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: Engraving an iPhone knocks $25 off resale value Good news: I looked up what the trade-in value is for my iPhone 4S 32Gig. Much to my pleasant …
: Theory and Practice In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. - Yogi Berra at …
: Looks like a fun book: "Cockpit Confidential" The Many Mysteries of Air Travel - NYTimes.com: If you’d like the answers, I highly recommend …
: Gender Equity at Harvard: great article Harvard Business School Case Study - Gender Equity - NYTimes.com: The administrators and the class …
: Confessions of an economic hit man You should read this book: Confessions of an Economic Hit Man. It's shocking and …
: All about Rolling Stone magazine About a year ago I started reading Rolling Stone magazine. It's true what Taibbi says, it's …
: Love/Hate Gmail I've been using Gmail like forever now and have converted many friends and family members to using …
: GPS Free car tracking Very clever! An Automated GPS-Free Location System For Cars | IdeaFeed | Big Think: It works through …
: [GEEKY] Social login buttons considered harmful You probably don't know what a social login button is so forgive this bit of geekyness. I am sure …
: Mustard from Trader Joe's My favorite mustard these days is the Dijon from Trader Joes's! The Yellow Commodity Hotter Than …
: Is a startup for you? I always thought that startups are over glamorized. They are not for everyone. On the other hand, …
: Learn to make something This bit of advice rings very true to me. Read the whole article, but here's a tasty bit. …
: Politics and the soul An interesting post from my pal Peter Miller about how we all view the world through our own biases …
: [GEEKY] Even the simplest things are complicated I love this article revealing the beautiful hidden complexity of the lowly magsafe connector. Ken …
: Teach 'em GIT I don't agree that it's a "major problem for computer science" - by a long shot. But still it is odd …
: Funny: Tesla pitching VCs [youtube [www.youtube.com/watch](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zngK13FMgXM&w=560&h=315])
: Audacious startups I remember when this project was first announced and 'PR'd. It's just another good reminder about …
: Fantastic Billy Joel Interview If you are, or ever were, a Billy Joel Fan you will really like this interview. Fascinating to read …
: Mad Men Going Nuts Do you watch Mad Men? I know it's very good. I always watch it. But sometimes, it doesn't make …
: Oh, great, now I have to choose between lowering cholesterol and exercise Can Cholesterol Drugs Undo Exercise Benefits? - NYTimes.com: An important new study suggests that …
: Useful document about design for iOS (iPad and IPhone) Starters Guide to iOS Design: As someone who does work on both the development and design side of …
: Interesting view on Tumblr/Yahoo deal Yahoo, Tumblr, and the Loyalty Factor - Ben Gomes-Casseres - Harvard Business Review: a blog …
: How to be a "woman programmer" How to Be a ‘Woman Programmer’ - NYTimes.com: But none of it qualified me as …
: An interesting stat: Is it true? Kirk McDonald: Sorry, College Grads, I Probably Won't Hire You - WSJ.com: According to one recent …
: WIndows no longer out of this world! International Space Station switches from Windows to Linux, for improved reliability | ExtremeTech: …
: Number crunching smartphone app success Here's my five-step plan for world domination: 1. I am creating a comprehensive taxonomy of …
: Why can't we all be as rich as Mark? In Venture Capital Deals, Not Every Founder Will Be a Zuckerberg - NYTimes.com: It’s the dream …
: Technology doesn't contribute to productivity? Here's what I think: If economic analysis says that technology does not contribute to the overall …
: Quote about improvisation (from David Byrne's new book) I picked up David Byrne's new book: How Music Workswhile waiting around in a bookstore. I flipped it …
: Debunking the conventional wisdom What do you think, are younger people better programmers? Are they more productive, more clever, …
: Yeah, I'm Dutch :) [youtube [www.youtube.com/watch](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjqf5F7PPGw])
: The number of pages in a congressional bill I have to do a little research. It seems to be a favorite talking point by politicians on all sides …
: Ongoing coverage of MOOCs: How good are they really? This trend is now unstoppable - massive open online courses - or MOOCs - are constantly in the news. …
: A fascinating story of Curt Shilling's game company's demise This is from the New York Time's article about Curt Shilling's ill fated game company "38 Studios": …
: 88% of spreadsheets have errors -- Still! A long long time ago there was a product called Lotus Improv. Our premise was that complex …
: What do you learn in college? As you know the topic of the future of the university, the role of MOOCs, and online learning, is …
: Great tips for dealing with email This is a tired topic but this article from the New York Times does have some good tips on managing …
: Theatre: Ryan Landry's "M" We saw "Ryan Landry's "M"" at the Calderwood Pavilion in the South End last weekend. I started out a …
: We're not going back to the moon This is kind of depressing, but I don't know why - but NASA administrator Bolden says that NASA has …
: Control the Sun, really Control The Sun! As you know, I am teaching a course at Olin College this spring - alas we are …
: Give more to receive more Here's a really interesting article: "Is Giving the Secret to Getting Ahead"? from the New York …
: Friedman, mentioning Olin College: again about inventing your own job Tom Friedman, quoting Tony Wagner, describes what he thinks should be taught today (that isn't …
: Olin College of Engineering I don't know if I mentioned that I'm teaching Engineering Entrepreneurship at Olin. What a cool …
: Practice makes perfect? I am (after 10 years) a beginner pianist who wants to improve. I practice, but not diligently …
: Who sets the price for Über rides? I've used the now-famous internetty car service Über a couple of times. The prices for the two rides …
: Everyone should know how to program [youtube [www.youtube.com/watch](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU1xS07N-FA&w=560&h=315])
: Sage on the e-stage? There are fascinating shifts going on in higher education today, from MOOCs to the 'flipped …
: It's very hard to know what's true about government spending I saw this in the Boston Globe this morning and I jotted it down because yet again a bit of totally …
: LinkedIn invites are flooding in?! I don't know what's going on, am I suddenly famous? LinkedIn invites are picking up. I think it's …
: US Politics don't have a left? An interesting international perspective on politics: "...So, believe me, US politics don’t have a …
: Aaron Swartz: continuing developments In the continuing stories around Aaron Swartz and events that led to his tragic suicide recently: …
: Yay! Coffee is good for me (again) Well these stories appear from time to time, either saying it's good or bad for you. What's an …
: Negotiating your startup offer Pretty good review of a broad topic: Negotiating Your Startup Offer
: I love sriracha sauce, do you? Just tonight I squirted a few shots of Sriracha on my multi-layered-grilled-vegetable parmigiana. …
: Kluge: Is that an obsolete term? I was amazed today when in a group of 25 undergraduate engineering students, only three had heard …
: "The Lean Startup" doesn't have the word "market" in its index I am a really big fan of the book The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous …
: Galapagos article from one my my fellow travelers Last year we went with National Geographic to the Galapagos islands for an amazing journey of …
: Are smartphone apps "applications" or "features"? Andy Payne wrote an interesting analysis about the future of the "software industry" or whatever we …
: Looking for eRoom Long time ago I worked at a company called eRoom Technology where we developed a product called… …
: How to be a star engineer! We all want to be star engineers, right? Here's an intriguing article from about ten years ago …
: Did someone actually have to invent that? A really charming article about John Karlin who was one of the first UX guys. He worked at Bell Labs …
: Patents: Innovation Nation An interesting view on patents from Judge Posner: "In Posner’s view, many patents are unnecessary. …
: Loomio: Collaborative Decision Making Loomio is a new app looks quite cool and worth checking out: "Loomio is a collaborative …
: Awesome: Big Blizzard Coming
: Zero Dark Thirty I saw this movie last night and really thought it was great. I had read somenegative commentary …
: Amazing: 400ms makes a difference Under the header "Natural Gas News Leak" (funny) there's a story about how the securities market …
: N.E.A.T. Product from Gruve: Fact or Fiction? There's something about this Gruve product that bugs me: "The Gruve Solution is a new, completely …
: How do you fit a 365 day calendar on an index card? I designed the calendar to the right to help me keep track of my piano practice. As you know, maybe, …
: What do pig intestines and squid have in common This is just funny. Ok it's also a little scary as I love Calamari! "Calamari is on one side of the …
: Get someone to clean your gutters for you I am not being metaphorical, in fact, I am talking about gutters on your roof. A few years ago I …
: Aaron Swartz Links If you are in the tech community you've likely heard that Aaron Swartz committed suicide yesterday …
: Harvard Business School: No Women Entrepreneurs I was surfing around preparing for my class and happened to look at this page on the Harvard …
: What happens if you set up an eRoom on the North Pole? Here's a new product I just saw, Igloo. It's very nice and it reminds me of what eRoom might have …
: Virtual Assistant advice I have a regular need for a small project to be done, a little bit of research, some following up on …
: Free pdf of Eric Ries: "The Lean Startup" (huh?) I am a big fan of this book, so I was really surprised to find a freely downloadable copy of the …
: What is the cellphone equivalent of a hat rack? I am just as guilty as anyone of being overly addicted to looking at my cellphone, and that's not an …
: Good tips for building products that people want Here is a good cheat sheet on how to build products that people really want. It is cribbed from this …
: Teaching at Olin College next year I'm excited to tell you that I just accepted a position as Visiting Lecturer at Olin College for …
: These icons are too similar to be coincidences One of these two is from Apple and one is from Google. They both contain coupons and cards. Which is …
: Election Meltdown I was a volunteer for the Democratic Committee in Arlington Mass. They have an impressive operation, …
: There's more to life than Kickstarter (revised) Everyone (almost) has heard of Kickstarter, right? It's the best known (I think) of the so-called …
: Check out WriteThatName I've been using a app called "WriteThatName" which very helpfully scans the emails I receive for …
: What happened to Americans Elect? Over the last year I mentioned "Americans Elect" several times: Americans Elect: Another Opinion, …
: Intellectual Property? Copyright? Or just a lot of LOVE? I was rather proud of the art I designed for a t-shirt this summer. It's cool but of course it's a …
: Epistemological Modesty… What? I was listening to an interview with David Brooks the other day. The interview was conducted by, of …
: History is made The first personal computer actually made by Microsoft! That's history. They've made mice, and …
: Does Mitt Romney control it all? Another conspiracy story claiming that Romney through several levels of company, controls a company …
: Video made by and for robots http://images.travelpod.com/bin/tripwow/flash/tripwow.swfGalapagos Slideshow: Pito’s trip to …
: Designed in California, Made in China James Dyson (the vacuum cleaner guy) said something which may seem obvious but is nonetheless very …
: Ivory Tower or Trade school? One of the tensions that I have seen in teaching software engineering is whether something should be …
: Beautiful Outlook I don't know why this has not gotten more press. You should take a look at Microsoft's new Gmail …
: Securing or attacking Industrial Control Systems It turns out that Kaspersky Labs is developing a brand new operating system specifically designed to …
: How are the presidential debates like a Nascar race? I am looking forward to watching the Presidential debates tonight. But for all the wrong reasons. I …
: Order in Google arguments Does Google give a different answer if you reorder the words in the search? What? A trivial …
: A travesty in a wealthy country From the New York Times, an article by Nick Kristof, describing a real-life story of a friend of his …
: Vote Buying measures and countermeasures An interesting question, and an expert answer from a friend of mine. If you are interested in …
: A philosopher defends religion I recently subscribed to the New York Review of Books. Not sure this was a good decision as the last …
: How much power does it take? I remember wondering about this when I was in college -- this is before I really knew anything about …
: Great new book on Object Oriented design (in Ruby) I first came across Sandy Metz in this video: [vimeo 12350535 w=500 h=281] 2009 - Sandi Metz - SOLID …
: A list of UI and UX books, articles and links I created this quick and dirty list of useful resources for some friends who wanted to dig into the …
: Is Skype "Full Duplex"? What an antiquated term: Full Duplex. I don't know if that term is used anymore but what i mean is …
: Sparrow vs. Mail.app and Mountain Lion Did you hear that Google bought Sparrow? Sparrow is a really cool email client that I for one have …
: Stand up! No, Sit Down! You know the old joke that today they say something is good for you, tomorrow it's bad, and the day …
: Hey, you're an entrepreneur! I like this quote: "Everyone here introduces themselves as an “entrepreneur.” It’s as if they hand …
: MEN WALK ON THE MOON - This Day in 1969
: We spend too much on silly litigation Lucky Me! After tortured litigation and lots of legal fees (not mine, of course), I am receiving a …
: T-Shirt Design Code T-Shirt, © Pito Salas, 2012. Let me know if you want to order one!
: Bluetooth Powered Speakers I am considering these Bluetooth Wireless Powered Speakers… which should I get? Jawbone JAMBOX …
: [ELECTIONS] Continuing debate on hand vs. machine counting Just from today's New York Times: "Voters in New York State use a vote-scanning system that can …
: [EDUCATION] Is the innovators' dilemma coming to higher ed? An interesting fact: "In the last years of the nineteenth century, Charles Dow created an index of …
: [EDUCATION] Booting up experienced technical talent who have dated skills As you may know, I've been working on launching Bootup Academy, which will offer applied computer …
: Carrots vs. Sticks in affecting behavior Instead of charging extra ('congestion pricing') to drive your car during rush hour, how about …
: LinkedIn Passwords: Who stores passwords in the clear I am a pretty regular LinkedIn user, so the news that some unspecified number of LinkedIn users had …
: Happy Manhattanhenge Today (May 29) is Manhattenhenge. One of two days every year when sunrise and sunset are exactly …
: Memorial Day "It is impossible to be unmoved by the juxtaposition of the eternal stone-faced warrior and the …
: What's all the fuss about Facebook's IPO? I totally agree with Frank Bruni's account of the Facebook's IPO. It seems to me that if the current …
: [EDUCATION] Sign of change in the universe I would love to see this trend accelerate: "The five-year-old [Innovation, Creativity and …
: [GEEKY] Look what Safari looked like for a moment I can't explain it but I was just scrolling around some pdf in Safari and it actually turned my …
: [EDUCATION] Crowd Sourcing your Strategy The other day I referenced an article questioning the motivation and effectiveness of large scale …
: Mark Twain: All Ideas are Second-Hand I have often been heard to say: "Ideas are Cheap", by which I mean to say that my admiration goes …
: Social Networks: Good or Bad? I've been doing quite a bit of reading about social networks in preparation for the 2012 edition of …
: Bertrand Russell through the echo chamber I saw this in Marginal Revolution, who saw this in BrainPickings who got this somehow from Bertrand …
: [GAMING] Article about game designer Jonathan Blow A good article in the Atlantic about game designer Jonathan Blow. Interesting quote: "I continued. …
: Field Of Dreams: Americans Elect Americans Elect got Tom Friedman to endorse their effort to get a third party presidential ballot in …
: Warning Facebook users: Socialcam is dangerous On Facebook you may see something like "George Harrison is watching a video on Socialcam" followed …
: [EDUCATION] Strategic Plans - are they worth the paper they are written on? I came across a very provocative article about why and how universities seem to often get buried in …
: Funny: Are computers boys or are they girls? A SPANISH Teacher was explaining to her class that in Spanish, unlike English, nouns are designated …
: [education] Creative Monopoly An interesting article by David Brooks in the New York Times commenting on the views of the always …
: New Book: Founder's Dilemmas This book looks good: "Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the pitfalls that can sink a …
: Must See: "Luck of the Irish" at the Huntington Theatre If you are a theatre fan I strongly recommend a play I just saw last night. It's called "Luck of the …
: New York Times Grammar and Style Listen, I love the New York Times. I read it cover to cover (or pixel to pixel) every day and have …
: How far does idealism get you David Brooks of the New York Times, in an article about (my interpretation) the limits of idealism: …
: Don’t work. Avoid telling the truth. Be hated. Love someone. Ok, I don't agree with all of "Don’t work. Avoid telling the truth. Be hated. Love someone": …
: Do you finish books? I love this article. It's by an actual author talking about whether it matters if a reader reads a …
: Why You Want To Be A Learn-it-All A provocatively titled article (Why Youth Has an Advantage In Innovation) argues that to innovate …
: Americans Elect: Another Opinion A month or two ago I read an article by Thomas Friedman introducing Americans Elect, an innovative …
: Email Rookie Mistakes I've watched some people struggling with some email blow ups and frustrations over the years and I …
: [GEEKY] Sublime Text surpassing TextMate? I've been doing some more coding these days in Ruby. I've had great success and fun (especially when …
: "We might as well have a good time while we're here, don't you think?" This is from a play we saw last year at the Huntington Theatre. The play is Prelude to a Kiss by …
: Whoa! Big Brother just rearranged the furniture That's my Gmail window. The black bar is Google's toolbar. What does that PLAY button do?
: G+ Where Art Thou? Here is a a really good commentary on Google Plus (G+). I have to say that analyzing such a large …
: [GEEKY] Capistrano Colors A random, highly specific and geeky tip: If you’ve used Capistrano before, you’re familiar with the …
: Paul Graham: Fear and Startup Ideas Paul Graham's new essay is "Frighteningly Ambitious Startup Ideas." From my reading of it, it talks …
: Art in Willemstad An annual event, the streets of Willemstad (Curaçao) are covered with art by well known artists: …
: Why doing design for Facebook is a thankless job A friend of mine hates, HATES, the new Facebook timeline. She wants to turn it off, but can't. I …
: Now that's a nice metaphor I love this metaphor - or is it a simile - or a malapropism - who knows: "It’s the cloud within the …
: Launch Conference, Day Two Yesterday was great. The buzz in the place is unbelievable. This place is the Launch Conference. …
: Launch Conference: Day One The Launch Conference is starting today. It is descended from many venerable conferences, …
: Sandra Fluke Testimony: Compelling [youtube [www.youtube.com/watch](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlRC0nsjtKQ&w=420&h=315])
: Is this article a joke? "When Truisms are true" I saw this article in the Sunday New York Times today which starts promising but then becomes a bit …
: Letting out my Comcast frustrations "Dear Kelley I've had a very bad two days with Comcast, and if you check my account you will see …
: Clever iPhone app vs. the Transistor This interesting, and I think, correct article, makes the argument that the word 'innovation' is …
: Poll: Chose the new BlogBridge icon 99designs is #1 for Button & Icon Design
: Family Values [youtube [www.youtube.com/watch](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSQQK2Vuf9Q&w=560&h=315])
: Amazing article about what's going on in Syria In the Sunday Times (of London, I gather, but they don't feel the need to include that in their …
: 8 Hour Sleep is for the birds? Do you believe that you require 8 hours of sleep to be rested and effective. Well, in this really …
: What is Pinterest good for? Funny thing, I like many people are trying to figure out what Pinterest is good for. Well I found a …
: Crowdsourcing a new BlogBridge icon Well, it's been about 5 years with the same (lovely) BlogBridge application icon and as we are …
: Lake Wobegon and Politics Have you ever heard a politician or pundit say, with self-assurance, America is a Right of Center …
: RSS feed for for twitter A simple question that for some reason does not have a simple answer: "I want to follow someone's …
: MapReduce Patterns and Examples Great review article: "In this article I digested a number of MapReduce patterns and algorithms to …
: What I want to see in Spotify As you know, I am a big big fan of Spotify. Lately I've been playing with the Last.FM integration. …
: Brilliant response to when your site gets hacked [youtube [www.youtube.com/watch](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILhiW76B3H8&w=560&h=315])
: Do you have a favorite mustard? I do!
: Selling course notes: a market solution Should it be ok for students to take notes during a class and turn them into a marketable product …
: Superbowl Social Media Here's a really interesting article about how the Superbowl used Social Media to enhance the …
: Elections: Hand counts are NOT the gold standard There is always a good deal of controversy surrounding elections and in particular, whether an …
: Compelling: 23 and 1/2 hours [youtube [www.youtube.com/watch](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUaInS6HIGo&w=560&h=315])
: Software Developer Meat Market An interesting article in Forbes about Software Developers and Development in general, The Rise of …
: Is your software developer any good? Are you thinking about hiring a software developer to build your system? Here are "8 Things You …
: Customer vs. Consultant: Excellent advice From an article called "Effective Customer Consultant Relationships": "As a customer, how can you …
: Is Amazon using Wish List entries to pre-position inventory? This happened: I had a book on my Amazon wish list for several months. Yesterday, I finally placed …
: What is one life worth? A fascinating article, which is hard to disagree with, although the conclusion is a little …
: Funny: Shit they say in Sillycon Valley Funny insider lingo. I am sure you'd be able to do a similar video for Washington DC (politics) and …
: What do you think of people who insist on saying "AN historic"? I know (at least I believe) that, for example, "… Scott Brown and I reached an historic agreement…" …
: Why is AT&T talking to me in Hebrew bullets? I just received this notification from AT&T. Pretty innocuous, but, what's up with using Hebrew …
: Orthodoxy I'd be the last one to wade into commentary on religious topics, so I just share this link because …
: Windows 8: Getting a new filesystem I don't pay much attention to Microsoft and Windows these days. I admit it, I am a hardcore Mac and …
: Support your local bookstore I have a warm spot in my heart for independent bookstores, as such a store paid for my college …
: Keeping emails and security under control Do you receive tons of notification emails form your various subscriptions or social sites like …
: Information Diet: Focus While I am in the mood to reveal some of my weaknesses (see post on Dieting two days ago) let's talk …
: Fibonacci series and Photography You can't be a self-respecting computer or science geek and not have heard about the Fibonacci …
: Designed As Designer If you are interested in design and especially design and architecture of software, and you have a …
: Secret trick for losing weight I am going to share my secret technology for losing weight. It's a mental exercise that really …
: Costa Rica Travel and Google 3D We are thinking of planning a trip to Costa Rica. Part of the trip is to get from Tabacon to …
: "Gods of Carnage" - Huntington Theatre I Just came back from seeing "Gods Of Carnage" at the Huntington Theatre (in Boston) tonight. …
: Netflix in Curaçao: "The Hour", the BBC, and content licensing I was recently visiting Curaçao and remembered that I had read that Netflix was now available in …
: Words borrowed from horse racing I just finished reading the book Seabiscuit. I previously had no interest (and no respect) for Horse …
: Software Technology hotspots in the USA Where in the US is hottest for Cloud Computing, or for Big Data, or for No Sql? Curious? Yeah, then …
: Digital Humanities: A fancy word for blogging? Here's an interesting article in "The Opinionator" of the New York Times about blogging, scholarly …
: On the importance of learning to work in teams David Colletta shared this link in comments to my recent post about team work. David's link was good …
: Serve-the-check instead of Starve-the-beast Here's an interesting article "Modernizing Conservatism", yes, not my typical subject matter. …
: Teaching: Group Projects I've had occasion as you know to teach a few times at Brandeis University. The courses were in Web …
: Texting: Left and Right Hand of Government Do you agree that prohibiting texting while driving is contradictory to texting as a way to deliver …
: I wish I knew more JavaScript I know basic Javascript. I think I will be learning more soon. I think JavaScript is the language of …
: Happy New Year from Curaçao! It felt like a war zone without the danger! [youtube www.youtube.com/watch
: TSA: Smokescreening An interesting and fun to read article in Vanity Fair about the security check procedures …
: Sharing Web Site Designs Recently I wanted to get feedback on one of several ideas for the design of the new BlogBridge web …
: MacBook Performance comparison Due to an unusual set of coincidences I have 3 different Macintosh computers in my office today so I …
: Altered States I saw this movie, Altered States, again last night. It's even better than I remembered and it's my …
: Pause, you... I saw this quote from Dickens' Great Expectations. I had to read it several times to get the …
: Common Non-sense I just finished reading a great book, "Everything Is Obvious: *Once You Know the Answer" by Duncan …
: Experts are clueless One of the lessons that Guy Kawasaki learned from Steve Jobs, which really rings true to me: …
: Ideas that work! Not for me, but some great gift ideas I know my own Christmas/Channukah gifts have already been purchased by Santa. So this is not for me, …
: Wall Street Journal has some sensational data visualization I don't know if you need an account to see the amazingly useful, elegant and well implemented bit of …
: Packages at side door For no apparent reason, my Holiday packages are being delivered to our side door. We've had that …
: Channukah is like the World Series, Christmas like the superbowl Ned Batchelder, my pal, points out that: "Like the Super Bowl, Christmas is one concentrated day. …
: Happy Hanukkah [youtube [www.youtube.com/watch](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzh-TKzXN2k&w=560&h=315])
: Squarespace: What's a comment spam filter to you? You may have noticed that this Blog is now hosted on SquareSpace. I've been pretty happy with it so …
: Summer's almost here I noticed yesterday that sunset is now occurring at 4:12pm. The day before it was 4:11pm. So sunset …
: Weight of tablets I've been playing around with each of the major tablets while considering 'my next move' :) Oddly I …
: Super compelling: Narrative of human error leading to catastrophe A remarkable article in Popular Mechanics (remember them?) about the crash of Air France 447. It was …
: Latest update on the art for my game I continue to spend spare time on developing my Android tablet game. As you may remember from my …
: Guy Kawasaki: What I learned from Steve Jobs Interesting article by famous Guy Kawasaki about what he learned from Steve Jobs: "But few, if any, …
: Kashi Kashi is the new hot breakfast cereal. Wait, let me rephrase that: Kashi is a breakfast cereal that …
: Killer feature for Mac OS X? What if when I typed into the search box in Safari (Mac OS X's web browser) the text is interpreted …
: Siri and Text Messaging A lot has been written about Siri (the new voice activated assistant in the iPhone 4s). I have to …
: Doing exercise makes you smarter. Finally! From the New York Times, How Exercise Benefits the Brain: "For some time, scientists have believed …
: Groupon success catastrophe I bought a Groupon for a local restaurant. About 1 week before it expired I went to make a dinner …
: Advice about listening to yoruself A few months ago, a friend of mine told me he was struggling, really struggling with a big career …
: Tens of Thousands of Servers. Wait. Just one phrase that jumped out of the new missive from Zuck about privacy: "As a matter of fact, …
: Aw, come on: Apple iPhone spontaneously combusts aboard flight in Australia This is just a weird story: "An Apple iPhone spontaneously began smoking and emitting a red glow …
: Getting the best deals… Check out decide.com A useful article in the New York Times today, just in time for the holidays. Anew site that tries to …
: What they teach in lawschool This article gives a fascinating perspective on the disconnect between what they teach in law school …
: Provocative article about a sensitive topic Eric Ries is locally famous as being one of the strong promoters of the Lean Startup. He writes an …
: Watch out for fake 3d party charges on your phone bill Heads up: "Phone Bill Fees: How to identify 3rd-party charges and protect yourself" FROM FRAUD!
