Monthly Archives: November 2008

Hossein Derakhshan arrested in Iran

Hossein (link goes to his English blog) is known as the father of the Persian blogosphere. I met him a couple of years ago (old link takes a while to load), not too difficult since he also lived in Toronto. … Continue reading

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borrowing websites

Goal: find an online tool which allows me to list things that others (friends and neighbours) can borrow, and let me view things that others have listed This doesn’t seem like an impossible goal. One problem is that most of … Continue reading

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keeping tracks of books read

So for the past few months I have been keeping track of the books I finished reading. Just a text file with ISBNs and dates. I finally got around to deciding how to expose that online, the choices being to … Continue reading

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WorldChanging Seattle: Congestion Pricing: Can Tolling Be Fair?

WorldChanging Seattle: Congestion Pricing: Can Tolling Be Fair? – WorldChanging Seattle (one of my favourite websites since I moved to Seattle, but also a great site for people anywhere) links to a really well-done report on traffic congestion and tolls, … Continue reading

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timing makes a big difference

During election day here in the US, I noticed a church which was acting as a poll location also had a bake sale on that day. Think about how many more people will pass by that bake sale than on … Continue reading

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on returning to microsoft

I started writing this post in early August and forgot to finish it and publish. So here it is now I was an intern at Microsoft the previous two summers, and this week I started full time. Some things change … Continue reading

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Pie Chart on Pizza Box Advertising – information aesthetics

Pie Chart on Pizza Box Advertising – information aesthetics – nice ads… we need to see more information graphics everywhere

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