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Re: Hyphenation

davidpitkin — Tue, 18 Apr 2017 05:57:59 -0000

A smart friend reminded me that one reason this might feel awkward digitally is there does not also appear to be any justification on the lines in addition to the hyphenation. Two spaces or one after a period type of debate maybe? Also without a fixed column width it becomes dynamic punctuation, which is also annoying

Re: Hyphenation

davidpitkin — Mon, 17 Apr 2017 22:57:48 -0000

Turn it off, hyphenation is a paper saving technique that is inappropriate digitally and adds cognitive load. The group that say "I don't care" just don't notice. The group that say "keep it" are printing out your blog and want save a few pennies when they print it.

Re: WiFi wars are over, Portal emerges the undisputed winner

davidpitkin — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 22:48:29 -0000

So you would totally avoid the current mesh network segment of consumer wifi for this in most cases? Products like Eero and Luma as examples.

Re: Thanks for Choosing to #OptOutside With Us

davidpitkin — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 18:59:44 -0000

How does an organization get added to the list above and to have events listed in the database?

Our events are listed here: http://www.gctrust.org/arch...

Re: Locked Down Endpoints

davidpitkin — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 23:45:27 -0000

Hi Fred, if you're looking for an Ubuntu phone email me at david.pitkin at canonical dot com. Anyone can flash a Nexus 4 with our daily images and we are also running a Indiegogo campaign to build it ourselves, 8 million raised so far so it looks like there is a healthy demand for open endpoints. http://www.indiegogo.com/pr...

Re: http://www.nashobapublishing.com/ci_22071288/groton-panel-strategizes-over-fitchs-bridge-proposal?source=rss_viewed

davidpitkin — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 14:48:34 -0000

Thanks for the great article, Special Town Meeting is scheduled for Saturday January 26th at 9 A.M. where we expect to have the replacement on the warrant.

Re: Lucy Phone

davidpitkin — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 22:48:24 -0000

If you really want to end waiting on hold try out talkto.com. TalkTo allows you to from a browser or a mobile phone to text any business just like they were one of your close friends. Want to order food or make a reservation, check availability or price of a product or ask just about anything, no waiting on hold just pick a business, type your question and the response pops right up.

Re: RSA Animate – The Divided Brain

davidpitkin — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:29:33 -0000

Has anyone seen a reference between McGilchrist's talk about brain hemispheres and the concepts set forth in Kahneman book Thinking, Fast and Slow? I am guessing that some connections between the right brain and System 2 could be drawn but it would be an interesting conversation to continue.

Re: Why I bought an iPad

davidpitkin — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:49:46 -0000

Personally, I also think Google Reader is another killer usecase, that's the one that pushes me close to the buy button. I am content to wait a few months to see where the price/features go after that iPhone introduction it seems prudent. Interesting interview with Daniel Franklin about the return to long format reading with these new devices as well, too bad I could not watch that on my new iPad, or listen to Hype Machine... and bang I am back in the not buying mood again.
http://paidcontent.co.uk/ar...

Re: There are tech companies and then there are tech companies

davidpitkin — Sat, 16 May 2009 17:37:34 -0000

A quick way to calculate these ratios is now with WA, which is pretty amazingwhen it is up, the coolest thing is you get a historical chart from of this ratio for 20 years.
http://www.wolframalpha.com...

A tough thing is comparing companies that are 70 years old to ones that are 10 with legacy costs and pensions and years of customer obligations, or is that irrelevant?

Re: Me: 'What about the 400m Ovi compatible handsets by Dec 2010?' iPhone Dev Rockstar: 'Uhhh?'

davidpitkin — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:54:42 -0000

I think Nokia has a problem in the fact that a fair percentage of their Symbian numbers they count are not aware they have a smartphone, they just have a expensive Nokia. You can't extrapolate iPhone users across the mobile digital divide, ignore the digital music monopoly that Apple brought or the Television ad's that they are playing.

http://www.experientia.com/...

Re: The cloud is gritty and awesome inside

davidpitkin — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:39:40 -0000

a fundamental difference between the two types of datacenters you mention is that Google built infrastructure that was designed and engineered to break often and the others try to keep hardware up all the time. Makes them apples and oranges!

"Our view is it's better to have twice as much hardware that's not as reliable than half as much that's more reliable," Dean said. "You have to provide reliability on a software level. If you're running 10,000 machines, something is going to die every day."
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1...

Re: Laptop hunting - RussellBeattie.com

davidpitkin — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:54:28 -0000

hp2133guide.com is a good info source for general stuff, and for Ubuntu https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lap...

Re: Laptop hunting - RussellBeattie.com

davidpitkin — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:31:38 -0000

The cool laptop I just got is the HP 2133, the keyboard is to die for and the price is just right.