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Soobrosa's Bookmarks: technology

Bryan Appleyard: Steve Jobs - The man who polished Apple
Chief executive of Apple Inc and owner of Jackling House changed the world and cheated death. So why the paranoia?
2009-08-25 to bestof, business, myth, profile, technology
Nicholson Baker: Kindle and the future of reading
Can the Kindle really improve on the book?
2009-07-28 to bestof, books, business, e-book, experience, technology
Marc McClusky: The Nike Experiment - How the Shoe Giant Unleashed the Power of Personal Metrics
Nike has discovered that there's a magic number for a Nike+ user: five. If someone uploads only a couple of runs to the site, they might just be trying it out. At five runs, they've gotten hooked on what their data tells them about themselves.
2009-07-05 to bestof, data, measurement, psychology, sports, technology
Tom Vanderbilt: Data Center Overload
The cloud, he calculates, consumes 1 to 2 percent of the world’s electricity.
2009-06-22 to bestof, data, informatics, infrastructure, it, technology
Steven Johnson: How Twitter Will Change the Way We Live
In short, the most fascinating thing about Twitter is not what it's doing to us. It's what we're doing to it.
2009-06-09 to bestof, communication, internet, media, technology
Mark Milian: Why text messages are limited to 160 characters
For one, they found that postcards often contained fewer than 150 characters. Second, they analyzed a set of messages sent through Telex.
2009-05-06 to bestof, history, mobile, standards, technology
John Johnson Jr.: NASA's early lunar images, in a new light
Pictures from the mid-1960s Lunar Orbiter program lay forgotten for decades. But one woman was determined to see them restored.
2009-05-06 to bestof, data, diy, grassroots, informatics, space, technology
Joshua Davis: The Untold Story of the World's Biggest Diamond Heist
The Antwerp Diamond Center vault was protected by 10 layers of security. We don't know whether 10 or 100 million USD went bust.
2009-03-22 to bestof, crime, profile, story, technology
Bruce Sterling: Why Does Bruce Sterling Hate Web 2.0?
Web 2.0 Is a Ponzi Scheme.
2009-03-17 to bestof, business, internet, society, technology
Touching the future
Computing: Touch screens are becoming an increasingly popular way to control mobile phones and other devices. How does the technology work, and where is it heading?
2009-03-09 to bestof, interface, it, technology, touch

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