Links
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Almost daily link pile
Thinkings Quote of the day: “You start with a random clump of atoms, and if you shine light on it for long enough, it should not be so surprising that you get a plant.” Jeremy England of MIT, in A New Physics Theory of Life, by Natalie Wolchover in Quanta. David Brin in Bloomberg: What… Continue reading
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Deep Winter Reading
Well, it’s not all reading, because I’m starting with photography, notably the latest from Stephen Lewis, whose prose runs as deep and broad as the soul in his work. — DS Photography Stephen Lewis in Bubkes: A Short-Lived Project: Chaos, Intentionality, and the Symmetry of Friendship The Women’s Market, Sofia, Bulgaria, Mid-1990s: One Poem, Two… Continue reading
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Into the dark
The power will be out for a while. That’s what the guys in the hard hats tell me, down where they’re working, at the intersection where our dead-end street is born. Many trucks are gathered there, with bright night-work lights illuminating whatever went wrong with the day’s power pole replacement job. The notices they left… Continue reading
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Seeing Deeply
Cities aren’t simple, especially mature ones. They are deep and complicated places that require equally deep attention to appreciate fully. That’s what I get from Stephen Lewis‘ insights about the particulars of present and past urban scenes and characters in Sofia, New York, Istanbul and other cities he knows well. His latest post, titled The Women’s… Continue reading
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Links for today
No time to turn these into linky text. So I’m just giving you the links. If I have a chance later, I’ll turn them into text. Meanwhile, dig: Photography Stephen Lewis http://bubkes.org/2013/12/01/sofia-rooftops-one-view-many-stories/ http://bubkes.org/2013/12/01/sofia-rooftops-one-view-many-stories/ http://bubkes.org/2013/11/22/ghost-of-commerce-past-abandoned-storefront-tahtakale-quarter-eminonu-istanbul/ http://bubkes.org/2013/11/18/mattresses-brooms-and-art-in-bulk-tahtakale-istanbul-commerce-direct-and-unadorned/ http://bubkes.org/2013/11/15/eminonu-waterfront-pickles-in-cups-grilled-mackerel-sandwiches-and-invented-traditions/ http://bubkes.org/2013/11/07/waterside-commerce-flower-vendor-with-coat-to-match/ Duncan Davidson http://duncandavidson.com/ http://jdd.io/ Thomas Hawk http://thomashawk.com/ http://thomashawk.com/2013/12/why-i-dont-support-black-day-at-flickr.html Tech http://www.sprinklr.com/resources/whitepapers/social-media-dream-team/ https://www.dropbox.com/s/xghrnmsq9jq8h8s/Best%20Practices%20for%20Enterprise%20Social%20Media%20Management%20by%20the%20Social%20Media%20Dream%20Team.pdf http://pribook.me/blog/ http://pribook.me/ http://opensource.com/business/13/12/fintp-to-open-source https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Who-Runs-the-Internet-graphic.png http://www.businessinsider.com/new-google-takeout-feature-2013-12#ixzz2muYKmynO Surveillance vs.… Continue reading
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Daily Diggings
Broadcasting Audio Future Festival: #hivio2014. @hivioSD. The SD is for San Diego. Infrastructure NET EFFECTS: The Past, Present, and Future Impact of Our Networks. By Tom Wheeler, new FCC Chairman. Journalism Jay Rosen: Out of the press box and onto the field Stringwire. Talking about itin Jay’s class right now. Bonus link. No Twitter executives are… Continue reading
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Weekend Reading
In order of closing tabs: I hope my father dies soon. By Scott Adams. Strong shit. Stoic Week. Too late to participate, but not to be stoic. PeeperPeeper Catches Who Has Been Snooping on Your Private Messages. Yo, mall rats: Facebook and Cisco in Wi-Fi hookup to track your retail, social life. “Swap your data… Continue reading
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Linkings
Science, Tech & Politics A spectator’s view of the JFK funeral procession. (Shot by old friend Donald Hughes.) A photographer for his high-school yearbook, Hughes decided he had to document the passage of the president’s coffin on its horse-drawn caisson as it made its way from the White House to the Capitol on Nov. 25, 1963. … Continue reading
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Sunday reading
A short list today, posted from a plane about to depart for London from Newark… Culture Eminönü Waterfront, Istanbul: Invented Traditions, Pickles in Cups, Grilled Mackerel Sandwiches, and the Pitfalls of Nostgia. By Stephen Lewis in Bubkes. About the realization that most “national” traditions — be they architectural, musical, dance, culinary, sartorial, folkloric, etc. —… Continue reading
