Lunch with a secret agent.
Name a beautifully designed email client I can install on a server / my PC & mobile devices that supports encryption by default. And ... go!
<a href="https://twitter.com/jason_pontin/status/342790122841993216">@jason_pontin</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/davewiner/status/342788047294824448">@davewiner</a> We did know, or we should have known, but I think the outrage isn't fake as much as cathartic, and awareness-raising. Interested to see what happens next.
We released a new version of the @latakoo app: http://news.latakoo.com/2013/06/06/latakoos-video-stitching-simplifies-transfer-from-video-capture-c... This is a major improvement for professional videographers.
<a href="https://twitter.com/hunterwalk/status/342771197135708160">@hunterwalk</a> It kind of sounds like the founders are a bunch of people we all know already in Silicon Valley ...
This is completely unsurprising, but again: disgusting nonetheless. And it's far, far from patriotism. Again: own your own data. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/06/us-tech-giants-nsa-data #prism
NSA surveillance partners include Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, AOL, Skype, Apple. Own your own data. http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/us-intelligence-mining-data-from-nine-us-internet-compa... #prism
When I have a terrible experience with a company, I sure do love being retained in their sales pipeline so they can try and pitch me again.
Turning 'otherness' into an asset. This, exactly: http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130605193235-4739-turning-otherness-into-an-asset
"If Verizon is not the only carrier, I suspect we’ll be finding out in the near future." Why would they be alone? http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/05/report-nsa-secretly-collecting-phone-records-of-all-verizon-calls/
#iambradleymanning: some really pertinent questions asked. http://iam.bradleymanning.org/ This trial deserved / deserves more media attention.
So <a href="http://twitter.com/googlechrome">@googlechrome</a> seems to jump the cursor around in input fields when saving to localStorage. Wondering how to get around that.
I come from a culture of skepticism, in the best possible way. I was brought up to, and later sought out friends and acquaintances who would also, question and test the things around me. Leaders? Question them. Institutions? Question them. Traditions? Question them. And then, from what you've learned and been able to intuit, form your own belief system over time.
Part of that is understanding that you might be wrong, and being able to change your mind. I think having a willingness to change your mind is a strength, like skyscrapers built to bend in the wind, or trees that twist and adapt to their environments as they grow. Rigid ideas tend to break.
Another part is not believing something because you're told to. I always find it a bit alienating when people don't, for example, like me criticizing the President (or the Prime Minister), as if it's somehow wrong or disrespectful to point out his shortcomings. I tend to disagree: I think that's what democracy requires us to do. My opinions don't put me in a pigeonhole box, and I don't think, really, anyone's do. We're all demographics of one.
I don't like ideological (or theological) tribes. I don't think they're useful for their participants, although I think they're very useful for people who are in positions of power within them. We can agree on things and disagree on other things, and we're all part of a larger tribe. If the Internet has shown us anything, it's that we are all connected, we are all different and we all the same - and all of us contribute to a much larger whole. We should celebrate diversity in ideas, goals, opinions, knowledge and skills, just as much as we should celebrate diversity in our physical traits, personalities, sexualities and backgrounds. Values are ideas; rigid values are fragile ones. They're narrow gene pools. I think we should question ourselves, and each other, often.
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This shouldn't surprise you, but the NSA is requiring cellphone providers to send them details of all calls, daily: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/06/nsa-phone-records-verizon-court-order
Your iPhone and iPad are limited on all US networks except for T Mobile: http://www.itweakios.com/apps/blog/entries/show/27518711
Your iPhone and iPad are limited on all US networks except for T-mobile. http://www.itweakios.com/apps/blog/entries/show/27518711-the-ugly-truth-your-iphone-and-ipad-are-lim...
Your iPhone and iPad are limited on all US cellphone networks except for T-Mobile. http://www.itweakios.com/apps/blog/entries/show/27518711-the-ugly-truth-your-iphone-and-ipad-are-lim...
<a href="https://twitter.com/evanwolf/status/342417225224962048">@evanwolf</a> SPARE HIM HIS LIFE FROM THIS MONSTROSITY
Ever have those moments where you reference Bohemian Rhapsody and then it's stuck in your head and you have to listen to it right away?
<a href="https://twitter.com/andyy/status/342323325231587329">@andyy</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/stripe">@stripe</a> That's going to be an absolutely killer feature. Thanks for the clarification!
<a href="https://twitter.com/stripe/status/342309789352734721">@stripe</a> Are these genuine bank transfers (not automated checks)? If so, this is instantly more useful than 99% of US banking products.
Google has stayed CalDAV's execution in their apps, and has introduced CardDAV support: http://googledevelopers.blogspot.com/2013/06/making-googles-caldav-and-carddav-apis.html
Understanding pump.io: http://slid.es/evanp/understanding-pumpio Convinced this is <a href="https://e14n.com/evan/note/XAkJtSFCQCWgLtxHMvhcCQ">an important idea</a>, and an important project - and <a href="http://pump.io">the software kicks ass</a>.
<a href="https://youngrewiredstate.org/">Young Rewired State</a> has enough funding for a thousand kids this year. If you're in the UK, spread the word: http://mulqueeny.wordpress.com/2013/06/04/calling-all-bedroom-programmers/
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