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How to delete online accounts? How to enter common symbols and punctuation on a Droid quickly How to build and test an iPhone app that uses the accelerometer James Paterson demos how he uses Flash and ActionScript to animate his drawingsWhat is the best web authoring tool for Mac OS X?Share knowledge, ask questions on O'Reilly Answers today.

O'Reilly Media <ul style="margin: 0 0 0 1.2em; padding: 3px 0 10px 0;"> <li style="padding-bottom: 6px;"><a href="http://answers.oreilly.com/topic/897-how-do-you-whittle-down-your-number-of-online-accounts/page__p__1544&#entry1544">How to delete online accounts?</a></li> <li style="padding-bottom: 6px;"><a href="http://answers.oreilly.com/topic/904-how-to-enter-common-symbols-and-punctuation-on-a-droid-quickly/">How to enter common symbols and punctuation on a Droid quickly</a></li> <li style="padding-bottom: 6px;"><a href="http://answers.oreilly.com/topic/845-how-to-build-and-test-an-iphone-app-that-uses-the-accelerometer/">How to build and test an iPhone app that uses the accelerometer</a></li> <li style="padding-bottom: 6px;"><a href="http://answers.oreilly.com/topic/900-james-paterson-demonstrates-how-he-uses-flash-and-actionscript-3-to-animate-his-drawings/">James Paterson demos how he uses Flash and ActionScript to animate his drawings</a></li><li style="padding-bottom: 0px;"><a href="http://answers.oreilly.com/topic/891-what-is-the-best-web-authoring-tool-for-mac-os-x-both-free-and-paid/">What is the best web authoring tool for Mac OS X?</a></li></ul>Share knowledge, ask questions on <a href="http://answers.oreilly.com/">O'Reilly Answers</a> today. <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/news/~4/iWtkQBn9Dns" height="1" width="1"/> text http://blogs.oreilly.com/blurbs/2009/12/21/answers-web2suicide.png http://answers.oreilly.com/ tag:blogs.oreilly.com,2009:/blurbs//59.38749 2009-12-21T17:02:45Z 2009-12-21T17:02:45Z

See Bacteria-Powered Micro-Machines. This and more in today's Four Short Links.

O'Reilly Media <a href="http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/12/four-short-links-21-december-2.html"><img src="http://cdn.oreilly.com/oreilly/promos/bacteria-machine.jpg" height="208" width="345" /></a><br /><br />See <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/12/prweb3354574.htm">Bacteria-Powered Micro-Machines</a>. This and more in today's <a href="http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/12/four-short-links-21-december-2.html">Four Short Links<a/>. <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/news/~4/tszY66tJSkc" height="1" width="1"/> text http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/12/four-short-links-21-december-2.html tag:radar.oreilly.com,2009://57.38672 2009-12-20T21:10:40Z 2009-12-20T21:10:40Z

What men daily do, not knowing what they do!The Internet provides minimal information about us when we go online, but compensates by providing immediate, dynamic exploitation of that information. This post in the identity article series shows what we tell others just by connecting to the Internet. Previous posts in this series explored the various identifies that track you in real life. Now we can look at the traits that constitute your identity online. A little case study may show how fluid these are.

Andy Oram http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/36 <strong><em>What men daily do, not knowing what they do!</em></strong><br />The Internet provides minimal information about us when we go online, but compensates by providing immediate, dynamic exploitation of that information. This post in the identity article series shows what we tell others just by connecting to the Internet. Previous posts in this series explored the various identifies that track you in real life. Now we can look at the traits that constitute your identity online. A little case study may show how fluid these are. <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/news/~4/lkZgv9QKQu4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/36 text http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/12/online-identity3.html tag:www.insideria.com,2009://34.38748 2009-12-20T20:50:50Z 2009-12-20T20:50:50Z

I was perusing the Google Code blog recently, and stumbled across a post explaining the new Google Browser Size tool. This is a tool that allows you to compare the size & layout of your design against data showing the most common browser sizes of client machines.