: How do you feel about Software Patents? I am not dead set against software patents, although I've been on both sides of the issue. I am the …
: Mysql - NoSql - KnowSql A catchy headline, but is it true? "Facebook Trapped in MySql 'a fate worse than death'. This is a …
: History of the AK-47 Not my usual topic, but I came across a rather interesting article about the history of the famous …
: Tutorial on buying a telescope Out of left (star) field. Here's a succinct tutorial on buying a telescope that my friend Ben Gomes …
: I don't 'get' iTunes match What I don't get is the price. First I had to have bought the music (from Apple or someone else) and …
: Pogue does not love the new Kindle Fire I was excited to hear about the Kindle Fire. But I was waiting to read some impartial reviews of one …
: Patents and perpetual motion machines An interesting commentary on a couple of patents that issued from the US Patent Office: "The US …
: When no response means "no" Here's a tiny social conundrum. When someone writes you, calls you and leave a message, calls and …
: Make it matter Chris Shipley of Guidewire Group has a great post bemoaning how entrepreneurs are driven to invest …
: Game Design: Tiled Game Boards I've spent the last few weeks in dribs and drabs building a new game for Android. Lately I got …
: Facebook - Group your Place on a List and Put it on A page … or something I am a big fan of Facebook. They are doing so many things well. They have become so pervasive that …
: Welcome to my new blog So after some trouble porting the content I am now running my blog on Squarespace. My main …
: Passion vs. Professionalism: Everyone has to take the garbage out some times Interesting article with a provocative title: "The Designer's Notebook: Passion Versus …
: Plato: “Be Kind, for Everyone You Meet is Fighting a Great Battle.” That's a great quote. And no, it's not AT ALL autobiographical. It's just something that I've …
: Kindle changes everything, no? This link lets you see all the passages in Steve Jobs' new biography that were underlined by Kindle …
: The Impending Flash Crisis? An interesting article about this impending crisis. Although it's impending, I had never heard about …
: Khan academy to the rescue If you haven't heard about Khan Academy, let me be the first one to introduce you to its wonders. …
: [GEEKY] Possible Decision to move to SquareSpace I finally got my new blog on Wordpress.com working. That should have been the simplest but their …
: [GEEKY] Moving away from self-hosted salas.com blog Running my own Linux server has lost it's sex appeal. Now I am going for simplicity and so I am …
: Designing a game soundtrack - kind of like we first got to pick the fonts in our documents Can you compose crappy music? I had a field day today 'designing' a bit of music for my "Game Of …
: [GEEKY] Mac Sound Converter Utility Apparently (not sure why yet) on Android, sound effects files using the OGG format work better than …
: My review of A Reliable Wife A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick My rating: 4 of 5 stars Odd book. In the end I really liked it …
: Nation Building Here's a topic I have never written about before… Nation Building. I just want to point you to a …
: Update on Spotify II I have become a total Spotify addict. I have almost totally stopped downloading MP3s and am …
: Solid State Disk (SSD) links I've been looking into changing up the primary (and only) disk in my 2 year old Mac Pro to a Solid …
: Check out CityPockets I've been using various Groupon-ish web sites to great advantage. Whether it's Groupon itself, or …
: My New EXCLUSIVE at Salon: National Security Lab Hacks Diebold Touch-Screen Voting Machine by Remote Control With $26 in Computer Parts Continuing my linking to Election related news, check out this post Diebold Touch-Screen Voting …
: Swipely, cool but scary? So there's this rather cool new service that says they will find and give you special deals to the …
: New Jersey election fraud? Or coverup? Or just human error? Andrew Appel is one of the best known academics studying and commenting on elections and computer …
: Good e-book about software pricing Pricing software is a perennial challenge. I came across this ebook, "Don't just roll the dice" by …
: Google+ - Professional Social Network? Some people are starting to wonder whether Google+ will continue to grow and become a major social …
: Useful quick reference for a 'lean startup' Check this post How To Build a Web Startup – Lean LaunchPad Edition from Steve Blank. Of course you …
: Nice bibliography for game designers I got some of this list from Lee Sheldon's course syllabus. I have not read all these books but I …
: Instead of giving out grades in a class, give out experience points If you watched (or didn't) the preceding video by Jesse Schell you might have caught one throw away …
: Game Design talk by Jesse Schell If you are interested in Game Design you have probably seen this video… I finally watched it and …
: Quirky for Mobile Products? I read about Quirky.com in the paper the other day. From my perusal it's a site where people (you …
: One More Thing… Check this post One More Thing… from TechCrunch: "So instead I read what everyone else had to …
: Steve Jobs steps down as CEO of Apple This news saddens me: "Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs resigned today as chief executive officer …
: Is Software Eating the World Marc Andreeson has a really good, optimistic article in the Wall Street Journal about the future …
: Cool idea: Skillshare Check this post With Skillshare, everyone can be a teacher "The New York City-based startup …
: [GEEKY] Connecting Web Apps with Web Intents Check this post Connecting Web Apps with Web Intents "Android OS addresses this problem with …
: [GEEKY] Why I am not yet developing for iOS Check this post A strong argument for why iOS development is winning "IOS platform competitors …
: The flaw in the deal I am assuming that you've followed the nonsense that has been going on in Washington D.C. about our …
: Really cool automated parking lot
: Pivotal Tracker, watch out for Trajectory I've been an avid user and recommender of Pivotal Tracker, an excellent, simple to use, Scrum based …
: [GEEKY] Best Tutorial for Android OpenGL If you are interested in graphics programming and gaming, let me strongly recommend you take a look …
: What I told my Congressman and Senators "Dear Congressman, I implore you to PLEASE do all you can to break the deadlock and the impasse. I …
: Cool Photography Very cool photographs: "Last summer, Sacha Goldberger decided he would take on a very interesting …
: Bill Gates and Microsoft I still don't love Microsoft. I used to, actually, use Windows day in and day out, for years. But I …
: Americans Elect - A viable third party? It's unusual to see Thomas Friedman to throw his weight this thoroughly behind an outside …
: Should I add this guy to a Google+ Circle?
: The End of Free Will Check out The End of Free Will(from Dilbert.com Blog: "First we need to define free will. In …
: Update about Spotify So I have now been using Spotify for about a week after sumarily deserting Rhapsody (no stickyness …
: No Regrets? My Macbook Air is only 2 months old and already out-of-date It always happens and I really try not to have buyers remorse, but: "Apple Updates MacBook Air"...
: Big announcement about twitter Actually it's about Twitter Support in BlogBridge. If you are a BlogBridge user, please try it out. …
: Spotify - genres? Ok a few hours into it, I've located what looks like a major weakness in Spotify. One of the fun …
: Cancelled Rhapsody, Trying Spotify As I said in the previous post, I am a bit of a promiscuous signer upper. From a cursory look, …
: BillGuard This site looks really good, but I am not signing up yet. I am famously promiscuous signing up with …
: [GEEKY] Good link of Rails Tips Just a quick hit: Ruby on Rails tips that will male you a better programmer.
: Preparation needed I've been thinking a lot lately about what kind of preparation college students need as they …
: David Brooks: The Mother of All No-Brainers Another on the mark article by David Brooks: the mother of all no brainers. I can't help it but I am …
: Boston Postmortem We just got back from the monthly meeting of "Boston Postmortem". Huh, what is that? Well as a …
: Are you losing money? From ABC News, but I've seen a similar story elsewhere: "There are 300 million third-party charges …
: I wonder when this will come to iPhone! This is a very unusual Android app that I came across. It looks like they are just starting so it's …
: Cool new game? Giraffe Adventure... If you're interested in computer games for Android, see what you think of this one's potential... …
: Microsoft is to Google as Lotus was to Microsoft This isn't a huge new insight but it's interesting to see history kind of repeating itself. …
: Inside Job It's hard to comprehend people who feel that it is reasonable (let alone ethical, let alone bankers) …
: [GEEKY] Full Applications that run in the browser Sproutcore is a JavaScript framework for writing powerful web applications with less code. It looks …
: Interesting approach to teaching computer science Fun article about Ben Hescott who has some unique - and impressive - approaches to teaching an …
: [GEEKY] JavaScript - Universal Language of the Future JavaScript is the language of the future. Why do I say this? I love Ruby, I respect Java, and I …
: Adobe Software Updates To Help Devs Build iOS, PlayBook And Android Apps As you (don't) know, I am teaching a course at Brandeis University about mobile and game …
: In Boston, Bruins more important than Bin Laden!
: Waiting for Superman I recently saw the movie "Waiting for Superman" - yes I am late to the party. But in case you have …
: Internet in a suitcase The U.S. government is helping create parallel internets and cell phone networks in countries where …
: Hulu Pluz So I finally got to try Hulu Plus on a one month promotion, and used it to watch an episode of …
: "The Real Housewives of Wall Street" Mike Taibi writes in Rolling Stone about some fairly outrageous doings between Washington D.C. and …
: Really good advice Robert Krulwich gave this graduation speech. While it is aimed at Journalism students, it has some …
: Urban Outfitters Rip Off Independent Artists? This article, "Anatomy of a Trending Topic: How Twitter & the crafting community put the …
: Sudafed and Voting A theme that I have followed in this blog is the question of whether it's a good idea to require a …
: [GEEKY] Great set of excellent Rails 3 Gems Just a quick read of this post showed me several great gems that I want to try right away! If you're …
: University Teaching - homework, tests and grades? I am about a week from beginning teaching my course at Brandeis University. The curriculum is a …
: Hilarious blog post teaching Israelis how to adapt to living in the USA This is too funny. Here's a taste, but you should read the whole article saying how an Israeli …
: [GEEKY] REST and the PATCH verb Last year when teaching REST concepts at Brandeis University I proved the truism that there's no …
: Bill Gates is starting to look like Woody Allen??
: [GEEKY] Devise Gem - current favorite for authentication of Rails Applications How to build authentication into Rails applications? Well, at least at RailsConf 2011, the buzz was …
: [GEEKY] Magic Rails Applications with Hobo Another tidbit I came across at RailsConf is Hobo. I haven't tried it myself but did just go through …
: [GEEKY] Yes, Virginia, Rails DOES scale Why doesn't every one love Rails? I am surprised when I run into someone (Pat?) who's not so sure …
: Word of the day: Witholding or Withholding One or two H's? Don't look it up!
: MSFT and Skype, my angle Check this post Why Microsoft bought Skype from I, Cringely: There is so much to write about but …
: People forgot about iPhone 1.0 Funny to read this: "The story started in 2007, with the release of the first iPhone. Led by its …
: Mac Mystery Just reaching out you mac experts. I used to think I was one, but this one has me stumped. Using …
: Quotidian Quotidian Quotidian This word "QUOTIDIAN" seems to have become popular suddenly. Did you notice? Or is it just me that …
: Thoughtful advice No need to paraphrase or editorialize. Just read the whole thing, will ya? Lots of good advice that …
: Why don't they ask you for identification before letting you vote? Every time there's an election it seems like someone brings up the odd fact that you are not asked …
: Passover, Curaçao style Here's how we make Garoza (Charoset) in Curaçao. Trust me, add a little horseradish, a couple of …
: Losing Our Way This New York Times Op-Ed piece by Bob Herbert really hits home: "The U.S. has not just misplaced …
: Christopher Hitchens A really excellent interview/review of Christopher Hitchens and his memoir, "Hitch-22": "He could …
: Startup vs. Company "Oh yeah, I've started 6 companies, and right now I have 3 startups going. I just love starting …
: Case Study of User Experience Design and Lean Methodology A good read if you are interested in fast iteration in user experience design and redesign: "By the …
: Mint.com no longer supports Bank of America It's hard to believe, but here is what I got from Mint.com when I asked why my Bank of America info …
: Fareed Zakaria: "Are Americas Best Days Behind Us"? I know it's a provocative title, and sadly I suspect that many of the 'intended audience' will agree …
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: Interesting search engines Qwiki seems to create multi-media presentations on any topic at all. I picked an odd topic, like …
: Three Armed Bandit? If I could fool you into believing that a fake rubber hand that you were looking at was really your …
: Greplin, actually a rather cool product! After attending the Lean Startup Machine weekend a few days ago, I pay more attention to these 'I …
: Glass: this is pretty amazing! [youtube …
: Lean Startups and Custdev I had the interesting experience this weekend to attend the "Lean Startup Machine" weekend at the …
: Finally a little bit of insight on what's going on in Wisconsin I've seen several interviews with Scott Walker, the Governor of Wisconsin, about his efforts to …
: Engineering Some choice quotes to introduce a good lecture about Engineering: '...[snip], Napoleon dismissed …
: Lotus Alums: Do you remember this?
: [GEEKY] Poker AI An interesting article about how to think about designing Artificial Intelligence for playing poker. …
: [GEEKY] Interesting collection of algorithms and great Ruby tutorial Over the last several months I've been following a series of blog postings by Jamis Buck on the …
: Amazon provides free hosting for public data sets If you work with non-profit projects that collect or disseminate large amounts of public data, you …
: A great article about scientific discourse This article is called "Fact and Folklore In Software Engineering" and while it is about that, the …
: [GEEKY] Great classic article about Mocks and Subs (non-geeks: don't ask!) A seminal article about an advanced topic in software testing: Mocks aren't Subs "The term 'Mock …
: Morality This is actually a keynote to a conference, but it had some very interesting ideas in it. The …
: Great article about 'lean' I recommend this article, "Fatboy in A Lean World", (by Gordon Guthrie) if you are interested in …
: Lies people tell themselves Michael Arrington is a famous Tech-pundit-commentator-blogger who recently left or got fired from …
: An Australian farm bigger than Texas. Really? I heard yesterday that there is "at least one farm" in Australia bigger than Texas. I guess this was …
: [GEEKY] Why does my LCD display not wake up? When my computer turns on it can often take 30 to 120 seconds for my Samsung LCD display to wake up. …
: Free Will "That journey will provide reasons for resisting the claim that a deterministic view of the material …
: Football Lingo As a naturalized citizen who's lived here for most of his life, Football used to be foreign to me. I …
: Cautionary Tale? Too much screen time can be hazardous to your health! From Science Daily: Couch Potatoes Beware: Too Much Time Spent Watching TV Is Harmful to Heart …
: Insightful article about education An insightful article about higher education in the USA: The Disadvantages of an Elite Education. …
: Sifteo vs. Scrabble Flash Scott Kirsner tweets: "Invented at MIT, Sifteo cubes (tiny displays that talk to each other) are …
: [GEEKY] Nicer way to run Ruby tests Just came across this handy-dandy tool to run tests for Ruby and Rails, and produce much nicer and …
: commonplace, ordinary, usual, common I just came across an excellent speech given by William Deresiewics (I didn't know who he was …
: [SILLY] Beards and Facial Hair I was amused by these two, maybe because I myself am unable to achieve any of them: Beard Type Chart …
: Path to nowhere? I don't get it either... I've seen Path, the new "un social" network (limit 50 friends) plugged by pundits and …
: Stuxnet apparently as effective as a military strike Check out Stuxnet apparently as effective as a military strike(from Ars Technica: "Damage from the …
: Interesting article about Architecture of the Certificate Authority Trust Model Check out The Flawed Legal Architecture of the Certificate Authority Trust Model(from Freedom to …
: Wikileaks, continued I continue to be fascinated by this. Is WikiLeaks a good guy or a bad guy? I don't know how I feel …
: Wikileaks Like many, I don't know yet whether I support or condemn the Wikileaks action that has been …
: [GEEKY] Resfulie GEM for Rails and RESˇ This is really nice: Restfulie - Rest from Scratch. It's a package of code for creating REST clients …
: Space Geeks: Fantastic slow motion video of Shuttle Launch I've always been a major space travel fan and geek. This video linked from Engadget incredibly had …
: Do you need to keep your cell phone in a protective case? Check out this really interesting Pogue article in the New York Times: "Gorilla Glass, the …
: Followup: Upgraded my iPhone from 3GS to 4 for MINUS $40.00 Following up from yesterday's post, in fact, I was able to get $300 for my mint condition iPhone 3GS …
: Free iPhone 3GS upgrade to iPhone 4? So Radioshack is offering $50 off the price of an iPhone 4 for the next several days. As far as I …
: Finance Funny [youtube=[www.youtube.com/watch](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTUY16CkS-k&w=427&h=260])
: Photo sharing thoughts I just returned from my mother's birthday party with about 300 photos - I would say 70% of them are …
: Wikileaks: Truth or Truthy or something entirely different? David Weinberger has, as usual, an interesting take, and some interesting links relevant to our …
: Bubble Bubble Sign Of Trouble The thing about a bubble is that while people worry about it, no one is actually sure whether they …
: Why we need new election technology I work at the Open Source Digital Voting Foundation, where we are creating new, modern, open source, …
: Amazing Stuxnet story With apologies for quoting a Foxnews story, and with thanks to Scott Adams for the link, here's a …
: [GEEKY] Ruby 2.0 Refinements in Practice I went to RubyConf and heard a detailed presentation on a new possible feature of possible Ruby 2.0 …
: Facebook security I was experimenting with a little known feature in Facebook, "Download Your Information" which will …
: 'Like a Full-Body Massage': Thinking About the TSA Check out 'Like a Full-Body Massage': Thinking About the TSA(from James Fallows :: The Atlantic: "3) …
: Woz speaks (on iPhone) I happen to be reading iWoz, which is Steve Wozniak's memoir/biography/whatever. It's a very breezy …
: Easily the best Microsoft advertisement EVER And, maybe, better than any ad that Apple has ever done.... [youtube …
: [Geeky] RubyConf Summary (updated 2) RubyConf 2010 was excellent. It was my first and probably not my last. Some general thoughts and …
: By boat from Boston Harbor to the Lower Mystic Lake This is very close to where I live, and people are amazed to know that you can actually go by boat …
: Overreaction I tend to agree with this writer that: "With respect to airport security, it is remarkable how we …
: [RubyConf] Percentage of Windows users Odd thing happened in a talk at RubyConf. Speaker asks all attendees who are using Windows to raise …
: [GEEKY] RubyConf The problem with conferences is knowing what session to go to, right? Check out this talk called …
: Definitious Check out this cool site developed by some Brandeis students who participated in the bootcamp-like …
: [GEEKY] CSS Deep Thoughts I feel that I am finally mastering CSS and in doing so I am seeing some interesting patterns. It …
: Will the App Store Accept Java Applications? Check out Apple Begins Accepting Submissions for Mac App Store(from GigaOM: "At the Oct. 20 …
: [DESIGN] Typography Cheat Sheet If you are into fonts and typography, you might enjoy this Infographic that will help you choose.
: [GEEKY] Mac will be discontinuing support of Java This is a weird development. Java is a super well established language, why would Apple decide to …
: Robot wars Two very contrasting ways of looking at our relationship with Pakistan. I don't know where I stand, …
: Tunnel Vision This article by David Brooks in the New York Times addresses a problem that I was wondering about …
: Do you procrastinate? I do... Here's an insightful New Yorker article about procrastination. There are some useful ideas and …
: Big Changes coming in Curaçao! You may not follow the news, but Curaçao is undergoing major constitutional changes, as are all the …
: [PRETTY-GEEKY] Interesting article about secure elections Check out Fort Knox vs. the Barking Dog(from Benlog: "The Barking Dog model is different. You …
: Yes but was it charged? Check out Actor Tony Curtis Was Buried With His iPhone(from iPhone Download Blog: " Do you love …
: [story] This did happen PART 1: THE ELDERS Now, such a long time after first contact, it was hard to remember the times, so …
: I never remember anything Finally someone writes about something that happens to me (and yes, to you) all the time. What was …
: I never remember anything Finally someone writes about something that happens to me (and yes, to you) all the time. What was …
: Advice for New Graduate Students If you know anyone in graduate school (oops, or if you are in graduate school yourself, or planning …
: XMarks is the only thing that will sync Safari with Firefox And, it's leaving us: "The past four years have been a wild ride for us: growing something from …
: Really? Gargling With Salt Water Can Ease Cold Symptoms - NYTimes.com Another old-wives-tail bunked. (opposite of de-bunked?) "At the end of the study period, the group …
: Owner of Segway dies in Segway accident This is just a weird weird happening: "His body was found late Sunday morning after a passer-by …
: Google's servers From an article about Google's hardware: "Google's big surprise: each server has its own 12-volt …
: Ok, but what's a quango? A BBC Headline says: "Leaked list suggests 180 quangos to be abolished" (from BBC Web Site) …
: This never happened: Russian Spy This never happened... We were working on some piece of software or something and the Russians …
: Get a free shipping box from the US Postal Service Just go to this link. United States Postal Service: Free Shipping Box Nothing more to it. No strings …
: How (not) to design a ballot My head is full of democracy and elections these days. How come, you ask? Well for the last year or …
: Ever heard of the Johari Window? I came across the idea of the Johari Window during one of the presentations at the Bif-6 Conference. …
: Future of the university I saw an article in the New York Times and other places about the future of the University, and even …
: The Tor Anonymizer Have you heard of this thing, the Tor Anonymizer? Ok again admittedly another highly geeky system, …
: Mathematical Foundations of Consciousness? Say what? I came across this paper; Mathematical Foundations of Consciousness. I generally love this …
: Location Proofs The more businesses reward me for showing up at their establishments, the more likely it will be …
: All about passwords Continuing my quest to get into the subtleties of security and measures to protect against 'bad …
: The Effect of Snakeoil Security: wheels within wheels As you can imagine I've been reading and learning more about security with my work in Elections …
: Why I now have an email signature We've been on an SEO binge over the last 4-6 weeks. I've been educating myself by listening and …
: Branding: by Steve Jobs (my hero) [youtube [www.youtube.com/watch](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmG9jzCHtSQ&fs=1&hl=en_US])
: High Reactives What are high reactives? "Temperament is a complex, multilayered thing, and for the sake of clarity, …
: Do you remember "Twin Peaks"? "Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. …
: Scott Adams (Dilbert in real life) Writes about the future of the internet. Insightfully. Check out this post Chefs and Editors from Dilbert.com Blog: And that's your future of the Internet. …
: Ray Kurzweil Responds You may not have followed the discussion that ensued when Ray Kurzweil was reported to 'not …
: Rogert Ebert: Ten things I know about the mosque I bet many of you didn't realize that Roger Ebert is still writing a fantastic column, with movie …
: Fun article about faux-physical UI metaphors Ok, that's my own curious headline for this interesting article in the New York Times: "What, after …
: Android Inventor - not ready for prime time The other day I wrote a post where I mentioned Google's App Inventor, and I mentioned it with some …
: Little children's drawings turned into art - COOL! Check this link out, there are lots of really fun drawings. The artists take a little kid's drawing …
: iPhones record everything you do? Check this post iPhones Help Cops Solve Crimes By Capturing Everything You Type, Do from The …
: iPhones record everything you do? Check this post iPhones Help Cops Solve Crimes By Capturing Everything You Type, Do from The …
: Rhapsody vs. iTunes I think I might be entering a new phase in my music listening. I listen to a ton of music, on my …
: Wave goodbye to Google Wave Google leaves products in Beta forever, they say. Not Google Wave. They actually announced Wave's …
: David Weinberger has flat feet: Programming Check this post The flatfooted learning society from Joho the Blog: But, I am a flatfooted …
: [GEEKY] Too much authentication goodness It seems like nowadays, to be a cool, 21st century kind of application, you need to allow me to use …
: Blackberry network is far more secure! I never realized this and I am surprised that BlackBerry and Research In Motion advertising have not …
: Why are you reading? If you are a hardcore blog reader like I am, and like BlogBridge fans are, it's worth giving a …
: Wikileaks: Some good further links Continuing the post from the other day about Wikileaks, I found some excellent further links that …
: Behind the scenes @ Wikileaks There's a lot of buzz right now about the leaked documents related to the war in Afghanistan. I am …
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How the world changes (Was: Is the world ready for a replacement to Outlook?)
: Strictly Platonic An interesting article in the New York Times Magazine today about 'Strictly Platonic Relationships', …
: [GEEKY] Something wrong with this picture? This is from my OSX Activity Monitor.app. See how it shows that one process is using 659.9% of the …
: Invasion This didn't really happen I am sitting on the lawn at the University, talking to a couple of …
: Why is iPod Shuffle's 'voice over' feature not available on the iPhone? Just wonderin' -- the iPod Shuffle has a really cool feature where a synthesized voice will announce …
: From Mashable: The beat goes on Check out 10 Tools for Distributed Developer Teams(from Mashable!: "Every developer and every …
: [POLITICS] McChrystal self-sabotage You can't have missed the whole General Stanley McChrystal affair, where a decorated general who has …
: [GEEKY] Metaphors Rule! Actually, some thoughts about REST Security I don't know yet whether I agree with or disagree with what is said in "REST Security (or lack …
: [GEEKY] How to use Twitter in Rails This looks like a really nice and detailed tutorial on how to use Twitter in Rails. Check it out! …
: [GEEKY] Nuances about REST While teaching at Brandeis University this summer (see Cosi JBS Web Site) I've come to think a lot …
: TIvo has an outrageous sale going on Right now, take a look at Tivo's Site. They are 'giving away' refurbished Tivos for $30.00. I just …
: We go full circle: Google Command Line Tool Check out Introducing the Google Command Line Tool(from Google Open Source Blog: "GoogleCL is a …
: MySpace Loses a Co-President Check out MySpace Loses a Co-President(from Mashable!: "Space has announced that Co-President …
: Hubris, Technology and a Whale A couple of New York Times articles today that point out (what others have pointed out too) that the …
: Safari now has Scribefire Yay! One reason holding me to using FireFox on Mac was that I rely heavily on Scribefire which …
: Live weather radar It was dark and thundering and lightening today at 4 in the afternoon. I found this really nice …
: Don Dodge on your creative genius I came across this good post from Don Dodge which I wanted to share. Don was at Microsoft and is now …
: We need a debt rating service rating service Very meta. Who rates the rating services? I saw this in the Wall Street Journal, an article today …
: Interesting article about technology and risk David Brooks of the New York Times writes about technology and risk, in the context of the drilling …
: MSFT and APPL I saw this bit today: "Apple: Will Steve Balmer Show Up At The WWDC Keynote?". Interesting... It …
: I guess it's 2010 and this is Cambridge From a signup form at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education.
