Notes from Larry Page's Talk
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Notes from Mike Pohjola's talk
Notes from Mike Pohjola's talk
07/24/2004 09:37 AM"If Clint Eastwood played Aragorn, that would be the ultimate in
fantasy coolness."
"My role playing game is challenging. It does not have an
index."
"My next game might be a bit like Sopranos meets West Wing."
"Finns are no longer afraid of confessing to being role players -
people even put them in their CV's. It's become acceptable, even a
positive thing in art and culture circles. It's considered as a
performance art."
"The threshold for publishing role playing games is lower than
novels in Finland."
"My game helps teenage boys. You no longer have to explain dice
rolls to girls when they ask 'what is role playing?'"
Google is Harder Than it Looks ETCON
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Google is Harder Than it Looks ETCON
talk notes
02/11/2004 06:56 PMHere're my running notes from Nelson Minar's
Go
ogle is Harder Than it Looks talk at the
O'Reilly Emerging
Technology Conference in San Diego.
Query comes into custom httpd, Google Web Server ("gwis")
Sent in parallel to several places:
* Index server, "every page with the word 'apple' in it -- a cluster
that manages "shards" or "partitions" (everything starting with the
letter "a") and then load-balancing replications for each. Have to
calculate intersections for multiple-term queries
* Doc server, copies of webpages -- whence page-snippets are served
in results. Sharded and replicated for scaleability and redundancy
* Misc servers: QuickLinks, spell-checkers, Ad server (first two are
small servers, ad server is humongous)
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Emotional Design: The Principles ETCON
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Emotional Design: The Principles ETCON
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02/12/2004 12:43 PMHere're my running notes from Donald A. Norman's
Em
otional Design: The Principles talk at the
O'Reilly Emerging
Technology Conference in San Diego.
I no longer tell you why everything is crappy -- now I'm the guy
who tells you how nice and pretty things can be.
The orange juicer on the cover of my new book, Emotional Design,
evokes strong emotion.
I'm here to talk about consumer products, not computers.
Getting the tech right is only part of the problem: the big part
is the hearts and minds, so your customers enjoy it.
There's something about physical design that really turns people
on. The tech has to be flaawlessly, but no one cares about it --
it's just infrastructure.
See the Mini Cooper -- the NYT said, "It has many flaws, but boy
is it fun."
I used to buy stuff that I knew was b0rked, but I wanted to own
them anyway.
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Life Hacks: Tech Secrets of Overprolific
Alpha Geeks ETCON talk notes
Life Hacks: Tech Secrets of Overprolific
Alpha Geeks ETCON talk notes
02/11/2004 03:01 PMHere're my running notes from
Li
fe Hacks: Tech Secrets of Overprolific Alpha Geeks at the
O'Reilly Emerging
Technology Conference in San Diego.
It's the 10-second rule: if you can't file something in 10
seconds, you won't do it. Todo.txt involves cut-and-paste, the
simplest interface we can imagine.
It's also the simplest way to find intercomation. EMACS, Moz and
Panther have incremental search: when you type a "t" it goes to
the first mention of "t", add "to" and you jump to the first
instance of "to", etc.
This is being added to Longhorn (Unix geeks, we've had this since
Jan 1 1900, and it will go away in 2038).
Power-users don't trust complicated apps. Every time power-geeks
has had a crash, s/he moves away from it. You can't trust
software unless you've written it -- and then you're just more
forgiiving.
Text files are portable (except for CRLF issues) between mac and
win and *nix.
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"COMMERCE CLAUSE NEWS: I haven't read
the opinion yet, but Larry Solum reports
that the Ninth Circuit has held that the
federal government can't ban homemade
machine guns under the Commerce Clause,
since they're not in interstate
commerce. He notes that..."
"COMMERCE CLAUSE NEWS: I haven't read
the opinion yet, but Larry Solum reports
that the Ninth Circuit has held that the
federal government can't ban homemade
machine guns under the Commerce Clause,
since they're not in interstate
commerce. He notes that..."
