Juliette/SF

Why do I have to answer so many questions when I just want to shut down my laptop and go home?
Textpad: Do you want to save untitled.txt?
Me: No! If I’d wanted to save it, I would have.
Entourage: Do you want to empty your junkmail folder?
Me: I don’t care! Maybe I do, but why do I […]

I’ve been waiting for this!
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Excerpt:
Technological innovations - digitization in tandem with network computing – have changed the information ecosystem. From what we’ve learned so far, it’s safe to say that at least some of the changes are tectonic in nature. These structural shifts in the way in which we create, disseminate, access, and (re-)use information, knowledge, and entertainment have […]

Another conference/seminar/meeting, another reference to netflix.com.
Many web eons ago, back in 2001 or so, amazon.com was brought up in every conversation of “what a website should look like.” Build tabs! Tabs are neat. They’re like file folders. People understand them. Just keep adding more tabs as you get or define new content areas. If you […]

Inspired by Salman Rushdie’s recent knighting, I fished out the Word file for my BA thesis on Rushdie and Pham Van Ky and shoved it into HTML.
Here, for your reading pleasure: Writing Beyond Words:
Metamorphosis, Schizophrenia and Hybridity in Ky and Rushdie
Watch out for the few pearly grains of interesting ideas nestled in a bland soufflé […]

A week ago the Bay Area experienced a 5.6 magnitude earthquake. Below, part of the USGS “Did you feel it?” earthquake report form:
Your experience of the earthquake:
How would you best describe the ground shaking?

No description
Not felt
Weak
Mild
Moderate
Strong
Violent

About how many seconds did the shaking last? []
How would you best describe your reaction?

No answer/No
reaction/Not felt
Very little reaction
Excitement
Somewhat […]

Steve Ganz uncovered this gem: