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hello world. my name is Ryan Alexander Boyles. often, it's pronounced the RAB. i'm into declarative living. i am a connector. this is my life-stream / tumblr / blog. call it what you will. find my sxsw posts.
any questions, ask me anything! btw, here is a standard disclaimer.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
INFORMATION WANTS SOMEBODY ELSE TO PAY FOR IT.
My Favorite Chart of the Year, So Far by Jason Oberholtzer of I love charts tumblr fame
Featured on Data-Driven Forbes blog
Behavior is motivation filtered through opportunity.
Clay Shirky, quoted by Faris on The Importance of Being Awesome
What a 5MB Hard Drive Looked Like is 1956
‘In September 1956 IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the first ‘SUPER’ computer with a hard disk drive (HDD). The HDD weighed over a ton and stored 5 MB of data.’
Texomatube via Retronaught (Thanks @Atul)
The 123-foot digital Data Wall at Lincoln Center in NYC.
What I’m reading in the dentist reception area this morning
Walking A Tightrope | BrandSavant
How to be a Skeptic (without being skeptical). An Ignite talk given by Tom Webster in February 2011 at the Carolina Theatre in Durham NC. FYI, I am an organizer of Ignite Durham along with Jeff Cohen and Zach Ward. The full presentation is on slideshare.
Who Swears the Most? How Foursquare Used Hadoop to Find Out
by Scott Gilbertson via Webmonkey blog on Wired.com
As a follow-up to the look at what programming languages produce the most profanity during GIT code commits. LOL
