urbansheep@gmail.com

“We want to collect one copy of every book,” said Brewster Kahle, who has spent $3 million to buy and operate this repository situated just north of San Francisco. “You can never tell what is going to paint the portrait of a culture.” As society embraces all forms of digital entertainment, this latter-day Noah is looking the other way. A Silicon Valley entrepreneur who made his fortune selling a data-mining company to Amazon.com in 1999, Mr. Kahle founded and runs the Internet Archive, a nonprofit organization devoted to preserving Web pages — 150 billion so far — and making texts more widely available. But even though he started his archiving in the digital realm, he now wants to save physical texts, too. “We must keep the past even as we’re inventing a new future,” he said. “If the Library of Alexandria had made a copy of every book and sent it to India or China, we’d have the other works of Aristotle, the other plays of Euripides. One copy in one institution is not good enough.” #архивисты - × × ×

И внешняя клавиатура, как универсальный интерфейс для ввода текста, конечно, доставляет — подключать можно к любому из четырех экранов, в зависимости от настроения и времени суток, т.е. мобильность абсолютная, и все возможные отговорки про «невозможно работать в таких условиях» уже как-то не действуют. - × × ×

И ещё бы научить телефон заряжаться от планшета бы. Или таки купить внешнюю батарею. - × × ×

"This might be a little off topic, but I am a writer for The Mentalist. I've read a lot of cold-reading books that try to list little facts about people, and I've been to cold-reading shows to see mentalists at work. Also, I make up this stuff for a living." - × × ×

“Patrick Jane is more of a cold-reader than Holmes is. Holmes has a huge reserve of facts, where Jane understands people psychologically, and most of his insights occur on that level. In other words, Holmes makes a study of different types of tobacco ashes, where Jane assumes your secret smoking is because you're hiding a terrible secret (or some such). Also, Jane is sometimes wrong in his assumptions, but he blows past those moments so quickly you might think he is always right. (And of course the show isn't completely realistic, and Jane is far more observant than the average man.)” - × × ×

“Short narratives in film & photography.” - × × ×

Ну, и вообще непонятно, как это придумано. (Как сделано-то я примерно могу разобраться по коду, но очень, очень примерно. Вот, оказывается, как старость приходит.) • #гениальная_вёрстка - × × ×

Есть программа iBook Author для вёрстки электронных книг, где всё устроено похожим образом, но листается не сверху вниз, а слева направо, и работает в айпаде. Я не говорю, впрочем, что «придумано» подсматриванием там. На сайте изящнее вышло. Прямо настолько, что хочется переделать свой сайт, нагло украв навигацию с этого. - earlyadopter

“Learn what's really happening in today's classrooms through the eyes of a state-of-the-art school, and how the new Steelcase node classroom chair helped solve their needs. The node chair provides the ultimate in flexibility, allowing the students to learn how they best learn, and the instructors to teach how they want to teach. The node chair provides an active learning environment. Something that is important to what Tribeca Flashpoint is looking to accomplish in their space.” - × × ×

“This advert for the Guardian's open journalism, screened for the first time on 29 February 2012, imagines how we might cover the story of the three little pigs in print and online. Follow the story from the paper's front page headline, through a social media discussion and finally to an unexpected conclusion.” - × × ×

“A suite of Javascript libraries and tools designed for working with HTML5.” - × × ×

#женщины_и_люди - × × ×

#deerployment - × × ×

Собачку жалко - lightforce manager

“Creating iOS apps is fun and rewarding, and if you're a new developer you might be wondering where to begin. This road map provides the perfect starting point for iOS app development. On your Mac computer, you can create iOS apps that run on iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. Follow this road map to learn where to get the tools you need, understand the major concepts and best practices, and see where to find more information.” - × × ×

“Understanding where technology is heading is more than guesswork. Looking at emerging trends and research, one can predict and draw conclusions about how the technological sphere is developing, and which technologies should become mainstream in the coming years. Envisioning technology is meant to facilitate these observations by taking a step back and seeing the wider context. By speculating about what lies beyond the horizon we can make better decisions of what to create today.” • #визуализация - × × ×