11/14/2003 04:05 PMRevenge of the User: Lessons from
Creator/User Battles ETCON talk notes
Revenge of the User: Lessons from
Creator/User Battles ETCON talk notes
02/11/2004 04:31 PMHere're my running notes from danah boyd's
Re
venge of the User: Lessons from Creator/User Battles at the
O'Reilly Emerging
Technology Conference in San Diego.
The response is an attempt to "configure the users" -- constrain
behavior to acceptable behavior with messaaging, kicking people
off, etc.
This won't work: you can't tell a hacker not to hack. These kids
are social hackers. You can stop some bad behavior, but you chase
off your best users, too.
Dating doesn't happen because you're in a dating context. Dating
arises out of real contexts.
Taking away fakesters didn't make Frienster more real. Friendster
is unreal because people never remove their friends, even if they
never see them (the exception is when you break up, ironic,
because ex-lovers are strong ties!).
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Lets Talk Computers: Chris Repetto from
Intuit and Luke Chung from FMS featured
on this week's Let's Talk Comp
Lets Talk Computers: Chris Repetto from
Intuit and Luke Chung from FMS featured
on this week's Let's Talk Comp
08/28/2004 02:46 PMInvestors Business Daily Aug 28 2004 6:33PM GMT
Modern Day “Dr. Doolittle”, Joy Turner,
Debuts on Internet Talk Radio Network
VoiceAmerica Radio with Show Talk With
Your Animals
Modern Day “Dr. Doolittle”, Joy Turner,
Debuts on Internet Talk Radio Network
VoiceAmerica Radio with Show Talk With
Your Animals
01/04/2005 04:14 AMThe new radio show dedicated to helping people learn how to
communicate effectively with their animals, airs at a new time
starting on January 7, 2005 on VoiceAmerica. [PRWEB Jan 4, 2005]
Larry Who-vis?
Larry Who-vis?
09/23/2004 01:33 PM
Marisleysis<
/a> will do your nails, Joey's back
in prison while
Amy sells crafts,
and
Gennifer is
in Boobs! The Musical!
"Larry Sabato"
"Larry Sabato"
07/06/2004 08:07 PMIndian Larry
Indian Larry
08/31/2004 11:49 AMIndian Larry Productions
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Larry Magid: PC Answer
Larry Magid: PC Answer
08/02/2004 01:44 PMCBS News Aug 2 2004 4:56PM GMT
Larry takes the stand
Larry takes the stand
07/03/2004 12:37 AMUsatoday.com - Thu Jul 1, 08:32 am GMT
Larry Ellison Testifies
Larry Ellison Testifies
06/30/2004 09:19 PMI've been in federal court this afternoon to hear Oracle's La
rry Ellison testify in the important antitrust case in
which the government is trying to block Oracle's buyout of PeopleSoft.
Ellison was, as you'd expect, a cool customer of a witness. But his
appearance may have been something of an anticlimax, given that the
issues of this case have been pretty well thrashed out by previous
witnesses.
Still, it was fascinating to watch. More later.
Has Larry Ellison Gone Crazy?
Has Larry Ellison Gone Crazy?
07/15/2004 01:34 PMWith the PeopleSoft proposal unresolved, the Oracle chief preaches
more acquisitions.
Hey, Larry--Is PeopleSoft worth all
this?
Hey, Larry--Is PeopleSoft worth all
this?
07/16/2004 01:57 PMZDNet Jul 16 2004 6:34PM GMT
Larry Wins, Finally
Larry Wins, Finally
12/17/2004 06:43 PMPeopleSoft gives in, accepts
Oracle's $10.3B bid: I knew Larry would get what he wanted eventually.
Ending 18 months of bad blood, Oracle is snapping up
bitter rival PeopleSoft for $10.3 billion to create the world's second
largest maker of business applications software.
I wonder how long it will take before "Oracle" starts making you
think "applications" before you think "database server."
