Why I’m Leaving Facebook, and How I’ll Live Without It

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Practical Concerns – I already invest lots of time in web projects and online social networks. Without fail, I feel like Facebook consistently delivers less value for the time spent compared to other networks like Twitter, Tumblr, and LinkedIN. The culture on Facebook is rapidly becoming about quantity of relationships instead [...]

Install Firefox 3.6 on Ubuntu in 3 Easy Steps

Just downloaded and installed the latest Firefox, and I’m liking it. Definitely a bit faster and more responsive than Firefox 3.5…though not yet as snappy as Chrome from what I can tell. Note: this will REPLACE your existing FF 3.5 install. Here’s how to install it from the command line in Ubuntu Karmic:

First, open [...]

Gedit Makes a Great Minimal Note Taker

I’ve used lots of note-taking apps over the years. Online apps, offline apps, gui apps, command-line apps, mobile apps, personal wikis—pretty much everything. But I keep coming back to plain text files for my notes when I take them on my computer. I do a lot of stuff (journaling, meeting notes, etc) the lo-fi way [...]