Andrew Trice http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/3436 I was perusing the Google Code blog recently, and stumbled across a <a target="_blank" href="http://googlecode.blogspot.com/2009/12/introducing-google-browser-size.html">post</a> explaining the new <a target="_blank" href="http://browsersize.googlelabs.com/">Google Browser Size</a> tool. This is a tool that allows you to compare the size & layout of your design against data showing the most common browser sizes of client machines. <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/news/~4/PIDeT9GDK4I" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/3436 text http://www.insideria.com/2009/12/21/google-browser-size.jpg http://www.insideria.com/2009/12/does-your-ui-work-for-the-mass.html tag:www.insideria.com,2009://34.38744 2009-12-19T23:28:26Z 2009-12-19T23:28:26Z

End of year is a time when companies and departments reflect on the previous year and begin planning for new projects and challenges in the coming year. It's also a time when departments usually restructure to bring more focus and fortification to the challenges ahead. It's a time to re-org. Re-orgs can be stressful. If you've spent the previous year in one role it's natural to be a little intimidated if your role has changed. But re-orgs are a good thing.

Tom Barker http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/3751 End of year is a time when companies and departments reflect on the previous year and begin planning for new projects and challenges in the coming year. It's also a time when departments usually restructure to bring more focus and fortification to the challenges ahead. It's a time to re-org. Re-orgs can be stressful. If you've spent the previous year in one role it's natural to be a little intimidated if your role has changed. But re-orgs are a good thing. <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/news/~4/9XI_0yAjHII" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/3751 text http://www.insideria.com/2009/12/surviving-a-re-org.html tag:radar.oreilly.com,2009://57.38740 2009-12-18T18:52:52Z 2009-12-18T18:52:52Z

Reading this morning's New York Times story, Mobile Phones Become Essential Tools for Holiday Shopping, I was reminded again of the fundamental shortsightedness of so many of our economic decisions, that flaw in human nature that makes us seize on temporary advantage without thinking of the long-term consequences. The article focuses on the use of applications like ShopSavvy and RedLaser to do comparison price checking while in the store. On the surface, these are great tools for consumers (and there are other applications besides price comparison.) But remember, cutthroat pursuit of the lowest price will hasten the demise of many retailers, while strengthening others (usually, the biggest and most efficient, who can make money on the slenderest margins.) But what happens once those mega-retailers are the last one standing? Prices are likely to go up.

Tim O'Reilly http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/27 Reading this morning's New York Times story, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/technology/18mobile.html">Mobile Phones Become Essential Tools for Holiday Shopping</a>, I was reminded again of the fundamental shortsightedness of so many of our economic decisions, that flaw in human nature that makes us seize on temporary advantage without thinking of the long-term consequences. The article focuses on the use of applications like <a href=http://www.biggu.com/apps/shopsavvy-iphone/>ShopSavvy</a> and <a href=http://redlaser.com/>RedLaser</a> to do comparison price checking while in the store. On the surface, these are great tools for consumers (and there are other applications besides price comparison.) But remember, cutthroat pursuit of the lowest price will hasten the demise of many retailers, while strengthening others (usually, the biggest and most efficient, who can make money on the slenderest margins.) But what happens once those mega-retailers are the last one standing? Prices are likely to go up. <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/news/~4/Mk0Ua6iZuPk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/27 text http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/12/21/shopsavvy.jpg http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/12/why-using-shopsavvy-might-not.html tag:blogs.oreilly.com,2009:/blurbs//59.38737 2009-12-18T16:27:12Z 2009-12-18T16:27:12Z

O'Reilly is launching the first-ever Global Ignite Week, to bring together as many local Ignites as possible. Read more.

