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Fear at the Interface: What Pandora teaches us not to do

October 25 Comments Off on Fear at the Interface: What Pandora teaches us not to do Category: Feed, HackText

Image via CrunchBase Sometimes I’m afraid that the like button on Pandora may irrevocably change my station to play music that I don’t like. How can Pandora make its interface better? I’m a big fan of Pandora online radio. It’s a clever concept and free music is always good. However, once I’ve set my channel […]

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Requiem for a Geek: The Social Network is good news for Zuckerberg

October 06 Comments Off on Requiem for a Geek: The Social Network is good news for Zuckerberg Category: Feed, HackText

Amid the controversy around Facebook user settings, privacy violations and monetization, The Social Network humanizes Facebook’s founder and, like it or not, Zuckerberg should count this as a win. Image via CrunchBase I’m not going to go into much detail about why The Social Network is an excellent movie (and it is) but trust me, […]

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Whoever wrote the ending to Red Dead Redemption is one dumb cowpoke [Reasoned Reviews]

October 05 Comments Off on Whoever wrote the ending to Red Dead Redemption is one dumb cowpoke [Reasoned Reviews] Category: Feed, HackText

Image via Wikipedia So I finished Red Dead Redemption last month. It was a pretty fun game and, despite excessive horse riding, I enjoyed myself. Then I got to the end and I never wanted anything to do with the game again. This is why. Below are spoilers, so if you intended to play through […]

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Boolean Logic: How to Search the Web [Re-post]

October 05 Comments Off on Boolean Logic: How to Search the Web [Re-post] Category: Feed, HackText

Image via Wikipedia Online searches are immensely important tools for any journalist, but you may not realize that there are ways to create better and more detailed searches. In the information age, nothing is more important than the ability to find and filter information, here are some ways to make that easy. Almost all search […]

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