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Macworld 2008

January 19, 2008 – 11:48 am

Macworld is a big deal in the bay area. This past week, the streets of SOMA were packed every day.
One day 1, I attend visited with exhibit hall. I had to find Terry Chay:

His phone was dying, so Brian Caldwell let him borrow a solar-powered iPhone charger.

The big news was Apple’s thinnovation. Honestly, the MacBook [...]

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Yet another Wordpress blog

January 13, 2008 – 10:21 pm

I have made so many Wordpress blogs for my friends. I explain to everybody that it’s literally free to publish nowadays. Your blog can compete with the New York Times.
I spent all day hanging out with Angela today, and I have been promising her that I will make her a blog. She has been writing [...]

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Doin the MUNI

December 15, 2007 – 2:44 pm

All the kids are doin the MUNI. Yea, it’s a new dance that is sweeping the city hills of San Francisco.

As you can see, this bar isn’t really crowded, but when it was, we all scrunched up together and pretended we were on a bus. Tiffany is pulling the yellow cord that dings and says, [...]

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Facebook quietly launches Page-only apps

November 7, 2007 – 2:56 pm

When I went to create a Facebook “Page” for Planet Blacksburg, I noticed that you can add apps to them. I clicked on the More Applications and then the “by Facebook” tab. There are a few really cool apps that I have never seen before.

My favorite is the Flash player app. Looks like you can [...]

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Mash is truly interactive

September 17, 2007 – 12:16 am

Yahoo! just launched it’s new “social-netorking” site, Mash. It’s basically Facebook, with more customization and the ability to let your friends edit your profile.

You can also customize the CSS any way you’d like. It’s more mature than MySpace, more interactive than Virb, and more interesting than Facebook. I can’t get away from the website.
I love [...]

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Music Vote wins on simplicity, timeliness

September 5, 2007 – 12:41 am

Most Facebook apps are annoying. They take up profile space, and they require too much interaction to be fun.
mp3.com’s Music Vote application is a successful app because it’s easy to use, it’s updated daily, and it doesn’t intrude on one’s Facebook experience.

CNET’s Robert Balousek, Jonathan Zuckerman, and Garrick Cheung have put together a simple yet [...]

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