Drowning Doesn't Look Like Drowning

July 7, 2010

of the approximately 750 children who will drown next year, about 375 of them will do so within 25 yards of a parent or other adult. In ten percent of those drownings, the adult will actually watch them do it, having no idea it is happening (source: CDC). Drowning does not look like drowning

via mariovittone.com

This is an eye-opening article for me. Not having actually watched anyone drown (fortunately), I had the impression that someone drowning would trash madly as shown on TV and movies. This is knowledge that can actually save lives! I think everyone should read this, particularly parents.

Rands In Repose: How to Write a Book

June 29, 2010

So, stop. It’s the only sure-fire way to begin.

via randsinrepose.com

Very interesting post from Rands about the process of writing a book.

Patent pending. NEW iPhone 4 antenna booster!...

June 25, 2010

via marco.org

Folders in iOS4

June 21, 2010

Thanks to folders in iOS4, I have been able to reduce my iPod Touch
from 8 screens to just 2. Very nice :-)

Site improvements

June 19, 2010

In their quest to offer a better service every day, the guys at posterous.com have released their Pages tool, which makes it much easier to use Posterous for all my online content by allowing the creation of static pages. And in a stroke of genius, they even allow pages to automatically redirect to arbitrary URLs! This makes it almost trivial to integrate multiple sites into a single, unified user experience. As a first step, as you can see above, I have better integrated this blog and my zznippets blog by giving them a common theme, differentiated only by color. I will be working on bringing much of my other online content under posterous by making use of this feature.

The Just-World Fallacy

June 8, 2010

It is common in fiction for the bad guys to lose and the good guys to win.

It’s how you would like to see the world- just and fair.

In psychology, the tendency to believe this is how the real world actually works is called the Just-World Fallacy.

More specifically, this is the tendency to react to horrible misfortune, like homelessness or drug addiction, by believing the people stuck in horrible situations must have done something to deserve it.

A Services Menu for iPhone

June 4, 2010

On the Mac, Services are a niche. On iPhone OS they’d be nothing short of a revolution.

via releasecandidateone.com

Very interesting idea, would be incredibly useful. Follow the link for a full description, plus a mock-up video of how it could work.

D8 Video: Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Adobe Flash

June 3, 2010

via d8.allthingsd.com

Nice video summary of Jobs' appearance at D8. Favorite quote: "we've sold an iPad every three seconds since launch, so people seem to be liking them".

The IBM Muppet Show

June 3, 2010

via technologizer.com

Awesome. IBM used to hire Jim Henson for commercials and training videos.

Deleting my Facebook account

May 18, 2010

Today I reactivated my Facebook account just to be able to delete it
completely. If you find Facebook useful, you should at least be aware
of its potential privacy issues, and tune your privacy settings to a
level that you find comfortable. Here are some links where you can
find more information:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/14/facebook_trust_dumb/
http://www.fastcompany.com/1624745/time-to-audit-your-facebook-privacy-settings
http://www.fastcompany.com/1648478/online-privacy-check-yourself-before-you-w...

Personally, I don't find Facebook useful enough to go through the
hassle. My account has been deactivated for the last couple of weeks
and I haven't missed it, so now it's time to permanently delete it.
Clicky clicky: https://ssl.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=delete_account