topherwhite

A great lesson in the risks of assuming that any group of people can/will recognize the inherent problems with their own status quo. I liked the storytelling style of the post as well.

This one is even more substantive, perhaps: http://scientificamerican.com/article/this-forest-listens-an...

Should they succeed, let us hope that the mobile version of the webmail client will function better than the mobile version of your static site. Pretty unusable in MobileSafari.

This a really cool idea, and great for getting students started without the stress of making code public. Kudos to Github. Does GitHub offer any similar benefits to non-profits or other types of organizations?

The site itself is already quite cool, though certainly could use a facelift... http://pucatrade.com/

I first started following Rick Smolan's books about 6 years ago (they only produce one every few years or so), and these photo books remain some of the only non e-books I would consider buying anymore... Always beautiful, and often thought-provoking. As a software engineer, this last one on Big Data hits pretty close to home, and I wasn't sure I'd have the same reaction, but I was quite impressed. If you're not convinced, there's a free preview of the book here (mid-way down the page)...

http://humanfaceofbigdata.com/

The info graphics alone are way too cool. Just my 2-cents...