: Wall Street Traders == Hackers Mark Cuban comes up with a very plausible analogy: "The best analogy for traders ? They are …
: Poetry - "The Wasteland" I'm ok with poetry - like it from time to time, but certainly not one of my main interests. Who knew …
: Sinking in a sea of documents Lately because of one of my projects I am having to work my way through a bunch of long, semi …
: Spy vs. Spy Here's a great article by Malcolm Gladwell in The New Yorker about espionage. Most of the content …
: The funny thing about iPhone apps So a friend of mine told me of his iPhone app, called Etude. He sung the praises, it sounds really …
: The "T Word" - Trust I am not sure exactly what this article about Trust means exactly, but it's thought provoking, don't …
: Bring me different rocks Scott Kirsner summarizes a new book "Mastering the VC game" and re-tells a funny VC scenario: "He …
: Two fun (to me) articles about arcane mathematical topics Ok, probably to a mathematician these are not arcane, but to normal people (oops, sorry, I love …
: Sequoia Voting System Witch Hunt, err... Study Project Check this post Sequoia Voting System Witch Hunt, err... Study Project from Coder's Revolution: Matt …
: CAPTCHA's cracked CAPTCHA is the nickname of the venerable (ok only a few years of veneration) technique of verifying …
: Security by obscurity and other slogans If you've been in computing for any time you may have been hit over the head by the slogan "Security …
: [GEEKY] iPhone earphones revisited The earphone/microphone that came with my iPhone is acting odd. First I thought it was a problem …
: A classic article that I finally read The article "Reflections on Trusting Trust" is often mentioned in conversation and cited. I finally …
: What about that iFad? I am not going to spend bits talking about the iFad (other than deploying my snarky nickname for it) …
: Huntington Theatre in Boston IS BACK! They may not like me to say this, but as a longtime subscriber, I've been very disappointed for the …
: How to write dramatically David Mamet (supposedly) wrote this compelling note to tv writers for the now-defunct tv show "The …
: Steve Jobs helps Organ Donors Steve Jobs says: "I almost died" in interesting article: Apple CEO Steve Jobs joins Schwarzenegger …
: Health Care Letdown I stopped posting thoughts about the mess that all of congress has made of health care reform. There …
: The Semantic Web, RDF, Freebase and now, DBpedia I was talking with Noah Mendelsohn this morning and we got into a discussion about RDF and it's role …
: Everything is getting more complicated not simpler Following on on my post yesterday about "What we don't understand." As I was writing it, I was …
: Computers are still so hard to understand... Dave Winer wrote a bit recently called "What we don't understand" that lists all the ways in which …
: Handy site for Boston area techies I came across VentureFizz. It's a broad resource for Boston area techies: "VentureFizz can help you …
: Ebert, in his own words A beautifully written comment (positive) by Roger Ebert on the article about him in Esquire that I …
: [insert your title here] "I am so disappointed in the government" "Are we driving off a cliff with two sets of hands on the …
: Roger Ebert: Essential You may or may not remember Roger Ebert who not very long ago was co-host with Gene Siskel on the …
: Real time chat: gtalk? skype? wave? buzz? Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz I just accidentally pinged someone over wave who I wanted to chat with, thinking that it would go …
: What's a carrotmob? A Carrotmob is a network of consumers (?) who buy products in order to reward businesses who are …
: All is not lost in Venzuela... [youtube=[www.youtube.com/watch](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xXNx7ccgD0&w=456&h=277])
: It's hard to cancel Wall Street Journal Online Who would think that an august publication like the Wall Street Journal would pull something like …
: JetBlue: Summary cancellation I was supposed to fly from San Fransisco to Boston today. Monday (2 days ago) I got an email from …
: When news breaks, we fix it That was the old slogan of Jon Stewart's Daily Show. This morning, while I was in a meeting, my cell …
: Sophsiticated (odd) paywall at the Wall Street Journal So I am trying to decide whether I should renew my subscription to Wall Street Journal online. I …
: Wolfram on Computable Knowledge Stephen Wolfram is a genius. (Ok, he's also a bit grandiose, self-promoting and arrogant, but I …
: Ruby and Rails job boards in Boston I get asked from time to time to recommend ruby, rails, and other developers in the Boston area, …
: Interesting old article by Marvin Minsky Just came across this odd link somewhere. He's a good and clear writer, enjoyable to read whether …
: The new, now cancelled, Jay Leno Show Finally I found someone expressing what I have been thinking about the fracas about NBC, Jay Leno, …
: Stop treating Americans like idiots and cowards An excellent article in the Wall Street Journal about the way the media and politicians want us to …
: Frank Rick (again): The other plot Ok, I am on a Frank Rich binge, but he does have one thought provoking article after another. In his …
: Fillibuster: Congress is totally broken Thomas Geoghegan has a fantastic column in the New York Times explaining the mess we are in because …
: About our credulousness: another great Frank Rich article Another great column from Frank Rich -- Tiger Woods, Person of The Year. I recommend reading the …
: Great production of "All My Sons" in Boston I've been a subscriber at the Huntington Theater for years and years now and this new play is the …
: Zappos Rule I don't own or buy many shoes. Recently I needed to replace a shoe and visited my previously …
: The Boston node of OSDV I've been working quite a bit on the Open Source Digital Voting foundation project over the last 9 …
: New words: COTS and GOTS In my work with the Open Source Digital Voting foundation, and TrustTheVote, I just learned two new …
: TrustTheVote project I've been part of the core tech team of the TrustTheVote project and recently have been blogging …
: Two movies: "Precious" and "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" (Note: Spoilers for both movies, but nothing that everyone probably has already been exposed to) I …
: I'll be teaching a course at Brandeis University Follow along as I develop the course: Brandeis University Web App Dev, Mobile App Dev and Incubator …
: Facebook and Twitter Hacking I guess it's not surprising that people's Facebook and twitter accounts are getting compromised. …
: A good scratchboard/clayboard tutorial In my graphic design work I've gotten to know scratchboard (aka clayboard.) It's a very cool …
: First useful info from Twitter for me :) After sending an email to Terroir Coffee asking them to explain the roastiness terminology that they …
: An interesting video about design of Windows 7's default desktop colors If you're interested in design and illustration, you might like this video of how Microsoft went …
: e-Readers: First review I've seen of the Barnes and Nobel 'Nook' Here's a nice detailed review of the Kindle competitor, "Nook". If you are thinking of giving or …
: Dan Lewis, on what it means to 'own' something This post talks about the difference between owning, possessing and accessing a book or anything …
: Stewart Alsop, Droid Doesn't, Google UI This is an insider's three-fer. In this article, Stewart describes his horrible personal experience …
: Shopping Tip: if you need to find a gift for a GEEK I've occasionally shopped here. I got another bit of mail from them for so-called Cyber Monday. …
: An interesting paper about compassion and action Ethan Zuckerman's blog is more like a magazine of insightful, well written papers. I liked From …
: Another real-world 'Diving Bell and the Butterfly' story Did you read the book "The Diving Bell and The Butterfly"? Or see the movie? It's quite an amazing …
: Waste, Fraud and Abuse: does that turn you off to health reform? An article from Canadian Healthcare Technology notes that US Healthcare wastes up to $800 billion a …
: On the importance of confidence in voting systems I was following a series of articles about the Brazilian e-voting system, which apparently underwent …
: News about BlogBridge for iPhone I just posted an update on our work on BlogBridge for the iPhone. In summary, we got many many …
: My health insurance has gone up 15% for 2010 Yeah, I just received the renewal paperwork for health insurance, and it's up. This is with Blue …
: Wordnik is a new online dictionary and more Just came across Wordnik, what looks like a mega dictionary. Maybe it's more of a meta dictionary. …
: Targeted Copyright Enforcement: Deterring Many Users with a Few Lawsuits Check out Targeted Copyright Enforcement: Deterring Many Users with a Few Lawsuits(from Freedom to …
: Follow-up up Wall Street Journal about Super Freakonomics Dustup I wrote the other day about the 'amusing' dust-up between the RealClimate blog and Levitt and …
: A compelling question about GPSs "GPS satellites tell us where we are, but what tells them where they are?". Good question. This …
: House Health Care Bill: Brief Summary
: Oh Snap! Detailed take down of Steve Levitt of SuperFreakonimics I can't vouch for the accuracy, but it is fun to see a major league cat-fight errupting between …
: Arnold is a cool governator Check out Schwarzenegger Gives California Legislature A Hidden Finger (from TechCrunch: " There …
: Did you see what Amazon Stock did yesterday? I have believed that Amazon is a much bigger deal than people realize. Not only are they the …
: Those are not "your companies" dude Check out It’s Not My Company(from Feld Thoughts:) "While I’ve got plenty of rights as an …
: Sequoia Voting System Witch Hunt, err... Study Project Check this post Sequoia Voting System Witch Hunt, err... Study Project from Coder's Revolution: Matt …
: Lexington Public Library's responsible for the computer revolution? Did you know of the Lexington Public Library's role in the founding of DEC (Digital Equipment …
: American Airlines kinda-fail I am traveling on my usually favorite Airline; and of course everyone knows that they are suffering, …
: Electricity Audit Survey Tool? I want to do an electricity audit for my house. I am looking for a web site that lets me complete a …
: Larry Lessig: Beyond Transparency, and Net Triumphalism As David W. says, there's a lot that's been written in response to the provocative article by Larry …
: [Geeky] Create UML Diagrams from the command line If you get it, you may want to get it: Create UML Diagrams from the command line
: The Change Formula: Rule I attended BIF-5 (The Business Information Factory's Annual Summit) last week, a great and …
: Premature Evaluation?: Obama Wins Nobel Prize Check out Premature Evaluation?: Obama Wins Nobel Prize(from The BRAD BLOG: "The Norwegian Nobel …
: High Reactives What are high reactives? "Temperament is a complex, multilayered thing, and for the sake of clarity, …
: I am convinced by this Sergey Brin of Google has an op-ed in today's New York Times, making the case for Google Books: "But …
: You Commit Three Felonies a Day Interesting commentary on a new book by Harvey Silvergate called "Three Felonies a Day". The article …
: Jersey Boys We saw the "Jersey Boys" musical in Chicago last night. It's a lot of fun, even though the sound …
: Interesting further commentary on Intuit purchase of Mint I wrote about the Mint/Intuit deal the other day. Being an avid user, I had mixed feelings about …
: Upcoming Web Innovators Group meeting Just found out that the WebInno group is back in session after a summer hiatus. This is one of the …
: Mint being acquired by Intuit: Good or Bad? I am a fairly avid fan of Mint.com. So it's with mixed emotions that I read that Mint is being …
: [geeky] Odd stuff I've learned setting up a new Mac I've been in the process of setting up a new computer and in the process, as is expected, …
: Scott Kirsner wants to put Albert Einstein on a box of wheaties This is actually a pretty cool idea! Here's a quote from Scott's post: "I'd like to see a Wheaties …
: Sunlight Foundation's Apps for America Sunlight Foundation is a very cool organization that I've been close to. They are involved with many …
: DC Lingo - from my notebook More stuff that I learned at Transparency camp. Every city has their own way of talking. In New …
: From Andrew Sullivan: My Take On The Healthcare Debate I agree with this point from the post My Take On The Healthcare Debate from Daily Dish (Andrew …
: [GEEKY] Best 24" Flat Panel Display for a Mac Pro? I was looking at the Apple LED Cinema Display 24" which, of course, looks gorgeous in the store. But …
: Insightful (and not positive) article about Barack Obama Peggy Noonan is always a favorite of mine. Here's another good op-ed piece, and this time, showing …
: [GEEKY] RSS is about as dead as XML or 120V AC I've seen a couple of "RSS is dead" headlines in the last few days, and even though I am on vacation …
: Health Care Stories from the U.K. Sure, one isolated story doesn't prove anything, but then our health care debate often seems to be …
: Op-ed in Mass High Tech about ResourceMatcher.org Gavin Murphy (of Annkissam) and I have been talking about the implementation of an idea that has …
: Canada's cellphone rates among the highest, USA even higher! Did you think you pay a lot for cellphone coverage? An article in the Globe and Mail about cellphone …
: Insightful tying together of the Health Care "debate", Woodstock, Kennedy and Mad Men Check out this insightful editorial in Sunday's New York by Frank Rich. I thought it was really …
: [Random Geek Thought] Human DoS It strikes me that the way speakers are being shouted down at these (now) famous town hall meetings …
: More weapons of civic mass destruction A while ago I wrote about weapons of civic mass destruction. I think it is very disturbing to see …
: Cambridge (Mass) on Forbes Top 10 list Pretty cool report via Boston Globe, but see my minor complaint about it at the end: "Hold all that …
: Let's give GPSs the EMOTION feature Maybe it's because I just arrived from a long drive and stay in New York where I was guided by the …
: [GEEKY] Switched from Firefox to Safari, and back again About a week ago the new version of the Safari Browser came out for Mac OS X. I was swayed by the …
: Apple Store Tax Funny Business? A friend of mine pointed out that for some reason when he ordered is (wonderful) iPhone 3GS, the …
: Bank Of America advises me to save $NaN This is just a little funny. I use Bank of America, and lately whenever I go onto the web site, they …
: Transparency is the new objectivity: Really good post from David Weinberger Check this excerpt from a post by David Weinberger called Transparency is the new objectivity from …
: Sibelius and the meaning of 'available' There aren't many good options for Music notation software. Sibelius is in my opinion the best, …
: [GEEKY] Interesting article about code leaks Check out this interesting case study of how one awful memory leak was tracked down and killed: …
: Wolfram on Computable Knowledge Stephen Wolfram is a genius. (Ok, he's also a bit grandiose, self-promoting and arrogant, but I …
: Microsoft still has some tricks up it's sleeve: Office 2010 Now I've been a mac for about 4 years now, so I generally don't pay too much attention to …
: Modesty or ego? Check this post Food for thought from Paul Krugman: According to a new site called Mediaite, Mark …
: Interesting bit in Risks Digest about Air France Crash Check out "More Focus on Computers in the Air France Crash".
: Anti-paprazzi clutch bag gives pushy shutterbugs a taste of their own medicine Not that I care about Paprazzi countermeasures, but this is just c-l-e-v-e-r! Check this post …
: Pandora is saved! Pandora is one of my favorite music sites. It's a quick way to get an infinite play list built …
: iPhone 3GS - Questions Ok so I've had the new iPhone for a little while now. This is my first ever iPhone and I have some …
: Can 'Electronic Voting Machines' be 'Trusted'? Leaving aside what exactly an Electronic Voting Machine is, the New York Times weighed in with this …
: [Geeky] RMagick and memory leaks A recent post talked about creating a "Domain Specific Language" for image processing of ballots. …
: What is the 'true' result of an election? With what's going on in Iran right now, many commentators are wondering whether the elections were …
: Check out TheRentables.com I was shown a promising new site called TheRentables, for people (I know at least 3) who are looking …
: Flight 447 from a pilot's perspective Interesting article: The media loves the "wrong speed" theory, but a lightning strike and electrical …
: Election day in Benton, New Hampshire My post about Barack Obama's election was getting a bit long, so I thought I'd break it up and get …
: Just when I was thinking about stopping my NetFlix subscription TIVO keeps on getting cooler and cooler: "Netflix said it will begin testing a service Thursday that …
: [GEEKY] Check out Ruby Best Practices book (not yet out ! :) As you know from a previous post, I've been working on a "domain specific language" for election …
: Exploding head scene An amusing article in Newsweek about Peter Arnell, self-styled renaissance man, inventor of the …
: Open Government: Remixing Government Data I found this article to be a good primer on what's going on with open government data. Remixing …
: [GEEKY] A DSL for Image Analysis I have been working quite a lot on Election Reform over the last few weeks, at least from the …
: Wandering through Asia My friend Amy just recently arrived from an incredible trip through Asia. If you are curious, check …
: Maldives looking for new land A while back I wrote a post saying that it was "Official: The Maldives is the most beautiful place …
: Comedian in chief You've heard about (or maybe you haven't) President Obama's turn as a comedian at the White House …
: Manny being Manny Check this post Thank you Jason Bay from 38 Pitches: "... Yet somehow we’re hearing these same …
: Government Efficiency Check this post Government Efficiency from Dilbert.com Blog: A confusopoly is a situation in which …
: Help your favorite Massachusetts historic site win a grant The National Trust of Historic Preservation and American Express are giving away $100,000.00 to a …
: A touching piece by Curt Schilling This is from his blog: "When our third child was diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome almost two years …
: "What's next in tech" event in Boston in June If you live in the Boston area and somehow connected to technology professions you should be …
: Twice as many people vote for Idol than watch it? This does not compute: "As the final five contestants on “American Idol” competed for a chance at …
: Back from Barcamp Boston This weekend I had a chance to attend BarCamp Boston (4). As usual it was fun and interesting and I …
: Weapons of civic mass destruction I am struck by how broken our political process is. I'm not the first nor the last to make this …
: The torture discussion back in 2001 Recently of course, because of the 'torture memos', the topic is all over the papers and cable …
: Great proposal re: http://data.gov from Sunlight Foundation Check out this post Redesigning the Government: Data.gov: "One thing we’ve been most excited about …
: Inside the Shot Heard 'Round the World Did you wonder how those snipers were able to shoot those pirates when both groups were on boats on …
: [GEEKY] How DataRSS might work Editors Note (that's me, Pito): I've decided to change the name of this thing to "Decentralized Data …
: An excellent paper about Curaçao Politics This is probably not high on your radar, but if you have interest in the island of Curaçao you may …
: Has Paula gotten Smarter? I've been an American Idol fan for a while now, in fact from the very start. I've been commenting to …
: If you think stronger regulation is a good answer, heed Buffett Check out this post If you think stronger regulation is a good answer, heed Buffett: "Warren Buffett …
: Great paper about Harri Hursti's demonstration of ballot scanner security concerns I recently saw the movie Hacking Democracy. It's absolutely fascinating and basic background for …
: Paul Simon's Graceland Album: the back story Ethan Zuckerman writes a great piece about how Paul Simon's Graceland album came to be, with some of …
: Maybe I hate my iPhone This is from today's New York Times Magazine. I didn't know Virginia Heffernan was funny! "Actually, …
: Bizspeak Who cares about equities traders leaving Morgan Stanley. Not me, but check out this post Top …
: NBC's Boston affiliate isn't going to show Leno's new show Check out this post NBC's Boston affiliate isn't going to show Leno's new show: "WHDH, the NBC …
: Meeting24.tv Keeps Online Meetings Simple Check out this post Meeting24.tv Keeps Online Meetings Simple: "Like Utagoe Live 100, …
: How easy is it to cheat? I've gotten very interested in Election Reform lately, and I've delved into how the overall voting …
: Funny: Nasa's "Colbert Room" NASA's online contest to name a new room at the international space station went awry. Comedian …
: Thousands of lectures from top scholars - this looks GOOD! I spent 5 minutes perusing this site, and it looks really good. Wow, makes me want to be back in …
: Even Paul Krugman has to wait for the cable guy Check out this post Incommunicado, probably: "I'm working at home today, waiting for the Fios …
: "Society doesn’t need newspapers. What we need is journalism" Clay Shirkey writes an article called "Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable". I thought this was …
: Kindle book prices: another genius move Take a book that I was interested in, "The Lords of Finance", by Liaquat Ahamed. This is a brand new …
: Amazon's kindle on iPhone - Genius The other day, Amazon released a free application on the iPhone (and iPod Touch.) On the surface, …
: A (fairly) understandable explanation of the math behind the market meltdown This article is somewhat mathematical but I am sure it still hugely simplifies the logic that led us …
: The Stimulus Gets Its Own Logo Check out this post The Stimulus Gets Its Own Logo: "From now on, all projects associated with …
: DC Lingo - from my notebook More stuff that I learned at Transparency camp. Every city has their own way of talking. In New …
: What I learned at Transparency Camp There are people in our government who are strongly pushing for more openness and who are very …
: Enjoyable article about BO in the Washington Post "Each morning when he arrives at the Oval Office, President Obama asks his staff to deliver him a …
: Transparency Camp Everything's a camp today, Foo Camp, Bar Camp and now Transparency Camp. I am attending this …
: Content Management Systems just don't work. I am often asked what technology someone should use to create their web presence. I know Ruby on …
: Twitter Week on Portals and KM Bill Ives has been running "twitter week" this week on his blog Portals and KM. Here something from …
: [GEEKY] Towards a DataRSS I wrote this short paper to formulate some ideas that have been percolating in the back of my mind …
: Flying cars yo? http://foxnews1.a.mms.mavenapps.net/mms/rt/1/site/foxnews1-foxnews-pub01-live/current/videolandingpa …
: Funny piece of sh*t http://www.theonion.com/content/themes/common/assets/onn_embed/embedded_player.swf Sony Releases New …
: Liquid water on mars "NASA's Phoenix lander may have captured the first images of liquid water on Mars - droplets that …
: [GEEKY] Solution to something that has annoyed me Check out the "article: Getting "Open With" back under control." Thanks.
: mySociety are doing interesting stuff in the public arena A british organization (or should I say organisation?) called mySociety has done some really cool …
: Saving the newspapers. A modest proposal. You know I am a fan of the Newspapers. I've written about it several times, wondering out loud …
: How Corrupt is Our Language in Economic Discourse? Check out this post How Corrupt is Our Language in Economic Discourse?: "And as Deirdre …
: Poem: Tortoise by Tim Mason Tortoise by Tim Mason I set my pace deliberately keeping precious what matters under the hard shell …
: Micro volunteering A very interesting article about volunteering, and applying the wikipedia philosophy to …
: Who can I believe about the economy? The problems in our economy right now are real, I believe. Tons of people have lost jobs, and my …
: The Secret in Building 26 Dave writes an enthousiastic review of this book: The Secret in Building 26: "I just finished …
: Send Club Passim some click love Hey, how about doing me a favor? It will only take you a minute or less. It won't cost a penny. Help …
: [GEEKY] Foxmarks now supports Mac ... one fewer reason to stay with Firefox I read in Personal Technology (Wall Street Journal) today that Foxmarks, the handy, free utility …
: Government Data, Apis, and the tipping point I've been discovering the mass of information that is created by the government and is very slowly …
: The 7 deadly sins and 10 lessons of a failed startup Check this post The 7 deadly sins and 10 lessons of a failed startup from Don Dodge on The Next Big …
: [GEEKY] Built my first gem (Ruby Gem that is) I've gotten interested in what is going on in the public sector, in particular in the world of non …
: Subscribe to Pandora! I've known about Pandora for ages, and the last month or so have been using it again, a lot. It's …
: What Life Asks of Us A column in the NYTimes that offers a very different perspective from what we might think of as the …
: Going, going, gone... You've heard me bemoan the death of magazines, newspapers, and other valuable things (radio? small …
: [GEEKY] Where are the east coast Rails / Ruby conferences? "So yet another way you can help Ruby and Rails Activism is by attending (supporting) a conference. …
: Science and Religion Now there's a big topic, eh? A magazine that I don't normally read has a good, in depth, thoughtful …
: More than Charisma From Bob Herbert, in today's New York Times: "... [we've witnessed] the almost desperate hunger in …
: Not surprised that he gets to keep it There's been some back and forth silliness about whether Barack Obama can keep his Blackberry. All …
: HOPE Chris and I, this morning, looking forward to a great day. We've waited and worked for this. And …
: Tweeting from more than one account? You might be interested in what BlogBridge is doing about twittering from more than one account: …
: More on Steve Jobs Breaking news from CNN: "Apple CEO Steve Jobs takes leave until end of June; Jobs says health issues …
: Madoff Scammed His Sister, Too! Check out this post Madoff Scammed His Sister, Too!: "A division has appeared in the Madoff …
: I think Bono would have said: "What an honour" Check out this post Greg Mitchell: Bono Replacing Bill Kristol at New York Times?: "What an …
: Something wrong with this picture? Take a close look at the url and the page
: 30+ Must-Have Updated Firefox 3 Extensions Check this post 30+ Must-Have Updated Firefox 3 Extensions from Mashable!: We’ve put together a list …
: Update on Jobs' health In case you didn't see this, it's kind of interesting if you follow Apple and our pal Steve Jobs: …
: Michael Lewis and Harry Markopolos In an excellent article on The End of The Financial World as We Know It, an even more fascinating …
: Using Google to make community standards transparent and objective This New York Times article, "What's Obscene? Google Could Have an Answer" is pretty interesting, …
: Remember to change your clocks tonight "Revelers will have an extra second to enjoy the New Year celebrations. Drunken party goers may not …
: Kevin Kelly writes about pervasive (or is it ubiquitous) screens I always love Kevin Kelly's writing and thinking and this article in a recent New York Times …
: Dumb as we want to be? Thomas Friedman with another thought provoking column. I know not everyone likes his perspective but …
: The most beautiful book? Now here's a recommendation: "I recently got a hold of what I consider to be the nicest mathematical …
: Is twitter for people or for marketing? As you may have noticed, I am using Twitter a little more often now. As much as anything it is to …
: MINT and security I have a new favorite web service: Mint. It's a really nice implementation of kind of a "Quicken" …
: Support Club Passim in Harvard Square!!! Hey! If you live in Boston or Cambridge, and you like music, especially Folk music, then you've …
: More on truly weird medical condition Suddenly when you learn about something once, you start seeing it everywhere... "Dr. Paul Grabb, a …
: A little more about "Outliers" Since I wrote a somewhat negative post mentioning Outliers and Malcolm Gladwell the other day, I …
: A Craigslist for Service? Something I've been thinking about a lot lately is the need for some kind of platform to match local …
: Back Channels May Add, But They Also Subtract I totally agree. Is it just part of the tendency of those people to always want to be the center of …
: How come are these two swindlers also huge philanthropists? The irony and paradox confounds: "[...] Mr. Dreier, who grew up on Long Island, the son of a refugee …
: How are the New England Patriots like the United States Post Office? I've gotten more interested in logos and graphic design lately so I guess I am noticing stuff like …
: VRM and Iammoving.com VRM is a concept that's been floating around for a while. Evangelized (and perhaps coined) by Doc …
: Joel on Software talks about Malcolm Gladwell and Tom Friedman There have been a number of articles taking shots at some of Malcolm Gladwell's latest book, …
: Warning: Email Sabbatical is Imminent .. and other random thoughts I really like this approach to vacation. I think I will try it: Check out this post Warning: Email …
: Ideas are still cheap, right? From XConomy Seattle, this article covers 'an inspiring talk by Nick Hanauer of Seattle-based Second …
: XConomy's Battle of the bands As a favor I am posting this notice about an event that looks like it might be fun: Battle of the …
: Watch out for the 'Nigerian Scam Yes, some people do fall for it "So how did this otherwise lucid, intelligent woman end up sending …
: Are magazines committing suicide? I was traveling this weekend and as I am wont to do, spent too much time at bookstores and magazine …
: What I am reading this morning A few really quick links: Responsible Tweeting, about the role of Twitter 'news' in influencing real …
: OpenStreetMap - Let's map the whole planet, one person at a time Another crazy-brilliant site, OpenStreetMap.org, is aiming to get all of us to annotate maps of all …
: It's the cars, stupid Robert X. Cringely's prescription for Detroit automakers: "So the trick to turning around the …
: How many sources of video signal? Netflix has a box to stream video into my living room. TIVO has a deal with Amazon to do the same. …
: Clean up your Amazon Wishlist! If you are anything like me, you are constantly coming across books and other goodies that look …
: Very unscientific survey of online survey tools Because of a couple of projects that I am working on, I thought I might be able to use some tool for …
: Ask the pilot how hard it is to fly a plane Ask The Pilot is a regular Salon column. Recently there was a good one, essentially about how hard …
: Bummer for Whole Foods Not than anyone is buying any stocks these days (are you?) but I happened to have a very small …
: Bummer for Whole Foods Not than anyone is buying any stocks these days (are you?) but I happened to have a very small …
: Ever hear of teratomas? Here's a truly weird article, which a sticks in my mind a week after reading it: "Clark had seen …
: What is Art For? A really good article in the New York Times Magazine today about Lewis Hyde. I had not heard of …
: Do you like this building? I came across this ad in the New York Times magazine. I should say, I was riveted by this ad. Is …
: Garrison Keillor: America is cool! A neat article in Salon, by Garrison Keillor - America is cool: "The world expects us to elect …
: It's even worse than you think Michael Lewis writes a great article in Portfolio online about the, let's say, inevitability, of …
: Finally! I can't put my feelings, seriously, into words: http://nytimes-se.com
: Invest in Innovation Jim Manzi (of Lotus fame) has an interesting article in "The Nation" about our need, as a nation, to …
: Boston tech scene could be more inviting to students Scott Kirsner of the Innovation Economy blog, as well of the Boston Globe says that: "To me, the …
: Election day in Benton, New Hampshire My post about Barack Obama's election was getting a bit long, so I thought I'd break it up and get …
: Barack Obama On Tuesday, Chris and I volunteered for Barack Obama. I got a very interesting perspective on the …
: Election shenanigans? I am not at all sure what to make of this. But a friend of mine pointed me to some of the following …
: Les Miserables is one of my all time favorite musicals [youtube [www.youtube.com/watch](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3ijYVyhnn0&hl=en&fs=1])
: Interesting article by Mark Cuban about 'the cause of bubbles' Whether you agree or not, it is thoughtful and thought provoking discussion of Bubbles and Financial …
: Just when I was thinking about stopping my NetFlix subscription TIVO keeps on getting cooler and cooler: "Netflix said it will begin testing a service Thursday that …
: The new Comcast mojo I am not sure I am reading this right, but it looks like Comcast is giving my home internet …
: In Defense of Raising Money: a Manifesto for NonProfit CEOs Check out this post In Defense of Raising Money: a Manifesto for NonProfit CEOs: "How about …
: I'm a neat person, but, THIS, is ridiculous Check out this weird new practice called 5S: "5S is a key concept of the lean manufacturing …
: Peggy Noonan columns are a pleasure to read I've been a Peggy Noonan fan for a while. Yes she is politically more conservative than I am, but …
: Field notes from a Nature Conservancy meeting Check out this post Field notes from a Nature Conservancy meeting: "First, the Nature Conservancy …
: Evidence of a Global SuperOrganism Check out this post Evidence of a Global SuperOrganism: "So far the proposition that a global …
: Pop!Tech live now! This has been my all time favorite conference. Unfortunately I can't make it this year. However, …
: Good judgement? This has been picked up all over the place, so you might have already seen it. I thought it was …
: Halo: Supposed to be the most unbelievably great Video Conferencing system Halo, from HP. Really? Unfortunately it is outrageously expensive. Can't find the number online but …
: Weapons of civic mass destruction I am struck by how broken our political process is. I'm not the first nor the last to make this …
: Now I am getting nervous... Cramer wants me to sell everything? Check out this post Henry Blodget: Should You Really Panic And Sell Everything Like Cramer Says?: …
: If you think stronger regulation is a good answer, heed Buffett Check out this post If you think stronger regulation is a good answer, heed Buffett: "Warren …
: Esther Dyson on the Coming Ad Revolution Esther Dyson wrote this very interesting Wall Street Journal article about how online advertising is …
: Big Numbers Like everyone else, I've been following the drama on Wall Street, Main Street, Washington DC and so …
: A couple of interesting articles A very interesting article in Edge.org (by the way, an always interesting site.) This one is called …
: Surprising and against conventional wisdom: Americans still love to buy DVDs Interesting article about the sale of DVDs in Silicon Alley Insider: "Just a reality check on the …
: iTunes 8 Genius is calling home I just downloaded the new ITunes 8. It has this new thing called the iTunes Genius which seems like …
: Sign the letter! Maybe this is one more of the futile petitions that we send around and to each other, but the goal …
: Ambient Awareness: on being 'digitally' close A good article in the New York Times Magazine about the so-called 'ambient awareness' phenomenon: …
: Beware of Freeconomics The quote below is from this post from ReadWriteWeb While we are certainly seeing more and more …
: Where can I find non-shrill political coverage? I read the New York Times, and magazines like The Atlantic and The New Yorker, and web sites like …
: Indeed, the new Microsoft/Bill Gates/Jerry Seinfeld ad makes no sense! Gizmodo shows the first ad, and even though I love Jerry and like Bill, it, indeed, makes no sense. …
: TSA and photo IDs An interesting article from Bruce Schneier about why he believes that TSA requirement of photo IDs …
: So it's true: Google is releasing a new browser to compete with IE and FireFox (updated at 12:08pm Sept 2) "In a posting on a company site Monday, Google indicated that a version …
: Cloud Computing case studies I've written about some of the considerations that go into the choice between physical …
: Two examples of great Web 2.0 by USA government Who said "your TSA don't dance and your USPTO don't rock and roll?" (One free copy of BlogBridge for …
: Good news for Australian single men? An analysis of new census figures has shown that Australia is suffering from an unprecedented "man …
: Heard of Yandex? From TimesOnline, a good reminder to not forget that we do live in a USA bubble sometimes, and don't …
: Mac OS X Virus? Take a look at that very weird looking Mac menu. I didn't (knowingly) do anything to get it and yet …
: 5 things to keep in mind when relying on S3 and similar SAAS services On a project I worked on recently, I asked myself whether I should make one or more of Amazon's …
: Democrat vs. Democratic I wonder about this. Why is it considered a slur to use Democrat as an adjective? For example, "The …
: Sign up for Jason Calcanis email list! Jason Calcanis has stopped blogging and instead is doing an email only mailing list (yes, how 1999 …
: [GEEK] Note to self: Ruby has no ++ operator I don't know why it don't. I don't know why the error message doesn't just say: "Hey dope, Ruby has …
: Mysteries of printing Mac OS X Address Book labels Apple always, or almost always, thinks through the user interface carefully and includes all kinds …
: Harper's on torture Came across this interesting article. You may agree or not, but it's definitely interesting: "So now …
: [GEEKY] Can your current reader/aggregator do this? Check out the latest summary of amazing feats by BlogBridge. I don't want to be too cheeky, but …
: Blind to Bargains - Jeremy Wagstaff Here is a full article written by Jeremy Wagstaff... Blind to Bargains If We Won't Pay for Software, …
: More on the Electric Car After an interesting comment on my previous post on Electric Cars topic, "Who Killed the Electric …
: Finally, a simple cell phone! My Treo 600 recently died a hard death. I had to learn a new cell phone, a relatively low end one, …
: Why is this funny? Originally posted on Jan 01, 2006. Reprinted courtesy of ReRuns plug-in.
