Tag Archives: writing

Freedom to Tinker – New Research Result: Bubble Forms Not So Anonymous

Even some­thing as sim­ple and low tech as bub­ble forms can’t be totally anonymous.

July 13, 2011 – 10:12 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Quick Posts, Security | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off

The Faster Times – AOL Hell: An AOL Content Slave Speaks Out

Highly depress­ing read, both into the writ­ing prac­ticed at AOL and what this busi­ness con­sid­ers impor­tant (just gen­er­at­ing stu­pid triv­ial trash to gen­er­ate pageviews).

June 18, 2011 – 12:39 am | By Justin Yost | Posted in Business, Communication, Quick Posts | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Google Labs – Google Scribe

Google unveils the abil­ity to help you write your next essay.

September 10, 2010 – 1:30 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Programming, Quick Posts, Technology, Web Design | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off

Boogie Board writing tablet costs $30, features ‘no power LCD technology’ – CrunchGear

A writable tablet with a bat­tery that lasts for­ever and ridicu­lously cheap.

January 23, 2010 – 11:37 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Technology | Tagged , , , | Comments Off

Mr. Penumbra’s Twenty-​​Four-​​Hour Book Store – Robin Sloan

Won­der­ful short story, about the inter­sec­tion of tech­nol­ogy, writ­ing and a lit­tle bit of culture.

January 17, 2010 – 11:21 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Art, Culture, Technology | Tagged , , | Comments Off

Do Words Actually Matter?

The ques­tion is almost stu­pid to answer because on cer­tain level they must mat­ter or else I wouldn’t pub­lish my thoughts. So words must mat­ter to you because well you are read­ing this and you most likely com­mu­ni­cate with soci­ety. There is a very good rea­son that being deaf and/or mute is an imped­i­ment to …

August 3, 2008 – 3:16 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Art, Philosophy | Tagged , , , , | Comments (2)