I stand by use of the word crass to describe a more than unfortunate exchange in #wordpress earlier this week. Siobhan has written an exceedingly eloquent explanation of the flaws in the way in which women involved in technology are often viewed or evaluated. If you’re involved in any community, take a look. Which Siobhan …
“When we have déjà vu, we don’t act on it,” Moulin says. “But these people refused to watch television, they stopped reading the newspaper.” The patients were what cognitive scientists call “anosagnosic” — unaware of their condition. They also found situations to be more than just familiar; they believed that they were really recalling them, …
…The real problem is that so many people have thought the internet would be an unalloyed good; in part that’s because it has had plenty of cheerleaders, especially companies that stand to benefit from it – especially companies that stand to benefit from its growth. And nobody likes to be the one saying “hold on” …
The Ethical Mirage: A Temporal Explanation as to Why We Aren’t as Ethical as We Think We Are, an HBS working paper [PDF].
Life Lessons
3 things I learned while my plane crashed: Ric Elias on TED.com. Just watched this. Puts many life change I’m pondering right now into perspective. Hum. He learned: To no-longer postpone anything To eliminate negative energy: no-longer try to be right, but try to be happy That the most important thing for him was to …
Encrypted, Rotating Time Machine Backups on Snow Leopard
Encrypted, Rotating Time Machine Backups on Snow Leopard. Having recently had my previous Time Machine backup disk stolen, I’ve just set up the new disk with added encryption. Worth doing I think.