Writing email that gets answered

Chris Brogan summarizes how to write email so that it’s easy to process further:
Key points:

One Decision Per Email (so it’s easy to process)
Don’t Ever Say “Quick Question.” (Because it’s usually not. If it is, there’s no need to announce it.)
Your Signature File (it should contain your contact details, but be brief and concise)
Following Up […]

Yahoo releases Reputation Design Patterns (Yay!)

Yahoo’s Design Pattern Library is a pretty awesome collection of design patterns - proven solutions for common or well-known problems. The idea is to provide answers to questions people (here: developers) encounter over and over again. Why reinvent the wheel?
Now there’s a whole set of design patterns for a reputation system, as well as some […]

How to build your own mesh network?

As you may know, I’ve been obsessing about the One Laptop Per Child Project (OLPC) for awhile, for both its aims and potential. Here’s another project that ties right in, a simple guide on how to build your own mesh network. (The OLPC laptops support meshing out of the box, but if there’s no network […]