: Who Killed the Electric Car? (And why Wikipedia is GREAT) I just saw the movie "Who Killed the Electric Car" which makes a pretty compelling case that years …
: Cuil vs. Google By now if you probably heard about Cuil, the new search engine that claims to be the biggest (since …
: Should he have signed the letter? Ok this is a bit irreverent. There's been a spat relating to the note that Barack Obama wrote and …
: Credit card activation: security or reverse marketing? So I received two new Discover cards, with supposed enhanced security features. I didn't ask for …
: The 7 deadly sins and 10 lessons of a failed startup Check this post The 7 deadly sins and 10 lessons of a failed startup from Don Dodge on The Next Big …
: Towards better memory An interesting, quirky, though-provoking -- memorable article in Wired about Memory: …
: Heresy: Wall-E just so-so Yeah I know all the reviews have been raving - "Best movie this year" - "Will change your life" - …
: Eye-fi wireless enabled memory card for your camera If you haven't seen this and you shoot a lot of digital photos, you will love this product; also …
: Did you know what happened to Seymour Papert? The other day I came across this article in the Boston Globe about one of the greats of Computer …
: Helpful iPhone tip (even though I don't have one) I saw this somewhere and I thought I would share as it seems very useful, yet obscure: Helpful Tip: …
: [GEEKY] Funny The true measure of code quality: WTF's per minute.
: 10 Commandments might apply to more than just Facebook! Check out these 10 Commandments for Facebook Applications. They are pretty good commandments for …
: Useful robots may be here sooner than we think "The Most Advanced Quadruped Robot on Earth -- BigDog is the alpha male of the Boston Dynamics …
: Fun little web goodies Check out "Forget Photoshop: 15 Online Graphics Generators": "Shiny edges, reflections, neat 3D …
: Photoshopping missles I recently saw a Nova episode about Hany Farid about so called "Digital Forensics", that is how to …
: Whats the point of setting a goal for 2050? How lame and do-nothing can you get when the best you can do is to set a goal to be met in 2050, …
: What it takes to emmigrate to Australia... Aleksey (my colleague on BlogBridge) is planning to move from the Ukraine to Australia. Here's a …
: Making my blog look very busy Have you noticed? How frequently I've been posting? I am using WordPress's 'post in the future' …
: Quote of the day "Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood" -- the great city builder Daniel H. …
: WebInno is back in town If you live in the Boston area and are in the tech business you should check out the more or less …
: Devil in the White City is now an archeaological dig! I am just finished reading Devil In The White City by Erik Larson. Loved it! This news item about …
: Good coverage of friends of mine Recently three friends of mine got nice press coverage, so I thought I'd share them: Reed …
: Dave (not that one) writes about Fear of Failure I just came across Dave Dupre's blog. Some good reading there, for example: "[...snip] If the single …
: 30+ Must-Have Updated Firefox 3 Extensions Check this post 30+ Must-Have Updated Firefox 3 Extensions from Mashable!: We’ve put together a list …
: Using Google to make community standards transparent and objective This New York Times article, "What's Obscene? Google Could Have an Answer" is pretty interesting, …
: Good article about TechCrunch and Michael Arrington in Wired I haven't seen anyone pointing to this article about TechCrunch and Professor Arrington, but it's …
: I agree with Tom Friedman He's been saying something like this since a week after 9/11. I agreed with him then, and I still …
: Does your computer ever make a weird sound for no apparent reason? I am on a Mac and I have lots of odd little things running, doing backups, syncs, who knows what. …
: FireFox 3.0? I got the big new release of FireFox 3.0. Looks fine. Actually looks mostly the same. I am not sure …
: LifeLock and Identity Theft - again I am a LifeLock customer and so I follow developments in this arena pretty closely. Check this post …
: Virtual credit card number My Citibank MasterCard allows me to generate a virtual credit card number, pretty simply, using a …
: What's the difference between a web site and a blog? This is a question I hear all the time. I thought I'd write a bit of an introduction to the topic. …
: June in Paradise I just returned from RailsConf, a conference all about Ruby on Rails. Many bloggers have written …
: "This is the Discover card Fraud department. Call 1-800-555-1212 - IMMEDIATELY Sounds ominous, right? So I call them up, and I hear a serious voice telling me to please hold on, …
: Google Sightseeing: Target in my neighborhood There's an amusing site called Google Sightseeing whose sole purpose is to point out …
: Useful and cool little utility Ever wonder what speed your internet connection really has? Try this handy-dandy little utility!
: Portland OR smokes I'm in Portland Oregon for a few days for a conference, and this may be an unfair sample, but I was …
: Life Lock's CEO Identity Stolen Check this post Life Lock's CEO Identity Stolen from MetaFilter: Life Lock CEO's Identify Stolen …
: Why should do online check-in when flying? This, from American Airlines: "Your trip is eligible for check-in now. Save time at the airport and …
: Big Search, Mechanical Turk and why Amazon is at least as cool as Google Adam Green points to Scoble who re-discover and discover, respectively, Amazon's street by street, …
: Asymmetrical conflict in the blogosphere I met with a potential client the other day who was on red alert because there were a lot of nasty …
: Creepy (Thanks, Aleksey) Technorati Tags: funny
: If you like food you might find this amusing... Many more where this one came from. Good for a chuckle :)
: Really cool rowing instrumentation If there are any rowing fanatics out there, or competitive rowing coaches, take a look at this cool …
: Arduino: Open source hardware Check out Arduino, a totally cool tiny embedded computer suitable for creating smart things - art, …
: Amusing: French words missing in English "No language is perfect, and English is no exception. There are always words or expressions that …
: Ray Kurzweil @ MIT Went to hear Ray Kurzweil yesterday at MIT, at an event jointly sponsored by IEEE and GBC/ACM …
: Very cool illusion Try this out, it really worked for me, and is really strange and wonderful! "This should be proof …
: Back Channels May Add, But They Also Subtract I totally agree. Is it just part of the tendency of those people to always want to be the center of …
: [GEEKY] Some good Rails resources Just a few handy links that, if you are a Rails developer you may be interested in: Ruby Plus - Free …
: Firewalls scanning IM messages: Google as symbolic link Here's something I hadn't seen before: I IM'd a friend of mine at a Big Company and the message got …
: Know Rule 240! I recently was on a trip with United Airlines. It's a long story, but basically the short form is …
: [GEEKY] Cool open source product analogous to Yahoo Pipes SnapLogic is an open source product (at least in it's base edition) providing tools to construct …
: [GEEKY] Twitter and Ruby on Rails TechCrunch: "We’re hearing this from multiple sources: After nearly two years of high profile …
: Seven Do’s And Three Don’ts For Creating New Web Products Seven Do’s And Three Don’ts For Creating New Web Products contains some excellent Do's and Don'ts …
: On the business impact of Web 2.0 Bill Ives of the Portals and KM Blog writes an interesting two-part article on the business impact …
: YCombinator startup application form I came across this very cool and simple set of criteria or rules to apply for funding from …
: Barcamp is coming to Boston again! Well it's not really 'coming' - it was here all along, just dormant. Here's the down-lo: BarCamp …
: Ray Ozzie on Mesh You might have missed the announcement of Microsoft Mesh. Cycnical me: these grand strategies come …
: Twitter mania continues, unabated, now claiming bodies, Story at 11 Check this post Twitter’s Lead Architect Leaves: It’s Not You, It’s Me from Mashable!: "While …
: Grou.ps Launches Public Beta Check this post Grou.ps Launches Public Beta from ReadWriteWeb: "There are a lot of ways to …
: Danah Boyd on Facebook and Myspace A really interesting article for anyone interested in social networks and their role and impact in …
: What’s Your Best Dilbert Punch Line? Amazing idea from Scott Adams. Dilbert Mashups. Check this post What’s Your Best Dilbert Punch Line? …
: Vista new user experience not for the faint of heart I just turned on a new laptop I bought for my father in law - amazingly a 1 Gig Mem, 1.7MHz, 90Mb …
: Great new information about blogging I just wrote a few brief tutorials that I thought might be of interest to you and, well, everyone. …
: Trade-off: Facebook vs. Ning I am advising a client who is interested in reaching out to a huge existing community of folks who …
: More on congestion pricing... From a few previous posts you know that I have a curiosity about congestion pricing as a way to …
: Wikipedia posting on Virginia Tech Tragedy People wonder about Wikipdia and what it's good for. This is an example from a while back, of …
: [GEEKY] How to fix slow Skype on Leopard (Click for enlargement) Upon updating to the latest Mac OS X 10.5, a.k.a Leopard, I noticed that …
: Apple sense of humor Look closely at the dialog box on the right. It's Mac OS X info sheet for an attached Windows …
: SNL Season best in years - but why does Christopher Walken not rehearse? Saturday Night Live is having the best season in years. Consistently much funnier than last year or …
: Boston Tech Scene is cooking Last week I went to the monthly "WebInno" - web innovators group - meeting at the Sonesta in …
: Amazon Web Services Gets Another Hiccup I've wondered and written before about the 'downside' or 'risk' of building your application based …
: Go See "The Cry of the Reed" right now I just came back from the theatre, the Huntington Theatre, Boston's, production of a brand new play …
: Three on getting a job Check this post Three on getting a job from Newmark's Door. Where Craig turns us on to these three …
: Doomsday Cult Scott Adams as usual is hillarious in this post Doomsday Cult from The Dilbert Blog: "A Russian …
: Use Google Sets for competitive analysis I bet you've not heard of another crazy-cool service from Google, Google Sets. I first read about …
: More about Leopard, Apple's answer to Vista For you slow pokes who have not yet upgraded to Leopard, my continuing experience might be of …
: Finally updating to Leopard Usually more on the bleeding edge than this, I decided to wait until now to upgrade my macs to …
: How GPS devices are being used to detect and avoid traffic This is relevant to the discussion about congestion pricing, mesh networks and avoiding traffic …
: How stonehenge was built It's rare that I watch/listen to a whole Youtube. But here you go... [youtube …
: What does Urban Congestion have to do with Mesh Networks? Check out this very interesting article that suggests that placing mesh network nodes in cars is a …
: Verizon opening up it's network somewhat I am starting to follow the world of mesh networks and things related to that. One immediate …
: More e-Voting shenanigans You know I follow the vagaries of computer voting machines, right? Here's an interesting article …
: Casinos in Mass? Please, No! [youtube [www.youtube.com/watch](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfWsfDweeM4&hl=en]I) found my way …
: [Geeky] Doing popups in Rails and elsewhere So my little toy pedagogical application needed a pretty popup box. Actually I wanted one so I could …
: A True Horror Story About Why We Need Authentication Standards I am constantly downloading applications and utilities off the web to try this or that out. I am as …
: 25 George W. Bush Facts List of Lists is an entertaining blog. He doesn't post that often but when he does it's usually …
: Mars Avalanche photos "The new image shows tan clouds moving away from the foot of a 700-metre slope, where dust and …
: Contributing to the purient interest No less an authority as the Freakonomics dudes offer an article about "A Call Girl's View of the …
: 30% to Apple for folks selling iPhone apps?? Check out this post from Planet RubyOnRails: I doubt few of my readers have missed that Apple just …
: I Don't Believe in COO's I agree with this post from Feld Thoughts: Overall, titles don't (and shouldn't) matter much in an …
: Once more confirming my cynicism Sorry, but for some reason it seems that the cynics win out once more: "I have acted in a way that …
: What about social networks? An interesting post by Cringely, forseeing the imminent demise of most 350 social networks. This …
: Dilbert blog does it again (photo added) Check out this funny post from The Dilbert Blog: A reader sent me a link to a story about a …
: Do I need yet another site doing life streaming? First it was Facebook, then (I think) it was Plaxo, then LinkedIn, and now MyBlogLog is offering me …
: Anyone notice Google going off a cliff?
: Beware of Freeconomics The quote below is from this post from ReadWriteWeb While we are certainly seeing more and more …
: Another interesting post at the 'TSA' Blog Another really interesting post from TSA Blog: Evolution of Security: (which should be called 'The …
: Brad Feld: "Why Am I Passing?" - At least you are passing Brad Feld, famous Venture Capitalist writes an interesting post about how he might get to the point …
: From Demo 2008: Silobreaker - A unique new research tool Joining the ranks of the growing number of news aggregation and research sites is Silobreaker, which …
: Two examples of great Web 2.0 by USA government Who said "your TSA don't dance and your USPTO don't rock and roll?" (One free copy of BlogBridge for …
: Quickbase on steroids? Here's a new online light weight database product that picks up where QuickBase leaves off and goes …
: Giving till it hurts Do you get fund raising / spam phone calls from very persistent, insistent callers asking for money …
: Oldish news, but interesting I came across this note that the fairly famous spat between Apple Gossip site Think Secret and Apple …
: Summing up the history of human affairs In the context of the current Wall Street excitement, I received a letter of assurance from a mutual …
: Chris Herot on RulesBase Chris Herot writes about a new product called RulesBase: Check out this post from Christopher …
: Cloud Computing case studies I've written about some of the considerations that go into the choice between physical …
: 5 things to keep in mind when relying on S3 and similar SAAS services On a project I worked on recently, I asked myself whether I should make one or more of Amazon's …
: 5 Questions to ask when deciding whether to rely on S3 et al Several products I've worked on recently have relied on Amazon's really impressive web services. …
: The downside of free software Yesterday the New York Times had an interesting article about our expectation that software (and web …
: Mysteries of printing Mac OS X Address Book labels Apple always, or almost always, thinks through the user interface carefully and includes all kinds …
: Harper's on torture Came across this interesting article. You may agree or not, but it's definitely interesting: "So now …
: From Demo 2008: Cool research site - SiloBreaker Take a look at SiloBreaker (don't ask me why it's called that; is it supposed to break down silos?) …
: Who's your friend? I just looked through my friend list and I see some people who's name I recognize but don't know …
: Amazing story about Virginia Postrel's kidney This is a dramatic and well told story of one patient's patient search for a kidney donor. Also …
: About Yahoo / Microsoft and an easier way to get $2B in revenue annually You can read all about the potential acquisition of Yahoo by Microsoft, here for example, where Marc …
: Mr. Spock reveals the origins of the Vulcan greeting Huh? Don't know who Mr. Spock is? Don't know about the Vulcan greeting? Please! How dare you to be …
: Great magazine articles I was going to wait until I had read each of these great articles that all won the "Sidney Awards" …
: Virtual Cable takes your GPS and raises you a heads-up display This is really cool! Check out this post from Autoblog: Filed under: Safety, TechTwo things plague …
: Australian police testing super cruiser Check out this post from Autoblog: Filed under: Concept Cars, Government/Legal, Holden, …
: More fun with sprouts http://farm.sproutbuilder.com/2341/load/5QDs6GRmAGexSWMQ.swf Ok, you can tell I like this new gadget …
: [GEEKY] Check out WebGen Sites that have to support a huge amount of traffic tend to want to be static html. No matter how …
: Demo 2008 - Liveblog, final installment Sadly we are to the last of the Demo 2008 events. I am writing at the 3/4 point and so far it has …
: Continuing coverage of Demo 2008 Yesterday was a busy day! I saw lots of excellent products and ideas. I don't know how useful the …
: See my new sprout http://farm.sproutbuilder.com/2341/load/cACdIgrQADCA209Z.swf The widget to the left was created …
: Demo 2008 - Continued Getting ready for the next segment, here's my continued Liveblog of the event, using CoverItLive. …
: Demo 2008 - Liveblog experiment I'm at the Demo 2008 Conference today. Ever heard of Live Blogging? It's when some crazy person …
: Chris Jordan and the law of large numbers I saw Chris Jordan speak at Pop!Tech last year. Very interesting and impressive. These are huge …
: Top bookstores around the world You like Barnes and Noble? How about Border's? Or do you prefer Amazon? Well, check out these …
: Dapper: A very cool service It's a little hard to explain and I didn't manage to get it working myself yet, but still I am …
: Bill Clinton: First Lad or ... People wring their hands about the possibility of having Bill Clinton back in the white house as the …
: Great coverage of Enterprise 2.0 In the Portals and KM blog, a pair of great articles about "Enterprise 2.0". Bill Ives has been …
: What is a discontinuity? This is what a discontinuity in a graph looks like :) That's the stock market from yesterday to …
: Facebook Applications: Where they live I've been learning and thinking about Facebook applications, which everyone else is also writing and …
: Funny product catalog Yes an online catalog can be funny. Click on the link to this Dutch site and just wait a few …
: Is this good? Sun buys MySql! From the Wall Street Journal: "[snip...] Sun Microsystems Inc. has agreed to buy open-source …
: Looks like fun: Battle of the Tech Bands - Jan 22 I just came across this announcement for the 'Battle of the Tech Bands' on January 22 in Central …
: [GEEKY] What every programmer should know about ... It's just the title of this post that caught my eye: "What Every Programmer Should Know About …
: Rumorville: Microsoft - Amazon Yes there's been lots of rumors of Microsoft acquiring Yahoo, or Logitech. They come and go …
: It was inevitable: Sex comes to iLike iLike is this really cool, really popular service which compares the music you like with others' …
: Electronic Voting: interesting new wrinkle A lot has been written about electronic voting machines and their vulnerabilities. There is indeed …
: Phone spam, charities and trust In the New York Times, an editorial talks about a study that reveals rampant abuses in certain …
: Temporal Gifts: travel through space and time Handmeon.com is a cool idea, perhaps showing that Web 2.0 entrepreneurs may be running out of ideas: …
: Space Shuttle Software: YERO Who would think that our advanced space fairing craft have a YERO (Year End Rollover) problem? From …
: Inner Beauty If you know or remember the great Inner Beauty hot sauce, then you will be interested in this …
: All I need is a pair of pants Check out this post from apophenia (no I didn't write it :) Dear Clothing Designers, I am …
: 10 Commandments might apply to more than just Facebook! Check out these 10 Commandments for Facebook Applications. They are pretty good commandments for …
: What does Roger Clemens have in common with the Queen of England? Youtube! Here is Roger Clemens denying his use of steroids..... And here is The Official YouTube …
: Is Apple trying to buy off "Fake Steve" or is it April 1 in December? I wrote recently about Fake Steve and wondered aloud how he could get away with what he gets away …
: Keep an eye on Inquisix Here's an interesting new product, just into beta: Inquisix. This is a service for sales people who …
: Revolution, Not Evolution Check out this post from I, Cringely . The Pulpit | PBS: A couple months have passed since I …
: What the world has come to Andrew Sullivan of The Atlantic with a interesting article about torture.
