Noise-cancelling headphones are so magical.... noticed the deep bass in @BT's Our Dark Garden for the first time. Words can't even...
February 2013
Replying to @DougCoupland
@DougCoupland I was expecting to be scared! This is actually really reassuring (re: gmail behv when govt wants emails ow.ly/hgfdo )
"Don't look at me with that tone of voice!" #overheard
Trying out ruby. Really like it in general but I keep wanting hashes to be as straightforward as javascript objects...
Casualties of parkour... instagr.am/p/VSUTVittVI/
"Of course I get tired. I'm in training." - @thinkerpoet on expanding mental and social possibilities thinkerpoet.blogspot.ca/2013/02/how-i-…
Just added "The addition of this sentence to this Wikipedia article makes it self-referential." to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-refe…
Just found @flo_tweet's Shake It Out via @SoundHound by humming the OoOos. Had it stuck in my head but had 100% forgotten what it was. #win
Retweeted @99u
Sitting Is the Smoking of Our Generation bit.ly/VgNI4m
My first #ActBookClub summary is up! Instant Influnence shows you how to motivate people without creating resistance actionablebooks.com/summaries/inst…
Pro-Melatonin mood lighting. Made by covering an led light with two ikea shades. #hack instagr.am/p/VbG3jwtte7/
Retweeted @psobot
On the BART home, @Malcolm_McC says the word "freestyling." Random rapper jumps up and an impromptu beatbox + freestyle jam ...
I made @psobot say "That was surreal." several times in about 5 minutes. I'll call that a successful day.
@GretchenAMcC RT @BrainSciencenew: Your smartphone knows which side of the brain you're using - CNET (blog) dlvr.it/2wMGz8
Retweeted @BarackObama
RT if you're one of the 92% of Americans who support universal background checks for gun sales. #NowIsTheTime, http://t ...
@BarackObama I'm a Canadian doing an internship down here, but I'll retweet you anyway!
@cnvandev Corollary for websites: bullshit ~ yellow-highlighted text, red marker, and unclickable "Click to verify" badges.
The song made this. Cute Kittens Fly in Slow Motion to Hip Hop Dubstep buff.ly/XtaCCT
World, here we are, here we come.
I feel so facepalmy.
TIL today is international bagel day. Free bagels at Noah's New York Bagel in Berkeley, and probably elsewhere. Omnomnom.
I could totally date "Michelle" in that font. #rebrandingpossibilities google.com/webfonts#Choos…
Retweeted @MadelnCanada
#strugglesofbeingcanadian "Sorry, this video is not available in your region"
Retweeted @ilovequotebooks
When you focus on problems, you have more problems. When you focus on possibilities, you will have more opportunities.
.@tryrelay is an app to chat with GIFs, and just announced 700k in seed funding ow.ly/hEodR Check them out and download the app!
@pepsi @cocacola have you read this story? distorte.com/article/376/fo…
I told @GoogleMaps where I live and work, but it still won't give me useful results for "work to home" google.ca/maps?q=work+to…
Describing a project I'm involved with: "Developing and testing cutting-edge mindware for human-human interfacing."
I tend towards verbosity, but there's an argument against that. Why Clarence Thomas Uses Simple Words in His Opinions buff.ly/13hrGiO
An interesting take on @Apple's strategy: "Power users vs. empowered users" | buff.ly/X6b8Yj
We're just primates betting on things.
Replying to @SisunLee
@SisunLee There is a book (fictional) called Clever Lazy, about the idea that that combo leads to innovation (to make things easier)
Replying to @SisunLee
@SisunLee But there are diff kinds of lazy. A shame = not wanting to do things. Valuable = not wanting to do things machines could do better
Sunrise from the office. #StartupLife @ SoMa instagr.am/p/WCYDoIttYF/
Why isn't @uWaterloo on this list? blog.coursera.org/post/436256281…
Finally cleared my inbox. Last item to go: a plan for musicless dancing.... later put to music! #rtm #gtd
2013 is the year of natural interfaces! @LeapMotion, #GoogleGlass, and now @thalmic 's MYO! youtube.com/watch?v=oWu9TF…
Tonight I'm the only one on the bus from San Francisco to Berkeley. $4.20 cab fare? Not bad. Actually, free, since I have a pass.
Retweeted @bookneto
This is why @bookneto and @projectcheetah must come in and change everything : businessinsider.com/universities-s… #disruptclass #teach ...
@GretchenAMcC That's awesome. Worth reading the whole paper? I'm gonna share it with my CFAR people.
@GretchenAMcC Sure. I wonder if "power" is the terminal thing here? Does it have to be power-over? etc. i.e. might there be negative conseqs
@GretchenAMcC My preferred portmanteau is "mantyhose". I think his comment about it being other people's problem, not his, is potent.
8:30am; not cool. "@c_desouza: 3A Schedule is finally out! pic.twitter.com/SRpiA6Q2cX"
My code is acting quantum today. I move my logs from A where it works to B where it doesn't, and now B works and A doesn't. wtf!