Pleasure and Pain

Measuring the impact of new technology on human experience

Pleasure and Pain: photos by Whitney G. Hess

List of Firsts: Saturday, April 19, 2008

April 21st, 2008 · 2 comments so far

Saturday was a perfect day in Manhattan. It was the first real day of Spring that I could actually enjoy — so naturally I took my bike out of storage, pumped up the tires and went for a joy ride.
Every time I go bike riding I try to explore something new. Saturday was certainly no [...]

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No, that’s not me

April 16th, 2008 · 6 comments so far

If you Google “whitney hess” and find this:

You’ll get this:

Close-up:

But sorry, boys. That’s not me.

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Where’s Whitney?

March 13th, 2008 · 1 comment so far

It’s been four days since I’ve managed to spend more than 5 minutes at the computer. I caught a cold, and since it was the third one in just three weeks, it really knocked me sideways. I’ve been in bed for about 22 hours a day, subtracting time sitting on the couch just for a [...]

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The catch-up obligation

March 4th, 2008 · 7 comments so far

I subscribe to one daily newspaper, two weekly magazines, three monthly magazines and 42 RSS feeds. I receive about 100 non-spam emails per day on my personal account and 50-75 on my work account. I have more than 50 books on my bookcase at home waiting to be read.
I spend an inordinate amount of time [...]

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links for 2008-02-26

February 26th, 2008 · No comments yet

Twitter / tencommandments
Via Alex Rainert: http://twitter.com/arainert
(tags: twitter etiquette)

Least helpful apartment listing photo of all time
Via Curbed
(tags: craigslist funny)

The LinkedIn Blog: Announcing LinkedIn Mobile
(tags: socialnetworking linkedin mobile wap)

How To Manage Your Online Reputation - ReadWriteWeb
How Trackur matches up against Google Alerts, Technorati, Monitor This, Naymz, Rapleaf, etc.
(tags: tools identity reputation track)

Botanicalls Twitter DIY
We are officially in [...]

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