: Why are you reading? If you are a hardcore blog reader like I am, and like BlogBridge fans are, it's worth giving a …
: Andy Payne goes to Flexcamp Andy went to FlexCamp last week and was good enough to write up his observations. He says: "The new …
: Making my blog look very busy Have you noticed? How frequently I've been posting? I am using WordPress's 'post in the future' …
: Strange but true... Just a curious fact from Scientific American: "All the bacteria living inside you would fill a …
: 32 Places With Funny Names I discovered a new funny blog: it's the List of Lists blog. For example, check out this post from A …
: Old wives tale, once more, turns out to be true Have you had this debate? Does cold weather cause people to catch colds more easily or not? Well …
: Silly/Funny YouTube [youtube [www.youtube.com/watch](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi4fzvQ6I-o&rel=1])
: "Iterate in the marketplace, not in the conference room" Chris Herot tells the story of Convoq (which then became Zingdom) from the very beginning to the …
: What's happening to Google? You know I am a fan of Google. But lately I've had some conversations which have sensitized me to …
: “We are the people we have been waiting for.” Tom Friedman recently had a good column about global warming ("global climate change") and what is, …
: Computer Science: Theory and Practice Joel Spolsky of Joel on Software gave an outstanding talk at Yale which he has written up on his …
: Once more, why dos't thou blog? Recently there was a comment to one of my post asking the perennial question that non-bloggers ask …
: [GEEKY] SEO Expert Advice, debunked Search Engine Optimization is a weird wacky world with experts, oracles, analysis, opinion and …
: Amazing pictures I can't figure out exactly how it was made. I would have expected to see the photographer and camera …
: Are we (we are) heading for a recession? Just check out this well argued, detailed piece, "Wake up to the dangers of a deepening crisis", by …
: Wikipedia on a map I am a huge fan of Wikipedia. Here's a new neat hack: Wikipedia Vision. This is a live, animated, …
: Building traffic for your blog If you're a regular reader you know that I've been studying Search Engine Optimization. As I've said …
: How to be creative I just came across this thoughtprovoking bit called "How to be creative." It's a quick read in the …
: How does Fake Steve get away with this? Everyone by now has heard that the Diary of Fake Steve Jobs is actually written by Daniel Lyons, a …
: [geeky] Dang - I was looking for one of these just last week 13 port USB hub Yeah very geeky, eh? All I was able to locate was 7-port USB hubs. Why not daisy …
: The F-Word Over on Copyblogger, a good reminder of a bit of common wisdom: "[snip...]Yep, it’s the “F” word. …
: The System Administrators Song "A song about those very special people that make sure your computer works. They are called System …
: Freebase.com is the semantic web I am not an expert in the semantic web but Freebase looks like it to me. I am surprised more hasn't …
: The Time Machine Works! Check out this post from blog.payne.org: Well, I can report that Time Machine (the new back-up …
: Shakey-bakey Security "Establishing a secure wireless link between two gadgets could soon be purely a matter of holding …
: Google is the universe As you may have heard, I've been learning all about Search Engine Optimization (SEO) lately. I just …
: Does Death Penalty Save Lives? Very interesting article in the New York Times discussing whether the death penalty saves lives, …
: TechCrunch Boston Two nights ago, Friday, I got to go to the TechCrunch Boston party at The Estate in Boston (which …
: BlogBridge 6.0 is out We just released BlogBridge 6.0. It's getting really good reviews so you may want to check out what …
: Best way to protect against identity theft? I've come across these two services, priced similarly, sound similar. ID TheftSmart - The name …
: Magic Firefox Phishing Message Pleasantly surprised to see this, and I didn't even know it was checking for me: (not that I would …
: Good interview by Guy Kawasaki of Compete guys If you are interested in SEO, there are some good facts and factoids in this interview by Guy …
: Pop!Tech 2007 - notes and thoughts My purely biased view of the most memorable presenters, quotes and associated links: Kiva.org uses …
: How to Opt Out of Junk Mail and Catalogs: Useful from Chris Pirillo Check out this post from Chris Pirillo: "If you’re like me, you may receive a LOT of junk …
: What is going on with Facebook App Security? Here's what my iLike Facebook application is showing me... Now what's Mark Zuckerberg's name doing …
: Facebook, the new America Online? Doc Searls has a new post about Facebook which I came across in Scoble's Link Blog. It mentions …
: Graphing Social Patterns conference looks interesting A very interesting talk by Tim O'Reilly at the Graphing Social Patterns conference. Here's …
: Is Facebook the new Google of acquisition-lust? In the past, clever [tag]entrepreneurs[/tag] (yours truly not included, alas) have built companies …
: Steven Pinker on Why We Curse I know that access to my blog is blocked at least by EMC (heard so from friends there) so I will …
: Pixoo Fixes Your Face: Wow, totally cool. I gotta try this :) Check out this post from Mashable!: Pixoo is a new service that will edit your images for you, and …
: Steve Jobs’ Change of Heart: iPhone SDK on its Way! Check out this post from Mashable!: "[snip...]The other shoe has dropped. Steve Jobs has …
: [GEEKY] Weakness in Mac OS X Software Update Everyone loves how much easier Mac OS X makes it to install software. Well sort of. It's a place …
: Hackers and the elections In New Scientist Tech, an interesting article about hackers and the elections: "The web may not …
: Temporary phone numbers and eBay When you are selling or buying something on the web, say eBay or Craigslist, it always is a question …
: Is Newser this weeks Daylife? Newser.com is a new news site, with the tag line: "Faster, Smarter News." Seems like it does some …
: Lotus alums getting acquired left and right: Zingku and Buzzsaw In recent weeks there have been two exciting announcements of acquisitions of companies started by …
: Enterprise 2.0 - What's in it for you? Enterprise 2.0 is one of those terms that is being bandied about by various people. In the Portals …
: LinkedIn has photos, finally Finally, welcome to the 20th century, [tag]LinkedIn[/tag]: "It’s taken four years for LinkedIn …
: Google Maps Causes US Navy To Change Its Swastika Building Check out this post from Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search Marketing: …
: Shelby is back from Liberia My friend Shelby has been living and blogging from Africa over the last year or so. From reading it …
: OpenID not all happyness and light? I don't follow the Identify world that closely and like everyone I've now come across services who …
: [GEEKY] Can your current reader/aggregator do this? Check out the latest summary of amazing feats by BlogBridge. I don't want to be too cheeky, but …
: State department has a blog team Apparently the US State Department has a team of bloggers who get into discussions on boards and …
: [geeky] Google Groups missing key functionality I've been living inside a couple of [tag]Google groups[/tag] lately, posting questions and waiting …
: Interesting pointer from Francois on the marketing potential of Facebook et al Check out this post from Emergence Marketing: "Unfortunately, the reality is that many …
: Joel remembers Lotus Symphony and talks Strategy Check out this post from Joel on Software: IBM just released an open-source office suite called …
: Scott Adams is still funny: Suing God Scott Adams of course is the evil genius behind Dilbert, which as you know I am a big fan of. Scott …
: Is a book's cover art copyrighted? I'm not trying to start anything. I just thought this was amusing. Two totally different business …
: Patriots win, I am souring on Football and the NFL Reading this article about The Casualties Of the NFL, in Men's Journal the other week really colors …
: [GEEKY] Gshell, the web's own command line You remember back in the stone ages we all interacted with computers by typing [tag]command …
: Is Facebook used or blocked in businesses? It's hard to get good data on this, and I keep get wildly varying opinions. I haven't fully formed …
: The Long Tail of Facebook Applications Check out this post about the distribution of Facebook applications on Christopher Herot's Weblog: …
: Seth Godin has good insights Check out this post where Seth Godin gives some really good ideas about how Apple might have better …
: Barcoding the planet Semapedia is a quirky project that wants to get us to put these special little barcodes on …
: Top Ruby Books Over the last 2 weeks I've been actually able to carve out some quality time to get my head around …
: Security Myth: Generic Login Error Check out this post from Jay Fields Thoughts: Here's where I have an issue. Maybe I can't find out …
: Silly morning laugh [youtube [www.youtube.com/watch](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMT5odb90-o])
: Out of body experiences A really interesting experiment reported in various places trigger the sensation of an [tag]out of …
: Vitamins Check out this post! "Vitamins can help with the aging process as well as preventing premature …
: Rebate trickery, again Many consumer products, like cell phones, computers, and so on seem to come with some kind of a …
: What is the relationship between Technorati tags and Google search results? Bill Ives of the [tag]Portals and KM[/tag] blog did an interesting bit of analysis about how tagging …
: TextMate and Ruby I'm an on and off [tag]Ruby[/tag] developer, and recently I've been trying to decide whether I …
: An interesting paper about social networks The guy who created [tag]Live Journal[/tag] (Brad Fitzpatrick) has a manifesto of sorts regarding …
: Would this have saved JFK Jr? Check out this post from James Fallows: A small plane apparently crashed last night on Nantucket …
: Announcement: September PHP User Group On September 11, 2007, the [tag]Boston PHP User Group[/tag] is meeting about "Building the PHP-stack …
: "The Most Expensive Bidder" [tag]Funny[/tag]! I saw this in Dilbert this weekend. I've lived this myself. And I've been accused …
: Bourne Redundancy? Quick movie review: two movies of more or less the same flavor: [tag]The Bourne Ultimatum[/tag] with …
: BlogBridge release 5.10 now with more vitamins Over on BlogBridge we just announced that release 5.10 just came out, you should try BlogBridge out! …
: Stuff I like this snippet of the art work from a new exhibit at the Moma of the art of Dan Perjovsch. Ah, …
: Dirty Little Secrets About VCs Scott Kirsner writes about VC's this post in his new blog Innovation Economy "[...] Though …
: Why I now have an email signature We've been on an SEO binge over the last 4-6 weeks. I've been educating myself by listening and …
: Vista new user experience not for the faint of heart I just turned on a new laptop I bought for my father in law - amazingly a 1 Gig Mem, 1.7MHz, 90Mb …
: YCombinator startup application form I came across this very cool and simple set of criteria or rules to apply for funding from …
: On the business impact of Web 2.0 Bill Ives of the Portals and KM Blog writes an interesting two-part article on the business impact …
: Can Shilling focus on 38 Studios and still be a great for the Redsox? Far be it from me to comment on sports... In fact this is exactly the first sports related post for …
: Danah Boyd on Facebook and Myspace A really interesting article for anyone interested in social networks and their role and impact in …
: iPhone pricing detail I was chatting with my neighborhood iPhone (Cingular/AT&T) dealer and learned this interesting …
: The Science of Large Breasts, and Other Evolutionary Verities Hey, don't blame me, I'm just posting a pointer to this interesting story over that the …
: Join the club: I saw, I touched, an iPhone I am not going to write yet another long review or commentary. But I can't resist a few crass words: …
: Great new information about blogging I just finished writing a few brief tutorials that I thought might be of interest to you and, well, …
: Label printer very handy around the office A few years ago I got the idea to get myself a label printer for around the office. Turns out that …
: From the WSJ: A Summer Myth Debunked Check out this post from WSJ.com: Health Blog: Contrary to the earlier paper’s assumptions, Dr. …
: Check out a tutorial on locating the best news blogs I wrote this really simple introduction to locating and following news and current affairs blogs. …
: Interesting article about buying and selling real estate: "Another Look at 'Sellers’ Concessions' in Real Estate" Check out this post from Freakonomics Blog: In order to buy a home, one typically needs to save 10 …
: What's the difference between a web site and a blog? This is a question I hear all the time. I thought I'd write a bit of an introduction to the topic. …
: Good article about TechCrunch and Michael Arrington in Wired I haven't seen anyone pointing to this article about TechCrunch and Professor Arrington, but it's …
: AAPL: Short or Long? With all the unbelievable hoopla around the imminent release of the iPhone my thinking turns to the …
: Interesting bit of Ruby magic Check out this post from Gluttonous: Snippet: Multi-Search and Replace
: iPhone crowd control: Top Secret Plans Check out this post from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW): "Among the methods featured in …
: Back pain relief or fraud? A friend of mine has been experiencing debilitating back pain for a year now. He's seen pain …
: Noise cancelling headphones I've been doing quite a bit of traveling lately and have been experimenting with those noise …
: I love Madrid! I just returned from a very brief visit to Madrid (4 days) and came back enamored of the city. …
: I have many friends A funny article in the New York Times the other day: "[...snap] I HAVE reached a curious point in …
: Marc Andreesen with a simple lucid explanation... This is an explanation (part 1 of 2) of why and who should seek VC for their new business. From what …
: What it takes to emmigrate to Australia... Aleksey (my colleague on BlogBridge) is planning to move from the Ukraine to Australia. Here's a …
: Robin Good checks out BlogBridge micro publishing capabilities Today a major review came out in Robin Good's influential Master New Media blog. It's great to see …
: "Icons: What are they good for?" -- "Absolutely Nothing!" Jeremy Wagstaff, in his regular "Loose Wires" column tells some truth about icons in software: "One …
: Fun little web goodies Check out "Forget Photoshop: 15 Online Graphics Generators": "Shiny edges, reflections, neat 3D …
: Curaçao's Historic Synagogue Recently I visited Curaçao to participate in the celebration of the 275th anniversary of the …
: Blind to Bargains, part deux I follow Chris Pirillo's blog and other writings religiously. Two recent, contrasting posts really …
: AllOfMp3 saga continues Regular readers of this blog know about AllOfMp3.com, a Russian music site that sells music of all …
: Dave (not that one) writes about Fear of Failure I just came across Dave Dupre's blog. Some good reading there, for example: "[...snip] If the single …
: Check out Website Grader You might find find this interesting and/or useful. WebsiteGrader does an SEO analysis of your site …
: [STERN INSIDE BASEBALL] Wild day on Howard Stern show Hey Stern fans, can you believe what kind of a day it was today? What a soap opera, but riveting. I …
: How many languages can you fit in one email? Here's an email I received recently. How many different languages do you count? "Danki pa e artíkulo …
: Shamless self-promotion: Improv and moi mentioned in PC Magazine PC Magazine's newest issue has a retrospective of their past 25 years and LotusImprov gets mentioned …
: Leaving my friends - Twitterspam I've been de-friending one person after another on Twitter. Why? Because many of them are A-listers …
: Interesting (not good) news from Venezuela You know that I follow what's going on in Venezuela. Here's an interesting article from the …
: Fad 2.0: Is Twitter just another PR channel? You've seen and heard of Twitter, haven't you? If not, congratulations for being immune to the …
: Little children's drawings turned into art - COOL! Check this link out, there are lots of really fun drawings. The artists take a little kid's drawing …
: This has got to be a joke: "Appendectomy through the mouth" Check out this post from Boing Boing: David Pescovitz: Physicians are now removing appendixes by …
: Something I've been looking for: Finder Window Manager Check out this post from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW): This simple utility allows you …
: Using a cell phone while out of the USA Lately, for some crazy reason, I've found myself, multiple times, in Toronto, Canada, and Willemstad …
: Blind to Bargains - Jeremy Wagstaff Here is the full article written by Jeremy Wagstaff... Blind to Bargains If We Won't Pay for …
: Are you blind to a great bargain? Here's a column that I can really relate to, and a topic that I've written about more than once …
: Do you remember "Twin Peaks"? "Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. …
: A good analysis of the recent (very insider) dust-up over interviews Check out this post from BuzzMachine: The interview is outmoded and needs to be rethought. There’s …
: Steve Balmer read my blog (in my dream) I've been setting up a new Windows Vista notebook over the last few days for use by a non technical …
: Really interesting story about why good used cars don't sell Ok it's not exactly about that, but the answer to that question is answered. Check out this post …
: Jeff Jarvis on the whole Imus situation Check out this post from BuzzMachine: "[snip...]At the Online Politics conference a few weeks …
: "This is the Discover card Fraud department. Call 1-800-555-1212 - IMMEDIATELY Sounds ominous, right? So I call them up, and I hear a serious voice telling me to please hold on, …
: [GEEK] Note to self: Ruby has no ++ operator I don't know why it don't. I don't know why the error message doesn't just say: "Hey dope, Ruby has …
: From Lifehacker, for TV Addicts, this is just too good. Check out this post from Lifehacker: TVShows offers a Mac-only take on the previously mentioned, …
: interesting stuff in the paper today Here are some random goodies that caught my eye this morning. Don' t count on my being your clipping …
: Vista is out-of-sight (not necessarily in a good way) I just had the pleasure of going through the initial set up of Windows Vista on a brand new HP …
: Craigslist’s Dirty Little Secret I love Craig's List. If you've heard of it (!) and are interested in online factoids, you'll may be …
: [GEEKY] Domain specific languages in Ruby This is a topic that I've gotten somewhat interested in. If you search for Ruby Domain Specific …
: A great look back at Napster's history Today we hear that EMI is going to sell DRM-free music over the iTunes Store. I haven't studied the …
: glenn is going to be a dad Read this essay describing the feelings of someone who will soon be a first time parent. It sounds …
: The *myth* of multi-tasking I sometimes feel like I don't multi-task quite as well as "everyone else". So I was …
: Most memorable, interesting ETECH talk I don't want to label myself as a fuddie-duddie. I keep thinking back to this talk at ETech. Quinn …
: Bush on TV, quoting two blogs Is this a sign of the times? President Bush is on TV right now giving a speech about why he's right …
: Use Google to enhance your conference experience I'm at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference, aka "ETech"... really interesting. One 'trick' …
: See you at ETech! Also, BlogBridge 5.0 almost there Look for our BlogBridge Release 5.0 in the next several days. You will get automatically updated, so …
: Congratulations Antonio, Ned, and the rest of the Tabblo guys! I just stumbled (get it?) across this: "Hewlett-Packard announced Thursday that it plans to acquire …
: Interesting: Best Buy Still Using Its Secret Website Check out this post from Consumerist: uy has confirmed the existence of a second "secret" …
: Put Down Your #2 Pencils And Use Your .EDU Email To Get Free TimesSelect Check out this post from Consumerist: Use your .edu email to access TimesSelect, the subscription …
: Interesting ideas about using iTunes more effectively Check out this post from Apple Gazette: TUAW points us toward a really cool iTunes plugin that does …
: [GEEKY] The Most Popular Anchor Phrases for Your Site Useful and interesting information from Google for Webmasters. Chec out this post from Google …
: RSS: What's in it for you? I am participating in the "Institute of Management Consultants" New England Chapter program tonight, …
: Costco rental car discount I've been a member of Costco for years. Yeah, you always buy more stuff there than you intended, but …
: Transparent screens These are really funny and clever: Transparent Screens
: Daylife's Universe: Eye Candy or Brain Food? Daylife is a new news oriented web site that came onto the scene a little while back to a lot of …
: Great set of Mac Tips If you are a Mac user, you might find a hint or three here to help your computer's performance. …
: [GEEKY] Firefox angst On Mac, I've been using only FireFox for a while now. But lately I've seen some things that have …
: Dave DeWalt leaves EMC I guess that many of you who read this blog are eRoom, Documentum and EMC alums so you'd be …
: Colection of Mac open source apps A handy list: "Open Source Apps on Mac from Linux and Open Source"
: Robot Ethics Isaac Asimov was a visonary don't you think? "South Korea's obsession with technology has led it to …
: [Tivo Owners] Who Killed TivoToGo? I am a die-hard Tivo user. Yesterday I stumbled across mention that TivoTogo now worked on Macs, so …
: AA Flight 62 - A terrorist probe? Really interesting article which asks whether a recent incident on an Americann Airlines flight in …
: Our software sucks Dave Winer says it well (as usual): "Here's another reason why Wordpress is so popular -- they …
: [GEEKY] New FireFox add-in for del.icio.us close but not yet I was glad to see that the FireFox add-in for del.icio.us was revised to combine the features of the …
: Slim down your wallet with Just One Club Card This looks kind of neat - check out this post from Lifehacker: Web site Just One Club Card lets …
: What in the world??? John Edwards Second Life HQ vandalized. Check out this post from John Edwards '08 Blog: News: "Shortly before midnight (CST) on …
: Google Maps traffic information One more reason to Love Google! Check out this post from Lifehacker: "Google Maps has just …
: What would happen if Venezuela invaded Curaçao Yeah a weird thought. So when I came across an analysis called The Dutch Defend Their World Empire, …
: [GEEKY] Alternative to Yahoo Pipes? Looks really interesting... Check out this post from Lifehacker:"Want to play with RSS feeds? Try xFruits, where, according to …
: FeedBurner's View of the Feed Market If you are a blogger then you probably keep an eye out on the 'circulation' of your blog. It's a …
: Good tip: Bald-headed Britney and the Lost Art of Linking If you blog, you might appreciate: loose wire blog: Bald-headed Britney and the Lost Art of Linking …
: [SEMI-GEEK] Are activation emails needed - and if so - how do we convince you they aren't spam? Here's an odd but important problem, at least for us here at BlogBridge. When you sign up for a …
: Amazing flash film I got this with an email claiming on a stack of bibles that it was real not faked, but I don't …
: [GEEK] Deploy your Rails app in subdirectory with Apache and Mongrel If you are a Ruby On Rails developer you might want to check out this post from dzone.com: latest …
: Interesting item about outsourcing to India... Check out this post from GigaOM: If you are an investor in one of the many U.S.-listed technology …
: The New York Times looks at the Chavez Royal family If you keep up with what's going on in Venezuela, you might want to check out this post from The …
: Is desktop search over? 20 years late! People are really crowing about Vista's new "instant serach" and how wonderful it is and …
: A nice panoramic photo of Curacao This is the Seaquarium beach area. It's very beautiful as you can see. Click on the photo if you …
: I fear for the gullible user I received this email from "Bank of America". It obviously a phishing attack but it sounds so …
: wis.dm now in beta - A social network of ideas A little while back I mentioned wis.dm, a site that I've been helping with for about the last year. …
: LG Says Apple Copied the Prada Phone. Also, Apple's Mother is Obese Actually the funniest part of this was the headline... "Also, Apple's Mother is Obese" Check out …
: rethinking gladwell's model of influence Check out this post from Influx Insights Weblog: rethinking gladwell's model of influence. My first …
: Fun article for airplane buffs "Isn't that cockpit a little drab? Perhaps a spider plant, or a simple lithograph, would liven it …
: Question to ponder... "How is it that many times we forget how to spell a word, so we write it down and then pick the …
: Venezuela's lost human capital Really interesting article about what is going on in Venezuela and the impact of Hugo Chavez' …
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: Neat Bank of America site security feature doesn't do anything ! If you use the Bank of America online banking site you've seen what they call the 'Site …
: Is Eclipse too "Windows-esque"? <!-- body { font-style: normal; line-height: normal; font-variant: normal; font-family: Lucida …
: Dreaming in code I heard about this book, "Dreaming in Code"... it looks really interesting but kind of depressing to …
: Another fascinating post from Scott Adams <!-- body { font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Lucida …
: Salute to Dave Winer: 10 Year Anniversary of Scripting news Check out this post from Scripting News It's Dave Winer's 10th Anniversary writing Scripting News …
: Really interesting interview with Jonathan Schwartz Who is he? The CEO of Sun Microsystems. Check out the video: …
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: Boston PHP meeting coming up A quick reminder of the upcoming BostonPHP meeting: BostonPHP will host a panel discussion on …
: Link softly, but carry a big stick :) Some people have such juice (i.e traffic) to their blog that they when they sneeze, the blogsphere …
: MyBlogLog Widget experiment... How do you like this:
: Really cool new site: MyPunchBowl <!-- body { font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; …
: "I�_Tm going to wait for the iPhone Shuffle. You just clip it to your ear and call people at random." <!-- body { font-variant: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; …
: New Dawn <!-- body { font-variant: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; …
: Read this and guess where it's from.... Is the Matrix upon us? <!-- body { font-variant: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; …
: Scott Adams writres about Spasmodic Dysphonia... <!-- body { font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Lucida Grande; font-variant: …
: Grey Gardens, on broadway Here's a show with a plot that is quite unusual, set as a musical, on Broadway. I enjoyed it …
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: Another good article about choosing passwords <!-- body { font-family: Lucida Grande; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; font-variant: …
: Do you really really really want an iPhone? <!-- body { font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; …
: It's official global "bow-down-and-genuflect-while-facing-cupertino" day I say it's the Newton of the 21st century. I love my mac as much as the next guy, but mac fanatics …
: Drama in Blog Time. <!-- body { font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: Lucida Grande; line-height: …
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: A cautionary utility computing tale - or the dark side of Mashups Check out this post from Between the Lines: [snip...] "Yesterday Amazon's S3 service suffered an …
: I love radio control model aircraft: this one totally takes the cake [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_K7sgTYuDE] Technorati Tags: cool
: [GEEKY] Eclipse 3.2.1, CVS and SourceForge.net on Mac OS X If you need this tip, it will save you a lot of time. 99% likely though, you don't need it and it …
: DayLife: very nice new News Site Notwithstanding the fact that Mike Arrington, an investor, doesn't like DayLife too much, I just …
: FooPlot - looks quite cool! <!-- body { font-style: normal; font-family: Lucida Grande; font-weight: normal; font-variant: …
: Technie note: Ethernet vs. USB-2 External Hard Disk I am enhancing the backup methodology here at BlogBridge Enterprises and was selecting a new 500Gb …
: Freakonomics Blog on stealing in supermarkets <!-- body { font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; …
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: OMG: Lotus Notes still alive and kicking ? <!-- body { font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; font-variant: normal; …
: Joel on Software on bribing and ethics <!-- body { font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; font-variant: normal; …
: Cool underwater restaurant... <!-- body { font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; font-variant: normal; …
: New search engine from Wikipedia-land If you keep up, you may have heard abou this. A new search engine coming from Wikipedia founder …
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: Blog tag, I'm it I've been tagged in the new fangled blog tag game, and am now honor bound to reveal 5 things about …
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: New del.icio.us toy What do you think?
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: TIME 2006 Person Of The Year: What a cop out! <!-- body { line-height: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; …
: Holiday gift for the geek who has everything Everyone has a column or article these days of gift suggestions. Here's mine for all of you who need …
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: Today only: 40% off at Borders This is a public service to my readers. Here's the coupon.
: [GEEKY] An interesting bit on an XML security vulnerability Ok, this is definitely geeky, but I thought it was interesting: "There's a 4+ year old security hole …
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: fire at one broadway My buddies at wis.dm had a real scare today as our offices and the rest of the building was …
: 2006 Fall Leadership Forum I am at the 2006 Fall Leadership Forum in Sonoma, CA. Wine is everywhere, even a free bottle in the …
: Good article about idiomatic Ruby <!-- body { font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; …
: Ask Lifehacker: The gift of a pre-loaded iPod <!-- body { font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; …
: My Middle-Sized Problems Check out this post from The Dilbert Blog: My Middle-Sized Problems Funny as usual! You should …
: 53% of People Prefer Pie Charts [The World's Fair] Check out this post from ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed: 53% of People Prefer Pie Charts [The World's …
: Hacking Reputation in MySpace and Facebook Check out this post from Schneier on Security: "I'll be the first to admit it: I know next to …
: What's a meme and how fast does it travel? Some clever scientists are trying to measure how fast meme's travel on the web. My contribution to …
: Embed Maps - now even easier! I wrote about this a little while back, but now it's even easier! Do you want to embed a map of …
: AllofMp3 Getting nervous I've written about AllOfMp3.com before. I can't say other than it's a pirated music site. You can …
: Does a network enabled USB hub exist? Ok, assembled masses: I've rearranged my office and now my USB connected printers are farther away …
: Who comes to your thanksgiving dinner? Kottke points to an amusing set of logic questions posted by "3 Quarks Daily" with the (silly …
: Glickr Makes It Easy to Make Cheap Animations
: If you've ever had to carve the Thanksgiving turkey, this will be funny Yes, every year some wag writes a funny article about carving a turkey, but this one is really …
: Code Monkey: Funny Came across Jonathan Coulton, the songwriter who embarked on a ridiculous challenge to write a song …
: Did these really not get read, or, ...? This just struck me as curious:"Letters to God end up in ocean, unread" "The letters â_" about 300 …
: Not sure if this is a good thing... For those of you who avidly follow Curaçao politics, yes, all two of you, and I know who you are, do …
: More Long Now Clockery If you were intrigued by my previous post about the Clock of the Long Now, I came across a nice, …
: Book of Pop!Tech: Clock of the Long Now http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=blogbridge-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=0465007805&f …
: Experiences creating new BlogBridge screencasts Over on our new BlogBridge site, we've been working on a new set of Screencasts. We discovered …
: [SEMI GEEKY] Blogs That Matter: really interesting From LifeHacker (one of my new favorite sites) comes a pointer to a site called FeedsThatMatter. …
: TSA has no clothes Does creating something that demonstrates that a security scheme doesn't work make you a suspect …
: Interesting video's about Zune, the new iPod killer from Microsoft Scoble writes about the Zune. Also check out the video of the demo and detailed briefing about Zune. …
: [GEEKY] BostonPHP Meeting: Ajax Update "Without a doubt, the concepts behind AJAX are providing the catalyst to move the web from its old …
: Pop!Tech: Thanks for the memories Well it's over and I am getting ready to head back to real life. Pop!Tech remains my favorite …
: Pop!Tech: why do I feel inadequate? Ok, Pop!Tech is a wonderful conference, already, and I am learning and stimulated and all that. But …
: Interesting analysis of accuracy Bloggers and others are notoriously obcessed with metrics: how many hits, what's my rank etc. …
: Late night funny Ok so I am getting ready to wrap up and came across this fun tool for your enjoyment.. powered by …
: Know Rule 240! I recently was on a trip with United Airlines. It's a long story, but basically the short form is …
: Arches National Park North Panorama Arch Originally uploaded by Pito. Look at that picture. In the bottom right of the …
: What's wrong with Wikipedia? Larry Sanger, the co-founder of Wikipedia who later quite the project over differences in vision, …
: More musings on the not-better-RSS-aggregator One correspondent asked: "Isn't this what bb:library is about or Technorati Blog Directory or egs. …
: The answer is not a better RSS Aggregator, continued Yesterday's post drew some interesting comments and emails. Several people wondered what the heck I …
: The answer is not a better RSS Aggregator Before I discuss this new product idea I am turning over in my mind, I want to say a few things …
: Tower Records to be liquidated Just came across this surprising little bit: AP Wire | 10/06/2006 | Group plans to liquidate Tower …
: Mars exploration - amazing - Opportunity keeps on knocking Saw this in the newspaper today - "Mars Rover Visits Crater, Then Poses for a Picture.. Also here's …
: Book report: A million little pieces I don't know if you followed the spat a few months ago. This book, "A million little pieces" by …
: Capitol Reef Continuing my series about my recent trip through 5 National Parks, here's Capitol Reef. This is a …
: [GEEK] Playing with Ruby on Mac I'm getting a little fascinated with Ruby and Rails so I've been getting acquainted with it. Just …
: Why do I blog, anyway? While I was on vacation I often had an idea pop in my head and feel the urge to write about it my …
: Bryce Canyon National Park Bryce Canyon National Park As promised here is the first of the collection of posts inspired on my …
: Tivo Tidbit If: You happen to have a Tivo and you happen to like HDTV and you are thinking of ordering a Tivo …
: Best little Inn in Maine If you're looking for a really wonderful place to stay while in Bar Harbor, you should check out the …
: That's gotta hurt! Click here to see the picture. OUCH! No additional words needed!
