Monthly Archives: December 2007

how to get people to do stuff

I’m not going to get into all the aspects of the issue, just wanted to make one point. To improve success at getting people to do stuff, you need to show them the consequences of their actions. Maybe that sounds … Continue reading

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dougmccune.com » Blog Archive » Not Your Mamma’s Maps

dougmccune.com » Blog Archive » Not Your Mamma’s Maps – a very slick app for browsing geospatial data. Their screencast shows input through a geoRSS feed, but I am guessing that will not be freely available. Via Mikel.

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Long Bet Winner: Weblogs vs. The New York Times | Workbench

Long Bet Winner: Weblogs vs. The New York Times | Workbench – this is rather amusing. I remember back in 2002 when Dave Winer made this bet for 2007, a date which seemed impossibly far away. Of course, nowadays the … Continue reading

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mySociety » Blog Archive » Please Donate to help us expand TheyWorkForYou

mySociety » Blog Archive » Please Donate to help us expand TheyWorkForYou – mySociety does fantastic work. Unfortunately for me, it is mostly UK- and Eurocentric, but hopefully they’ll get some volunteers from elsewhere over time.

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Path Intelligence Monitors Foot Traffic in Retail Stores By Pinging People’s Phones

Path Intelligence Monitors Foot Traffic in Retail Stores By Pinging People’s Phones – this is actually fairly cool. not all analytics have to be online-based.

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Pattern Finder: Standards Work Doesn’t Have to Be Contentious

Pattern Finder: Standards Work Doesn’t Have to Be Contentious – I’ll second that. DeWitt has been doing great work with OpenSearch.

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Ask.com Unveils Search Privacy Tool: Users Control Their Search Data

Ask.com Unveils Search Privacy Tool: Users Control Their Search Data – Ask.com has been making smart moves, for the most part. Being in fourth place, the onus is on them to differentiate themselves and take risks. Privacy specifically, I think … Continue reading

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scottberkun.com » Buy nothing for Christmas

scottberkun.com » Buy nothing for Christmas – I definitely agree with this. Not so much the title, but what he actually writes. It is hard to get somebody a good gift, and I would rather give or receive nothing than … Continue reading

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where are you reading this?

so I think I have semi-solved my question of where to post things. now everything I tag with “forfb” on this blog will also show up as a note on Facebook. That way I can post things on one, the … Continue reading

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