O'Reilly Media <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKjmD2xM3ms"><img src="http://cdn.oreilly.com/oreilly/promos/ignite-41-clunkers.jpg" width="345" height="208" /></a><br /><br /> O'Reilly is launching the first-ever Global Ignite Week, to bring together as many local Ignites as possible. <a href="http://ignite.oreilly.com/giw/">Read more</a>. <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/news/~4/QtqK-Ug6XB8" height="1" width="1"/> text http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKjmD2xM3ms tag:toc.oreilly.com,2009://40.38734 2009-12-17T22:39:41Z 2009-12-17T22:39:41Z

In a blog post today, New York Times Columnist (and bestselling O'Reilly author) David Pogue responds to a reader question about DRM (he calls it "copy protection") in light of all the recent ereader buzz, and he's very honest and open about his (very natural) reaction to finding copies of his books out in the wild: "As an author myself, I, too, am terrified by the thought of piracy. I can't stand seeing my books, which are the primary source of my income, posted on all these piracy Web sites, available for anyone to download free." He then discusses sales for one of his books since we began offering it as a (DRM-free) ebook: "The thing was pirated to the skies. It's all over the Web now, ridiculously easy to download without paying... The crazy thing was, sales of the book did not fall."

Andrew Savikas http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/1848 In <a href="http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/should-e-books-be-copy-protected" target="_blank">a blog post today</a>, New York Times Columnist (and bestselling O'Reilly author) David Pogue responds to a reader question about DRM (he calls it "copy protection") in light of all the recent ereader buzz, and he's very honest and open about his (very natural) reaction to finding copies of his books out in the wild: "As an author myself, I, too, am terrified by the thought of piracy. I can't stand seeing my books, which are the primary source of my income, posted on all these piracy Web sites, available for anyone to download free." He then discusses sales for one of his books since we began offering it as a (DRM-free) ebook: "The thing was pirated to the skies. It's all over the Web now, ridiculously easy to download without paying... The crazy thing was, sales of the book did not fall." <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/news/~4/aUCCgT65bKY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/1848 text http://toc.oreilly.com/2009/12/david-pogue-revisits-drm-question-and-ebooks.html tag:radar.oreilly.com,2009://57.38671 2009-12-17T22:07:24Z 2009-12-17T22:07:24Z

To be or not to be: that is the question.Hamlet's famous utterance plays a trick on theater-goers, a mind game of the same type he inflicted constantly on his family and his court. While diverting his audience's attention with a seemingly simple choice between being and non-being, Hamlet of all people would know very well how these extremes bracket infinite gradations. Our fascination with Hamlet is precisely his instinct for presenting a different self to almost everyone he met. Social networking gives us an impetus to review how we appear online. When people ask who we are, questions multiply far beyond the capacity of a binary "to be" digit.

Andy Oram http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/36 <strong><em>To be or not to be: that is the question.</em></strong><br />Hamlet's famous utterance plays a trick on theater-goers, a mind game of the same type he inflicted constantly on his family and his court. While diverting his audience's attention with a seemingly simple choice between being and non-being, Hamlet of all people would know very well how these extremes bracket infinite gradations. Our fascination with Hamlet is precisely his instinct for presenting a different self to almost everyone he met. Social networking gives us an impetus to review how we appear online. When people ask who we are, questions multiply far beyond the capacity of a binary "to be" digit. <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/news/~4/04OZ_cG6DVo" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/36 text http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/12/online-identity1.html tag:blogs.oreilly.com,2009:/blurbs//59.38733 2009-12-17T18:09:57Z 2009-12-17T18:09:57Z

O'Reilly Media <a href="http://www.forbes.com/2009/12/15/public-speaking-entrepreneurship-technology-breakthroughs-berkun.html">The Importance of What You Say</a> &mdash; "People laugh when I tell them I'm a professional speaker. They assume at first that I'm some kind of self-help guru or infomercial star," writes Scott Berkun in a new O'Reilly Insights column on Forbes.com. In the column, the bestselling author of the newly released <a href="http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596802004/">Confessions of a Public Speaker</a> discusses how to choose what to say and which angle to take. <a href="http://www.forbes.com/2009/12/15/public-speaking-entrepreneurship-technology-breakthroughs-berkun.html">Read more.</a> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/news/~4/hr-eeYemfc4" height="1" width="1"/> text http://blogs.oreilly.com/blurbs/2009/12/17/forbes-burken.jpg http://www.forbes.com/2009/12/15/public-speaking-entrepreneurship-technology-breakthroughs-berkun.html tag:blogs.oreilly.com,2009:/blurbs//59.38732 2009-12-17T16:22:59Z 2009-12-17T16:22:59Z

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Subscribe to this video podcast series via iTunes. Or, visit the O'Reilly Media area at iTunes to find other podcasts from O'Reilly.