: Back from away I just returned from a trip in the American Southwest, starting in St. George Utah, to Bryce Canyon …
: Ultimate virtual classroom David Weinberger reports that now you can go to Harvard University (or at least attend a single …
: Wired vs. Unwired For you Wifi junkies, here is a list of America's Most Wired Cities - Forbes.com and another list of …
: After the nuclear war Actually this is a fascinating photo essay of an abandoned city in the Soviet Union, left to …
: Interesting article with a catchy title: "Surprising Truth about Ugly Websites" Someone forwarded this to me the other day. You might have seen it, but I still thought it was worth …
: links for 2006-08-27 How to get people talking about your product Interesting article about how to build buzz (tags: …
: Self Parking Car? This one is totally cool for you gadget freaks: Lexus Self Parking Car Video and Review - Gizmodo
: Falling woman One more in the category of 'you can find everything on the internet' check out this "falling woman" …
: links for 2006-08-25 Dashalytics: A Google Analytics Widget For Your OSX Dashboard If you use Google analytics (like I …
: links for 2006-08-24 Bad Astronomy Blog Looks like this might be interesting (tags: interesting astronomy)
: Keep an eye on the Curacao in the Little League World Series Curacao has in the past won or gotten very close to winning the overall Little League World Series! …
: links for 2006-08-21 Prevent further "participation gap" between have's and have not's interesting set of links about …
: "Getting the cool kids to try your technology isn't the same thing as having a long-term business proposition." Scoble has a good commentary and links to more commentary about Kiko. Kiko is a web 2.0 / ajax / …
: links for 2006-08-18 Direct2Dell New blog by dell (i think from their support org.) All you dell users out there might …
: Federal judge orders halt to NSA spy program From ZDNet: Federal judge orders halt to NSA spy program | Tech News on ZDNet "The warrantless …
: links for 2006-08-16 Ten (Okay, 13) Questions with Libby Sartain, Chief People Yahoo! All you ever wanted to know about …
: Facebook joins the API crowd It is said that you can't be a true Web 2.0 application without an API to enable mashups and such …
: Coolest connection speed tester ever Speedtest.net is another wicked cool way to check how fast your internet connection really is. …
: Compelling, in a weird kind of way Just take a good look at these pictures! Thanks Aleksey! Technorati Tags: interesting, photography …
: links for 2006-08-15 Technology Review: Emerging Technologies and their Impact New model segway. (tags: segway …
: Demographically insensitive user interface I was playing around with one or the other web site the other day, and upon requesting a …
: Apple Online Store honors the Massachusetts Tax Holiday Yeah, why wouldn't they? In Massachusetts, Saturday Aug 12 and Sunday Aug 13, there is no 5% Sales …
: links for 2006-08-11 The Julipedia: IMAP gateway to GMail Not sure how real or how useful this is, but it sounds …
: James Fallows: "The War on Terror is Over" Another great article in The Atlantic, James Fallows: "Declaring Victory" "The United States is …
: St Maarten is such a small island that the airport runs right up to the beach Check out this picture! Yeah I thought it was doctored too, but here's Google proof. And, here's …
: Reminder: BlogBridge Skypecast tomorrow, Thursday, Aug 10, at 10:00am Check here for the details! This will be an overview of BlogBridge 3.0 and the Feed Library, come …
: Scratch and vote? Here's an interesting new development to apply technology to voter fraud and better voting. …
: links for 2006-08-09 Sharing PHP Code Snippets Looks like a good podcast to add to the list. (tags: php podcast …
: links for 2006-08-08 Sifry's Alerts: State of the Blogosphere, August 2006 Really interesting review of statistics …
: Super duper tie of your shoe laces! Ever have your shoe laces come undone, over and over again? The usual mommy double know doesn't work …
: How to add a map to any blog page I came across this interesting bit in LifeHacker: WikiMapia - The geographical wikipedia - …
: links for 2006-08-07 AOL Releases Search Logs from 500,000 Users Very interesting and possibly very worrysome. You'd …
: links for 2006-08-06 The Web-2.0, No-Bull-Shiitake Marketing Test by Seth Godin A good set of ideas about getting your …
: Atlantic Magazine on Wikipedia A really great article in The Atlantic about Wikipedia. Very relevant during this Wikimania …
: links for 2006-08-05 BlogBridge: Wikipedia Topic Guide If you are going to Wikimania you might be interested in this …
: Mail rule to catch image spam This is Mac specific, but I wouldn't be surprised if people with more primitive computers could do …
: links for 2006-08-04 Photoshop CS2 HDR A really wonderful photography site describes a technique for making digital …
: When is a native app not a native app? Quite interesting analysis (at least to us Geeks) showing that the notion of a 'WIndows XP' standard …
: The role of RSS in Science Publishing This article: The Role of RSS in Science Publishing: Syndication and Annotation on the Web is a very …
: links for 2006-08-03 FlightStats - Worldwide flight status / tracker with historical performance data Comprehensive …
: New York Times from the future Look closely at this screen grab off the New York Times site. It was published on August 6, 2006. …
: Look closely: it's a mermaid! Yeah this is extraordinarily weird. As Yakov Smirnov says: "America, What a country!" It's …
: links for 2006-08-02 My Brain Doesn't Work That Way An interesting bit of 'UI' in MySpace for those of you who are …
: Check out BlogBridge 3.0 Just announced over on the BlogBridge site, BlogBridge 3.0. Check it out! I think you'll like it. …
: links for 2006-07-28 Guardian Unlimited Technology | Technology | Why we all sell code with bugs Fun article about why …
: links for 2006-07-26 YouTube - Jethro Tull at The Rolling Stones Circus (tags: jethrotull cool old)
: "The Search" - A good read for most of you If you read my blog chances are you'll really enjoy John Batelle's book The Search: How Google and …
: Guy Kawasaki misses the most important 'Art of Firing' http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=blogbridge-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=1591840562&I …
: Kurzweil AI.net has some good stuff I knew about this site but recently came across a link to another quite interesting article, "Why We …
: links for 2006-07-22 Object Technology Jeff Sutherland (tags: feed agile scrum xp process) Agile Project Planning …
: Web Innovators meetup Monday, July 24th Yes the meetups keep on coming fast and furious. Check out the "Boston Web Innovators Group" …
: links for 2006-07-21 Backbase - DevNet One of the many ajax libraries. Also check out Dojo. (tags: ajax) Graffletopia …
: Has my email somehow been hacked? Ok, oh wise listeners out there. Here's what's happened to me twice now in the last week. Basically …
: links for 2006-07-20 Patterns for Daily Stand-up Meetings Published (tags: agile standup soflow)
: Reminder: Tomorrow, Geek Dinner, July 19 (tomorrow!) Just a quick reminder that we are having another super-informal-geeky-but-not-exclusively-geeks Geek …
: links for 2006-07-15 EGOPOLY: Get your email away from your ISP. For all those of you who use your ISP supplied email, …
: links for 2006-07-14 PC World's Techlog - Windows in Mac OS X: Living With Parallels RC2 (tags: virtualmachine cool)
: links for 2006-07-13 Devshop.com - Really smart project management, just for software teams. This looks like an …
: links for 2006-07-12 Tuning Mac OS X Performance Excellent performance tuning tips for OS X. (tags: osx performance) …
: Another funny video for your entertainment: luckiest guy in the world? If you ever thought it might be fun to learn how to skydive, check this out and hope you are as …
: links for 2006-07-11 What should Digg do? A very interesting idea of how Digg and simular services can go much further …
: Can you believe these dudes still use typewriters? A typewriter, you know: a printer with a keyboard built right into it? Anyway, I care little about …
: Two books that look good... I saw these two books in Barnes and Noble. They look quite interesting. I might get them. <iframe …
: links for 2006-07-09 Mac Geekery - Optimizing AirPort Connectivity Quite interesting note about how to make wireless …
: A beautiful visualization of news across the world I came across this the other week and made a note of it.It really shows off all the cool stuff …
: Soccer Fever! [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrShK-NVMIU] Technorati Tags: funny
: links for 2006-07-06 AdiumBeta - Adium X - Trac I love Adium. This is a beta of their release 1.0. I already like it …
: What's up with AllofMP3.com? I was probably the last one to hear about AllofMp3.com. It's this massive, well organized and …
: links for 2006-07-03 blackrimglasses.com Some really good and thoughtful comments about Gnomedex. (tags: feed insightful …
: Bugging Instant Messaging I just walked by a room full of people working on computers during a break between presentations and …
: Techmeme Hacked I am at Gnomedex and the news is spreading like wildfire: TechMeme the venerable site that serves …
: links for 2006-06-29 The Blog Ride - The Vietnam of Computer Science An interesting paper about object relational …
: YAGD: "yet another geek dinner" - July 19th 2006 - NEW LOCATION We are having another super-informal-geeky-but-not-exclusively-geeks Geek Dinner, and we have a …
: June 27th - Wonderful miraculous stuff Wikipedia - How to milk the ole cow A rare glimplse into the spammers mind: how to milk wikipedia …
: June 26 - Cool stuff! InfoQ - Tracking change and innovation in the enterprise software development community A really …
: BloggerCon - Wish I was there BloggerCon IV is going on right now, in California. This is Dave Winer's original 'UnConference'. …
: Jaron Lanier on Digital Maoism: interesting thoughts about Wikipedia and related site Jaron is a brilliant thinker (and an amazing piano player as well) Anything he writes is …
: Skypecasts - easy to offend? I just discovered Skypecasts. Cool new (free!) service. I haven't tried it yet but it seems like an …
: Cool stuff from the 21st! Some cool stuff Internship Mistakes. For my friends who are interns or know an intern. Some decent …
: links for 2006-06-20 06/15/06: Taking One for the Team Interesting bit from Cringely who is always interesting! (tags: …
: Top Ten Lies Guy Kawasaki with another one of his great posts. He's always fun to read. And boy, do they ring …
: Memories of OPML Camp Richard Edwards was kind enough to point me to these pictures of your's truly carrying on about …
: Cool links for June 17th Guy Kawasaki -- Bona tempora volvantu Guy Kawasaki's blog always has good stuff! (tags: feed soflow …
: Great book: Confessions of an Economic Hit Man I just finished reading an excellent book called Confessions of an Econmonic Hit Man. Quite …
: links for 2006-06-15 A Face with No Name I have problems remembering names, but luckily not with recognizing faces :) …
: links for 2006-06-14 simplybill - manage invoices simply online Looks like a nice light weight invoicing system. (tags: …
: links for 2006-06-13 The Joel on Software Discussion Group - Why I Hate Frameworks If you get too carried away with …
: links for 2006-06-10 TechCrunch Â> Blog Archive Â> Google Research prototypes ambient audio contextual content A …
: links for 2006-06-09 Hacking Computers Over USB Here's an amazingly simple way to have someone hack your computer. Wow …
: Yeah, we're building another product I couldn't resist, and so who knows why, we (Aleksey and I) have built a new product in the …
: links for 2006-06-08 The Network Unbound | Printer-friendly version (tags: soflow socialsoftware socialnetwork …
: links for 2006-06-07 Creating Passionate Users: What a graphic can tell you What your life looks like as a bunch of …
: What's your house worth? If you haven't seen this, it's kind of cool. Zillow is a web site that take an address - maybe your …
: links for 2006-06-06 Ingredients for Web 2.0 Success (tags: funny) Hurricane? What Hurricane? Here's a really fun …
: 1-2-Google! I don't know why I thought this was so cool. Maybe it's my long standing background with …
: links for 2006-06-05 04/13/06: Easy DOS It (tags: interesting)
: links for 2006-06-04 Boston.com / Business / Technology / It's the 'pure entrepreneur' who often leads the way (tags: ego …
: Comment spam - solved for now? The other day I complained about comment spam on my two blogs. Comment spam is when fake comments …
: links for 2006-06-03 [from judell] Henry Jenkins and Danah Boyd demystify MySpace (tags: interesting socialnetowrking) …
: Notice the new del.icio.us feature I am using? The feature isn't new, it's actually pretty old. It's also very poorly documented. But it's new to …
: links for 2006-06-02 Waxxi - Mass Multiplayer Podcasting (tags: interesting podcast) Seth's Blog (tags: feed …
: links for 2006-06-01 Comic for 31 May 2006 (tags: funny) Moola - Business Model Suicide? (tags: businessmodel …
: links for 2006-05-31 Social Networks are the New Media (tags: soflow interesting socialnetwork) Take This Internship …
: links for 2006-05-27 /Message: First Glimpse: Visual Search from Quintura (tags: soflow interesting) liveplasma music, …
: Oh, great. MSFT proposing a JPEG alternative The great thing about standards is that there are just so many different ones to pick from! " ... …
: Help with movable type spam? Both this blog and the BlogBridge have been getting spammed more and with both comment and …
: [GEEK] OPML Camp was a lot of fun! OPML Camp was yesterday and today, so it's over now. We had good attendance and some really good …
: Check out Inquisitor for the web I've written about a very cool Safari (Mac OS X) add-on called Inquisitor. Very nice. Well, they …
: Noah and Tabblo (Water in Arlington Mass) As you may have heard, we've had torrential (and I mean torrential) downpours here in Massachusetts. …
: What happens when your GMail fills up? (Part 1 of ?) Technorati Tags: amazing, gmail
: All you never wanted to know about colonoscopies Our friend Dave Weinberger shares: "I had my first colonoscopy today. They didn't find anything, …
: eHarmony should use their own matching algorithm This just struck me ironic because I just finished reading an interesting article in The Atlantic …
: Amusing: "Where's George" Check out this odd little site, "Where's George", especially for people with time on their hands. …
: Coffee Series, Part 3: Trade offs First I was an instant coffee guy. Then I got into brewing whole pots, which led to my wasting a lot …
: Coffee Series part 2: What kind of grind? This is an interim report on "Life with a Capresso espresso maker". The topic for today is what kind …
: New espresso maker: Capresso Ultima (Model 121) I'm a big coffee drinker, ok? I've been putting my Keurig single serving machine through it's paces …
: If you are interested in Microsoft A friend of mine who used to work at Microsoft sent me a link to a very interesting posting about …
: Why Google is cool, Part 1241 Do a google search for a FedEx tracking number, and Google figures out that this is what it is and …
: Fun movie and TV fonts This just proves that you can get just about anything on the web. Here's a site that provides …
: Great "State of the Blogosphere" Post from Dave Sifry Dave Sifry, of Technorati, periodically reports interesting statistics about how the world of …
: Blogging is "essential" to a good career Boy, blogs sure are hot, aren't they? I've been noticing the New York Times regularly quoting …
: Cool map of undersea cables This is just a really cool map. "The vast bulk of international telephone and Internet traffic …
: Agenda for OPML Camp coming together Adam's been busy moving the plans for OPML Camp forward. Looks like it's going to be interesting! …
: BostonPHP Meeting: Thursday May 4, 2006 - Check it out! I met Mark Mark Withington at the last Geek Dinner. He runs the Boston PHP Group. They meet every …
: An easy target.... funny So, what happened to Alfred E. Newman? <!-- google_ad_client = "pub-7907243313795006"; …
: Booting MS Windows on Intel Macs: Interesting bit of analysis To be honest, hardly followed the pages and pages of blog analysis of Apple's recent release of …
: Amazing pictures of an old Russian Submarine Base Check out some really amazing pictures of a decommissioned Russian Submarine base, in Ukraine. It …
: My Strange Nation? Check out Susan Werner One of my favorite singer songwriters, Susan Werner, somehow has gotten herself into a "patriotic …
: Come to OPML Camp: May 20-21, 2006, Boston, USA! There is a lot of stuff going on with OPML these days. OPML stands for Outline Processing Markup …
: Mac users: is this new? Apple just shipped 10.4.6, the latest revision to the OS X. This may be old, but I never noticed …
: Do you like meaningless coincidences? On Wednesday of next week, At two minutes and three seconds after 1:00 in the morning, the time and …
: "It was beauty killed the beast" King Kong in 30 seconds. Funny. Technorati Tags: funny
: "We make it up in volume" There's a new meme floating around, "Freemium", a cute/clever word for a kind of business model. …
: Amazing(ly unpleasant) story about a car My friend Francois posts a horrifying real-life story about him and his Mercedes Benz. It makes a …
: RSS Alley Geek Dinner II - A great time was had by all! Last night's event was a lot of fun. A ton of energy in the room, people huddling around comparing …
: [GEEK] Interesting OS X article Ever wonder how Mac's OS X program launch and execution works? No? Hmm. Anyway, here's a …
: Open Source: the space between Corporation and Commune? In The Economist, there's an interesting overview of Open Source, what it is, strengths, weaknesses, …
: Britannica vs. Wikipedia I'm a big fan of Wikipedia, and of course traditionally (like anyone) have been an admirer of the …
: Cheney watches Fox and Only Fox This is just silly-funny. Here are what our VP expects to have in Hotel suites (known, aparently, …
: Office Live: Why am I not surprised? Have you heard how Microsoft is shipping Windows Live and Office Live and this-live and that-live? …
: If you love words you'll love this All the words of the english language, ordered by frequency, coupled with some really nifty graphic …
: American Idol fans with Tivo Tivo has been doing more and more cool things with their little box. See, it's actually a Linux …
: Don't you just hate the term Web 2.0? Actually, I don't hate it. It's not clear exactly what it means, but it means something. Is it …
: When your manager says he doesn't see you working hard enough Here's a clever retort that I heard from a colleague today: "When you think I'm working, I'm not …
: Very interesting discussion of an OS X Trojan - how it works and doesn't Via MetaFilter: "Barbarians are at the gates, testing the locks, again." As I've commented before, …
: Web 2.0 Calendars? Mike Arrington waxes poetic about 30 Boxes, an entry in the, apparently, red-hot online calendar …
: RSS Alley Geek Dinner: March 29th - 6:30pm - Harvard Square? Should be even more fun than the last one! Hello sports fans. We are having another super-informal-geeky-but-not-exclusively-geeks geek dinner, …
: Check out Doc Searls Suitwatch newsletter There are a few really good newsletters that have not moved over to a blog which I read …
: Mac OS X Hacked? This is only a little funny because Mac fans (and I am one of them) can be very smug about OS X …
: RSS is not a goal... glenn has been busy today. A series of very intriguing posts, all made today, a Sunday no less. I …
: Pandora helps me discover Beth Nielsen Chapman I've experimented with all kinds of novel music related services and products. My favorite is …
: Rim and NTP Settle Blackberry Dispute! From the Wall Street Journal: (subscription required) "Research In Motion Ltd. agreed to pay …
: How clever is Mac OS X? I guess because deep down I am still a paranoid Windows user, my OS X is configured to …
: Hello from Curacao I've discovered how hard it is to work on a laptop with a tiny screen, 1.2GHz and, esepcially, 256Mb …
: Insights on the world of mashups Adam Green has two very insightful posts about Mashups inspired at Mashup Camp: All of this is very …
: Very cool new idea for travel web sites You probably already follow TechCrunch but if you don't take a look at Flyspy, a very clever new …
: Mashup Camp: Wish I were there! Even as we speak, Mashup Camp is going on out on the West Coast. Looks like fun! It's another in …
: Cartoon Madness The Freakonomics blog often has good stuff in it, even if you haven't read the book, which also has …
: The world is flat, part deux Funny. Via Bob Congdon Technorati Tags: funny
: Demo 2006 Note: Riya - Photo Sharing with Face Recognition This one was probably one of the most talked about sites. The principle is, Flickr is nice, but no …
: Demo 2006 Note: Kosmix Check out this cool subject matter specific search site. Currently they have 3 subject matters, …
: Optical illusion fun I got this in an email, not sure exactly where it came from but it's pretty cool. The image …
: Geek Dinner a great success! For those of you who came, thanks for joining us. For those of you who didn't come, you missed out! …
: Headline: Geek Dinner plans go forward despite blizzard Just a quick reminder of a Geek Dinner organized by three of us: Adam Green, who writes Darwinian …
: Off to Demo 2006 I'll be at the Demo 2006 conference for the next several days. Next post from Arizona! Technorati …
: Some really interesting Reading Lists are generated by algorithm rather than by a person Amyloo has an interesting post about reading lists. One thing bears expanding on: "There's a …
: Check out Reading List FAQ in BlogBridge site I just posted an intro to Reading Lists - publishing and subscribing - on the BlogBridge site. If …
: [GEEKY] RSS Advisory board has a pulse again! For those of you (like me) who have lots of dependency on RSS, this is exciting (geeky) news! The …
: Decorating tip Hanging a picture on the wall? The perennial question, "how high should it be"? Here's the …
: How come no-one has invented this yet :? I write a lot of emails and IMs with smileys :) and big smileys :D in them. It's very …
: Meetup in Phoenix AZ, February 7th I'm trying something - organize a bloggie meetup when I am in Arizona the second week in Februray. …
: Interesting Wikipedia situation developing Wikipedia appears to have banned all contributions and edits coming from the US Congress! "I am …
: An actual "trial balloon" A company that was launched at the Demo conference (which i am going to this year) is deploying in …
: Geek Dinner? Harvard Square? February 15th? Should be fun! Inspired by Geek Dinners popping up all over, we thought it might be fun to try it here. Who is …
: Bob Tedeschi on using RSS for travel information Here's an interesting article in today's New York Times about how to get travel information in your …
: Lamps, Lamps, Lamps This is pretty mundane, but if you happen to be looking for a lamp, this is the most comprehensive …
: Cracking the Facebook System So we've all heard about Facebook but only the ones of us who have a .edu email address can get an …
: Why does anyone care about running Windows on the new Macs? When you're a blogger it's sometimes a strain to say something new about a topic that's gone around …
: Push: An interesting looking new conference I met Cecily Sommers at the Pop!Tech conference earlier this year. She heads up a new conference …
: Blogging 101: Speaking Notes Over on the BlogBridge blog, I posted information about the panel that I will be participating on, …
: Hello Google AdWords with FeedBurner Interesting: I write in two blogs: this one and the BlogBridge blog. In this one, I have a much …
: Tylenol meme Amusingly, several posts on the wonders of Tylenol. Here's when we really run out of things to write …
: [GEEK] What every Java programmer should know about Ruby Heard a lot about Ruby? Ruby on Rails? Wonder what the heck it is? Here's a good intro. "This is …
: I am becoming a headhunter No, just kidding, I am not. Some of my best friends are headhunters and I wouldn't want to compete …
: Gaia Gold and Taxes? I recently had occasion to learn all about a really cool MMORPG ("massively multi player online role …
: Did Google Pack leave out Java? A little while ago there was a lot of press about how Google and Sun were forming a partnership. In …
: What Venture Capitalists say Guy Kawasaki writes a nice little bit about VCs (some of my best friends are VCs) and about …
: Did the NSA "break the law"? I know that this blog (Power Line) is pretty hard-core conservative, but I found their analysis of …
: Another funny geek video for your enjoyment "Every OS Crashes because Every OS Sucks" Technorati Tags: funny
: Does anyone actually think this is for real? Did you see this clever site? Million Dollar Home Page? "The idea is simple: to try and make $1m …
: Adam Green's Podcasts I came across a cool series of podcasts, done by Adam Green, on the history of the personal computer …
: Back from away Happy New Year, friends! Sorry for the radio silence -- I was away for a short vacation at Punta …
: Treo 700! I'd heard about it but had not seen a picture. This from Ray Ozzie's blog: "As of last week …
: Netherlands Antilles set to be dissolved I don't know how I missed this article, but it sure is an interesting and significant development …
: Load one physical CD, get two icons on my desktop I know all this Sony rootkit/DRM stuff has made me paranoid. I loaded my Sarah McLachlan CD into my …
: Why is everything free? Have you noticed how man how many new apps that have appeared of late are available free of charge? …
: The future of software? Tim Bray likes Adium, the Mac OS X inter-network IM client. He says: "Software of the future will …
: Web Two Point No? Om Malik writes that "The Web 2.0 Hit By Outages", saying: "Over past 48 hours, there have been …
: Can I do this? I'd like to create a web page that list all web pages that don't link to themselves. Technorati …
: The System Administrators Song "A song about those very special people that make sure your computer works. They are called System …
: Robin Good has interesting predictions Robin Good has some interesting predictions and prognostications. "If you stop looking for a …
: Funny Good for a 1 minute chuckle: "In my lifetime, I have made nearly 15,000 credit card …
: Using AJAX to do word processing on the web You may not have heard of this, but we are now starting to see quite decent word processing …
: They are all fake... Check out these amusing images which I came across on the Advertising/Design Goodness Blog. Yes, …
: Long tail UI Widget This is kind of cool. I am playing around with the Last.FM music service. Among the many things it …
: [GEEK] Maybe Attention.xml and OPML shouldn't always travel together Cori Schiegel convinced me: "Personally, I want the data the AttentionRecorder is collecting to be …
: Web 2.0, I knew ye well. Here comes Web 2.5 Check out Liam Breck's new blog. "Next, the religion of The Network Is The Computer has …
: Really cool rowing instrumentation If there are any rowing fanatics out there, or competitive rowing coaches, take a look at this cool …
: [GEEK] Unified name space for aggregator extensions for OPML? There's been a lot of discussion (follow these links for more links) of late about how to extend …
: Creepy (Thanks, Aleksey) Technorati Tags: funny
: Very cool illusion Try this out, it really worked for me, and is really strange and wonderful! "This should be …
: Big Search, Mechanical Turk and why Amazon is at least as cool as Google Adam Green points to Scoble who re-discover and discover, respectively, Amazon's street by street, …
: Goodnight Irene - Huddie Ledbetter, aka Leadbelly Chorus: Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene I'll see you in my dreams …
: Big news from Iraq, if it's true... Zarqawi probably killed! according to Iraq the Model. "According to these two sources, Iraqi and US …
: Tivo will be able to transfer videos to Ipods... But... Hot news for Tivo and iPod Fans. Coming soon to a computer near you! "TiVo Inc. today is expected …
: Dilbert Torture According to Dilbert (or is it Scott Adams) we are approaching the whole question of torture in the …
: Useful and cool little utility Ever wonder what speed your internet connection really has? Try this handy-dandy little utility!
