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Most days I still feel like that painfully awkward, nerdy kid who had no friends parading around in a functional adult costume.Tue Apr 06 00:33:45 via Seesmic

If one of my heroes — and a highly successful tech journalist and writer — feels like this sometimes, maybe it’s ok that I do too.

I think in the near future there will be docking stations everywhere with a screen and a keyboard. You simply pull out your phone, plug it into the docking station, and instantly all your applications and data are available to you. Chrome, Google Apps, and Android make this vision possible.

via Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing: Google vs Microsoft on the browser, cloud, and mobile platforms.

Dammit! I said this to people 3 years ago. I should have written it down, if only to prove that I’m at least as good at imagining the future as Don Dodge. Of course it might never happen like this, but the thought that 3 years after I first said it, Don Dodge can now see it happening before his eyes at Google is kinda gratifying.

Open source software only comes in one edition: awesome.
Coding Horror: Oh, You Wanted “Awesome” Edition

If the Circle of No Life is a gaping hole in my soul, what should I be filling it with?

Cause I know what you can fill yours with.


Executives at Mattel Inc. held a press conference Monday to unveil the toy company’s latest product, Plain Pamela, a homely doll designed to boost the confidence of girls ages 7 to 12.

New Homely Doll To Improve Self-Image Of Young Girls | The Onion — America’s Finest News Source

What a terrific idea!