I was studying (read: Twittering) at Huntsman tonight when I overheard some guys talking about their up-and-coming social network (here's some advice: don't do it in public). After some quick searching, I discovered two blogs run by fellow Whartonites. Here's some link love (by the way, thanks to Kent Newsome for his!):
curiousgirl's playground
3000 Miles of Virtual Insanity
(and another one) Cool New Web
If you've been wondering what's been going on with this blog in the past few weeks, Hugh Macleod made a comic about it (it wasn't for me, but it may as well have been):
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Two very important people are leaving Microsoft. First is Bryan Lee, former VP in the entertainment and device division, who oversaw the Zune launch. Second is Jim Allchin, former Co-President of the platform and services division. The latter had an excellent blog post on a day in his post-Microsoft life. Neither are going to competitors, however, instead both are going to "pursue personal interests," as the Reuters article linked above puts it.
In other Microsoft news, a so-called "vulnerability" has been found in Vista. The vulnerability involves having voice commands from a third-party being played over speakers and doing nasty things to a PC. I don't really see this is as a new problem, as it could have been done on any other OS that had voice recognition (e.g., XP or OS X). The easy solution is to disable voice commands (who really uses them anyway?), but a more long-term solution for people who do want voice commands is to have it require a passcode to be said before the OS runs a command.
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New York Magazine has a 13-page guide on how to behave in a city, specifically New York City. It covers things from meeting celebs, riding public transportation, and of course, proper iPod etiquette.
There are four levels of iPod interaction (I'll let you read the situations that fall into each):
LEVEL ONE
Continue at full blast. Consider increasing the vigor of your head-nodding and/or humming.
LEVEL ONE AND A HALF
Subtly turn down volume.
LEVEL TWO
Make a big show of pressing PAUSE.
LEVEL THREE
Remove headphones, toss them jauntily over shoulder.
LEVEL FOUR
Completely remove and enclose in nearest pocket/bag/purse.
This pretty much describes my levels of interaction whilst listening to my iPod. The only modification I'd make is to Level 3. Instead of tossing them over my shoulder, I just hang an earbud over my ear.
And let me just throw this in because it's happened to me a couple of times. If you're riding in my car, don't listen to your iPod. I think it's rude that you decide to completely ignore me while I'm courteous enough to drive you around.
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