so, it's come to this...

by Michael

Mar 25, 2012

Privacy sharing on social media has always revolved around your defined relationships with people, i.e. "friends" "family" "Close Friends" "co-workers". The reason this categorization doesn't work is that our social interactions aren't divided along the same lines.

I may tell a dirty joke to my trusted nurse, but never the other nurses in the group who would both be in a co-workers category. I may share a SI swimsuit photo with my brother, but not with my mom who would both be in my family category. I may share a medical story with my friends who are doctors, who I trust but not with friends who are not doctors, or doctors I'm not friends with.

It's a lot easier and accurate to have lists like that described the kind and content of a post than who it's intended for such as "differential diagnosis", "that's what she said", and "bragging about how rich I am". The easy thing about these categories, is that as your relationships with people change, you can easily move them from category to category. The person you first meet at work can travel from public, to co-worker, to friend, to friend with benefits, to fiancé, to wife, to bitch -who's-taking-all-my-money-in-alimony. And when you do go to post something, you don't have to remember who exactly is in your "friends" category vs your "co-op" category. You just post the comment in the right category of conversation. If you later decide that you don't trust someone, or want to elevate someone it the flock, you don't have to change the original privacy settings on the post, you just change the category that person is in.

Anyway, the point is, if you ever see yourself listed on my phone as a "sex joke", it's not a judgement of your nocturnal abilities.

Mar 25, 2012

Alex Wild, insect photographer:

I can't imagine anything more unpleasant than being sucked dry by a crab spider latched to my skull. Other than the same, but simultaneously being assaulted by a sex-crazed drone swarm.

Wow.

Mar 20, 2012

I hope this is as good as it looks.

Mar 16, 2012

Steve Wozniak and his wife lined up at the Westfield Mall Apple Store in Century City, CA to be the first and second customers to get the new iPad.

Click through for the video.

Mar 14, 2012

The Twit network has started to feel desperate. Leo has become the Glenn Beck of podcasting. He whines about disenfranchisement on almost every show. He revels in wild and ridiculous claims. He leans toward faux outrage rather than intellectual discourse.

Dan Benjamin has got all the good shows over at 5 by 5.

Mar 13, 2012

It’s hard to get online at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Tex., so BBH Labs, the innovation unit of the international marketing agency BBH, outfitted 13 people from a homeless shelter with mobile Wi-Fi devices, business cards and T-shirts bearing their names: “I’m Clarence, a 4G Hotspot.” They were told to go to the most densely packed areas of the conference, which has become a magnet for those who want to chase the latest in technology trends.

The headline says it all.

Mar 9, 2012

I just figured out the Tweetbot mute feature. It's so easy to use yet very granular and powerful.

Someone you like getting too chatty after having a bit too much to drink? Mute them for 6 hours.

Don't want to see every post from the South by Southwest conference? Mute the hashtag #sxsw for the next week.

Tweetbot mute

Mar 7, 2012

The new iPhoto update is 800 megabytes?! The only listed change is the ability to delete Photostream pictures.

iPhoto downloading

Mar 5, 2012

Dan Frommer:

Sure, you can whine about the promise that AT&T made you many years ago when you signed up for unlimited data. But when has a gigantic telecom company actually failed to disappoint you?

Sure, you can whine about being ass-raped in prison, but since when have people not been getting ass raped in prison?

What Dan fails to appreciate is that AT&T used its "unlimited data" to get customers and lock them into a contract. Then, when those same customers want the terms of their contract enforced, they balk.

Even little kids have a strong ingrained sense of fairness, and this clearly isn't fair. Which leads to strong negative emotions. Which leads to customers leaving.

I guess that's one thing Dan gets correct:

[Y]ou can switch to Sprint

Coincidentally, a friend of mine got the AT&T throttling warning this morning. He's decided to leave.

Update: I've switched to Sprint.

Mar 4, 2012

Sadly, no. Patient's in DAS28 remission continue to have ongoing joint damage if they still have swollen joints.

Other interesting side points:

  • 15% of patients on methotrexate monotherapy achieve DAS28 remission
  • Joint damage is related to acute-phase response and swollen joint counts
  • Joint damage is not related to tender joint counts

Aletaha D, Smolen JS. Joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis progresses in remission according to the Disease Activity Score in 28 joints and is driven by residual swollen joints. Arthritis Rheum. 2011;63(12):3702–3711.