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Category Archives: Future

A day to remember for baseball and computers

Early this morning, Apple released it’s new iMac. I don’t need to explain the specs, but I see it as the absolute best personal computer on the market right now.

When I heard about Apple’s blitzkrieg press conference this morning, I got really excited. For once, Apple hadn’t intentionally hyped up a product release. From watching [...]

Memorable Demos from TechCrunch 9

I say memorable because they fed us drinks.
As the sun set on Menlo Park Friday night, hundreds of interactive web heads gathered on the patio to test and show off their projects.

It reminded me of a high school science fair, but with margaritas and pretty girls.

There were a handful of gracious sponsors, impressive product launches, [...]

Highlights from WordCamp 2007

Unconferencing is one of the reasons I moved to San Francisco. They are free, geek-infested, and very enlightening. The open source software community is probably my favorite group of folks to hang out with here.
I spent my whole day at WordCamp 2007, hosted at the Swedish American Hall in downtown SF.

The event was [...]

Why I love Twitter

It’s passive interpersonal communication. You can know what your friends are doing, without even trying.

When I try to explain the logic behind Twitter, most people respond, "Why do you care?"
Because a simple text message or an IM notification is convenient. Sometimes I don’t really care what people are doing, but it only takes 5 [...]

168 hours without Internet

That’s right, one week. I used to say that I couldn’t last 24 hours, but when you drive 2,700 miles across the country, you are bound to spend some time offline.
In that time span, you can miss a lot of stuff.
For instance, Facebook just got a lot crazier. You can use their open API [...]

Tumblelogs are easy

To make a simple analogy: If blogs are journals, tumblelogs are scrapbooks.

That’s the first line in Tumblr’s FAQ section, but I like Wikipedia’s definition better:
A tumblelog is a variation of a blog, that favors short-form, mixed-media posts over the longer editorial posts frequently associated with blogging. Common post formats found on tumblelogs include links, photos, [...]

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