Betterness by Kawika Holbrook

Facelift

I'm in the process of updating the layout and design of Betterness. I'd like the left and right columns to justify right and left, respectively. I'd like my most recent Twitter post, rather than the last five, to top my sidelog. And I'd like my sidelog to display the del.icio.us note after the link, but not as a link. So far, no luck.

links for 2007-11-25

• Oregon loses backup QB, Rose Bowl berth in UCLA rout
  When it rains it pours. At least the Heisman voters know how important adixon was to the team.
  (tags: football)

links for 2007-11-24

• The Secret Strategies Behind Many “Viral” Videos
  Have you ever watched a video with 100,000 views on YouTube and thought to yourself: “How the hell did that video get so many views?” The marketer's instructional confessional has drawn 349 comments on TechCrunch so far.
  (tags: socialnetworking youtube facebook)

links for 2007-11-23

• Thanksgiving and Common Cause Unite Diverse Forces
  I give thanks for the America these soilders represent.
  (tags: war)

links for 2007-11-22

• Rachael Paulose Resigning
  "The mood in the office is described as a combination of relief and euphoria." Too bad she's moving to Justice.
  (tags: politics)
• Napa Valley Marathon Bans Headphones
  Since not listening to the surrounding conditions is deemed unsafe, I assume all marathons will now ban deaf people.
  (tags: running)
• 30th Napa Valley Marathon
  Despite the ban on headphones, I think this will be my next marathon -- if I can survive the Honolulu Marathon Dec. 9.
  (tags: running)
• BusinessWeek Is Seeking Predictions For ‘08
  "Suggestions gratefully accepted: What are two or three things that will happen in media and advertising in 2008?"
  (tags: businessweek media advertsiing journalism)

links for 2007-11-21

• Forrester Wave for ECM Suites in 2007
  IBM is listed as the leader in Enterprise Content Management out of 11 ECM vendors against 60 criteria in three high level categories: Current Offering, Strategy/Roadmap, and Market Presence. Oracle, EMC and Open Text were also listed at the top.
  (tags: ecm)
• Watchdog Groups Agitate To Keep Christmas Christian
  The American Family Association keeps Sharia alive and well as it members scold companies for neglecting to include the word "Christmas" with "tree."
  (tags: religion)

links for 2007-11-20

• Yes, Google is trying to take over the world
  "We don't do something unless we are convinced we will do it an order of magnitude better."
  (tags: slate google android netneutrality)
• Beat Blogging
  Jay Rosen's latest venture: "Maybe a beat reporter could do a way better job if there was a “live” social network connected to the beat, made up of people who know the territory the beat covers, and want the reporting on that beat to be better."
  (tags: journalist web2.0 socialnetworking)
• Kindle: Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device
  Lose the keyboard, add a multi-touch screen for typing and page flipping, maintain the battery life and free EVDO, and update the industrial design to this century and you have my attention -- not to mention the attention of many school districts.
  (tags: amazon ebook)
• A Guerrilla Video Site Meets MTV
  The pitch that sold Viacom: "’60 Minutes’-meets-‘Jackass.’”
  (tags: tv)
• Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship
  Decent overview of social networking and its history.
  (tags: socialnetworking)

links for 2007-11-19

• The Future of Reading
  I missed Newsweek's take on the Amazon Kindle's ergonomics and design. One image, a thumbnail of the magazine's cover, is all I can find.
  (tags: books)
• Weed it and reap
  Michael Pollan reports on the politics of food in the $288 billion farm bill. How mere eaters can fight back against all the waste? Farmers markets.
  (tags: food)
• The 10 Best Books of 2006
  I need to read something in print, rather than on the screen.
  (tags: reading)
• Flexitarianism
  I'm nowhere near calling myself a near-vegetarian, but the benefits of plants and the dangers of processed food-like products and corn-based food (market) chain are getting pretty clear.
  (tags: food)
• Amazon PR: Neither Open Nor Social
  Marshal Kirkpatrick's rundown of Amazon's jerky PR attempts around Google's OpenSocial news.
  (tags: pr socialnetworking)

links for 2007-11-17

• The death of e-mail?
  Slate magazine's article touches off an interesting discussion at Techdirt about whether email is for "old" people (say, those over 25).
  (tags: communication)
• Facebook & Alfresco Help Signal The End Of Today's Definition Of ECM
  "Content, and content repositories for that matter, will be wherever people work. And your organization's not going to be able to stop every employee from using online social networks like Facebook if it helps the employee get their job done."
  (tags: saas ecm facebook)
• You Say Fake Ads, They Say Satire
  Craigslist's execs are open to faux personal ads as long as they're good, apparently.
  (tags: craigslist)
• Foamee
  This independent Twitter service helps track who you owe beers to (and vice versa). Like a Facebook app outside of Facebook. I'd use this, perhaps incorrectly, to help describe how Google's OpenSocial might work.
  (tags: twitter foamee socialnetworking)
• Dogfooding
  I've heard the phrase "eating your own dogfood" before but never the slang "dogfooding." Food for thought for sysadmins transitioning from customer-focused roles.
  (tags: sysadmin)
• P2P CRM?
  Ajatus is a distributed CRM system designed that will use a fast, local, rich AJAX client. Replication allows sharing data with partners, customers and the employer with plenty of customizing, integration tools and plug-ins.
  (tags: crm)
• Information technology audit
  Half of the Wikipedia articles comprise half of the first results in my Google searches.
  (tags: sysadmin)
• CRM gets personal
  AMR claims 35% of CRM installations fail. The biggest cause: lack of buy-in from end users.
  (tags: sysadmin crm)
• Iraqis Wasting An Opportunity, U.S. Officers Say
  So, how to force political change in Iraq without destabilizing the country further? "I pity the guy who has to reconcile that tension," said Lt. Col. Ollivant, the planning chief for US military operations in Baghdad, whose tour of duty ends next month.
  (tags: iraq lastgraph)
• 3g iPod Nano and Nike+ Displaying Kilometers Instead of Miles
  So THAT'S what's going on. Glad a fix is in the works. Perhaps Apple's nudging us toward the metric system.
  (tags: apple ipod nike)
• 10 things we hate about laptops
  From the Tell-Me-Something-I-Don't-Know Dept.
  (tags: sysadmin)
• Foreclosures Hit a Snag for Lenders
  Who really owns the mortgage when loans are turned into securities and then sliced for resale? The unanswered question buys some time for those facing foreclosure.
  (tags: mortgage)

links for 2007-11-16

• Mossberg's Spreading Macbook Rumors
  From The Wall Street Journal: "Apple currently doesn’t offer a smaller laptop for road warriors, but there are persistent rumors that it will do so soon." Oh yeah.
  (tags: apple mac)
• Court Rejects Bush's Weak Fuel-Economy Standards
  "While the federal government may use a cost-benefit analysis to determine the “maximum feasible” fuel-economy standard, she added, “it cannot put a thumb on the scale by undervaluing the benefits and overvaluing the costs of more stringent standard
  (tags: environment cars)
• A Season Ticket for the Cemetery
  Argentine's rabid futbol fans now have a place to call their own for eternity. I wish the article had a link to more information explain how the soccer club system works.
  (tags: futbol)
• Train Strike in France
  I enjoyed one of these while backpacking a dozen years ago. This time it's over pension reform. Again, I'd like more information -- such as the reforms proposed and the reasons for and against them. To busy to go digging today.
  (tags: economics)