Michael Doornbos

Archive for November, 2009

30 Nov, 2009

Don’t cheapen your message

Posted by: mike In: Think

When you say:

I want to get to xxx followers on twitter
Help people listen to me
Join this site to get more attention/followers/money

You cheapen your message and damage your credibility.  If your blog/site/application is worth paying attention to then these things will happen on their own.  Instead of begging for it, why don’t you take that energy [...]

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20 Nov, 2009

Kids always find robots #TEDxNASA

Posted by: mike In: Uncategorized

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20 Nov, 2009

Morning at TEDxNASA

Posted by: mike In: Uncategorized

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18 Nov, 2009

On saving NASA

Posted by: mike In: Think| space

I noticed a new Twitter hashtag this morning for the first time: #SaveNASA
I love rallying cries.
I also love the huge list of things that the world benefits from as a result of NASA over the last 50 years.
BUT (come on, you knew there was a BUT in here)
Making lists of things accomplished in the past [...]

17 Nov, 2009

A dangerous productivity killer

Posted by: mike In: games

Some people like Tetris, or snood. I just want to be Luke.
The Star Wars Trench game is available on the iphone.  Get it at http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/11/17/star-wars-trench-run-game-released-for-iphone/

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10 Nov, 2009

Installing Google Go on Ubuntu 9.10 x86

Posted by: mike In: How-To| Linux

This is for x86 processors.  You need to change the 386 to amd64 if that’s your chip architecture.
First create a bin directory in your home directory if you don’t have one already:
mkdir $HOME/bin
Then edit your .bashrc file and add:
export GOROOT=$HOME/go
export GOOS=linux
export GOARCH=386
export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
Then reread your bashrc file:
source .bashrc

You’ll need some packages installed to build it:
sudo [...]

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10 Nov, 2009

The problem with open blogs

Posted by: mike In: Think

There’s an interesting trend lately.  There has been a surge in new wide open groups where the barrier to join is basically that you want to join the group.  Then anyone in the group is given access to post whatever they want on the group’s blog.
While the trust of individuals is a cool in a [...]

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