Ben Ward's Scattered Mind

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We used to wait for it
Now we’re screaming
Sing the chorus again
The penultimate refrain from Arcade Fire’s “We Used To Wait”. Quoted not for depth or meaning or lyrical intrigue or anything at all except that reading it will immediately pop that bit of the song into my head. Might be my favourite moment on the whole record.

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Cheated Not only did Foursquare not give me a ‘Godlike Comedy Genius’ badge for creating this venue, it fucked me over on points too. The love affair is over. OK! We’ve got you @ Pleasantly Mildocalypse San Francisco. Whoa, how’d you get to Pleasantly Mildocalypse San Francisco so quickly? The answer to this, of course, is in the words ‘San Francisco’, with its bipolar climate.

Cheated

Not only did Foursquare not give me a ‘Godlike Comedy Genius’ badge for creating this venue, it fucked me over on points too. The love affair is over.

OK! We’ve got you @ Pleasantly Mildocalypse San Francisco. Whoa, how’d you get to Pleasantly Mildocalypse San Francisco so quickly?

The answer to this, of course, is in the words ‘San Francisco’, with its bipolar climate.

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Would this really be so bad? Checkboxes, bitches. When you create an app, it should declare which permissions it actually requires to function (disabled, ticked checkbox) and which it desires by default (ticked checkbox.) Everything not required is optional/user definable. Permission to posting a tweet is separate from other, private profile writing operations, since it’s so socially destructive. Apps would never be allowed to require posting permission (if denied, they fall back to generating a URL the user can use to manually post through the Twitter website.) I think this also makes the permissions/capabilities copy clearer. Bonus. Edit/Update: A little discussion between OAuth contributors broke out on Buzz in response to this.

Would this really be so bad?

Checkboxes, bitches.

  • When you create an app, it should declare which permissions it actually requires to function (disabled, ticked checkbox) and which it desires by default (ticked checkbox.)
  • Everything not required is optional/user definable.
  • Permission to posting a tweet is separate from other, private profile writing operations, since it’s so socially destructive.
  • Apps would never be allowed to require posting permission (if denied, they fall back to generating a URL the user can use to manually post through the Twitter website.)
  • I think this also makes the permissions/capabilities copy clearer. Bonus.

Edit/Update: A little discussion between OAuth contributors broke out on Buzz in response to this.

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Let me be clear: as a citizen, and as President, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else in this country. That includes the right to build a place of worship and a community center on private property in lower Manhattan, in accordance with local laws and ordinances. This is America, and our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakeable. The principle that people of all faiths are welcome in this country, and will not be treated differently by their government, is essential to who we are. The writ of our Founders must endure.

— President Obama, who can still knock it out of the park with a speech when it counts.

“OMG we told you he was a secret Muslim LOL OMFG” reaction in 3… 2… 1…

Via Talking Points Memo.