Zach Pousman

Powerstrips are apparently the scare resource of South By Southwest. If you have one, you will immediately start attracting friends and fun. Instant party.

Link: Maker Profile of Reuben Margolin

Ben Shneiderman knows a lot more about the twitter than you’d imagine if you saw him walking by. #GVU #cant_judge_a_PhD_by_its_age

Link: Tip jars: David Sedaris versus Beggars

This is always very interesting to me.

As a matter of course, I always try to help people out, and so, I have been known to give money to people who ask for a buck or two. But it’s interesting that DS just put out a tip jar at events on his recent book tour and took in an extra $4000. He claimed that it was for candy. I’m bemused that people are so ready to give well-off (I won’t say DS is a millionaire without evidence, but let’s agree he does very well) authors money for candy, and so unwilling to give bums a chance to buy candy or cigarettes or booze or drugs or even food. I think it’s even more hypocritical when people get sanctimonious when they’re on the way to spend a lot of money on drinks at bars drugs just after doing some pre-partying with drinks and drugs at their homes and won’t help out another person who’d also like to get lit up.

“Put this on”, episode 2 : shoes. http://tumblr.com/xfq8wv5m7

An oldie but new to me: iA (respek!) did a redesign of FB – http://informationarchitects.jp/ias-2006-facebook-designs-redesigned/

Why is the Southeastern Conference suing Goldman Sachs? #acronymcollision #sec-vs-sec

Mmmmm…. an entire book dedicated to timeline infographics http://www.papress.com/html/book.details.page.tpl?isbn=9781568987637 #want

The nerds have won: SEC planning to mandate Python source code for financial instrument simulation http://bit.ly/cVcssM (via @random_walker)

@eaganjr – Woot Octane!

Chart junk, those USA-today-style infographics (and hated by Edward Tufte) are more memorable and convey equal data #nerdfight #chi2010

So true! Grrr RT @whatknows — After a week at #chi2010, I can totally relate to Wyche’s participants with limited internet access. Sigh…

@ktreichler @landay I hope people talking energy conserv at #chi2010 aren’t the waiting for escalator + I hope they didnt fly to ATL.

“Provide tools that enable participants to construct their own evidentiary rationales for participating”, data not enough. U. Haque #chi2010