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iPhone Piracy -- over 70% of submitted game scores for this game (Tap Fu) were from pirated copies. Having seen our data and the fact that not a single pirate bought Tap-Fu after playing it, these arguments all sound a bit delusional to me. It seems like an attempt at trying to be legitimate while hiding the real reason. They should just change their page to say "We pirate because we can". That seems to be a much more honest statement based on the data we've seen. (via timoreilly on Twitter) This and more in today's Four Short Links.

Nat Torkington http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/149 <a href="http://smellslikedonkey.com/wordpress/?page_id=274">iPhone Piracy</a> -- over 70% of submitted game scores for this game (Tap Fu) were from pirated copies. <i>Having seen our data and the fact that not a single pirate bought Tap-Fu after playing it, these arguments all sound a bit delusional to me. It seems like an attempt at trying to be legitimate while hiding the real reason. They should just change their page to say "We pirate because we can". That seems to be a much more honest statement based on the data we've seen.</i> (via <a href="http://twitter.com/timoreilly">timoreilly on Twitter</a>) This and more in today's Four Short Links. <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/news/~4/9ZJhVgIbyJ8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/149 text http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/12/17/tap-fu-logo.jpg http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/12/four-short-links-17-december-2.html tag:blogs.oreilly.com,2009:/blurbs//59.38728 2009-12-16T20:28:21Z 2009-12-16T20:28:21Z

"First Look: Microsoft Office 2010," by Katherine Murray, offers 14 chapters of early content. This free sneak peek introduces you to changes in Office 2010 and shows you how to make the most of the new features. Download the sneak peek here. Find more information about this free download on the Microsoft Press blog.

O'Reilly Media "First Look: Microsoft Office 2010," by Katherine Murray, offers 14 chapters of early content. This free sneak peek introduces you to changes in Office 2010 and shows you how to make the most of the new features. <a href="http://cid-d7229b252a0ad6f2.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/693876ebook.pdf">Download the sneak peek here.</a> Find more information about this free download on the <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_press/archive/2009/12/09/free-e-book-first-look-microsoft-office-2010.aspx">Microsoft Press blog</a>. <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/news/~4/MiTLfiNnAh8" height="1" width="1"/> text http://blogs.oreilly.com/blurbs/2009/12/16/microsoft-office-2010-first.jpg http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_press/archive/2009/12/09/free-e-book-first-look-microsoft-office-2010.aspx tag:broadcast.oreilly.com,2009://53.38724 2009-12-16T19:00:00Z 2009-12-16T19:00:00Z

'Twas a night during the holidays, when all through the house Everyone was connecting and using their mouse. The screens were alight and holding their stares, While holiday music from iTunes loudly blared. The children were chatting and texting their friends, Searching for YouTube clips they just had to send; And Daddy with his iPhone and I with my RIM Were synching our calendars to meet at the gym.

Sarah Sorensen http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/3718 'Twas a night during the holidays, when all through the house<br /> Everyone was connecting and using their mouse.<br /> The screens were alight and holding their stares,<br /> While holiday music from iTunes loudly blared.<br /> <br /> The children were chatting and texting their friends,<br /> Searching for YouTube clips they just had to send;<br /> And Daddy with his iPhone and I with my RIM<br /> Were synching our calendars to meet at the gym.<br /> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/news/~4/VkWFLjz3bPE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/3718 text http://broadcast.oreilly.com/2009/12/17/holiday-image.png http://broadcast.oreilly.com/2009/12/twas-the-holiday-season-in-the.html