Saving this phrasing before I forget it:Some people are in university for accreditation, some for education.  The university tries to provide both, and as a result is suboptimal at both.  They are not complementary goals (and may even be contradictory..
Topics: Education, Personal

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There's an odd phenomenon that occurs as one transitions from an outsider writing code to someone who actively contributes to a community.  The more you contribute to mailing lists and blog discussions, the more you realise it.  You have an...

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Groups seems to be a very popular concept on the social web.  Facebook, Myspace, Orkut, last.fm, Ma.gnolia, FriendFeed (rooms) : everyone has groups.  How do we think about these groups in the context of tearing down walled gardens?  Do we think of...
Topics: DiSo, Tech

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Lets face it: currently, PGP is hard.  Most geeks even consider it "geeks only".  While few average users can benefit from encryption (few people say things that secret) - everyone can benefit from signed authenticity (at very least to cut...
Topics: PGP, Tech, UI, Usability

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We've all seen it: the harsh white background, serif fonts, and window-border hugging indicitive of unstyle (or very lightly styled) (X)HTML.  Today I discovered something: it takes very little CSS to take a basic HTML page and give it some flavour.

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