper maps and wallet bad. Old Baggie worthless. Front bag a basin. Garage opener suspect. iPhone waterproof pouch, nylon computer case and helmet good. Beware pothole beneath 3″ water.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/7501950.
It is still hard for me to remember that other people are not like me, and that often i am an observer and not a participant. I know that of course, but my brain keeps flipping to solipsism mode. Does anyone not have this problem?
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/7390526.
The more we learn about how physical activity tunes the developing brain, the more I wonder about a relationship between ADHD prevalence and decreases in child activity.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/7333669.
Before adwords Alta Vista was a loss leader for DEC. Post-smartphone, and the end of adword revenue, I wonder how Google Search will change. Google Reader might be a preview.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/7296657.
CCC running slowly? Check available space. http://bit.ly/12C0GNQ My backup was taking 10x longer than it should. I had 2GB free on a 1TM drive. And the target image was encrypted. Amazing it ran.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/7288218.
Two factor / biometrics: I can leave my pw to my estate, but now do I leave my retina too? #t
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/7109454.
My personal task list got so bad I put everything but critical on backlog (no dates). I’m moving to agile-dev style two week iterations for my personal tasks and calendar.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/6787094.
I’m paying for Feedbin, but Feedly conversion of GR subscriptions is smooth. Missing: sharing via pinboard or app.net, no search, no IFTTT channel. Reeder integration not there yet.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/6775094.
@sean Email/domain blacklist-equivalent kill one channel for these charity scams (and other scams), but fraud flow divers to post and phone. That diversion will accelerate demise of post/phone. Evolution of spam is funny. #t
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/6757134.
I think the pre-demented fraud-vulnerable elder problem will accelerate the end of traditional voice comms. We need google-class spam and the equivalent of signed-sender for voice.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/6648957.
The evolution of the net as both agent of freedom and of authoritarian control over the past 25 years is an abject lesson in the folly of prediction.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/6589494.
It is extremely weird to read an article by someone for whom Digg is an ancient lost city of rumor. Wonder what he would say about Slashdot. #ibuiltstonehenge
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/6466471.
@fields Boundaries, categories, slots and order. Some minds strongly like these, in the US they are GOP. Road bicycles violate. Motorbikes not so much. #b
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/6446296.
I’m surprised how often the Mountain Lion Aperture-based screensaver gets stuck in loops. There’s something bad in that mix.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/6379152.
To my surprise I’m getting more plain text/simple tool. Simplenote over Evernote. Toodledo over OmniFocus. Freemind over XMind. Performance, reliability, security, data portability, cognitive load …
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/6320611.
Panopticon: As enthusiasm grows for employee analytics / big data, support for remote work will decline.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/6314857.
Corporate strategy 101: Push on doors until you find one that’s open. Make that one a strategic priority. #b
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/6125827.
I update my blog post on the world’s undersized market with thoughts what relative size might mean … http://notes.kateva.org/2013/05/stock-prices-resorting-to-another-dumb.html (update).
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/6074312.
No group will appreciate the computer-assisted driver as much as bicyclists.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/6071621.
I like Jordan Ellenberg’s article on the prime twins conjecture even more this morning. I’d not processed the deep weirdness of the random behavior of the superbly non-random primes. Heavy!
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/6004852.
With Google ending support for iOS and OS X Calendar (CalDAV going, ActiveSync gone) I feel like I’m returning to the dark ages. Last time that happened was end of PalmOS. Does my woe have company?
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/5907459.
NYT on recent problems with their RSS feed links breaking: “We have had other reports of this problem …our technical support staff … will look into it. … let us know if the problem is resolved.” So there’s hope.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/5861532.
Thinking about my prior post, realized we will soon learn when humans became domesticated. Who thinks it was about 50,000 years ago?
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/5798715.
FaceTime sound quality is much better on my MacBook Air than on my iPhone 5. That surprised me. (All wifi).
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/5599738.
@clarkgoble Contaqs.app: Big search fail. They implemented phrase search instead of starts with word search. Useless. Sob! I’ll write it up in blog post. Maybe they will fix one day. Don’t buy. #t
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/5456415.
Google’s two factor so called “application specific” (they aren’t) listing in account:security has a “last used” date. So you can at least delete the ones that you aren’t using much. (These are a bit of a security joke. Hah hah.)
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/5162872.
SciAm had an article on robot-human teams. They missed the story. Automated defibrillators run codes now, humans follow instructions.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/5125227.
You don’t get grants or tenure or prizes or big pubs for confirming a finding or publishing a messy answer to a novel question. Is modern science designed for fraud?
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/5124818.
I’m seeing this often on Google Reader now: “Sorry, an unexpected condition has occurred which is preventing Google Reader from fulfilling the request.”. #t
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/4835403.
Google eNom domain renewal malfunction today. I received notice and invoice at same time; notice is weeks late. Worrisome.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/4756711.
Why I don’t love Fantastical.app: many of its features are hidden, and the app accessible doc is limited to a few tips. Gamification of productivity apps does not delight me.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/4745237.
Thesis: #RSS is a casualty of a massive struggle to end the “dumb pipe” model of the net. Control of the channel is in the interest of nations and net corporations alike. Early phone and post must have faced this.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/4542567.
Thesis: Capitalism without democracy cannot escape degenerate local minima. In other words, inevitably ends badly.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/4542499.
Thesis: Aperture’ Project/Event usability issues arise because product owner grew up using film.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/3732837.
File as non-barking dog: In all our tax discussions there is no mention of the former estate tax.
From app.net – http://alpha.app.net/johngordon/post/3704331.