http://noahliebman.com Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:51:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just have to say that it's really weird (in a cool, good way) that I'm meeting all these people who actually think about some of the same stuff I do. It's actually really cool. Full orientation starts tomorrow! http://noahliebman.com/2008/08/26/orientation/ I am now on Twitter as Noleli. Truly, I have no idea why. http://noahliebman.com/2008/08/06/twitter/ I had long assumed that notifications, like those served up by Growl, would be distracting. After all, how should I be able to concentrate while being bombarded with pretty little updates on everything from what song just started playing to what that latest IM said to how many new articles ... http://noahliebman.com/2008/07/30/the-non-distracting-nature-of-notifications/ I have long been fascinated by a particular divide among users of technology: those who follow a step-by-step process, and those who "get it". This first came to my attention about seven years ago when I decided to learn how to use the video switcher in my high school's TV station. ... http://noahliebman.com/2008/07/23/on-following-directions/ I finally upgraded to WordPress 2.6 from 2.3! That means I can actually create and edit posts from Safari rather than switching to Firefox. Hurray! http://noahliebman.com/2008/07/19/upgraded-finally/ Sorry it's been so long since I last posted. I blame the fact that I'm working now. How silly. Luckily, I have a backlog of things I want to write about, of which this is the first installment. The May 23rd edition of the NPR show On The Media (yes, they ... http://noahliebman.com/2008/07/04/on-hamlets-blackberry/ A couple of weeks ago there was an post in a New York Times blog about the cost of text messaging that I would like to briefly recap here. A British space scientist, Nigel Bannister, ran some quick numbers and concluded that "The maximum size for a text message is 160 ... http://noahliebman.com/2008/05/25/the-cost-of-text-messaging/ I don't know how long Google Maps has been able to give directions using public transportation, because I'm sure Detroit has been late to that party. Now that there are some places in my area that Google tells me I can get to by bus (the only form of public ... http://noahliebman.com/2008/05/09/public-transit-on-google/ Email is for correspondence; RSS is for news. That's why I've been on a bit of an unsubscribe kick lately. Every time I get an email newsletter, I check to see if there's also a syndicated version. If there is, I unsubscribe and add the feed to NetNewsWire. What a ... http://noahliebman.com/2008/05/05/newsletters-be-gone/ I admit it: I am an information addict. It really is a problem, a problem which is made worse by the fact that I have not been doing a whole lot these past few months. The problem manifests itself in my inability to pull myself away from the computer even ... http://noahliebman.com/2008/04/10/and-i-have-a-problem/