Geek And Poke

One Year In A IT Project - Day 13

Update: Thanx john jobst (see comments).

One Day In An EULA Department

The folks in the EULA departments of the world must have a lot of fun (see Adrian Kingsley-Hughes or Techdirt)

Simply Explained - Part 13

See Slashdot about the Regular Expression Pocket Reference

Voting Machines

It's time for the real voting machine which deserves its name.
(See also Wired about mysterious voting machines)

Twitter Abstinence Syndroms

Community

Simply Explained - Part 12

Apple has a new caps lock behaviour (see  David Morgenstern).

Attention Economy

It's all about the attention:
Jason Calacanis tries to be #1 on Twitter and got 100+ new followers through the last TWiT.
Michael Arrington says:

"Recorded music is nothing but marketing material to drive awareness of an artist."

Nick Carr does not like it:

"As a printed poem, one assumes, is nothing but marketing material to drive awareness of a poet. As a sculpture is nothing but marketing material to drive awareness of a sculptor. As a film is nothing but marketing material to drive awareness of a director."

Why The Pope Is Not On Twitter

Short Tailer

The official Geek&Poke Easter cartoon.
See also Tom Foremski about the long tail.