Aaron White

2009

December

November 12

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July 15

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March 11

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January 21

2008

December 17

November 18

October 10

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August 35

July 17

June 19

May 21

April 38

March 41

February 17

January 41

2007

December 33

November 11

October 1

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January

Clay Shirky on Cognitive Surplus, via John Eckman & Anand Thakker

“The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of...”
— John Milton

livejamie: This is very funny video from the 50s that illustrates the influence that a group...

via Amanda Gravel

Follow back, y'all

Follow-spam: when someone follows you on a social network, without regard for the value of your...

“Do you remember in elementary school, when growing up meant...”
— Colin Snyder

Spoiler alert: Benjamin Linus is the Final Cylon

(via livejamie) I’m likely never going to conquer...

Ideas

nrbd: I always have ideas. About everything. I’m constantly - literally - either coming up with...

Eff Ough.

The letter combination “ough” has nine different possible pronunciations. This sentence contains...

The Adventures of Autocamp 2000

FriendFeed & Socialthing: I don't get it

I’m a user (as in registered, not active) of both FriendFeed and Socialthing, and I’m...

Dana-Farber won't see my money again.

I have respect for their causes, and they do a great service, but I won’t be sending them any...

How much emotion do you put on the web?

I’ve been doing some thinking about my personal interactions, both online and off. I’m...

Coders are destroying search!

Don’t google Python if you’re looking for snakes. Wanna know what bears do in the...

“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true...”
— Laozi

Tumblr Community FTW

Earlier today I posted Free Idea #3, which was about two things: first, that it’d be great if...

Google App Engine ported to Amazon's EC2

Free Idea #3

Tumblr is at odds with itself: it encourages site customization, but the dashboard encourages a...

Truncate your RSS? Fine, I won't read...

Truncating your blog’s content in your RSS feed is dumb & aggravating. I appreciate that...

twitter chat

aaronwhite: Blockbuster trying to buy Circuit City? Why?
jimmurphy: To get the hell out of the video rental biz, I guess.
aaronwhite: two losers make a winner?
jimmurphy: Yahoo, MS and AOL seem to think so.

Zombie + Robots is like Peanut Butter & Jelly. Thanks to Larrison Gomez for his unique view of...

I just left fingerprints in Tom Brady's...

My day got off to a good start: 75 degree weather in Boston, and met a few more interesting...

“As open source takes hold — in the form of software,...”
— Om Malik (via artistspaid)...

Thanks to all!

Today, I turned three-to-the-third! (27) Thanks to all my friends, family & well wishers!...

Google App Engine: Exciting & Slimy?

I’m excited by the Google App Engine. Creative developers should ultimately be able to focus...

Flrtng

thakker: flrtng. v (present participle). Flirting via any one of the many “Web 2.0” online...

Ten Thousand Cents

reCAPTCHA: Stop Spam, Read Books

Taggers + coders = ?

Last week I attended an event called “Drinking & Drawing”. I contributed 16 frames...

My brother’s band, The Informant, just released this track. Check it out. If you are serious...

“I finally learned the difference between a model and a...”
— Nathan W Burke & his...

Social Media Investments (no, not...

Pamela Seiple (aka pamelump) makes some great points about the value of using Twitter. In my...

thakker: Did you ever wonder what the Pythagorean Theorem really means? This animation was really...

Anybody else excited for tomorrow?

I call this “My Favorite Dream”, it’s a great little animation I put together with...

PSA: Opportunity only works when you're...

When opportunity knocks, it’s usually a quiet tap. The onus is on you to open the door, and...

marco (via tylerriewer)

via www.worldofwarcraft.com New “bard class” in...