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BobFrankston

  1. New Comcast service turns TV into data center - silos and priorities rmf.vc/ComcastDataCen… 1:28 PM May 22nd via TweetDeck
  2. Don't confuse searching for knowledge with the search for knowledge gocomics.com/cornered/2012/… 10:17 AM May 21st via TweetDeck
  3. The problem with nerd politics gu.com/p/37hyb/tw via @guardian 3:12 PM May 17th via Tweet Button
  4. @kevinmarks Programming is a skill. Those who ply the trade may simply be soldiers or use their expertise on a grander scale. 5:59 PM May 15th via TweetDeck in reply to kevinmarks
  5. The key phrase in post is "the demand side will have to be moderated." -- Why accept biz models that require scarcity rmf.vc/as? 3:40 PM May 8th via TweetDeck
  6. @DVyo The trick to winning is in choosing the metrics 3:18 PM May 8th via TweetDeck in reply to DVyo
  7. From bad metaphors come terrible policies reviews.cnet.com/8301-12261_7-5… 1:53 PM May 8th via TweetDeck
  8. @TomJolly a number of years ago sitting in a 737 while they counted children 2 C if we wr 2 heavy I wondered abt the wt heuristics 6:43 PM May 7th via TweetDeck in reply to TomJolly
  9. #mltalks context is everything. Is "value" the right word vs results we like? Graeber in "debt" observes limits of monetization as a metric 2:07 PM Apr 18th via Twitter for Android
  10. #mltalks value is ambigous ... Measures can only see a small portion of the possibilities 1:57 PM Apr 18th via Twitter for Android
  11. rmf.vc/IPWrist Wrist-based programmable devs (AKA watches) & other devs give us a reason 2 rethink the design point of the Internet. 3:39 PM Apr 13th via TweetDeck
  12. @ValdisKrebs And sometimes 1 good msg can save a day of travel. Many ways to communicate and signal. 3:20 PM Apr 13th via TweetDeck in reply to ValdisKrebs
  13. @ValdisKrebs Don't forget that the rise of email demonstrated the power of text over voice in communicating. 3:16 PM Apr 13th via TweetDeck in reply to ValdisKrebs
  14. The Next Time Someone Says the Internet Killed Reading Books, Show Them This Chart - The Atlantic bit.ly/HE1WYk 1:01 PM Apr 13th via Tweet Button