: Very funny: Build a better Bush Click here for more hilarity! (Thanks Larry) Technorati Tags: funny
: Web 2.0 -- mash ups -- Kayak -- and nude beaches ?! Did you know that Curacao is the 7th favorite place that travelers from Boston consider when they …
: The $100 Laptop You might have heard of Nicholas Negroponte's (Wikipedia bio - maybe better than the one he wrote …
: Ray Ozzie's Blog V3 Glad to see that Ray is blogging again. Now that he is at Microsoft running the big new initiative …
: All you ever wanted to know about Crypto Looks like this is practically an online book on the topic. Also, WikiPedia has a detailed entry on …
: Interesting Wired article about War Blogs I came across this a little while ago in Wired about War Blogs. Pretty amazing stuff: "Strong …
: Did MSFT leak on purpose, or did they know they could easily be leaked? I've read several accounts relating to Microsoft's recently 'leaked' documents about the new …
: Roku Roku Roku: Aint Technology Great? This little gem really works! A StarTrek cool little device that sits on top of your stereo or TV …
: What blogs are good for: Learning about Microsoft So can you learn anything useful from a blog? I've often spoken admiringly to friends about …
: Learning about Open Source Peter Moldave, a friend of mine who has helped me immensely with BlogBridge has (gulp) started …
: Ultimate baby name choser This one has made the rounds, but in case you haven't seen it yet. Whether or not you are expecting …
: Swallowing an umbrella "The sword passes within millimetres of the heart, aorta, and other vitals but, surprisingly, few …
: Wiki as in Wikipedia I assume you know about Wikis and the Wikipedia. If not, click on the links to the left and you'll …
: For advanced nerds only: How the deathstar works From How Stuff Works: "There is no question that the last few years of world history have seen a …
: Google API -> Open Standard I really like this idea that Dave Winer has put forward: "Let's make the Google API an open …
: [GEEK] OPML Validator I just came across Dave Winer's new, beta, OPML Validator, which is a welcome development. While …
: One more little meme Here's another cute one I came across, at BlogOn 2005: "Trojan Mouse Strategy" - when you …
: Ease of use? I recently had to buy a new cell phone, and learning how to use it reminded me again about how …
: Thinking about business models Inquisitor is a really cool program that augments the search box in Safari (which for you heathens …
: You say tomato - I say tomahto The street filled with tomatoes, midday, summer, light is halved like a tomato, its juice runs …
: Pop!Tech Memes Pop!Tech 2005 was a great conference, again. I made notes only when something struck me as …
: It's not all love and kisses We all love Wikipedia - I know I do. I've sung it's praises to lots of people and have personally …
: Apple Video iPod Strategy For you Apple and iPod afficionados, here’s an interesting article about what Apple might be …
: More iPod stuff Continuing my iPod thoughts, today I read that a lawsuit has been brought against Apple on the iPod …
: Pop!Tech starts tonight Pop!Tech is my favorite conference, and it starts tonight, in Camden Maine. I've been 4 or 5 times …
: I am my own PR agency Over the last week or so I’ve been working around the clock preparing for BlogBridge’s …
: Stewart Alsop blogging! Stewart Alsop (the III'd I think), according to his own one-line bio is "venture capitalist and …
: Thinking about business models Inquisitor is a really cool program that augments the search box in Safari (which for you heathens …
: Amusing... File this one under stupid flash tricks. Neat. Technorati Tags: interesting
: Follow-up on my iPod Rant After my rant a few days ago about the quality of new-fangled electronic gizmos I got various …
: Scoble's conundrum His conundrum is that he loves both Web services (browser based applications) and Windows …
: How long should a Treo 600 last? How about an IPod? A confluence of five events: My two year old Treo 600 stopped working: Despite my best efforts to …
: A big laugh Help me with my Instant Messaging shorthand... Is it :-)) or :-D for a big laugh? And, anyway, is …
: [GEEKY] Why, oh, Why, Mr. Macintosh? This is one of those handy dandy tips that you wish were not hidden, buried and kept secret: "Hold …
: [GEEKY] Ajax? Flash? Java? What's the best way to create a rich browser based application? This is a perenial debate with lots of sides. Here' s just some fodder for those of you who are …
: Web 2.0 - what is it? Web 2.0 is one of those phrases that gets used and used and then people go nuts because they realize …
: Help us find out what's going on in enterprise blogging Here's a survey being conducted by BlogOn, where I am on the advisory board, about the state of …
: Gibberish? Interesting and amusing little article from ACM Queue: "One of the students, Jeremy …
: Microsoft blogging: "What do managers do..." I often cite Microsoft as an example of corporate blogging that seems to really works: If you work …
: Interesting article about Open Source in the Financial Times And in classic Blogosphere form, you can find a report on the report from Nicole-Ann Boyer on World …
: Hope this isn't true... Even though this is from the National Enquirer, which has no credibility, it's a scary scary …
: Baseball rules I guess it's the time of year, but I came across this site for Baseball umpires which is a fun …
: Finally, a simple cell phone! My Treo 600 recently died a hard death. I had to learn a new cell phone, a relatively low end one, …
: ID: Part Deux If you are interested in the Intelligent Design debate, this is an fascinating and somewhat …
: Making it sound better Ever notice in restaurant menus how the dish descriptions are made to sound fancier and fancier by …
: [GEEK] JDemo: Java Demonstration Framework This is pretty cool: a framework to easily manage the demonstration of UI elements, inspired by …
: TiVo whining? I've come across a flurry of commentary on the fact that apparently TiVo has added content …
: Funny: Banana Problem This is from a dictionary: Banana problem: noun A situation of uncertainty about when a task is …
: [QUASI-GEEK]A trip to the market Do you follow Ben Hyde's blog? I recommend it - he has always fascinating intellectual …
: Mystery Ball Yesterday, this appeared on my Mac desktop: Here's a little movie showing you what it does. …
: Another totally cool Flickr/BlogBridge SmartFeed shot i000768_big Originally uploaded by Edame. Wow, I am getting some amazing pictures. I'm not sure …
: Really good article about the music business Robin Good points to: "The Myth of The Rock Star and of the Need To Sing-up For a Major Recording …
: New Orleans Flood Level New Orleans Flood Level Originally uploaded by earthhopper. Check out this really interesting …
: Cellphone GPS: How does it work? My new cellphone supposedly has GPS capabilities. It has to do, apparently with the new E-911 …
: Katrina, New Orleans: Unforgivable I don't have anything to add, but here are some incredible bits that I came across: Daily Kos: …
: New Orleans I've been away for several days, while following the catastrophe in the gulf unfolding, via TV and …
: Who will buy Skype, and why... Robert Cringely has a relatively little known quasi blog, for some reason on www.pbs.org. The stuff …
: [QUASI-GEEK] Dan Bricklin describes how fiber to the home is installed in the real world At a level of detail only a geek could love reading (or bother writing), Dan Bricklin gives us an …
: Cool Tool! From my new favorite Podcaster, Todd of Geek News Central, I came across Flash Earth, a fun and …
: [GEEK} Good article about pluggable LAFs in Java One of the hairier and most interesting parts of Swing (Java's GUI layer) are the so-called …
: Incogruous Florida-202 Originally uploaded by claesk. Space shuttle in a parking lot. Funny. p.s. I found …
: [Geek] Good Java Mailing List I've subscribed to this list from OCI ("Object Computing Inc.") for a while now. They always …
: Bill Gates Foundation supports Intelligent Design? The New York Times is running a series on the Evolution/Intelligent Design 'debate'. Quite …
: [GEEK] More tips for the 40 year old virgin Here's something funny I came across: "Sex Tips for Geeks: How to be Sexy" where we learn such gems …
: Compelling: interview of Cindy Sheehan with Chris Mathews of 'Hardball' "But I am compelled to do this. And other than that, that's as far as I'm going to talk about …
: The unfolding of language: Looks like a very interesting book http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=blogbridge-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=0805079076&f …
: Who has a life? As you might have seen over at our BlogBridge blog, we are experimenting with a new visualization of …
: Color laser printers consume lots of consumables Color laser printers are wonderful. The one I use is a Konica Minolta QMS 2200. We've had it for …
: Check out Findory I was talking about search engines the other day. I guess Findory includes a search engine, but in …
: iTunes and Podcasts This is just a quickie: did you know that you can just drag and drop the URL of a Podcast RSS feed …
: A bit of personal PR (at least I labeled it so you can skip it) Hey, I just came across this: "The Invention of the Pivot Table: The concept that led to …
: The death of spam? My friend Paul English has written an interesting bit about spam and ways that we need to combat …
: BlogOn Conference: I'm on the advisory board BlogOn is a conference being organized by the inimitable Chris Shipley. The full name is "BlogOn …
: Sifry: "A new blog is created about every second, there are over 80,000 created daily" Dave Sifry of Technorati has an interesting analysis of the current dynamics in the …
: Google Sightseeing: Target in my neighborhood There's an amusing site called Google Sightseeing whose sole purpose is to point out …
: People are still doing groupware startups, believe it or not! Being a veteran of the groupware movement (worked at Lotus for years, and co-founded eRoom …
: Interesting new search engines There was a recent interesting article in the New York Times describing some new, unusual search …
: RSS in the Academic/Research/Scientific community I recently wondered out loud (on a couple of mailing lists) how much action there is with RSS and …
: [GEEK] Site Referral Log Mystery: How does this happen? Can someone explain why my referrer log for this site is full of spamish-looking like urls, none of …
: [GEEK] This may be good news for Java, long term "IBM has announced that it will be joining the Harmony open source Java project. Although right now, …
: Microsoft bought one Bridge, maybe they'll buy another Check this out: Microsoft Announces Plans to Acquire FrontBridge... Is BlogBridge next? (ok, you …
: Ok it's official: The Maldives is the most beautiful place on earth For a while now I've been fascinated with my Flickr SmartFeed of the Maldives. The pictures are one …
: Scoble, Technorati and Bloglines (and Dow Jones and Nasdaq AGAIN different?! What's going on?) Scoble has been really picking on Technorati recently, and I can't figure out why. Given the …
: Firewalls scanning IM messages: Google as symbolic link Here's something I hadn't seen before: I IM'd a friend of mine at a Big Company and the message got …
: [GEEKY] Using OPML for master lists of feeds I encounter more and more organizations or people who are collecting lists of feeds or blogs for one …
: Blogging 101 article in NYT Scripting News: 7/15/2005: Dave points to the New York Times article by Rich Meslin, Blogs 101. It's …
: In my other life... I just updated this site a little to have some more up to date information about my consulting …
: Can you spell Tchotchke? In the continuing efforts to rid my house of junk, we are donating a whole bunch of nice Tchotchke …
: [GEEKY] Google page rank patent This is not about patents, it's about technology. In Google's recent patent application they reveal …
: Business opportunities in blogville? All software has bugs, no doubt. So pulling out one story to make a point isn't really fair. …
: Good space shuttle writing If you, like me, are a space buff, you will find these pieces about space-shuttle safety very …
: "Why are our politicians so full of themselves?" Another excellent Peggy Noonan column: “How exactly does it work? How does legitimate …
: The myth of the safety of signed code This is commonly accepted wisdom: When I download and install an application on my …
: I have nothing to add about the grokster decision Aren’t you glad, since every other blogger is blah-blah-blah’ing about it? But here is a …
: What's the best Blogging client on Windows? You can do your blogging by typing into a web browser form provided by the Movable Type service. But …
: [JAVAONE] Worldwide gathering of the Java faithful What a difference this conference is from the ones I usually go to. Ten thousand or so fairly …
: Amusing junk mail story About 3 months ago I subscribed to Atlantic Magazine, which I really like, by the way. On a lark, I …
: Important new (weekly) release of BlogBridge Just in the unlikely event that you didn't pick it up, a couple of days ago we released BlogBridge …
: Yahoo IM Spam I have IM accounts on Yahoo, AOL and MSN. Actually I use the AOL by far the most, but I have an …
: What if we all vote on the truth, part 3 Just a final follow up on this interesting story (actually more of an event than a story because it …
: Distributed philanthropy network I came across a good story about ModestNeeds.org from Deborah Finn's blog, where she says: "In …
: What if we all vote on the truth, part 2 I wrote a few days ago about the coming LA Times initiative to create something they are calling …
: Making money with aggregators Francois, reacting to something written by Jason Calcanis, makes a very good point in this …
: Distributed network of service providers Not computer service providers, but folks like carpenters and plumbers.... I came across …
: I love beer Ok, but, unlike Simplebits, this picture doesn't horrify me :-) Technorati Tags: funny
: What if we all vote on the truth? A couple of interesting related articles on facts and non-facts: "Wikipedia is one of the Web's …
: Stay hungry, stay foolish: Steve Jobs on dropping out I came across what is supposed to be the transcript of a commencement speech given by Steve Jobs (my …
: No Comment States Ranked: Smartest to Dumbest. No Comment. Technorati Tags: interesting
: Looks like I've beat comment spam -- for now! You've heard me complain about comment spam before haven't you? Comment Spam is when mysterious …
: Fascinating history of Wikipedia If you are interested and fascinated with the Wikipedia, how it came to be, why it is the way it is, …
: Identity theft scam? What would you do if you received two letters from a collection agency saying that you owed $5,000 …
: Creepy article! Get this: "A man's severed leg - with a white Adidas sneaker still attached - plummeted from the …
: Good stuff from Paul Graham If you work with software developers you'll appreciate these two pieces by Paul Graham, author of …
: [BLOGBRIDGE] Bloeb: A new kind of web site for BlogBridge We've been experimenting with a switcharoo of the BlogBridge web site - a major overhaul conceived …
: [GEEK] Good bit about code commenting Another neat link I was shown: "Ever since I was a wee programmer, I've been reminded that good …
: Dan Bricklin doing some interesting podcasting I just came off listening to Dan Bricklin's first podcast, an interview with Linda Hamel of the …
: These look like interesting books I just saw references to these two books. I am putting them on my reading list. Rebuilt: How …
: Good article about software design Just add this one to your reading list: "(XP) challenges many of the common assumptions about …
: Sorry, but I have to share this What system is this from? I love it too, but this is ridiculous! Technorati Tags: funny, …
: Time to short Google? This can't be good: Google closed at $288 today. John Batelle's search blog is quoting someone as …
: Counting blog impact Interesting article about counting blogs makes a good point right off the bat: "First, let's step …
: Come on over, the water's fine! Look who is recommending Macs! I love my Mac, as y'all know. I was amused to read about Intel CEO Paul Otellini who publicly …
: VC: Rumors of its demise are probably premature Not that I'm an expert or anything... In the last few days there have been several articles about …
: Great musical: Falsettos at the Huntington Theatre I Just came back from seeing 'Falsettos', an unusual (and unusually good) musical, at the Huntington …
: Sharing a keyboard, mouse and multiple screens Check out Synergy: "Synergy lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple …
: [BLOGBRIDGE] Check out BlogBridge 1.6: SmartFeeds are starting to appear! The latest weekly build has been posted, BlogBridge 1.6. Check it out! There are lots of bug fixes …
: Very Cool: iTunes supports Podcasting! Nothing to add: "Not only will you be able to subscribe to whatever podcast you would like using …
: Boston is thinking about city-wide wi-fi access Michael Feldman of Dowbrigade has a really interesting report on something that I didn't even know …
: Dowbrigade and Bridge BlogBridge Just a quick note of the very nice mention of BlogBridge by almost-famous Dowbrigade blog by the …
: [BLOGBRIDGE] BlogBridge tracks unread articles! One of the cool things about BlogBridge's (free) companion service, is that keeps track for you what …
: What happens when your car's (software) crashes? Just an amusing little bit from the Wall Street Journal about the Toyota Prius: "Some buyers of …
: BlogBridge 1.5 Weekly released today Check out the BlogBridge blog and site for the latest weekly release. Technorati Tags: blogbridge
: New Radio Show: Open Source Welcome back Chris Lydon! Those of you who have lived in the Boston area for a while (and who are …
: What Windows' defenders should know about Mac OS X Tiger I often hear folks beat up Microsoft Windows for being a breeding ground for viruses, spyware, and …
: Eating your young I came across this bit: "Are we going to be a player in VoIP? Absolutely. Are we going to be …
: Bloglines Killer? Aren't we being a bit premature? Richard MacManus made a statement in a post last week which elicited a lot of very interesting …
: Comment! Spam! Again! A really interesting article about Blog Comment Spam. This is one person's attempt to really follow …
: New BlogBridge web site, including a blog Good morning sports-fans. We recently totally revamped the BlogBridge web site. Take a look, and let …
: Cool iTunes trick I like to come across music from my collection of CDs that I haven't listened to in a while. Here's …
: Link to Susan Senator! Susan Senator has published a book: "Making Peace with Autism": "It's her memoir about our family, …
: Machine translation: Funny! The highly anticipated Mac OS X "Tiger" arrived in my hot little hands, and I've spent most of the …
: All the logos Pretty neat little web site, via Ned Batchelder: AllTheLogos.com - Gif and Vector EPS Logos: …
: LinkedIn: Highly connected? Interesting: I can reach 1.1 Million people through my 125 connections on LinkedIn, and there are …
: Great new OS X Software Releases Two of my all time favorite Mac OS X applications just came out with new releases: Adium Xis a …
: Too much good stuff: makes me feel inadequate :-) I saw this in the Wall Street Journal: "Marcos Weskamp, a 27-year-old Web designer in Tokyo, …
: [GEEK] The BIG LIE of certificate checking Maybe you've read or heard my rants about what has become known as the "Scary Dialog Box" that users …
: Happy Birthday Dave! Long time readers of this blog (yes, I can say that now, it's been 2 years or so :-) know that I am …
: BusinessWeek goes gaga about blogging In the continuing series of "this blog things is really getting big", the most recent issue of …
: Gmail spam filtering degraded? In the last few weeks or so, I've noticed a marked increase in the number of spam emails that are …
: Hacking the papal election I have to admit to being fascinated with the Vatican, and the ancient, elaborate traditions and …
: Who thought of it first? Who cares? Microsoft and Apple are arguing about who came up first with the idea of having a pervasive search …
: Losing a finger over biometrics "They stripped Mr Kumaran naked and left him by the side of the road - but not before cutting off …
: American Idol Existentialism For you closet viewers of American Idol (the TV Show), I thought you'd be amused by this new TV …
: Beg the question? Beg your pardon? This is amusing. Ever since I learned from glenn, many years ago, that everyone uses "beg the …
: IBM Patent Benevolence? Doc comments with grudging admiration that IBM has decided to give away some parts of their much …
: No women tigers? No I am not talking about Tiger Woods (who also is not a woman) but about the “Engineers Who …
: Is Google setting the hook? Recently, GMail raised the free storage available to all subscribers to 2 Gig! Amazing isn’t …
: Switcher's log, Part 8: In conclusion... I love the fact that I switched to Mac. A lot of the fun is that it's new and different. Also I …
: Wow! Google rocks! Google is now officially unstoppable! Check out how they've now integrated satellite images into …
: Switcher's Log, Part 7: How can Apple be so brain dead about usability? Everyone says that the reason they like the Mac and OS X is that it's so easy to use! I am not so …
: [BLOGBRIDGE] BlogBridge 1.0 is out! It's here! We are officially declaring BlogBridge as a 1.0 product! The site is updated, the …
: Back to the future: DECSYSTEM-20? Would you believe that someone is reading blogs on DEC PDP-10's, DECSYSTEM-20's and MULTICS …
: Talking about RSS Aggregators Doctor Scoble poses a provocative question: "Which aggregator do you like best"? Quite an amazing …
: Switcher's Log, Part 6: All is not honey and peaches in Mac OS X land When things go wrong is when you start seeing some of the disadvantages of being on the 5% pc …
: [GEEK] Java Web Start {again} There's another flame-up on the WebStart commentary on the web, this time under the title "Webstart, …
: Another VC is blogging - what's going on? If you are interested in some thoughtful perspectives about the world of Venture Capital, from a …
: Attention.xml Steve Gilmor muses about the history of the Attention.xml spec in his blog. Steve thought up …
: Web Radio is not the same as Podcasting Here's a really interesting article by Hiawatha Bray of the Boston Globe about Web Radio, reminding …
: Remix Remixed [I wrote this in response to this post, which had generated a lot of commentary. I liked what I …
: Interesting blog survey Blogads has conducted a survey of people who read blogs. The results are quite interesting. One …
: [ETECH] Taxonomy of Folksonomies There’s been a lot of talk about tags, folksonomies, taxonomies, etc. Trying to make sense out …
: Busybodies and Crybabies <img …
: Blogging and journalism ... again? If you are a blog aficionado then you've followed this debate, ad something. I don't have any …
: [ETECH] Yahoo Buzz Game - Hacked! There was some buzz here at ETECH about Yahoo Research’s announcement of the Buzz Game. …
: First Class/Anachronism On a lark, I used my frequent flyer miles to fly First Class on American Airlines today, heading out …
: [ETECH] A9 as a search portal - Amazon defines "Searchlets" Jeff Bezos talked about a new feature of A9 which allows the basic A9 Search Page to be extended by …
: [ETECH] Reasonableness A memorable quote (from George Bernard Shaw) "The reasonable man adapts himself to the conditions …
: Rosie O'Donnell has a blog Another sign that "something big" is going on here. It seems like not a day passes but that there's …
: Microsoft buys Groove: New York Times gets a significant fact wrong? Scoble (and everyone else) comments: "We bought Groove and made Ray Ozzie our CTO." Except, …
: [BlogBridge] Screencast tutorials, so far There are two very brief audio-visual overviews of 'cool' BlogBridge features. BlogStarz feature:in …
: Switcher's Log, Part 5: Man does this machine scream. For those who are following this narrative, this is a continuing narrative of my experiences after …
: This is not a religious blog I thought this was an interesting article even though I don't agree with it: "There is no reason for …
: I love Microsoft too, but I can't hold my tongue Dave Winer points to Kevin Shofield's defense of an "unfair, infamous post saying that Microsoft …
: I read Dowbrigade for the articles Do you know Dowbrigade? An almost always interesting blog, intellectually stimulating and thought …
: Google Toolbar: Where's the fire? In case you've come across the flaming debate about how the Google Toolbar is evil, you will …
: Is this picture classified? I am quickly becoming a Flickr fan. What took me so long, you ask? Well for those of you that don't …
: RSS Feed Advertising From News.com, about Kaboodle BrightAds RSS On Monday, the company introduced a self-service system …
: [DEMO 2005] Top Demos There's already so much written about Demo 2005, it seems like there's not much to add. First off, …
: Luck A neat little quote from a good, yet not well known movie, "The Kid Stays in the Picture", about …
: Two Best TV shows that no one has heard about There are two TV shows that it seems no one knows about, and yet, I think, are the very best on TV …
: [BlogBridge] New Weekly Release - 0.11 Just a quick note that we've updated the weekly build to 0.11. Given that we are wrapping things up …
: The Gates: What's the point of taking pictures? As I mentioned a few days ago, I went to see "The Gates" - Environmental art by Christo. My …
: screencasting - Screen + Voice = demo Jon Udell coins a term, screencasting: creating little informal movies from screen captures plus …
: Letter to all BlogBridge users Dear users, ex-users, and future users of BlogBridge, As we are approaching our 1.0 release, we are …
: Article about Podcasting in the New York Times If you haven't heard about Podcasting (what, are you living under a rock?) the New York Times has a …
: We're going to see "The Gates" in New York We're going to see the "The Gates" installation in Central Park, New York. Want to see an amazing …
: Have you seen Google Maps? Unless you have been living under a rock (or have better things to do with your time) you will have …
: [Demo 2005] The Enron Corpus The demos at this year's DEMO are quite good. One interesting thing I noticed is that there are …
: Modesty isn't dead If you are interested in blogging you certainly have come across Robert Scoble's blog, the most …
: Switcher's Log, Part 4: So what software DO I use on Mac? This is a topic of continuing interest to people who hear that I switched. Here are some general …
: Two really interesting bits missed by MSM Here are two practical examples of how mainstream media ("MSM") sometimes overlooks really …
: [BlogBridge Tip] New Weekly Build Available We just put up a new weekly build of BlogBridge with many new features. Here are some of the more …
: VCs and Aggregators An interesting article in News.Com: As the number of blogs, news services and other syndicated …
: Learning from others - Making choices Dave Winer makes a point which I totally agree with: it is important to learn from what has come …
: Social Networks and RSS Aggregators Dave Winer says that there's a bit of buzz about social networks and RSS aggregators. I haven't seen …
: Switcher's Log, Part 3: What I miss from my PC Days In the continuing saga of the switch from Windows XP to Mac OS X, here is where we find our hero.... …
: BlogBridge T-shirts This may be a first! Get your cool BlogBridge t-shirts here!
