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Recommended - The Pickle Theory
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These aren’t necessarily the most popular essays, just a running list of personal favorites. Below them is everything ever published on here. Since this site doesn’t really adhere to any specific niche or subject (yet), category-based archives would have made little sense. Last update: July 2, 2015. The Future of Information. Where is journalism headed? A model for the future. A stagnant medium that doesn’t make for a sexy topic, but is ripe for a radical shift. A post about Grandpa. Where financially po...
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A Brief Thought on Common Sense - The Pickle Theory
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A Brief Thought on Common Sense. People find it intrusive for someone to rummage through stuff they already threw in the trash, but don’t mind Gov and Corp systematically examining their most intimate. June 17, 2015.
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Ross Ulbricht Sentenced to Life in Prison - The Pickle Theory
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Ross Ulbricht Sentenced to Life in Prison. Ross Ulbricht, founder and mastermind of the Silk Road, has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of narcotics conspiracy and other charges earlier this year. I’ve been waiting for an update on the affair so I can share with you this must-read two. Story on the rise and fall of Silk Road. If you missed it somehow, send it to your reading queue now and thank me later. May 30, 2015.
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Ad-Blocking Could Be Coming to Safari in iOS 9 - The Pickle Theory
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Ad-Blocking Could Be Coming to Safari in iOS 9. An Apple partisan might argue it just wants to give users control of their iPhone experience, and having debuted extensions in the last version of iOS, allowing them to alter web content is a natural next step. They had it coming! Was my knee-jerk reaction too, but as I wrote in. Adblock and Collective Punishment. I oppose ad-blocking as a blanket policy. June 11, 2015.
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Half a Herd - The Pickle Theory
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Well, this place has been dormant for a while, hasn’t it? 8220;Dormant” might not be the right word because this was never supposed to be your source for breaking news. Maybe breaking views. But that’s the way the cookie crumbles. I did publish some pieces I’m proud of, like. The Future of Information. But by and large, career developments and other life matters got in the way. There are so many things I want to write about. That man. Worth writing a whole book about him. A post about Grandpa. My grandfa...
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Talking About a (Radio) Revolution - The Pickle Theory
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Talking About a (Radio) Revolution. Vehicle audio is something I’ve been investing a lot of thought into lately, so I want to zoom out of Apple’s recent announcement of CarPlay and talk about the general landscape. Video killed the radio star. There is one reason that it hasn’t totally annihilated him, though: Traffic. Radio-listening is no longer a habit it’s mostly an accidental byproduct of the amount of time we spend in cars. It What frequency the radio waves oscillate at has become a technical detai...
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The Price of Music - The Pickle Theory
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The Price of Music. David Pakman in a guest piece for Recode. The data shows that $120 per year is far beyond what the overwhelming majority of consumers will pay for music, and instead shows that a price closer to $48 per year is likely much closer to a sweet spot to attract a large number of subscribers. June 25, 2015.
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Canisbos' Safari Extensions - The Pickle Theory
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Canisbos’ Safari Extensions. I forgot how this ended up in my Pocket queue, but I finally got to it and there are some great ones in here. July 20, 2015.
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Kiwi for Gmail: A Review - The Pickle Theory
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Kiwi for Gmail: A Review. Gmail in a Box. I mentioned having bought Kiwi for Gmail. This review will first cover the app itself, and an optional appendix at the end will detail my initial experiences as an early adopter. Zive Inc. launched their Kickstarter campaign. For “Gmail for Mac” on November 15, 2014, dubbing it “the true desktop email client for Gmail”. Kiwi for Gmail launched on June 23 and costs $10 on the Mac App Store. A free version Kiwi for Gmail Light can also be found on the App Store.
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A Better OS X Dictionary - The Pickle Theory
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A Better OS X Dictionary. James Somers read an essay by writer John McPhee in which the latter mentions how he employs the dictionary in his editing process. The problem was as Somers details in his own piece. That he and McPhee appeared to be using very different kinds of dictionaries. None of the dictionaries Somers had been using offered the richness that McPhee’s one seemed to. So he went out to find out which dictionary that was, and added it as his default dictionary on OS X. A dictionary that igno...
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