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Scrivener - Outline. Edit. Storyboard. Write.
Scrivener is a word processor and project management tool created specifically for writers of long texts such as novels and research papers.
Gin, Television, and Social Surplus - Here Comes Everybody
The transformation from rural to urban life was so sudden, and so wrenching, that the only thing society could do to manage was to drink itself into a stupor for a generation.
Get Firefox's Best Features in Internet Explorer
how to add bookmark syncing, integrated spell-checking, session management, keyword bookmarks, ad blocking, inline search, undo-closed-tab functionality, and oh-so-much more to IE.
What Will Life Be Like in the Year 2008?
Well, we do have flat-screen computers you can write on that fit in a briefcase, but I’m still waiting to take my 250 MPH car to a business meeting in another domed city. Perhaps by the end of the year.
Wired 7.11: This Is Your Brain on God
Michael Persinger has a vision - the Almighty isn't dead, he's an energy field. And your mind is an electromagnetic map to your soul.
14 “OTHER” Ways to Use RSS Feeds | MakeUseOf.com
Not only has it made browsing a lot more productive, convenient, fun … you name it, but it has also introduced a number of new ways to interact with content that we could never have imagined before.
11 Things To Know About Semantic Web - ReadWriteWeb
Semantic Web will start the long, slow decline of relational database technology. Web 3.0 enables the transition from “structure upfront” to “structure on the fly”. The world is clearly too complex to structure upfront.
John Cleese’s “Letter to America” « Things Are Looking Up…
Dear Citizens of America, In view of your failure to elect a competent President and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately.
Six Principles for Making New Things
Here it is: I like to find (a) simple solutions (b) to overlooked problems (c) that actually need to be solved, and (d) deliver them as informally as possible, (e) starting with a very crude version 1, then (f) iterating rapidly.
Podcasting Equipment Guide
This article detailing different setups used over the last few years will assist you in putting together a recording rig that suits both your needs and budget.
Occam's razor
The principle states that the explanation of any phenomenon should make as few assumptions as possible, eliminating those that make no difference in the observable predictions of the explanatory hypothesis or theory.
The great fall of China - Los Angeles Times
U.S. leadership in the global system seems more secure and more likely to endure through the next generation. On the other hand, the world we are called on to lead is poorer and more troubled than we anticipated.
The 10 ways I learned to use Twitter in 2007
How have I learned to use Twitter in my online communication? Let me count the ways...
10 Signs of Intelligent Life at YouTube (Smart Video Collections)
visit YouTube’s so-called Education Section, and you’ll be hard-pressed to find anything actually educational. But the good news is that we’re seeing some recent signs of intelligent life at YouTube.
Alarm as teachers dwindle
Applications for teaching places had plunged by 30 per cent over two years in Queensland, and Western Australia is unlikely to fill places for the coming year.
A Little Laptop With Big Ambitions
By most accounts, Mr. Negroponte and his 20-member team have created a rugged, innovative laptop with good software for learning. The small green-and-white device is designed to operate on very little power
A Big List of Sites That Teach You How To Do Stuff
There are a large number of very helpful sites that teach you how to do things. These are do-it-yourself sites, but we're not talking about building a deck or baking a cake.
Ten things holding back technology
The pace of change in IT has never been faster — or has it? After 25 years of desktop computing and 15 years of the commercial internet, there are still plenty of frustrations, pains and throwbacks in our everyday technology experience.
Knowing Knowledge: Home
Our schools, universities, corporations, and non-profit organizations, need to adapt. We need to change the spaces and structures of our society to align with the new context and characteristics of knowledge.
Anarchy Unbound, or: Why Self-Governance Works Better than You Think
No sane person believes that anarchy generates order. The idea that anarchy could be superior to government in some cases seems even more absurd.[1]
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