Archive for the ‘Trends’ Category

  Feb 9 2009  

The Ghost in the Machine: Part 3

Part 3 in the continuing series of collaborative conversation involving observations about the Internet, humanity, and influencing factors. Is this segment, we explore the potential that the Internet has given to humanity, and how this potential relates to our ideas of individuality, as well as societal and cultural change.

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  Feb 6 2009  

The Ghost in the Machine: Part 2

A continuation of an ongoing collaborative conversation involving observations about the Internet, humanity, and influencing factors. Is this segment, Steve Moore treats us to some mathematical wizardry.

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  Feb 6 2009  

The Ghost in the Machine: Dialogue on the Influence of the Internet

Part 1 of an ongoing collaborative conversation involving observations about the Internet, humanity, and influencing factors. Involving everything from history to science, math, and philosophy.

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  Jan 20 2009  

Why I’ll Never Take PETA Seriously

PETA has gone off the deep in (no, seriously this time). Their latest escapade is so…out there…that I felt that it would be cathartic for me to write down some examples of their utter lack of sensibility about their chosen crusade and their approach to “educating” people about it.

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  Jan 13 2009  

A Nurturing Spirit

Home gardening can be a rewarding (and relaxing) endeavor. This article relates my own experiences with growing succulents and other plants indoors. I also include a few tips for saving money along the way, while still creating some nice in-home decorations.

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  Jan 6 2009  

On Being Vegetarian

Being vegetarian can get raised eyebrows sometimes. I thought I’d share a little about why I’ve made such a dietary and lifestyle change, what some of the burdens and blessings from it have been, and give out some of the favorite recipes I’ve stumbled across.

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  Jan 2 2009  

Online Book Collections & Libraries: LibraryThing, Shelfari & Goodreads

In this article we take a journey of discovery with 3 online book catalog services: LibraryThing, Shelfari, and Goodreads. Find out the good, the bad, and the poorly formatted and which service is is the most user-friendly.

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  Dec 15 2008  

Taking The Time To Turn Out Tweets Using Twitter

Update: for an alternate viewpoint, and one that I agree with wholeheartedly, read Twitter is going to die, by Eric Karjaluoto.
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a bit of an oddity when it comes to my profession.  Web designers tend to be trendy to a fault, early-adopters, eager to use the latest UI [...]

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  Nov 24 2008  

Why I Love NPR

Going to school at Missouri State University, I always ended up riding the shuttles since a lot of my classes were downtown in the design building; this is a good 10 minute drive from the main campus.  During my travels on the Bearline, the drivers would inevitable have NPR going over the intercom system.  I [...]

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  Nov 17 2008  

On Disappointment & Pandora (pt. 2)

I wrote a post the other day detailing my adventures with and subsequent complaints of Pandora’s feed/widget creation.  However, at the end of it all, I was victorious and the proud new owner of a customized widget showing my bookmarked songs and their album covers…or so I thought.
The nasty surprise
Naturally after working with something like [...]

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