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odrive | How odrive works – Mac — odrive

March 1, 2015

interesting app to sync multiple cloud drives
http://new.odrive.com/howitworks-mac

Steve Jobs: Walter Isaacson, Dylan Baker: 9781442369054: Amazon.com: Books

March 1, 2015

Some brief thoughts on @WalterIsaacson’s book on Steve Jobs. Great Biography of An Extreme Individual

Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs is a fantastic read, both engaging and revealing in many details. What emerges is a portrait of a genius — but also a quirky person with many contradictions. On one hand, the visionary who brought us the Mac, the iPhone, the iTunes Store and many other exceptional innovations but also the taskmaster who was incredibly demanding and difficult to interact with — someone who would get upset at the smallest details. Of particular interest to fans of Apple products: there are many tidbits on how particular features (and bugs) got included — from the oval on the MacIntosh dialogue boxes to the band circling the iPhone 4. There is also much revealing information on how the CEO of a huge public company concealed his cancer from so many people and about the intricate boardroom interplay deposing a leader and then his comeback. Altogether, a great read that I would recommend to anyone.

Note tags bundle:
https://linkstream2.gerstein.info/tag/jobs0mg

http://www.amazon.com/Steve-Jobs-Walter-Isaacson/dp/1451648537

http://www.amazon.com/review/R3HF9JGYIRU2CC/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1451648537

Ozobot: The tiny robot that comes alive on your iPad REVIEW

February 8, 2015

Ozobot: The tiny #robot that comes alive on your iPad http://mashable.com/2015/01/09/ozobot-review Similar to @gosphero; Follows crayon-drawn lines

My Childhood Memories Are Locked in a Yahoo Account

February 1, 2015

My Childhood Memories Are Locked in a Yahoo Account http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/06/i-asked-the-internet-to-guess-the-answers-to-my-security-questions/373223 Nice example illustrating difficult tradeoffs in #datasecurity

Improve Collaborative Editing Of Office Files With Dropbox & Project Harmony

January 12, 2015

Improve Collaborative Editing Of #Office Files With Dropbox & Project Harmony http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/improve-collaborative-editing-office-files-dropbox-project-harmony Interesting alternative to #Google Docs

How My Mom Got Hacked – NYTimes.com

January 10, 2015

How My Mom Got Hacked http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/opinion/sunday/how-my-mom-got-hacked.html The Cryptowall #crime business, complete w/ customer support & #Bitcoin payment suggestions

Smartphone Photography Evolves With Camera Apps and Related Tools

December 27, 2014

Recommends Manual for $2

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/02/technology/personaltech/smartphone-photography-evolves-with-camera-apps-and-related-tools.html

The Human Element In Lab Informatics | October 20, 2014 Issue – Vol. 92 Issue 42 | Chemical & Engineering News

December 14, 2014

The Human Element In Lab Informatics
http://cen.acs.org/articles/92/i42/Human-Element-Lab-Informatics.html Conservative view of the value of digitization. Maybe keep your paper notebook!

The Slippery Slope of Silicon Valley – NYTimes.com

December 11, 2014

The Slippery Slope of Silicon Valley
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/27/style/uber-facebook-and-others-bedeviled-by-moral-issues.html #Tech world Yin-&-yang – eg for $GOOG, amazing free services v #privacy concerns

How 3-D Printing Is Changing Medicine

December 8, 2014

How 3D Printing Is Changing Medicine http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/11/24/print-thyself Common in orthodontics (@Invisalign) & some surgeries. Printable organs next?

Also, 3D printing is now available from Amazon & Staples, viz:http://www.amazon.com/b?node=8323871011