Ух ты! Я подобную табличку составлял, когда работали над «Атласом будущего», но тут заметно подробнее обзор. Жаль, уверенность прогноза не показана :) - mindszenty

#форсайт - × × ×

“Count” Victor Lustig was a con man of considerable note. Born in 1890, by the 1930s he was wanted by approximately 45 law enforcement agencies worldwide. He had 25 known aliases and spoke 5 languages. He cunningly gained $5k from Al Capone. Better still, in 1925, Lustig posed as a government official in Paris, took five businessmen on a tour of the Eiffel Tower, and then “sold” it to one of them as 7300 tonnes of scrap metal; the con went so well, he tried it again soon after. He also wrote the following list of commandments for aspiring con men. Be a patient listener (it is this, not fast talking, that gets a con-man his coups). Never look bored. Wait for the other person to reveal any political opinions, then agree with them. Let the other person reveal religious views, then have the same ones. Hint at sex talk, but don’t follow it up unless the other fellow shows a strong interest. Never discuss illness, unless some special concern is shown. Never pry into a person’s personal... #конкультура - × × ×

"For people who like everything about porn...except the sex. How many times have you been watching a great porn film - you're really enjoying the story, the acting, the cinematography - when, all of the sudden, they ruin everything with PEOPLE HAVING SEX? A bunch of times, right? That's why I, along with my brothers Brian and Sean, have created James Gunn's PG Porn. It's pornography everyone can enjoy, not just perverts." - × × ×

Омг, Натан Филион: http://www.spike.com/search... #порно - × × ×

“Passionately argued, impressively researched, and filled with indelible stories of real people, Quiet shows how dramatically we undervalue introverts, and how much we lose in doing so. Taking the reader on a journey from Dale Carnegie’s birthplace to Harvard Business School, from a Tony Robbins seminar to an evangelical megachurch, Susan Cain charts the rise of the Extrovert Ideal in the twentieth century and explores its far-reaching effects. She talks to Asian-American students who feel alienated from the brash, backslapping atmosphere of American schools. She questions the dominant values of American business culture, where forced collaboration can stand in the way of innovation, and where the leadership potential of introverts is often overlooked. And she draws on cutting-edge research in psychology and neuroscience to reveal the surprising differences between extroverts and introverts. Perhaps most inspiring, she introduces us to successful introverts--from a witty, high-octane public speaker who recharges in solitude after his talks, to a record-breaking salesman who quietly taps into the power of questions. Finally, she offers invaluable advice on everything from how to better negotiate differences in introvert-extrovert relationships to how to empower an introverted child to when it makes sense to be a "pretend extrovert." - × × ×

Торрент с epub: http://www.demonoid.me/files... - × × ×

“This photo, by Timm Suess, captures Lenin Square in Pripyat, the town closest to Chernobyl. Once, the mayor imagined planting a rose here for every citizen. Now, the town center is little more than an overgrown ghost town. Though the site of a devastating nuclear accident is empty, tourists have started visiting in small numbers.” • #профото - × × ×

“Here’s some reference material on digital publishing that we’ve developed. It’s not comprehensive, and we don’t claim it’s best practice or silver-bullet info. Like most things in digital publishing, it’s a work in progress. Nonetheless, we hope you find it useful.” - × × ×

#прокниги - × × ×

«К концу января 2012 года доля пользователей iPad среди всех пользователей интернета в России достигла 1%. Учтены планшеты Apple, с которых за неделю с 16 по 22 января 2012 года были зарегистрированы посещения сайтов со счётчиками Яндекс.Метрики.» - × × ×

Большое «спасибо» за приклеенную ссылку на отчёт при копировании в буфер. Собираю свой клиппинг, сделал десять раз копирование-вставку, десять раз удалил автоматически добавленную ссылку, отлично. Понятно, что «облегчить жизнь пользователям», и что «а чё они ссылки не ставят», но блин. Я не копировал в буфер вашу ссылку, какого чёрта за меня решать, нужна она мне или нет? - × × ×