Larry Sanger on Wikipedia and World
Larry Sanger on Wikipedia and World
12/24/2004 12:35 PMLarry Wall's State of the Onion 8
Larry Wall's State of the Onion 8
08/21/2004 09:19 AMLarry Ellison's Victory Dance
Larry Ellison's Victory Dance
12/30/2004 04:29 PMOracle takes control as PeopleSoft founder Dave Duffield resigns.
Larry Ellison's shopping list
Larry Ellison's shopping list
06/22/2004 04:31 AMSiebel, BEA, and the Soviet Air Force
Good movie for Larry Summers
Good movie for Larry Summers
03/17/2005 03:24 AMSix of us T'd down to the New England Aquarium's IMAX theater (not
the distorted curved Omnimax of the Science Museum) last night and
watched Aliens of the Deep (3D), in which James Cameron, director of
the movie Titanic, goes 3000' to 10,000' down into the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans to film the unusual forms of life living next to
thermal vents. Precious few details are offered about the
animals in question. Much time is spent on computer-generated
speculation about a mission to the oceans of Jupiter's moon Europa,
which has a 16-mile covering of ice and below that, some intelligent
big-eyed snails who've built themselves an underwater brightly lit
Indian casino.
Larry Summers should see this movie because nearly all of the
scientists shown are women. In fact they are nearly all young
buff women of color (or with Hispanic surnames anyway). Maybe
this is why we are able to hire scientists for $35,000/year.
Sadly for Science, it seems that in a world where all scientists are
women no math is done and you never learn anything about the
phenomenon studied except "this is really cool" or "this is really
beautiful".
We were all disappointed that Celine Dion was not featured on the
soundtrack.
"Larry Solum just posted his thoughts "
"Larry Solum just posted his thoughts "
01/18/2004 09:15 AMLarry Lessig to speak in Finland
Larry Lessig to speak in Finland
05/21/2004 06:54 AM(Via
Jyri). Toimitus
suosittelee, ja kiroilee kun ei itse pääse paikalle.
KUTSU
Avoin luento ja keskustelutilaisuus
Professor Lawrence Lessig Helsingissä
"The Future of Copyright, Culture and Creativity"
Maanantaina 24.5. klo 17.30
Kulttuuritehdas Korjaamo, Töölönkatu 51 b
Tervetuloa avoimeen keskustelutilaisuuteen Professori Lawrence Lessigin kanssa
Helsingissä maantantaina 24.5. klo 17.30 Korjaamolla, Töölönkatu
51b. Professori Lessig on yksi maailman tunnetuimpia ajattelijoita,
kirjoittajia ja luennoitsijoita digitaalisen kulttuurin, median ja
tekijänoikeuksien kehityksestä. Nyt suomalaisella yleisöllä on
ainutlaatuinen mahdollisuus kuulla ja haastaa kansainvälistä
vaikuttajaa. Teemana on "The Future of Copyright, Culture and
Creativity."
Tilaisuuden järjestää Aula. Aula on avoin verkosto, joka tukee
ajatusten vaihtoa poikki rajojen.
Tätä kutsua voi lähettää sähköisesti eteenpäin kaikille
kiinnostuneille.
* * *
INVITATION
You are invited to an open discussion with Professor Lawrence Lessig on Monday
24.5. at 17.30 at Korjaamo, Töölönkatu 51 b in Helsinki.
Professor Lessig will speak on "The Future of Copyright, Culture
and Creativity" followed by a discussion with the audience. The
event will be held in English and is free and open to the public.
The event is organized by Aula. Aula is an open network that
promotes the exchange of ideas across boundaries.
Please forward this invitation to anyone you feel would be interested
in attending.
About the speaker
Lawrence Lessig (http://www.lessig.org/) is a
Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and founder of the school's
Center for Internet and Society. Prior to joining the Stanford
faculty, he was the Berkman Professor of Law at Harvard Law School.
