November 2003
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Audio Software
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AAC: music to my ears
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If you’re using iTunes/iPod/QuickTime 6 you can start burning music in AAC format, the audio spec for MPEG-4. The encoding is better than MPEG-3 resulting in smaller file sizes (at the same bit rate) and higher quality sound. Mp3s couldn’t match CDs for sound quality because they relied on earlier, imperfect perceptual coding algorithms; AAC…
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Book Crossing
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Years ago I ran a book exchange, circulating books out into the world and even getting a couple different ones back in return. This idea has been joined with social software at Book Crossing. Register a book and its location on the site and release it into the world. Others find it, read it, release…
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Find Yourself, in Italy
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IA, the Italian version. Dove mi trovo?
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Tests Well With Others
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In this brave new world where user-centered designers meet old-school info technologists, we can all live, love, and test together. Here’s how my usability testing jives with their testing, as I understand it: What types of testing do we do? QA: technical check to make sure it works UAT (user acceptance testing): ensure the system…
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The Sheer Mass
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Kathryn says, ‘I carry the weight of old boyfriends, self-possessed jerks and sweet immature nerds. The weight of making the relationship work, I can feel it in my chest and my throat. And if I open my mouth I inhale the sheer mass hanging in the air between us. My fear and ignorance are cinder…
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NaNoWriMo
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‘There are certain things that we know we can do. Showing up for work relatively close to the contractually obligated start time is one. Watching TV is another. We also know, in a general sort of way, that we could probably tie a decent enough knot to secure a docile cow to a pole for…
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Older Than Jesus
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Happy birthday to me. This means I get to eat chocolate marble cake with chocalate sauce dripped over the top dipped into a bowl of espresso. My love bought me Transatlanticism (mp3s), which rocks a little more than Death Cab’s previous albums. Also, a lovely wool scarf. The sun is shining through the leaves that…