Yearly Archives: 2010

Facebook Notes, No. 5687897

Posted on November 15, 2010 by yrm

«[…] Mikalah uses Facebook but when she goes to log out, she deactivates her Facebook account. She knows that this doesn’t delete the account – that’s the point. She knows that when she logs back in, she’ll be able to reactivate the account and have all of her friend connections back. But when she’s not … Continue reading →

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Facebook Notes, No. 5687689

Posted on November 15, 2010 by yrm

«[…] Facebook has told me I have too many friends and fan pages. […] My reward for contributing significantly to Facebook’s content and networks is that I can never add another friend or fan another page (although anyone can add me as a friend). […]» — Jeffrey Zeldman, «Friend limit reached»

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Wahrheit

Posted on November 15, 2010 by yrm

»Ich habe über das Problem auf Internetseiten gelesen, die die Wahrheit schreiben« — Petentin via Netzpolitik

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Facebook Notes, No. 5687458

Posted on November 15, 2010 by yrm

«[…] as a designer, it bothers me, not only because badly designed things bother designers, but because badly designed things in a highly successful product spur a lust for imitation. I don’t want our clients to think “like” works. I don’t want them desiring similarly broken functionality on sites we design for them. I don’t … Continue reading →

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«Embrace the Fascists» by Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird

Posted on November 14, 2010 by yrm

«Embrace the Fascists» by Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird Website: Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird [via Daniel Sieradski]

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Neukölln & Gentrification: International Starbucks Service Slavery Standard

Posted on November 14, 2010 by yrm

Offending the Clientele from Retsina Film. «International-Starbucks-Service-Slavery-Standard» … Danke Sender Freies Neukölln. Das Video trifft’s. Hut ab. Und die Kommentare? Ha! [via BurkS]

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«Death of ACTA» by Dan Bull

Posted on October 21, 2010 by yrm

[direct link · via boing boing] Update: german transcript (deutsche Übersetzung) of «Death of ACTA» by Dan Bull … and in english, french (and german, too) at vasistas? About ACTA (short version)… After more than two years of negotiations largely behind closed doors and without involvement of our elected representatives or civil society groups, ACTA, … Continue reading →

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Language & Nitpickers

Posted on October 19, 2010 by yrm
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The Yes Men Prank & Media Slapstick Follows

Posted on October 19, 2010 by yrm

«Chevron is doing what we did, a million times over, with a ginormous budget – and it never reveals its subterfuge, no wonder the media’s full of lies.» — Andy Bichlbaum, The Yes Men from: «Activists Derail Massive Chevron Ad Campaign, Spark Media Vaudeville»

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The Yes Men vs. Chevron – 1:0

Posted on October 18, 2010 by yrm

Chevron Corp. announced a new global advertising campaign this week aimed at showing Chevron as a “real people” corporation, and admitting to abuses that companies usually try to hide. — source code of «Radical Chevron Ad Campaign Highlights Industry Problems» Like I said some hours ago: The e-mails I received w/ the (fake) press releases … Continue reading →

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