Being Geek
Michael “Rands in Repose” Lopp wrote another book, this one full of career advice for software developers. His first book, Managing Humans, was excellent, I have no doubt this one will be as well.
The New York Times is going to license the engine to its iPad app
The New York Times is going to license the engine to its iPad app
Smart move. While it’s probably a small revenue stream, it lets them set the standard for newspapers on the iPad.
Michael “Rands in Repose” Lopp wrote another book, this one full of career advice for software developers. His first book, Managing Humans, was excellent, I have no doubt this one will be as well.
In early 2008, Microsoft Corp.’s product planners for the Internet Explorer 8.0 browser intended to give users a simple, effective way to avoid being tracked online. They wanted to design the software to automatically thwart common tracking tools, unless a user deliberately switched to settings affording less privacy.
That triggered heated debate inside Microsoft. As the leading maker of Web browsers, the gateway software to the Internet, Microsoft must balance conflicting interests: helping people surf the Web with its browser to keep their mouse clicks private, and helping advertisers who want to see those clicks.
In the end, the product planners lost a key part of the debate. The winners: executives who argued that giving automatic privacy to consumers would make it tougher for Microsoft to profit from selling online ads. Microsoft built its browser so that users must deliberately turn on privacy settings every time they start up the software.
In early 2008, Microsoft Corp.’s product planners for the Internet Explorer 8.0 browser intended to give users a simple, effective way to avoid being tracked online. They wanted to design the software to automatically thwart common tracking tools, unless a user deliberately switched to settings affording less privacy.
That triggered heated debate inside Microsoft. As the leading maker of Web browsers, the gateway software to the Internet, Microsoft must balance conflicting interests: helping people surf the Web with its browser to keep their mouse clicks private, and helping advertisers who want to see those clicks.
In the end, the product planners lost a key part of the debate. The winners: executives who argued that giving automatic privacy to consumers would make it tougher for Microsoft to profit from selling online ads. Microsoft built its browser so that users must deliberately turn on privacy settings every time they start up the software.
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The Wall Street Journal looks at browser privacy. Less surprising is that Google Chrome doesn’t block third party cookies by default, more surprising is that neither does Firefox. Safari is the only browser that blocks third party cookies out of the box.
The Journal put together a handy interactive that walks through how to manage cookies in every major browser.
ProPublica has a Tumblr cataloging all the fun things that politicians and public officials say
It’s predictably pretty great
Sessions is like version control for your tabs in Safari
Chairman Gruber mentioned this on The Talk Show the other day and it’s swell. Sessions will autosave your Safari tabs and windows for you and then give you the option to go to that window of time – even automatically, on startup! This is the last feature I’ve pined for from Firefox and Chrome.
JavaScript Blacklist blocks javascript from annoying places like tynt and intellitxt. It’s awesome.
Safari 5 had a bug that made JavaScript Blacklist unusable. That bug’s been fixed in 5.0.1.
At CBS, Mr. Schorr won three Emmy Awards for his coverage of the Watergate scandal and took pride in his often blunt reporting on the administration. In one instance he hurriedly began broadcasting after acquiring a copy of Nixon’s notorious “enemies list” only to discover in reading the names aloud that his was No. 17.
—I somehow missed the news that Daniel Schorr died last week. I loved his unapologetic style and insight and I’ll miss his unique take on the news.
Two recommendations for you. First, install the InstapaperIt browser extension, which will let you add any link to Instapaper with a simple right or option click.
Next, head over to Kevin Kelly’s excellent collection of best magazine articles ever and queue them all up.
May you never find yourself wanting for something interesting to read.
The Nike Boom app features “blasts of motivation” like this one from Coach K, who appears to be taking a dump. I’ll be sure to download this app precisely thirty seconds before I want to grind my iPhone into dust.
Rumors circulating the internet of a fan stabbing another attendee in the eye over coveted seats, and of a victim clad in a “Harry Potter T-shirt soaked in blood,” are inaccurate, according to authorities.
—Blood-soaked Harry Potter t-shirts notwithstanding, a dude is under arrest for assault with a deadly weapon after striking his buddy in the face with a pen at Comic-Con this year.