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links for 2009-03-30

  • Note that your mockups are not protected in any way other than by a non-obvious URL, so don't use this service for "secret" mockups. Only create mockups you would show in public. I can not be held responsible if you create a mockup and your competition figures out how to access it!
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links for 2009-03-27

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links for 2009-03-22

  • Staff were receiving all kinds of messages that you and I were not. I watched organizers smile at and react to special SMS updates from the state and national headquarters, often designed to keep morale high or to relay timely insider information to key volunteers. For example, "we've already knocked on 40,000 doors today across the state—keep it up and we'll reach 50,000 new voters by dark."
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links for 2009-03-17

  • Mobile devices (phones) have become devices for both the production and consumption of rich media–augmenting their original purpose as one-to-one communication devices. In this course we will explore the technology that enables the consumption and production of media on these devices with an eye towards how that media can be used in conjunction with the devices' original social and communicative purposes. In short, this course will examine social and participatory aspects of mobile media consumption and generation. Students will create projects that utilize the available technology to explore new forms of social media creation and consumption.
    (tags: ITP syllabus)
  • A how-to the hottest code management system on the web.
  • Facebook offers some API functionality which requires specific opt in from the user. These methods are specific to certain use cases and require a greater level of trust from the user. They therefore employ a secondary opt-in flow, and the user may only opt in to one such permission on a single page view.
    (tags: facebook)
  • If you’re a freelancer incorporated as an LLC, there are certain business deductions you should include on your 2008 tax filing. As an LLC, you enjoy the benefits of owning a business, but you do not incur a double tax. Below is a list of forms and specific line items you should be cognizant of as a business owner.
    (tags: taxes llc)
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