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News with a Fuse
Culture Bubkes.org: Waterside Commerce, Istanbul: Cotton Candy Vendor At Day’s End and Waterside Commerce, Istanbul: Flower Vendor with Coat to Match. (Which get my votes for a perfect posts.) Prose in prison. By Andrew Sullivan. Source: Letters from Incarcerated Writers, by Andrea Jones in The American Reader. Perspectives Life on the Forked Road. By yours… Continue reading
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News to Use
Privacy vs. Surveillance On the privacy side: Surf safely with Web Pal. From Emmett Global and Customer Commons. Surveillance and Internet Identity. Francisco Correla in Pomcor. How to erase yourself from the Internet. By Andrew Tarantola in Gizmodo. Naked Capitalism: NSA Whistleblower: Government Failed to Stop Boston Bombing Because It Was Overwhelmed with Data from Mass Surveillance… Continue reading
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Almost Daily Outline
Journalism The rise of the reader: journalism in the age of the open web is a long and excellent lecture by Katharine Viner, deputy editor of the Guardian and editor-in-chief of Guardian Australia. Sample: So being open has many advantages for journalists. But to do it, you need to be part of the web’s ecosystem, not… Continue reading
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Today’s outline
The Net Why the NSA’s attacks on the internet must be made public. By Bruce Schneier in The Guardian. Subhead: By reporting on the agency’s actions, the vulnerabilities in our computer systems can be fixed. It’s the only way to force change. Lowering Your Standards: DRM and the Future of the W3C. By Danny O’Brien… Continue reading
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Today’s raw bibliography
If I had world enough and time, the Fargo outline below would turn into one of my (less than) daily outlines. Instead I’m publishing it in raw form: links alone. Trust me: they’re all worthwhile. And I like them better this way than in as many open tabs spread across three browsers, all of which… Continue reading
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Digging Hart Island, New York’s Million-Corpse Potter’s Field
A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization. — Samuel Johnson Visitors to New York’s Orchard Beach (at the top of the photo above) probably don’t know that the low wooded island offshore will, at the current rate, contain a million buried human bodies, if it doesn’t already. The site is Hart… Continue reading
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Daily Outline
History John Philip Sousa, “The Menace of Mechanical Music,” 1906, at ExplorePAhistory.com. Pull-quote: “The host of mechanical reproducing machines, in their mad desire to supply music for all occasions, are offering to supplant the illustrator in the class room, the dance orchestra, the home and public singers and players, and so on. Evidently they believe… Continue reading
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Daily Outline
The Net Verizon’s diabolical plan to turn the Web into pay-per-view. By Bill Snyder in Infoworld. What Happened At The Network Neutrality Oral Argument? Bigger, Snarkier and Uncut. By Harold Feld in Wetmachine. Also: The short version at Public Knowledge. Surveillance Matthew Green’s post, which stirred up news of its own. Very useful, among other… Continue reading
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Weekend Outline
Privacy Revealed: How US and UK spy agencies defeat internet privacy and security. By James Ball, Julian Borger and Glenn Greenwald in The Guardian. Subheads: • NSA and GCHQ unlock encryption used to protect emails, banking and medical records • $250m-a-year US program works covertly with tech companies to insert weaknesses into products • Security experts say programs ‘undermine the fabric… Continue reading
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Daily Outline
Surveillance Have we passed peak surveillance? By Brad Feld. Pivots off my Thoughts on Privacy. The Only Way to Restore Trust in the NSA. By Bruce Schneier in The Atlantic. “The public has no faith left in the intelligence community or what the president says about it. A strong, independent special prosecutor needs to clean… Continue reading
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Daily Outline
Life on Earth On the Safety of Firefighters: Real Time Danger During the Jesusita Blaze and Human Lives vs. Expensive Homes. By Ray Ford in The Independent. An excellent report by Ray on a wildfire that took more than 80 homes, burned across the face of the Santa Ynez mountains above Santa Barbara, and was the second… Continue reading