Category Archives: Digital Swag

Your homework

By david.humphrey | Published: June 10, 2010
I spent a good chunk of today on youtube with my audio friends, trying to find some demo music for something big we’re cooking up.  When it was done I had 50 tabs with cool music, and I’d be remiss if I didn’t assign some of it to you for homework:
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We make stuff

By david.humphrey | Published: April 20, 2010
I had dinner last week with a few friends, and one of the things we discussed was cognitive surplus.  I commented on the recent explosion of tweets and blog posts about the iPad, and how it will usher in the end of tinkering as we know and love it.  It’s a sentiment I share, but [...]
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Don’t use the R-word unless you mean it

By david.humphrey | Published: February 10, 2010
Today Google announced that despite (or because of) the glacial pace of broadband rates in North America, it’s going to show Ma Bell how it’s done and do gigabit fibre to homes for what it calls a competitive rate. Imagine sitting in a rural health clinic, streaming three-dimensional medical imaging over the web and discussing [...]
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Things then and now, part II

By david.humphrey | Published: February 8, 2010
Yesterday I wrote about a short newspaper article from March 31, 1949.  While I was looking at it, I also took a moment to read the surrounding articles.  The article itself was actually reprinted as part of the “From Our Early Files” section, and one of a dozen short pieces from 10, 20, 35, 50, [...]
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The Web vs. Canada

By david.humphrey | Published: January 7, 2010
the most annoying thing about Canada: “Sorry, this product is not available in your country” –David Ascher I’m not going to let myself get all mad here by thinking or writing more about this issue.  Let’s just say I couldn’t agree with David more, and it drives me crazy.  I will, however, share a perfect moment [...]
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Unboxing the 2410: apples, cables, welding, seed, and books

By david.humphrey | Published: October 20, 2009
I bought a new monitor.  Last Christmas my wonderful wife gave me a present: she hand-made an Apple monitor and wrapped it with a note that said, “I don’t know which one you want, but let’s get you something nice.”  That cardboard cutout was as close as I’m ever going to get to an Apple [...]
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“For all the details, please visit our website”

By david.humphrey | Published: October 11, 2009
I’ve written before about my frustration with big media using the web as a supplemental mechanism for reusing content first delivered in a traditional format.  When the web is viewed as a table of contents or handout to your main presentation, you miss the entire point of what the web is all about.  Today I’m [...]
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Here’s a tip

By david.humphrey | Published: September 26, 2009
It’s Saturday, and while I put off cleaning up from making pancakes with my eldest daughter, I thought I’d share something with you.  I’ve posted in the past about the intense pleasure I find in reading certain types of writing–really, really good bad writing.  I’ve got two more pieces for you. I can’t recreate the strange [...]
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Inane babble, because the world is inane and insane

By david.humphrey | Published: September 11, 2009
so over lunch, an older guy in a big black car comes along, parks in front of my house, gets out his lawn chair and lunch cooler, and has a leisurely lunch under my tree. (ctyler on irc) Don’t be fooled by people who tell you that social media like Twitter is pointless dribble, inane [...]
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Looking for the ‘Old’ link

By david.humphrey | Published: August 21, 2009
The web is infatuated with what is new.  You want an example, do you?  How about this.  When I got to Hacker News, I land on http://news.ycombinator.com/news.  At the top of the page, beside the obligatory “link back to the front page” is this link: http://news.ycombinator.com/newest.  It’s not just that I can get the news, [...]
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