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My biggest problem with vim is the fanboy base. You all are worse then mac users. (typed from my mbp) Get over it, its an editor, a tool, not the end product.

There is one problem with the "find who is googling you" feature. For about a year now, google has started hiding the search results from the referral when someone uses google while logged in to google services.

You may have seen "not provided" in google analytics for searches that found your site... This is users logged in to google. And with more people using google services such as gmail and g+, more and more results will be hidden. On my corporate, tech web site, I'm seeing 40-50% of results from google as "not provided" nowadays, and its increasing every month.

I just don't think this scandal will have a big impact with the general populous. As big and as important as this scandal may be, it has one big thing going against it. It is dreadfully boring. I have to admit, while I did manage a single read through of the details when this was discussed earlier this week, I have not managed to listen or read through a full article since.

Do we really need another social network site? Yes, we do! I am still waiting for a winner that allows me to share private details such as kid photos and contact information with select family members close friends. I want this data to be unavailable to anyone outside of my circle, including advertisers. Are there options available now that do this? Yes again, but I need a solution that I can get Grandma on board just as easily as my technically inclined brothers.

I think that it is easy to confuse worth in terms of cultural value, historical value, and monetary value. Is Instagram worth more monetarily? Yes, in the realm of advertising, Instagrams user base is right smack in the center of the target demographic sought by many advertisers; the 12-30 crowds.

Historically and culturally speaking, I believe that the NYT offers far greater value. But, who wants to spend $1B on historical value?