If this story from Techdirt is true (and it looks compelling) then I hope lots of people are going to jail.
In other words, Jim Hood and the MPAA were out and out planning a coordinated media attack on Google using the editorial properties that supposedly claim to have editorial independence from the business side. Notice that with the WSJ piece, they flat out admit that the editorial will be based on the ideas that “we” have developed.
From Engadget:
We’ve never heard of Inscape before, but as explained in the S-1 Vizio filed today, it’s based on ACR (automatic content recognition) software licensed from a third party, and viewers can opt-out of participating in it while maintaining other connected features. That’s actually fairly common in modern TVs, and others like LG and Samsung have already rolled out features based on the tech to do things like integrate with TV shows, or display ads based on what the TV is showing.
This post by the good doctor is clever. It’s not clever because he does date formatting in JavaScript.1 It’s clever because he does it by calling a second JavaScript library (Moment.js) stored as a snippet from within another snippet.
I usually do my date formatting with Python, but he’s right about the shortcoming with Python or Shell centric snippets. They don’t work everywhere. As of today, there’s a JavaScript engine on every computer I use.
On this week’s Nerds on Draft we talk about some of our preferred project management tools and drink a delicious Mono by Stillwater. Of course there’s a lot of jargon and acronyms but we break it down to the basics so that it’s applicable to anyone. After all, pretty much everyone is a project manager for their own life.
From Recode’s 450 KB interview article:
“Global user growth looks strong as do early returns on recent monetization efforts. User growth and revenue are the oxygen for any successful company so we’ll be looking to double down on this traction,” he wrote. “My job is to lead and scale this great team through the next phase of product and revenue growth, and to preserve Evernote’s unique culture while evolving it over time.
The Wolfram API now handles email processing and this post describes some mail rules beyond anything you’ve probably ever seen.
Now I can subscribe to the mailing list as “receiver+5DHCTKhQ@wolframcloud.com,” and I will only receive messages about tables. But I can do better. Why not search messages for the price and create a log with the information I want? The function func below will run in my Wolfram Cloud account every time the mail receiver address receives an email
FastMail has been on a roll lately. In the past 12 months they’ve added CalDAV and a terrific web app for calendaring, CardDAV support of contact management and syncing, IMAP Notes support and now comes the long awaited IMAP email push.
Push email will happen automatically for existing users and if you already have iOS configured with FastMail IMAP, you’ll just start benefiting from the change without doing anything extra.
Here’s a good podcast with nerds gushing about concept mapping. Lot’s of interesting use cases in there. I’ve seen some of Eddie Smith’s presentations and he really nails it with these animated transitions of concept maps.
I hate cleaning and clutter. Maybe once a year my hate for clutter wins out over my hate for cleaning. On episode 41 of Nerds on Draft, Jeff and I talk the madness that drives us to purge on a seasonal basis. We also enjoy a bottle of Belafonte, one of the best Saison’s you’ll find anywhere.
The Guardian has a terrific piece about Amy Poehler. I love this bit so much.
“I see life as like being attacked by a bear,” she says. “You can run, you can pretend to be dead or you can make yourself bigger. So, if you’re my stature, you stand on a chair and bang a pan and scream and shout as if you’re going to attack the bear. This is my go-to strategy.