Блютус, свой SDK, сверхуспешный запуск на кикстартере, хорошие идеи для всякой периферии и приложений (т.е. не только железо, но и софт). Теперь бы поддержку этого всего в вакомовском приложении для айпада, и будет (близкий к идеальному) вариант рукописного ввода. Лучше Вакома пока никто не фильтрует и не сглаживает рукописные штрихи, а без этого всё остальное не так принципиально. - × × ×

Done, симпатичный. - × × ×

“Don't pick anything up. Don't even leave the couch except to use the bathroom." Doctors schedule vasectomies on Fridays so that men don't have to take off from work—by Monday, I should be back to normal—but through the weekend, I need to keep my feet up and a bag of frozen peas snuggled into my crotch. "I'm serious, you know," the doctor says. He tells me the story of a patient who rode his motorcycle the next day and showed up in the emergency room with his scrotum swollen to the size of a football. "Oh," I say.” - × × ×

A closer look at Microsoft's Office 15 Technical Preview — http://www.theverge.com/2012... - × × ×

“Can you describe the phones you've outfitted so far, and how people have responded to them? So far only two booths have been converted. There will absolutely be more. Each iteration has to be judged to see what works, both in terms of siting and how to engage the public. For instance, the first test was in a more remote block. The books were neither marked, nor were any instructions given. After a few days the books were gone. I added more, and those too were removed within a few days. After another two weeks, the shelves disappeared. The second iteration was placed in a more prominent intersection near a subway entrance and was much more successful. I marked the spine of the books to deter reselling, and there was a positive response in that people began leaving books as well as taking them. Unfortunately, after about six weeks the shelves and books were removed. The next iteration will include subtle instruction for how to use the booth, because I noticed a lot of people were hesitant to take a book. Something as simple as a few words, like "share" or "borrow.” - × × ×

(вот это место: http://g.co/maps/rnkvt) - 9000

“Many aspects of Apple’s product development process have long been shrouded in mystery. The process is discussed in a new book Inside Apple: How America’s Most Admired–and Secretive–Company Really Works, by Adam Lashinsky, which is out now. The book talks about a variety of different aspects of Apple as a company; its philosophy, its hiring process and its legendary secrecy. But Apple’s product process has held a strong fascination for many over the years as it defies long-held conventions about how it should work for companies as large as it is. While some of these points have been revealed before, there is much here that is new to me. Lashinsky’s compact tome, which is fantastic, goes into detail on every aspect of the process and is well worth a read.” - × × ×

"Этгар Керет родился в 1967 г. в Рамат-Гане близ Тель-Авива. Он начал литературную работу в 1991 г. со статей для газет и сценариев театральных постановок. В последние годы Э. Керет читает лекции в Школе кинематографии при Тель-Авивском университете и пишет комедийные сценарии для телевидения." #прокниги - × × ×

Интервью с Линор Горалик в Отото: http://ototo.livejournal.com/34152... - × × ×

“Smart talk has never been such a valuable commodity. It’s spawned conferences like TED, Davos, and now a slew of upstart competitors. It has made the eighteen‑minute TED lecture a viral online phenomenon. But are we running out of things to say?” - × × ×

“But most simply, these events are about establishing and reinforcing new hierarchies. In a culture where social rank is ever more fluid, an entrepreneur who overnight goes from sleeping under his desk to IPO-ing into a billionaire needs a way to express his new status, stat. “We don’t have castles and noble titles, so how do you indicate you’re part of the elite?” as Andrew Zolli, PopTech’s executive director, puts it. Thus the rise of a cohort of speakers and attendees who migrate along the same elite social-intellectual trade routes. Throw in Sundance and SXSW and Burning Man, and you get what Michael Hirschorn has called “the clusterfuckoisie,” tweeting at each other as they shuttle between events. This is so exactly the sort of thing that David Brooks lives to break down into one of his fictive comic-sociological characters that, in his latest book, The Social Animal, he describes Davos parties as “rings of interesting and insecure people desperately seeking entry into the realm of the placid and self-satisfied.” - × × ×

!!! “The clusterfuckoisie”! - × × ×