A love note seen from space near the Lake Washington floating bridge in Seattle
July 2
June 28
Psychologist finds Wikipedians grumpy and closed-minded
Does that really come as a surprise though?
I also like that heavy users of Digg and Twitter are “people who prefer online social behaviour tend to have higher levels of social anxiety and lower social skills.” Whereas YouTube uploaders “have egocentric rather than altruistic motives.”
Product vs. process journalism
…or the myth of perfection vs. beta culture. I believe eventually as newspapers go away and people turn to blogs for their information, they will start to demand a high quality article. At the same time news needs to figure out how to create a new model of journalism that brings people facts fast.
How to Write a Good Business Plan
…or why business plans don’t deliver. A good read on how to write up you ideas.
June 25
June 24
Making the switch to Google Quick Search Box
I’ve found it to be a worthy replacement to Quicksilver which isn’t actively being worked on anymore (the developer now works at Google, working on… you guessed it: Google Quick Search Box)
Oscars expand the best-picture race to 10 films
In other words anything that gets released between Halloween and New Years will automatically earn an Oscar nomination.
flingLog is the personal weblog of Brian Fling and central nervous system for many of the web services I use. This site contains my personal thoughts as well as a random collection of web artifacts that I find interesting. I am a husband, father, author, entrepreneur and web and mobile professional living in Seattle, USA.