Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 11:49PM We are in this generational grey area when it comes to privacy. To the generation before us, privacy was a tangible thing with very defined *physical* boundaries. Your house, for example, is a physical boundary for your privacy. What you audibly tell a neighbor or a grocery store employee is equally tangible and controllable.
We don't live in that world anymore.
Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 10:31AM 6 months is a long time. NoMoWaDa started almost exactly 1 year ago and I abandoned it about 6 months ago. I learned that I don't like to write, especially on a deadline. Well, my Squarespace account expired earlier this month and today I decided to renew it. After renewing, I found myself doing a lot of maintenance (damn spammers!) and re-reading some of my articles... I have to say, after taking some time away, I'm actually kind of impressed with what I accomplished over the 6-or-so months. There's a lot of content and, although I have a very defined writing style that isn't technically good, it has been entertaining to read.
So, with that, I think I might write some more. Not every day and definitely without any deadline pressure... but every now and then, I just feel I have something to say.
No More Wasted Days
Friday, August 12, 2011 at 10:42PM Things I finished this week:
Ongoing:
Things I' started this week:
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 9:27PM I'm really copping out here, but I'm stretching my patience with the Internet tonight.
I really like this, and if there was anyone who wanted to become part cyborg, it's this guy!
Temporary tattoos fitted with electronics make flexible, ultrathin sensors
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 9:19PM I was going to post my Chinese lesson of the week, but this was too cool to pass up. I am a fan of Freakonomics by the Stevens (Dubner and Levitt). I found it fascinating to see sociology through the eyes of economists. I'm proud to say that Portland has doubled down on this concept.
The program is called System Dynamics for Smarter Cities and it allows city planners to take seemingly uncorrelated urban phenomena and help build models that guide their plans.
