Kosmograd: Olympics Brand Exclusion Zone If I know anyone who lives in these zones (and I suspect I do) I *strongly* encourage you to buy competitor products, and leave them prominently in your windows. And, indeed, to pass this idea on. It would be *lovely* if the streets in these areas were plastered with the logos of competing brands – not as paid for advertising, but just as spontaneous citizen reclamation of the space that belongs to them, not to advertisers and marketers.
Why I Write "Strong Female Characters" ALPHA, the new novel by Greg Rucka is out in the UK tomorrow. I am more excited for this that I am for Mieville's latest, out the same day. I mention this, because you ought to be buying it. I also commend this article to your attention, where Greg talks about his process – I learned a few tricks I didn't know while reading it.
electric imp Easy to install wifi for well, everything. If this takes off, things (no, literally, things, physical-object-things are going to get interesting. The only thing I object to is the same thing I do with all cloud services – that the devices talk to the company's servers, rather than a system in the home, thereby making the company a single point-of-failure for its own technology. You would not buy a wristwatch that stopped working if Casio went bust, why sould any other technology be different.
Blogging is not a thing, it’s an attitude A simple and clear insight into why "corporate blogging" is an oxymoron. In order to blog, one must be free to express one's *true* thoughts, on any subject that one is moved to. Otherwise, you're just writing on a website. Which is not a bad thing – there is not value judgement necessarily implied here, although yes, I do have a preference, and you can guess what it is – but it's not blogging.
The Wirecutter – Best iphone photography accessories There are a few in here I've been tempted by, so I'm flagging this as one to come back to if/when I decide to spend cash on this sort of thing. Which may be never.
Simperium The sync service that powers Simplenote, my favourite quick text editing tools, is now available as an API for use in other apps. This is very exciting news for someone like me.
US juedge rules it is OK to fire someone for a Facebook like Facebook likes to not enjoy free-speech protections. In this case, several people were fired for "liking" their (elected) boss' political opponent, but it would in theory be OK for fire someone just for liking something their boss disliked. Scary biscuits, if you live in the US.