Lessig was also a fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, and a
Professor at the University of Chicago Law School. He clerked for
Judge Richard Posner on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals and Justice
Antonin Scalia on the United States Supreme Court.
More recently, Professor Lessig represented web site operator Eric
Eldred in the ground-breaking case Eldred v. Ashcroft, a challenge to
the 1998 Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act. Lessig was named one
of Scientific American's Top 50 Visionaries, for arguing "against
interpretations of copyright that could stifle innovation and
discourse online."
Lessig teaches and writes in the areas of constitutional law, law and
high technology, Internet regulation, comparative constitutional law,
and the law of cyberspace. His book, Code, and Other Laws of
Cyberspace, was published by Basic Books, and The Future of Ideas: The
Fate of the Commons in a Connected World, is available from Random
House. His most recent book, Free Culture: How Big Media Uses
Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity, is
now available online at http://www.free-culture.cc and
from Penguin Press.
Professor Lessig chairs the Creative Commons project (http://creativecommons.org/faq). Professor Lessig is a board member of the Electronic Frontier
Foundation, a board member of the Center for the Public Domain, and a
Commission Member of the Penn National Commission on Society, Culture
and Community at the University of Pennsylvania. Professor Lessig
earned a BA in economics and a BS in management from the University of
Pennsylvania, an MA in philosophy from Cambridge, and a JD from
Yale.
Larry Page: Google Was an Accident
Larry Page: Google Was an Accident
02/17/2003 12:15 PMDarklordJonnyDigital writes "Ars Technica is reporting that Google
founder Larry Page has admitted that the Google project wasn't
originally intended to be a ...
Larry Lessig se una a la Junta directiva
de la FSF
Larry Lessig se una a la Junta directiva
de la FSF
04/15/2004 02:31 PMLarry Clark: Punk Picasso
Larry Clark: Punk Picasso
03/31/2005 09:34 AM
The
Cheerful Transgressive Ever since 1971, when
Larry Clark published
Tulsa, an austere series
chronicling his meth-shooting pals in sixties Oklahoma, Clark has made
it his mission to document teenagers at their most deviant, their most
vulnerable,
their most
sexually unhinged (possibly NSFW). And now “
Larry Clark” the first American retrospective of
Clark’s work, currently on display
at the
International Center of Photography, demonstrates the richness
with which he’s mined
this
single subject (NSFW). More inside.
Leisure Suit Larry for the mobile
generation
Leisure Suit Larry for the mobile
generation
07/22/2004 09:39 AMNews0r Jul 22 2004 1:40PM GMT
Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex by Larry
Niven
Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex by Larry
Niven
11/15/2003 03:18 AMWhy can't he get a girl? .. Funny AND informative .. Superman could
breed .. blow his superwad .. Further Evidence .. Kleenex .. website
.. online .. qui
rawbw.com/~svw/superman.html
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Larry Lindsey's ballpark figure
revisited
Larry Lindsey's ballpark figure
revisited
06/02/2004 11:53 AMSoftwar : An Intimate Portrait of Larry
Ellison
Softwar : An Intimate Portrait of Larry
Ellison
11/17/2003 12:46 PMThe Larry and Linus Show: personalities
vs principles?
The Larry and Linus Show: personalities
vs principles?
04/13/2005 05:39 AMLetters Kernel row rumbles on
Interview with Larry Wall, author of
Perl
Interview with Larry Wall, author of
Perl
09/08/2002 11:50 AMI confess, I have a soft spot in my heart for inside-out languages
like PHP. The first real compiler I ever wrote was for a sort of
text-processing macro language in which the commands were embedded in
the data. This is part of a more general class of programming
languages in which a peculiar form of processing is assumed by
default, such as the pattern/action syntax of awk that assumes an
invisible outer loop. -- Larry Wall
"zeldman.zr"
Larry Summers, women, and jobs in math
and science
Larry Summers, women, and jobs in math
and science
02/01/2005 09:38 PMTo judge from the latest nytimes.com it seems that Larry Summers,
the president of Harvard, is still getting beaten up for saying that
women might not be genetically adapted as well as men for careers in
math and science. None of the news articles go into the question
of whether these are good enough careers that anyone should care about
the racial or sexual composition of people in them. More than
half of medical students are women. Every graduating MD will get
a job and the average salaries in the career range from $150,000 to
$300,000+ depending on specialty. A new math or science PhD will
compete with 700 other applicants for one job, usually paying less
than $50,000 per year. Most of them could have made far more
money and had far more job security if they'd gotten a bachelor's in
education at the state teacher's college and, at age 22, taken a job
as a schoolteacher in a public school.
