On our way to dinner Friday, my Dad and I were wondering what is the exact difference between a router and a switch. Sounds like something basic most anybody with a home network should know, but at best all we could do was guess/BS our way through the answer. Wikipedia to the rescue. Router A […]
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I don’t know why I’d expect a summary of survey results to actually have something intereesting in it, but I guess that’s a bi-product of something that reads as if it was written by committee. Latino immigrants who have been in the U.S. for decades and those who arrived as children are less connected than
Here’s an article Jason is sure to enjoy, Digg’s failing democracy. I agree mostly, Digg was novel at first, but now for every potentially interesting story on any page, there are 10 others that are a waste of time. Here’s a telling fact: slashdot is still in my feed reader, while digg’s feed was removed
Philippe Legrain, who despite his first name is apparently British not French, is an economist/journalist who offers a perspective on immigration that you don’t hear lately. The case against immigration in the US is based on fear, and racisim/xenophobia, covered in a veneer of economic half-truths. Legrain spent six months researching immigration policies, and his
For so many of us, soccer can take on a quasi-religious aspect in our lives. Many times, just in the way we talk about the game, or how we came to be a fan of the game. A dead easy way to start a conversation with a soccer fan is to ask him when they
The video below is a great attempt at explaining it in layman friendly terms, but I doubt that most people, especially the majority of those whose job touches the web in one form or another, will really grok it. I blame Word Processors, which taught a generation of folks that content and formatting are basically
Shockingly, Web Designers should know how to design for the web, not just for Photoshop. Its a point that was driven home during my recent trip to California for Forum One’s (my employer) Online Community Summit. While I may not have done a comprehensive survey, I visited another web company there, and also met a
Whoa, its been more than two weeks since I posted, which is just a minor indicator that I’ve been both busy and slightly unmotivated to write. Right now, I’m up in Sonoma, CA for Forum One’s Online Community Summit. Its been an fun trip, and the conference sessions have brought out some very interesting ideas.
One of the larger employers in the Dulles Area, is moving its headquarters from Virginia to New York City. It’ll still have "significant operations" in Dulles, presumably their data centers. according to the Post, most of the 4,000 people employed here will remain in Northern Virginia. Locally, the move is not expected to make an
Information week links to a report from the Computer and Communications Industry Association calculating that Fair Use exceptions in the US account for $4.5 trillion in annual revenue. They also calculate that the fair use economy is greater than the copyright economy. Given the source of the study, its hard to believe it at face