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Archive for October 2011


Bookmarks for 15 Oct 2011

Pentaho Data Integration Steps – Pentaho Wiki (data_integration documentation kettle etl dontpost tool ) Pentaho Data Integration Steps – Pentaho Wiki (data_integration documentation kettle etl dontpost ) FleetStreetBlues: ‘My editor’s a c**t’: the reality of open newsrooms"And yesterday the Telegraph's Pakistan correspondent, Rob Crilly, had a furious row with his newsdesk over the wording of [...]

Bookmarks for 14 Oct 2011

Charlie Brooker and the tragedy of the modern Left – Telegraph Blogs"Graeme Archer works as a statistician, is a bog-standard Tory activist, and won the Orwell Prize for Political Blogging in 2011." And has written a silly blog post which the commenters underneath attack hilariously. (telegraph charlie_brooker humour comments david_cameron ) The BBC Micro and [...]

Bookmarks for 13 Oct 2011

Lean is hard and (generally) good for you – Fred Destin"I see so much crap being written for and against Lean Startups that I thought it was worth setting my simple thoughts down on what lean means to me.  Concepts to be valid need to be used with some form of rigor and consistency.  I [...]

Bookmarks for 10 Oct 2011

3.5 Inches – Dustin CurtisApple fanboi nonsense about why a 3.5 inch screen is better than a 4 inch screen. (apple fandom hardware design silly ) The Guardian is opening up its newslists so you can help us make news | Media | The Guardian (guardian journalism openness ) ishida >> utilities: UniView"An XHTML-based application [...]

Bookmarks for 8 Oct 2011

Steve Jobs obituary | Technology | The Guardian"Jobs could be regarded as a benign dictator. His customers loved him for it, but he was a dictator nonetheless." (steve_jobs obituary dopost apple product_development ) Steve Jobs Was Always Kind To Me (Or, Regrets of An Asshole) | The WirecutterMemories of Steve Jobs: "I met Steve Jobs [...]

Bookmarks for 7 Oct 2011

8 Really Useful Device Gadget Things for Small Businesses"When you’re on the road, whether locally or internationally, sometimes you just need that little device, gadget or thingamajig to make your work life easier.  These tools are not just for road warriors, but for anyone who appreciates elegant lifehacks." (gadgets hardware ) The Intelligent Transport Layer [...]

Bookmarks for 4 Oct 2011

Why we’re pissed Arianna Huffington is destroying Autoblog"Jeff Glucker, an Autoblog contributor, published what seemed like a fairly innocuous but glowing report on a new ad campaign for the Nissan Versa involving Britney Spears. What the site never disclosed is Glucker worked for the advertising company behind the campaign, that he benefited directly from each [...]