@landay Doing my part: I got a good systems paper and gave it a 5. in reply to landay # Some companies ban Pac-Man Google home page because they ban games. Others think they have a virus. Killjoys! http://bit.ly/9kx2p3 # Armed with a netbook, med supplies and a bike, InfoLadies give Bangladeshis access to crucial …
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-16
@manukumar I tend to "firehose"-consume my Twitter stream. in reply to manukumar # @ayman What are you using to make the iPad prototype? in reply to ayman # Can you imagine living without a legal name for 19 years? This guy did: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/10/us/10name.html # Another productive day at Google: today Dave Barry is visiting. # …
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-09
"San Francisco is the Florida of the tram world; it's where old streetcars go to retire." LA Times on SF's F Line: http://bit.ly/cEkVHj # @jewelia Deep Blue beat Kasparov *13* years ago. in reply to jewelia # @jeffbigham One of my friends is moving back to ROC. She'll be happy to know about that pho …
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-02
@Manas My 1st Googleversary is just two weeks after yours. in reply to Manas # Just received the book No Code Required about end-user programming on the web. +1 to @jwnichls @tessalau @socialCypher and Mira Dontcheva! # RT @uwnews: Survey shows that among whites, tea party supporters more willing than others to curtail civil liberties: …
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-25
@jeffbigham I put in blinds and curtains. in reply to jeffbigham # At @ComputerHistory Museum with @jewelia learning about hackers, phishers, and carders #chm # Before, daily antivirus updates were enough. Now, it needs to be updated continuously + heuristics are used. Otherwise, it's out of date. # Malware toolkits used to cost ~$1000. Now …
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-18
@adamantivm Definitely Python. in reply to adamantivm # RT @jwnichls "No Code Required: Giving Users Tools to Transform the Web" now in stock on Amazon. http://amzn.com/012381541X # RT @tessalau Posted: What makes a good HCI systems paper? http://bit.ly/aqv7Gf #chi2010 # @jwnichls I didn't realize California already has something similar to Georgia's proposed anti-brain-chip bill. in …
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-11
Apple forces iPhone OS 4 apps to be written in C, C++, Obj C. This really bothers me. http://bit.ly/cjwkQI # Ansca says their Corona SDK, where you write iPhone apps in Lua, is not affected by Apple's new rule. Good to know! http://bit.ly/9smBF0 # Powered by Twitter Tools
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-04
I wonder how many people will show up at CHI with an iPad. # @wordium Nope, I'll let the early adopters shake out the iPad 1.0 bugs, then I'll consider it. in reply to wordium # http://www.google.com has a new name. # @landay I wonder if this article is available in Chinese. in reply to …
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-28
Argh, haven't read Twitter for 6 days, totally drowning in tweets. It's been a busy week… # At lunch a plane flew over Google with a banner, "Will Google play in Peoria, IL?" Today is last day for cities to apply for Google Fiber. # @drjpierce I doubt the gimmicks will do any good. AFAIK, …
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-21
@drjpierce Great, now I can play with your iPad instead of getting my own. in reply to drjpierce # Finally saw my dissertation in print at the Berkeley Engineering Library, which seemed to make it more real. (And it's two volumes!) # Watching an episode of Mission: Impossible in honor of Peter Graves, who died …