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another, event-based approach
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Monthly Archives: February 2009
links for 2009-02-26
links for 2009-02-20
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add facebook-powered commenting to your site
links for 2009-02-19
links for 2009-02-17
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answer: 3, maybe 4. GPL, LGPL, Apache, maybe Affero
Facebook Claims Even More Rights to Your Uploaded Content
While I use and enjoy using Facebook, I’ve long been very careful about what original content I upload there, especially photos, because Facebook asserts rather broad-ranging rights to use and re-use my content in its Terms of Service.
Well, Facebook just got even more aggressive, revising its Terms of Service to eliminate the clause that allowed you to revoke Facebook’s rights to your content by closing your account. In other words, once you upload something to Facebook, it’s theirs forever.
Bottom line: don’t upload original content of any substance or value to Facebook. That includes photos, videos, original writing, etc.
UPDATE: Facebook has reversed course. Clearly due to my righteous indignation.
links for 2009-02-15
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facebook crosses the chasm?
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First census under a Democratic administration in 30 years. Keep your eye on this. The Republicans certainly are.
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A perceptive critique and thoughtful responses
links for 2009-02-13
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interesting low-cost geo-visualization tool
Krugman
Paul Krugman so often gives eloquent voice to common sense:
And I don’t know about you, but I’ve got a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach — a feeling that America just isn’t rising to the greatest economic challenge in 70 years. The best may not lack all conviction, but they seem alarmingly willing to settle for half-measures. And the worst are, as ever, full of passionate intensity, oblivious to the grotesque failure of their doctrine in practice.
There’s still time to turn this around. But Mr. Obama has to be stronger looking forward. Otherwise, the verdict on this crisis might be that no, we can’t.
links for 2009-02-12
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lets macs use shortcuts on a windows file share
links for 2009-02-12
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Social media usage among adults increases, still low
links for 2009-02-05
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A nice talk on how cities can do a better job of opening data and listening online.
I’m a published author
As of this week, and much to my surprise, I’m officially a published author!
Along with a dozen other talented Plone community members, I contributed three chapters to Practical Plone 3: A Beginner’s Guide to Building Powerful Websites. A modest contribution the annals of technical nonfiction, to be sure, but I’m still tickled pink at the prospect of going into a bookstore and possibly spotting my name on the shelf.
I’m also really excited to have a beginner-friendly book on Plone 3 in the market. I’m hoping that Practical Plone will ease folks’ climb up the learning curve to Plone mastery. Enjoy!