A lot more men than women choose to do seemingly irrational things
such as become petty criminals, fly homebuilt helicopters, play video
games, and keep tropical fish as pets (98 percent of the attendees at
the American Cichlid Association convention that I last attended were
male). Should we be surprised that it is mostly men who spend 10
years banging their heads against an equation-filled blackboard in
hopes of landing a $35,000/year post-doc job?
Larry Chase Adds Google Tool Category
Larry Chase Adds Google Tool Category
07/14/2004 08:06 AMLarry Chase's "Search Engine for Marketers" site has added a category
for Google tips and tools. Tools listed here (there are 13 at the
moment) include AdSense charts, Froogle tools,...
Xeni on NPR: Larry Flynt and Online Porn
Crackdown
Xeni on NPR: Larry Flynt and Online Porn
Crackdown
04/14/2004 11:47 AM
Today on the NPR program "
Day to Day," I report on
the debate over government regulation of online pornography and how
veterans of such debates -- like publisher and Hustler magazine
founder Larry Flynt -- plan to weather the storm.
Link for today's show, scroll down for archived online audio
of "Online Porn Crackdown" after 12PM PT today.
Sergey/Larry Make Top 20 Most
Influential Media Personalities in UK
Sergey/Larry Make Top 20 Most
Influential Media Personalities in UK
07/13/2004 06:38 PM"Google co-founders Page and Brin have been jointly ranked 20th in
this list--an authoritative guide to the most powerful players in
Britain's media industry that is published each year by The Guardian
newspaper. Gates didn't even make the list..."
Foreign Affairs - What Went Wrong in
Iraq - Larry Diamond
Foreign Affairs - What Went Wrong in
Iraq - Larry Diamond
08/21/2004 08:17 PMconsequences of early U.S. blunders in the occupation of Iraq ..
comprehensively
explains
foreignaffairs.org/20040901faessay83505/larry-diamond/what-
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Steve Jobs Is Overpaid While Larry
Ellison Is Underpaid
Steve Jobs Is Overpaid While Larry
Ellison Is Underpaid
06/18/2004 07:02 PMNothing seems to get people riled up in the tech world like executive
compensation arguments. Everyone likes to argue over who's overpaid
and who's underpaid. Luckily, we no longer need to argue over it
(yes, I know you will anyway) because the San Francisco Business Times
has put their crack research team to the task, where they discovered:
celebrity CEOs Terry Semel and Larry Ellison were
underpaid, while Steve Jobs was overpaid. The article doesn't
mention it, but Steve Jobs salary was only $1 last year, which may
make you wonder why he's considered "overpaid". It turns out that
Apple
granted him nearly $76
million in stock, which sort of offsets the low basic salary (not
to mention his $52 salary from Pixar and his free use of the corporate
jet). Ellison, on the other hand, earned just $59,165 in salary.
Lucky for him, the $40.5 million he took home from cashing in stock
options didn't count in this game, since it wasn't part of his 2003
compensation from the company, but a personal decision to sell
holdings. Meanwhile, the worst on the list was Michael Cannon, CEO of
Solectron, who brought home $18 million while his company lost $3.5
million. Isn't that the point at which the CFO or the board should
have gone up to him and said: "Um... you think you could do without a
few million so the company is actually profitable under your watch?"
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