Tuesday Links

Some links for Tuesday, 19 February 2008:

Things - Task Management on the Mac: I’ve just tinkered with this a bit, but it’s really polished. Too bad I’m stuck with Windows at work.
The Anonymity Experiment: via kottke: “We don’t know what information is being collected about us, whom it’s being shared with, what it’s being used for, or where it’s being held.” Scary stuff. Makes me want to retire to my hideout and work on my manifesto.
OpenCongress: Maybe a web 2.0 look will make people pay attention to what our leaders are up to. Lots of good information here. Information we should all watch. Congress works for us, people.

Some links for Tuesday, 12 February 2008:

Organize Yourself- Create Your Own Personal Personnel File: I’m starting a new job soon (on top of our recent move), so this feels like a good time to make sure I’m keeping track of everything I need to. (via Lifehacker)
Developing an improved online environment for educating computer users: There’s a bigger story here that I’d like to flesh out. Back in my tech writing days, I was always frustrated by the industry’s inability to shift its paradigm of how to present information. Everyone seemed to just take a standard user manual, shove it on the web, and call it online. There is an increasing divide between technical and non-technical users, and it’s about time we started using some new tactics to close the gap.
Watt Watt: Haven’t had a lot of time to drill into this, but this site talks a lot about energy consumption and alternative power sources. (via Make)
Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends on Google Video: I used to love Theroux’s show and am delighted to see it online.