Dwayne Phillips ' Day Book
Items
I happen to view each day. Science, Techonology, Management, Culture,
and of course Writing
This is my day book for this week. I have modeled this after science
fiction and computer writer Jerry Pournelle's view, or as he calls it,
his Day Book.
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This
week: December November 10-16, 2014
Summary of this week:
- The Raspberry Pi A+ is here for only $20
- Microsoft Office (now free) is at the top of the iOS sales chart
- Android 5.0 goes to Nexus users
- YouTube goes into the music video business
- An ESA probe lands on a comet (where is NASA?)
- Google donates $$ to the Turing Award
Monday
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- Saturday
- Sunday
Monday November 10, 2014
We
had an auto accident on I-81 in Virginia. By the grace of God, neither
my wife nor I had anything more serious than scratches and bruises.
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Tuesday November 11, 2014
Like Intel did for the desktop, Qualcomm quietly powers the mobile world.
Our President announces a plan for one form of net neutrality.
The Raspberry Pi A+ is now on sale for only $20. I continue to call for a Nobel Prize for its inventors.
Mozilla launches the Firefox Developer Edition.
Facebook's Messenger now has 500 million users. The definition of sucess has changed.
Now that Microsoft Office for the iPad is free, it is at the top of the sales charts.
Google officially takes control of operations at Moffet Field in San Jose.
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Wednesday November 12, 2014
Smartwatches: it isn't the watch, it is the data that companies will turn into cash.
5billion things will be connected to the Internet next year. Here come the hackers!
AT&T changes its mind and won't move into the in-flight WiFi market.
And now we have the Cobot: a less-capable robot made far more capable by human assistance. Simple, excellent idea.
Apple opens an office in Cambridge—the one in England, not New England.
And Amazon is expanding its office in the same Cambridge.
A European spacecraft is about to attempt a landing on a comet. Note: this was not done by NASA, the American group that once led the world in space exploration.
More on how computers (software) are eliminating jobs in the office.
But this post shows that the humble proofreader is more needed than ever.
This is a brilliant idea. Cold in your apartment? A German cloud company will be a rack of servers in your place. They get floor space and you get heat.
This story is nuts about how a town of 300 people now as 100 Police officers.
What every DIY'er and Make'er needs: a gadget that 3D prints, scans, engraves, and slices, dices, ...
The head of our FCC is moving in a different direction from our President re: net neutrality. Leadership?
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Thursday November 13, 2014
YouTube moves into the subscription music video business.
Twitter announces a new world domination strategy that no one really understands. It is amazing how you can string together a bunch of real words and not make any sense.
Microsoft launches Visual Studio 2013 Community edition: an unlimited free edition.
Microsoft will open-source .NET and make it work work OS X and Linux.
These and the free Office for iOS etc. means that Microsoft has changed significantly in only a month.
Aurora: Amazon adds a big relational database engine to its web services.
Steve Ballmer donates $60million to Harvard's computer science department. Good for him, but can't some of these rich guys give their money to colleges that don't already have a $36BILLION endowment.
Facebook introduces "Say Thanks." Send a video greeting card to a friend.
The latest MS Windows 10 preview shows touchpad gestures.
Android 5.0 goes to Nexus users today.
Everyone on the Internet is applauding the DJI Inspire One $2800 drone.
In the workplace, MS Windows is the #1 tablet.
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Friday November 14, 2014
No Internet viewing today as I had breakfast with some fine gentlemen and then spent the day reading papers.
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Saturday November 15, 2014
Google donates money to the Turing Award so that it is now $1million.
Facebook's newest data center in Altoona, Iowa is now online.
People seem to have lost interest in Google Glass.
Mark Cuban on Ayn Rand and net neutrality.
An excellent use of technology: helping people to communicate with only their brain.
Big companies like Ford, Visa, UPS, and Bank of America are quietly advocating net neutrality.
In case you are interested, here is how to run Windows 95 on an iPhone 6.
Now we can play video games on Google Chromecast.
Now we can attach a photo printer to our iPhones. I guess this is needed by someone.
You must see this tiny, electric "bicycle."
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Sunday November 16, 2014
So far, people are using Apple pay. Once again, they created a market that didn't exist.
HealthCare.Gov reopens smoothly. Who says $1billion can't buy a reliable web site?
A look at the Christian publishing market.
A look at technical writing.
Tips on travel blogging and travel writing.
Must see: the first official Batmobile ever built. It is still striking and cool.
A tip: read your writing aloud.
Fast first drafts, like all techniques, are not for everyone in every case all the time.
This is excellent: a checklist for editing your own writing.
How some writers found the time to write.
MS Word keyboard shortcuts. I cannot over emphasize how these silly time savers can allow a writer to write more.
In its never-ending quest to waste money on a computer they won't use, our government seeks to buy a 300 PetaFlop computer.
Writing is also a business, and we don't seem to teach that concept well.
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