Month: May 2008
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Twitter
When I first heard of Twitter, I didn’t see the point. It’s been described as “micro blogging”; the idea is that any posts (or “tweets”) that you create are limited to 140 characters. You’re also supposed to limit the content to answering the question “what are you doing?” Any posts you make show up on…
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Sketchy Things I Saw Today
A dude in a huge bulging leather jacket and baggy pants. It’s almost 30 degrees out. I first see him as I’m waiting for a light to change. He goes out of his way to cross against the red light to continue along my side of the street. The next block down, he crosses to…
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Vodka Illusions
Bill Deys recently wrote about a Business Week article stating that, in a blind taste test, all vodkas taste pretty much the same. It was an informal test with a writer and a few friends. Without statistical analysis, it’s impossible to tell if the friends were guessing at an above-chance level or not (there was…