: A9's Photographic Yellow Pages Quite a bit has been written about this, so I won't repeat except to relate my experience in setting …
: Link Spammers I used to have comments enabled on this blog until I got overrun by link spam. With comments my …
: Too much information! It's one thing to be interested in blogs so you can read and learn and become aware of new ideas. …
: Tags, Meta Tags, Meta Data, Yada Yada It is of course impossible to keep up with the avalanche of discussion about the topic of tags, …
: [BlogBridge Tip] Activate your BlogBridge service account (If you are not a BlogBridge you will not find this very interesting) We notice many of you have …
: Do Mac users have eye problems - Switcher's Log - Part 2 It seems to me that all text and other Mac OS X user interface elements are a little bit bigger than …
: [BlogBridge Tip] Themes Did you know that BlogBridge has 'themes' ? Well today there are only two, but soon there will be …
: Blogging, Journalism and Credibility - Harvard I was lucky enough to be able to participate in a conference on Blogging, Journalism and Credibility …
: Day of reckoning coming for Microsoft? You've heard this one before: there are more and more truly outstanding pieces of software coming …
: Switcher's Log For close readers of this (yes all two of you), I was considering switching to a Mac as my primary …
: Improv in Wikipedia I got many comments from people about my postings recently about Lotus Improv. Imagine my surprise …
: BlogBridge tip: Send us Feedback (Non-users of BlogBridge, this wil not be interesting to you. But you have to ask yourself, why are …
: Peggy Noonan on Media Peggy Noonan is a great, albeit a little on the conservative side, columnist that I read whenever I …
: Four Hours on a Segway I think the Segway Human Transporter is really cool, and I've read many articles about how they work …
: Thinking of being a deserter I'm seriously thinking about starting to use a Macintosh for my day to day work computer instead of …
: [GEEK] Nerd Humor Amusing. Do you recognize yourself? And while you are wasting time, how easily can you tell a …
: BCC Protocol - Email Morality? What does the existence of "BCC" (which I think stands for the anachronism "blind carbon copy") tell …
: When I was younger I used to admire Ayn Rand I really love her major novels although I haven't looked at them in years. You know how you remember …
: Folksonomies - Collaborative Classification There has been a lot of traffic on this new meme "Folksonomies". This Slashdot bit has many of the …
: Read this Grady Booch is one of the luminaries of our field. Take a look at this post and tell me that it …
: Suckered again by Microsoft? I've been using Microsoft Money (their personal finance package) for years now (after having …
: Elephants are cool! I just finished watching "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" which had some really cool …
: Incredibly cool visualizations In the realm of interesting visualizations, check this one out. It's a Chess game where the …
: GMail - Part 3 Continuing thinking about GMail and what Google really is up to. From the Department of Unintended …
: How to be creative I just came across this thoughtprovoking bit called "How to be creative." It's a quick read in the …
: What is the difference between a blog and a newsgroup? Recently in a conversation I was asked to comment on what really was the big difference between a …
: "Pure Entrepreneurship" article in tbe Boston Globe "Pure Entrepeneurs", according to this article in the Boston Globe, ... are loopy and obsessed. They …
: Seeing the other side of someone Adam Bossworth is a guy who I've written about before, in a very technical context. He's well known …
: For every question there is someone who is interested in studying it Yes I have to admit it's something that I too have wondered about, and now, there's a study about …
: Is Sarah McLachlan is Video Podcasting? On her site, World On Fire, Sarah McLachlan has an interesting video, which reminded me what Video …
: Gmail, Part Deux: Strategy So what might GMail's strategy be? I listened to a wonderful Podcast with Georges Harik all about …
: Free Coffee and Bad Marketing First the punchline: go to this link, fill out a short questionaire, and receive a $15 Starbucks …
: Boston Globe on PodCasting The BostonGlobe writes an insightful article about Podcsating (note: the link will turn stale …
: Coding as Writing If you read this blog at all, you know that I've been working on a piece of software (BlogBridge) …
: Lightbulb about Podcasting ("Some stuff I just figured out") I attended a Podcasting meeting at Berkman a couple of days ago (see "The Berkman Choir" for some …
: Great Movie: Osama No it's not about Osama Bin Laden (UBL) but about a little girl called Osama, living in Taliban …
: Heard of GMail? There are many interesting things about GMail, so this is either going to be a long post or one of a …
: My social theory of blogging We all love reading blogs (right?), and some of us even use their valuable time writing blogs. In my …
: How Seinfeld as shaped popular culture In this morning's Blog reading, I saw two references to Seinfeld episodes, in each case the …
: I'm in good company A week or so ago I posted an amusing picture, supposedly from Popular Mechanics. Well it was quickly …
: [GEEK] Java Web Start You might think it's a bad idea for me to complain about Java Web Start. Well the truth is that I …
: BlogBridge interview Yesterday I was interviewed about BlogBridge by ClientJava.com, a very useful Web site for us Java …
: What's the world coming to? Someone just pointed me to this item on Mike Zellers blog, under the title, "best explanation of …
: Amusing There's an amusing new blog I came across: "Gapingvoid", by Hugh Macleod. He's a cartoonist, and his …
: Is this a good idea? I never was a fan of Tommy Thomson - what a name! I am no expert on terrorism, but it seems to me …
: Why Improv didn't succeed, Part Deux Seems like a dredged up some "old" (you know who you are) Improv fans with my earlier posting, so I …
: Predicting the future is hard "Scientists at the RAND Corporation have created this model to illustrate how a "home computer" …
: Why Improv didn't succeed It's been a while. Which is why my heart beat just a little faster when I read a reference to Improv …
: Adam Bosworth on KISS Adam Bosworth's speech Adam Bosworth's an interesting guy, and very smart, and has been deeply …
: A couple of good Blog aggregator commentaries Here are two interesting bits that look at all the aggregators and have some interesting comments …
: What is a Blog, redux I just came across a good summary on one of our favorite topics from KM Magazine. It was written by …
: Does this map look familiar? Have you seen this map before? Yes? Actually it's the map of states where the Cosi Restaurant chain …
: What is a blog, again? My answer to the question: "What is a Blog", which I get asked often, goes something like this: "A …
: BlogBridge on the radar screen? This is pretty cool: BlogBridge was picked up by Sun's monthly 'Swing Sightings' online column where …
: New BlogBridge Alpha Hey, sorry if you aren't a BlogBridge user yet, but I just can't resist some news here. First of …
: Curacao in Open Source News?! There's this little island in the Caribean called Curacao. I happen to know a lot about it because …
: Wikipedia and copyrights If you haven't heard about Wikipedia, you should check it out. It's a grass roots encyclopedia. It …
: Is BlogBridge a 'next generation' Feed Reader? In response to a query from Andrew Watt and Danny Ayers about what they called next-generation …
: Podcasting less important than "IT Conversations" I was working out, listening an IT Conversations interview with Joel Spolsky. It was interesting and …
: [OOPSLA] Where Wikis come from I was lucky enough to meet and spend some time with Ward Cunningham at OOPSLA this year. I also …
: At least we have the Redsox Ok, I am adjusting to the new reality of the lost election. The amount of coverage in the blogs I …
: Red Sox Moon In honor of the Red Sox, the moon will turn red tonight. It will start melting into the dark sky …
: You have an MP3 and I have an IPod You have an MP3 and I have an IPod. I want to listen to that MP3 while driving, walking, or working …
: [OOPSLA] Watching the World Series in a mirror Just got to Vancouver for OOPSLA. Just checked into my hotel room, and am doing email while watching …
: Best Red Sox Headline Isn't it sweet! Did you know you could get a big collection of front pages of newspapers at the …
: Some arcana about how BlogStarz! work Believe me when I say that this will only be interesting to you if you are curious about the …
: Am I cranky today? Here I go again, picking a out quote from a blogger who I really like and dissecting it. I don't …
: Talking points memo: who's obsessed now? I'm a huge fan of Talking Points Memo, Josh Marshall's blog. In fact it's my exhibit #1 for people …
: BlogBridge makes top 10 List! Hey, this is really cool. BlogBridge made a "Top 10 Java Web Start Apps" list. I ran across it on …
: Why don't you check your email? A very interesting piece about how people are beginning to use Instant Messaging instead of email. …
: Too Many Toolbars! Everyone wants to give me a toolbar! I've successfully fought back Yahoo's and am a happy user of …
: [GEEK] Undrestanding and getting around EDT No, not Eastern Daylight Time, the Swing Event Dispatch Thread. Duh. If the abbreviation EDT doesn't …
: BlogBridge Podcasting? There's a site called IT Conversations that has a collection of interviews, recorded on mp3s with …
: Magic Links Here's a really cool idea (via Boing Boing - see their story) - Creating a web site, identical to an …
: Find what you care about with BlogBridge We just got a totally cool new BlogBridge feature working, which actually was suggested by a user a …
: Web Services gone wild Here's a cool idea: using the web services of Google and Technorati together to find other, related …
: Why Google is great I've written about this before, I think, but I am once again pleasantly amazed by Google. I …
: Mars Rover tracks seen from space You know I am a fan of the cool little Mars Rovers. Here's an interesting little bit from Nasa: …
: BlogBridge Usability Victims We are looking for a few people who would be willing to give verbal feedback on BlogBridge …
: BlogBridge releases coming fast and furious BlogBridge is going "Great Guns" as I told my friend David in answer to "What's going on with …
: BlogBridge Beta 4: Sept 15, 2004 Ok, guys, we have another beta release with lots of great new goodies! It will be up on the web site …
: Sept 11, 2001 No words necessary.
: Patterns from the master I came across a fascinating article, a transcript of a speech by Christopher Alexander, architect …
: Simulation is hot! Here's an interesting link that continues on the theme from my previous post on Agent Based …
: Why Blogs are great, #102 I am often asked what's so special about blogging. I always answer, technically it's pretty simple, …
: Agent Based Modeling And now for something completely different. I was reading this book: "It's Alive" over the weekend. …
: What's wrong with Feed Readers? Here are two very interesting posts on the question of Feed Readers: Glassdog asks "What's wrong …
: A new term: Blobjects A very thought provoking speech by Bruce Sterling at SigGraph 2004. Recommended. "When you shop for …
: BlogBridge Starz! Finally. Ever since we started working on BlogBridge, I've been talking about helping a user slice …
: eBay to assist in setting BlogBridge Price So, some day we will consider BlogBridge complete enough to actually be worth a few bucks. But the …
: This Is Rumor Control This is a really interesting new site where the posters, apparently well informed folks in the …
: XP SP2 Makes a Hash Of It As you know, I am quite impressed with Microsoft's ability to build and ship and deploy and sell and …
: XP SP2 Shows Why Microsoft Is A Great Company I've said (and believe) that there's no other company on earth that has the capability to develop, …
: Microsoft Internet Explorer Blog The Internet Explorer team at Microsoft has a blog. It's not too active yet. Still it's an example …
: BlogBridge Beta 3 We just put up BlogBridge Beta 3. Check it out. It's got many neat new features, most particularly …
: Two really cool new applications Today I was introduced by two totally different people to two really cool little utilities. Anagram. …
: Can you change the license of an Open Source product? This puzzled me. Once we released the BlogBridge source code under the LGPL, it was out in the open, …
: BlogBridge open source license I've done a little research about what the Open Source really means, legally, when it comes to …
: Joel on API Wars Joel writes a good analysis of some of the dynamics and strategy that apply to the evolution of the …
: MSN Sandbox I just came across this - MSN Sandbox - where you can find various Microsoft goodies which are …
: Amazon's Power is Unlimitted Wow, they let me change my birthday. Now that's powerful!
: iTunes Rules Here's a nice bit of civic participation: the iTunes Music Store is offering single click, FREE, …
: Jon Udell on Bloglines Jon (and many others) really like Bloglines a lot; I recommend his article - there's a lot to learn …
: Announcing... The BlogBridge Service ;-) Here's a sneak preview of something a little bit different. As of the next beta, we will be running …
: Will Wikis Rule the World? I was recently asked by a VC friend of mine what I thought of a certain Wiki product. I thought my …
: Mac OSX not easy to use! Years ago I was a hardcore Mac fanatic. I was one of the creators of a long-gone early Macintosh …
: [JAVA ONE]Sun answers my question In several previous posts I've wondered aloud: "I can see that Sun spends a ton of money on Java. It …
: Scary Software, Part Deux Continuing my complaints about Java Web Start, as if the message displayed on Windows under Java 1.5 …
: BlogBridge Beta 2 is now available to play with Hey, check out our new and improved web site. There is lots of new content, particulary a bunch of …
: Oddpost Sold to Yahoo! Dave Winer comments on the sale of OddPost to Yahoo. I've been an avid OddPost fan for a while and I …
: Scary Software I love those security guys just as much as the next guy but this certificate crazyness is …
: Java Web Start Sucks Eggs I've written about this before, and after all it is fairly (no, very) esoteric. Java Web Start is …
: BlogBridge Beta 2 almost ready Well we've been busy little beavers and are getting ready to release BlogBridge Beta 2. It has quite …
: Technical tweak to this blog In tracking down a 'bug' in BlogBridge I discovered that my RSS feed for this blog has abbreviated …
: Downloadable Car Horn Sounds!? Did you know that you (or your teenager) can buy cool new ring tones for their cell phone? They cost …
: [JAVAONE] User Interface Design Someone whose oppinion I listen to, Karsten Lentzch, recommends these books about user interface …
: [GEEK/JAVAONE] Java Web Start - still falling short Java Web Start is a piece of Java platform that's meant to ease the deployment and updating of Java …
: [JAVAONE] Scott McNealy Keynote I had never heard him speak - He's a lot of fun to listen to - funny and with a sense of his …
: [JAVAONE] Visiting the Java tribe I am here at JavaOne and living among a very different crowd than I’ve been in lately. It’s the …
: [JAVAONE] What's going on with Java version numbers? What’s going on with Java version numbers? There was Java 2 (where the version numbers were 1.3 and …
: [JAVAONE] JavaOne Keynote As you know I am attending the JavaOne conference. I jotted down my key takeaways during the keynote …
: Is the world ready for a replacement to Outlook? Everyone loves to beat up on Microsoft's Outlook. Including me! See Outlook Haters Anyone? and …
: What's a blog anyway? I am away from home, at my home in Curacao for a reunion of Salas folks from around the world. I saw …
: Balls Sorry to make my Blog x-rated, but this picture was just too much :-) " A visitor looks at …
: BlogBridge Beta, part deux I shoulda known... There's cross-platform and then there's cross-platform. A week later, about 20 …
: [GEEK] Ever get confused about logging.properties formats? I know I do! Here's a very concise summary of the syntax that will jog your memory when it needs to …
: [GEEK] Getting URL objects to time out For some reason, it is not possible to get at the Socket object that the URL object uses for its …
: The Day After Tomorrow Occassionally, I will have either an incredibly positive or negative reaction to a book, play or …
: BlogBridge beta is ON! Here's the beta invite email that just went out... Wow, this is exciting! :-) "Thanks again for …
: Cross Platform, for real! We are busy getting BlogBridge ready for beta (send email if you want to participate.) I hope we are …
: RSS not yet mainstream? Another article in the New York Times about RSS: "Called R.S.S. (the initials are variously said to …
: What's a beta, anyway? BlogBridge is getting ready to go into a limited beta test. The purpose is to get some early …
: BlogBridge beta update The beta test is almost ready to go. The plan is that it will start very small, with only a few …
: Pop!Tech Ticket! Pop!Tech is one of my all time favorite conferences. So favorite that I bought a ticket for this …
: [Geek] Getting ftp task to work in Ant / Eclipse Note to self: The FTP task in Ant relies on the library: commons-net.jar from Apache. Be not …
: Musings on Open Source licensing As I continue to make rapid progress on BlogBridge, now with a significant amount of help, I am …
: [Geek] Debugging focus problems Struggling with debugging hairy focus and other UI problems in Swing (Java)? Here's a handy little …
: Funny American Idol commentary Yes, I guess some of you have never seen American Idol, so you wouldn't appreciate this ironic and …
: Spam now two thirds of all email! It's even worse than you thought: "E-mail security firm MessageLabs' filtering statistics for April, …
: Discovering RSS feed URLs Scoble bemoans the fact that folks aren't all using the XML Icon, and he cites Random Bytes. …
: Fair Use of Share-your-OPML? One of the core goals of BlogBridge is to give a newbie a quick and delicious taste of the world of …
: Words do matter, Part Deux I don't know, this seems to be a topic near and dear to my heart! Thanks to Eric Heels for pointing …
: BlogBridge - Major progress! This is getting interesting. In the last few weeks we've added a bunch of new features and we are …
: Words DO matter I was scanning Jon Udell's blog and came across the following: "Plog is a brand-new word that's even …
: Can we charge for an open source BlogBridge As you know we are developing BlogBridge, "a new kind of blog reader." As you may know, BlogBridge …
: Opera and RSS Various people are saying that Opera, with it's new release, is the first email client to integrate …
: Moving from Radio to Movable Type I've seen some discussion on the issues related to changing blog infrastructure from one system to …
: Still can learn more,,, If you are doing Java programming, check out Hardcore Java by Robert Simmon Jr. It's a idiosyncratic …
: BlogBridge - coming along! It's been quiet but we've been busy. We are getting ready to put up a major new revision of …
: Best leather cases for Treo 600 and others Scott Kirsner turned me on to Vaja Leather Products. This outfit supplies what look to be the …
: BlogBridge - Quiet but Busy! It's been quiet but we've been busy. We are getting ready to put up a major new revision of …
: Had enough yet? Hard to believe what we are hearing these days, isn't it? The link is to an summary about the Prison …
: I've confronted this... And reached the same conclusion. I hope we are both right.
: Decentralization, again... Remember when the Berlin wall came down and the Soviet Union ended up breaking up? People talked …
: [GEEK] Is Log4J not doing what you expect, or not finding its properties? Here's a handy bit of esoterica: To force Log4J to report on it's initialization sequence do this: …
: [GEEK] Bootclasspath In order to debug a hairy problem, I need to step into some Java system classes (hashmap.java) …
: Programming Esoterica As I delve into programming esoterica, in the past I've written down little handy items of …
: The "dark" side of LinkedIn Well, not really dark: This is in reference to Shel Isreal's recent bit about LinkedIn. Shel …
: New version of iTunes Good evening sportsfans. There's a new version (4.5) of iTunes for Windows. All I can see after a …
: A new kind of EVIL Spyware One of my computers has gone totally haywire with spyware, popups popping all over the place, and …
: Howard Stern in New York Times For Howard Stern fans out there, here's a good article.
: Testing BlogJet I have installed an interesting application - BlogJet. It's a cool Windows client for my blog tool …
: Outlook Haters, anyone? David Coursey writes an interesting bit about how the competitors to Microft Office (i.e. Star …
: Thoughts about software licensing Dan Bricklin's written a bit on a topic that's been indirectly on my mind lately. It has to do with …
: Spain Security Situation Several people asked me about what the security situation in Spain felt like. I have to admit it did …
: Windows, Windows, Windows Everywhere In the accompanying photo you can see one of the ubiquitous TV screens sprinkled all around the …
: Great Read: Angels and Demons - Dan Brown By sheer coincidence, the day before leaving for Spain, two people independently mentioned to me …
: Back from spain So as not to leave you hanging, I just want to report that we are back and had a great time in …
: Hello from Spain Geeking out from an Internet Cafe in Granada, Spain. We´re here for a short vacation, and we have a …
: Area codes become meaningless A good little insight from Rafe Needleman in his new column over at ZDNet. "The reason it won't …
: How does this work? Office XP for $59.95! It must be some kind of bootleg, but it's quite blatant. I wonder what the …
: Follow-up to Subservient Chicken The true story comes out about the most excellent subservient chicken gimick. I mentioned it a few …
: GPS and Civil Liberties? How would you like to be able to "implant a GPS-microchip in the body of a human being"? I came …
: Your morning chuckle Thanks to Chris Shipley for this link, and you can read her post for the thoughtful commentary on …
: [GEEK] Web Rich Text Editors (Apropos of nothing) I've had occasion to look into what kinds of rich text editors are availble out there, and I thought …
: Welcome to Movable Type If I did things correctly, you should not have noticed too much different. But today, with the help …
: Some miscellaneous links and pointers (WTF Series, 4) I am at the WTF conference (more of a retreat.) IN addition to the more cogent posts that follow, …
: Outsourcing and Immigration (WTF Series, 3) What’s the relationship between offshore outsourcing and immigration? Here’s an interesting …
: Virtual People? (WTF Series, 2) One of the reason that society needs people to transact with each other using real identities, …
: Identities (WTF Series, 1) Some say that it’s very important that they be able to use one identity while doing one thing, and a …
: Going to college? Having someone in the family who applied to college (and got in) I really appreciate this article. …
: RF-ID uptake slower than expected? I've been a quasi-believer about RD-ID technology for a while now. I know more than several people …
: Overview of Collaboration I had the opportunity to be a guest lecturer at Brandeis University today, which was fun. Brandeis …
: CBS News' Bob Schieffer CBS News' Bob Schieffer Speaking at Cambridge Forum 7:30 p.m March 31. Should be interesting. …
: Behavior Signature Analysis (Demo Series Behavior Signature Analysis (Demo Series 10) This is a little arcane but I thought it was an …
: Outlook 2003 Rant. Outlook 2003 Rant. What were those guys thinking? Don't get me wrong, I am not one of those …
: Open Source Icons and BlogBridge The beat goes on. Now that we have Unread working, the time was ripe to add several new commands to …
: BlogBridge has spiffy new icons. BlogBridge has spiffy new icons. More progress the last week or so, with the addition of some …
: Stewart Alsop " the best Stewart Alsop " the best political columnist of the past century": Well, that's high praise from …
: BlogBridge update. In the last BlogBridge update. In the last few days I've made some reasonable progress on BlogBridge, both from …
: BlogBridge Major architectural progress We made some major new progress since the last update. Unread Management. The persistent RSS layer …
: What you may not know What you may not know about Eclipse. (Demo 2004 Series 10) If you are a Java developer and you …
: RSS/Atom: An idea whose time RSS/Atom: An idea whose time has come. Dave Winer is reaching out to the Atom people to try for the …
: Update on Digital Photography. When Update on Digital Photography. When I wrote a few days ago about OurPictures Network. a new service …
: Flipstart from Vulcan (Demo 2004 Flipstart from Vulcan (Demo 2004 Series - 9): This is a weird little device. It's essentially …
: Open Source, BlogBridge and Offshore Open Source, BlogBridge and Offshore Development. I've been using several neat offshore development …
: Howard Stern finally has found Howard Stern finally has found his match. You know I am a Howard Stern fan. It looks like they ('the …
: David Coursey's back! Well, I David Coursey's back! Well, I guess I may have been the last to notice. David wrote what was my …
: Social Networking (Demo 2004 Series Social Networking (Demo 2004 Series - 8) I've written a few times about Orkut and LinkedIn and the …
: Feeling like a Red Sox Feeling like a Red Sox Fan. Kerry seems to have won the Democratic nomination, and convincingly. I'm …
: Smiley Queries. Ok, here are Smiley Queries. Ok, here are two for you to ponder: How do you put a smiley inside parentheses? (And …
: Google Coolness. Well those wacky Google Coolness. Well those wacky guys and gals at Google keep on coming out with neat new stuff. …
: Scoble on Search. Robert Scoble Scoble on Search. Robert Scoble (of Microsoft fame) writes about a new search utility called …
: Comparing this years Demo to Comparing this years Demo to previous years (Demo 2004 Series - 7A) As I've been writing these …
: Email is not dead (Demo Email is not dead (Demo 2004 Series - 7) I continue to be an avid follower of what's going on in the …
: Forced to use Atom. Well, Forced to use Atom. Well, it's happening... My friend Paul English has been using Blogger for the …
: BlogBridge latest Just a quick note about what's up with BlogBridge. My time has been severely drained by a new …
: Real Virtual Reality! (Demo 2004 Real Virtual Reality! (Demo 2004 Series - 6) I am not clear as to whether Total Immersion is a …
: Adobe Enterprise document control technology Adobe Enterprise document control technology (Demo 2004 Series - 5) They have come up with a …
: New in the world of New in the world of Digital Photography (Demo 2004 Series - 4) The beat goes on in the world of …
: Key Computing's Xkey: (Demo 2004 Key Computing's Xkey: (Demo 2004 Series - 3) By my informal survey, this was the favorite at demo. …
: Amazing little rover "calculates its Amazing little rover "calculates its own location in the universe…..on Mars": I just can't get …
: BlogBridge Installation and Deployment Working on installation and deployment features. We will be using Java Web Start for this. We have …
: Search Innovations (Demo 2004 Series Search Innovations (Demo 2004 Series - 2) - Two interesting Seach products were showcased: Grokker 2 …
: Demo 2004 Series - I Demo 2004 Series - I just returned from the Demo 2004 Conference, and I have some news and …
: New BlogBridge Web Site and other changes Happy Valentines Day. As you can see, there is a new web site design. This one was created by a …
: What's funny about Office 2003? What's funny about Office 2003? Look at the extremely cool Office 2003 Tool to the right. Well, no I …
: Pecking order? Puleeze! Joi Ito Pecking order? Puleeze! Joi Ito writes with apparent confusion about the a comment from Russel …
: Echo Chamber, redux: Are we Echo Chamber, redux: Are we wasting our valuable brain cells duplicating each other's …
: The 100-Million-Mile Network - Great article The 100-Million-Mile Network - Great article about one of my favorite topics, the Mars Rover. …
: IMHO: I started and stopped IMHO: I started and stopped writing this two days ago, mostly because I didn't feel like I knew any …
: TiVo watchers uneasy after post-Super TiVo watchers uneasy after post-Super Bowl reports: CNET News.com. Seems that I was not the only …
: Joho the Blog: The Semantic Joho the Blog: The Semantic Earth. David Weinberger's new article for Release 1.0 sounds really …
: Did you know how closely Did you know how closely you were being watched by your TIVO? A by-product of the Janet Jackson …
: Stern on Jackson Stern on Jackson: What total sillyness, all the outrage over Janet Jackson's bared breast during the …
: Orkut Revisited: I had been Orkut Revisited: I had been wondering whether my negative vibes about Orkut was because I was the …
: I'm not *that* geeky: I I'm not *that* geeky: I am totally fascinated and entralled with what's going on on Mars right now. …
: Sun still doesn't get it! Sun still doesn't get it! Ouch this hurts. The UI below is what the vaunted Sun provides to Windows …
: BlogBridge update: Just a quick BlogBridge update: Just a quick note about what's up with BlogBridge. My time has been severely …
: Orkut's back up: "I'm up Orkut's back up: "I'm up to 193 friends - and counting." Continuing the amusing fascination with …
: Getting Your R�sum� Read - Getting Your R©sum© Read - From Joel Spolsky. Joel writes a good and amusing article with some …
: What's up with Orkut? There's What's up with Orkut? There's this new "online community that connects people through a network of …
: The two Howards: Dean and The two Howards: Dean and Stern. Everyone is wringing their hands about the way Howard Dean acted …
: Channel Dean: "An RSS feed Channel Dean: "An RSS feed that's like a clipping service for people interested in US politics." …
: Microsoft Money 2004. Disappointing. I Microsoft Money 2004. Disappointing. I started preparing my taxes and so I thought I might upgrade …
: Goody, Goody! Mary, over at Goody, Goody! Mary, over at LockerGnome notes: "...to look like a Windows application. With JGoodies …
: Did you hear this one? Did you hear this one? (via some talkshow.) "President George Bush, trying to lay to rest concerns …
: Living in 3d? So here Living in 3d? So here are these really cool 3D Mars Pictures. But my question is, where do I get the …
: I want RSS to disappear. I want RSS to disappear. The question was posed, "What do users want from RSS"? I thought long and …
: Some amazing (Mars) panoramas. This Some amazing (Mars) panoramas. This is via Boing Boing. If you look at the navigation device in the …
: David Isenberg's WTF Conference: This David Isenberg's WTF Conference: This is from David's newsletter, SMART Letter: .... Here's the idea …
: Scott Kirsner of the Boston Scott Kirsner of the Boston Globe: "Salas has spent the past few months developing BlogBridge, …
: It's easy to predict the future! It's easy to predict the future. Tim Bray has just concluded an interesting series of postings on …
: Wonderful Mars pictures? Unavailable! I Wonderful Mars pictures? Unavailable! I was looking around the Mars Rover Web site for some of those …
: Walt Mossberg: "You may never Walt Mossberg: "You may never go back to Internet Explorer again." In the current episode of …
: Well, is it Dr. Dean Well, is it Dr. Dean or Governor Dean? It's funny to me when people try to build up Howard Dean's …
: CRN: "NewsGator 2.0, which pulls CRN: "NewsGator 2.0, which pulls news freeds in RSS or Atom ...": First Time I've seen a …
: Absolutely stunning animation of recent Absolutely stunning animation of recent mars landing. I do not exagerate! Check it out.