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Sleep better

September 17, 2008 – 7:57 am

My favorite podcast on CNET is The 404. They cover the culture of the web in New York. Today, they interviewed Dr. Michael J. Breus, an expert on sleeping. Here are the notes I took from the interview:
In a 20 minute nap, you don’t fully go into deep sleep, but your mind goes into a [...]

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TechCrunch50 is my vacation

September 10, 2008 – 5:51 am

I took three days off, starting now, to cover TechCrunch50.

You can follow my live blog here: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3.
Day 3 update: I got a chance to interview Ashton Kutcher with Meghan Asha:

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CNET Alumni Party

September 9, 2008 – 7:15 am

I came at the tail end of this. Shelby Bonnie was in attendance!

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Tyler Crowley’s BigBigNews videos

September 9, 2008 – 7:01 am

Mahalo Daily producer Tyler Crowley made some in the past that are hilarious:

Here is a link to the site »
He is the main guy behind the scenes at TechCrunch50 this year:

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A much simpler design

September 1, 2008 – 12:51 pm

My great friend and colleague Marc Mendell built me a new design last June, and I loved it. But soon after, my site started to get slow. I was having problems with my hosting service too.
Plus, older stories were getting broken because the content was too wide.

I needed a more extensible design. I asked Marc [...]

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An Event Apart 2008

August 19, 2008 – 4:56 pm

For the past two days, I have been at An Event Apart at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco.

For years, it’s been the one conference I was dying to attend. Last year, I finally got in. But this year, I took notes.
If you want a full recap, check out my posts on ZDNet from today [...]

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