May 2012
16 posts
Every boy,” he said, “has a little sweetheart.
– Highlighted by Christof Dorner in Dubliners by James Joyce
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Finished reading The Call of the Wild by Jack... →
I really like how it shows the transformation in Bucks’ personality, first from a domestic dog to being mistreated as a working dog, to being unconditionally loved by humans and other dogs, and at the end to being a wild animal.
Finished reading Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer →
Did watch the movie first and liked it a lot. But the book is a million times better, one of the better books I’ve read so far.
Every Programmer Is a Designer
– Highlighted by Christof Dorner in Code Simplicity by Max Kanat-Alexander
And he was big-time hungry. Hungry, hungry, hungry. But real happy.
– Highlighted by Christof Dorner in Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer
April 2012
20 posts
Lord of the Files: How GitHub Tamed Free Software... →
Started reading Growing Object-Oriented Software,... →
Why not share it out of a simple desire for good karma?
– Highlighted by Christof Dorner in Free as in Freedom - Richard Stallman’s Crusade for Free Software by Sam Williams
Started reading Free as in Freedom - Richard... →
Started reading Learning the vi and Vim Editors by... →
March 2012
8 posts
Started reading Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John... →
Finished reading Quiet by Susan Cain →
A very well written and researched book. Interesting for introverts and extroverts alike. Although a possibly life altering read for introverts. Very recommended.
ReadTracker now on Google Play
readmill:
Remember the updates we announced for ReadTracker a few weeks ago? Well, they are now released in the Android app store, now called Google Play. Go get it right away!
Emphasizing the crowd means deemphasizing individual humans in the design of...
– Highlighted by Christof Dorner in You Are Not A Gadget: A Manifesto by Jaron Lanier
February 2012
30 posts
The central mistake of recent digital culture is to chop up a network of...
– Highlighted by Christof Dorner in You Are Not A Gadget: A Manifesto by Jaron Lanier
Instead of people being treated as the sources of their own creativity,...
– Highlighted by Christof Dorner in You Are Not A Gadget: A Manifesto by Jaron Lanier
Der Mensch ist ein kluges Tier, das sich doch zugleich selbst völlig...
– Highlighted by Christof Dorner in Wer bin ich - und wenn ja wie viele?: Eine philosophische Reise by Precht, Richard David
Lock-in makes us forget the lost freedoms we had in the digital past.
– Highlighted by Christof Dorner in You Are Not A Gadget: A Manifesto by Jaron Lanier
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ReadTracker: Soon with highlighting and OCR →
readmill:
The Global Android DevCamp we’ve been attending this weekend is coming to an end. But before we go home and get some long overdue sleep let me cover what we’ve been working on: highlighting incl. OCR support for ReadTracker!
Lots of people are currently using our application…