Month: October 2012

“If someone can’t climb out of the details, and see the bigger picture from multiple angles, they’re often wrong most of the time.” – Jeff Bezos via Jason Fried

Edward Wyatt and Nick Wingfield reporting on changes to the Microsoft privacy policy: > Almost no one noticed, however, even though Microsoft’s policy changes are much the same as those that Google made to its privacy rules this year. Man, poor Google, they always get the short end of the stick. > The difference in […]

A great new payment gateway that seeks to replace Paypal for you. If you are accepting Paypal donations, switch to this. It uses Stripe, which is excellent, and is very simple to setup. It’s better for you *and* for those that pay you. The only bad part is that it won’t do recurring charges, I […]

Kontra on advertising models: >Why? Because shouting creates page views and clicks, and…well, there’s nothing more to say: shouting sells. And: >Nobody *likes* advertising, and yet we seem to be stuck with its corrupting effects on public discourse online. Lastly: >Advertising online has been corruptive of user privacy and editorial integrity. As I have mentioned […]

“Hope the formatting of this column doesn’t get screwed up on the text-only mobile version you’re looking at.” — The Macalope

Chris Morran: > According to reports, the TSA is removing backscatter full-body scanners, which use very small amounts of ionizing radiation, from major airports and replacing them with less-controversial millimeter wave scanners. But those X-ray scanners aren’t going to the Museum of Bad Ideas; they’re being shipped off for use at smaller airports. That’s pretty […]

Since I launched the [members](http://brooksreview.net/members/) only paywall I have been plagued with RSS feed issues for members. There are a handful of people that simply cannot seem to get a reliable RSS feed, no matter what I do. And this really bugs me. So I wanted an alternative way to have new posts delivered. Given […]

Since my [post yesterday about organizing your iPhone 5 homescreen](http://brooksreview.net/2012/10/5-homscreen-organization/), I have gotten a lot of responses from people wanting the wallpaper that I use. Here it is, it’s by Matt Gemmell. (Also, you should be reading Matt’s blog.)

Mark Jardine explaining the $20 price point of Tweetbot for Mac: >Because of Twitter’s recent enforcement of token limits, we only have a limited number of tokens available for Tweetbot for Mac. These tokens dictate how many users Tweetbot for Mac can have. The app’s limit is separate from, but much smaller than, the limit […]

>Shawn and Ben talk about five different apps that have been released in the past couple weeks. We went over the 30 minute mark by 2 minutes and 15 seconds — it’s my fault, sorry.

“I have no doubt that Android is making money. What I SERIOUSLY doubt is just how much money Android is making.” — John Kirk

Claire Cain Miller quoting Larry Page, Google’s CEO: >“Virtually everything that we want to do, I think, is somewhat at odds with locking down all of your information for uses you haven’t contemplated yet,” Mr. Page said. “That’s something I worry about.” Is it just me or does the above make zero sense? I want […]

Tina Brown and Baba Shetty outlining the Newsweek transition to all digital: >Exiting print is an extremely difficult moment for all of us who love the romance of print and the unique weekly camaraderie of those hectic hours before the close on Friday night. But as we head for the 80th anniversary of Newsweek next […]