Weekly Tech & Greens | Brent Norris

On May 14, 2012, in from Twitter, by Brent
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Weekly Tech & Greens | Brent Norris

On April 30, 2012, in from Twitter, by Brent
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Weekly Tech & Greens | Brent Norris

On April 9, 2012, in from Twitter, by Brent
  • Unless you collect, store and use your own water supply, your water is now under control of the US Defense Dept…. http://t.co/MHvkvgOc #
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China Privacy AdvocateNon-binding guidlines being released by their state agency are expected to be very pro-user.
Read more:
http://english.people.com.cn/90882/7778787.html

More according to http://www.statista.com

  • In 2011, the total population of China was around 1.35 billion people. Life expectancy in China was 73.3 years for people born in 2009.
  • The country is on track to overtake the United States as the world’s largest economy within the next decade. In 2010, the GDP of China was 5.88 trillion U.S. dollars.
  • China overtook Germany as the world’s leading exporter and now tops the ranking of the world’s largest export nations with a total export value of 1.58 trillion U.S. dollars in 2010. 20% of all exports go to US.
  • Distribution of the workforce across economic sectors in China from 1998 to 2008. In 2008, 39.6 percent of the workforce were employed in agriculture, 27.2 percent in manufacturing and 33.2 percent in services.
  • 4th Quarter 2009 to 4th Quarter 2011 – In the fourth Quarter of 2009, the index value for the business expectations in China stood at 127.7 points.

Infographic stolen from Mashable
China Internet Use - Click for full size image

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The Volcano Arts Center will host this year’s global simulcast presented by Melinda French Gates of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. With a backdrop of the “Big Picture” theme of TEDxChange, Volcano residents will watch TEDxChange presentations in Berlin.

Free Event! Starts at 4pm. TEDxVolcano organizer mtg to follow regularly scheduled broadcast of TEDxChange.

TEDxChange

 

Consider the WTFPL. It’s as open as they get. If you’re considering another license that’s less free, you may want to reconsider your goals.

It’s okay to not produce Open Source Software. I personally believe that each license has it’s place in professional web development. But if you’re looking for the most open license, The WTFPL would be the one.

Read more about the WTFPL

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Gratitude for Cheat Sheets!

On March 21, 2012, in social-mixdown, by Brent

One of the things I like best about modern search is being able to actually find stuff. Like cheat sheets!!!

We used to have to create these, tape them to the wall and get laughed at for being geeks. Now it’s cool (kewl).

Imagine that?!

Loving this one at the moment:
The New Updated Facebook Cheat Sheet of Sizes and Dimensions

Yes, it really is a technocruze, technocruze folks.

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Facebook’s Sustainability Efforts

On March 17, 2012, in social-mixdown, by Brent

Coding to save energy

Facebook developed HipHop for PHP, which is a source code transformer – converting PHP code to C++. With HipHop, we reduced the CPU usage on Facebook Web servers by an average of about 50%. Less CPU usage means fewer servers, which means less energy use.

Thinking of adding this to the Sustainable Web Design Knol?

 

Google vs. BingcomScore Releases February 2012 U.S. Search Engine Rankings

of note…

17.6 billion explicit core searches were conducted in February, with Google Sites ranking first with 11.7 billion. Microsoft Sites ranked second with 2.7 billion searches, followed by Yahoo! Sites with 2.4 billion, Ask Network with 535 million (up 2 percent) and AOL, Inc. with 266 million.

Get the complete results at comScore:
comScore Releases February 2012 U.S. Search Engine Rankings

 

International Women’s Day

On March 8, 2012, in social-mixdown, by Brent

In honor of International Women’s Day!

We Love You!

 
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