clock … watching time, the only true currency

So Scoble points to both CNET News.com and Engadget for articles about the new Gateway MP3 player. I wonder which got more clicks?

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Jeremy Zawodny asks “Is your email inbox a stack or a queue?” In simpler, less geeky terms… do you sort so new messages show up on top (stack) or bottom (queue) of your inbox?
I’m all about the stack, both at work (Outlook) and at home (Mail). First, I like to know what’s new and scan [...]

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So, in reading Neil Turner, I learn about Silktide’s SiteScore. Free tool for analyzing your website on usability, popularity, and other metrics… both qualitative and quantitative. Like everyone else, I wanted to know where I stacked up, so www.pencoyd.com/clock went under the magnifying glass. The score? 6.4. Of course, the design got a 9.0, which [...]

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Now, in addition to the pile of books upstairs waiting to be read, I have a (smaller) stack of books next to the computer waiting to be blogged. Time to knock the pile down by one volume, with number 18 in the Aubrey-Maturin series, The Yellow Admiral.
As it’s been a few weeks, I will only [...]

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I’ve been here before. Probably on both sides, if I’m honest with myself. However, building web sites and applications does not require reading that far into the future. Fortunately!

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Several years ago (well, at least pre-kids), I remember coming across some work from Bernie DeKoven on technography, which I remember as methods for documenting on the fly to improve meetings through technology. I printed out a sparse page or so that was a useful summary, at the time, but I can no longer find [...]

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I watched the boy do his birthday walk today at pre-school, four times around the “sun,” through the months of the year. I’m glad I made the last-minute decision to attend, especially after I talked to someone a bit further along the parent life-cycle later in the day. I can’t and won’t be there for [...]

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Slashdot has an interview with Neal Stephenson. As someone who has the hard copy of The System of the World waiting on the bedside table, I’m an avowed fan, so I’m reading the entire thing.
Early on, I see this: “… Susannah Clarke’s wonderful book “Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell.” ” Not two weeks ago, my [...]

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I know quite well that mass photo storage isn’t easy or cheap, even as storage costs continue to decrease. Still, I was surprised that Ofoto decided to take the step of telling inactive customers that they were going to delete their photos if they didn’t order something. I received a series of reminder emails warning [...]

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Since I’m not a del.ico.us user, my interesting links lie around, gathering dust in the e-mail inbox or in Safari. Taking a broom to the in-box, I find the following:

Hugh Macloed of GapingVoid on Mount Everest (read the entire post… it’s not long)
9. Everybody has their own private Mount Everest they were put on this [...]

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