October 2011
1 post
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August 2011
9 posts
3,000 hours of television from 9/11 →
Archive.org’s collection of 3,000 hours of television from 9/11.
Chilling.
/via Andy Baio.
No longer importing
This Tumblog no longer auto-imports my posts from my site.
Party at my sisters →
We used her new olive tray.
Tweeting for steak →
Guy half-jokingly tweets that he wants a steak hand-delivered to an airport terminal from one of his favorite restaurants. They show up with a free meal. Great, fun story.
Pardon me while I tweet…
Aviatin’ →
Eliza got me some Aviators.
Uninstalling applications on Lion is arguably more... →
When I switched to the Mac I was surprised how easy it was to install and uninstall applications in OS X compared to the horrible installer workflow and the Add/Remove Programs Control Panel of…
Control Spotify using Alfred →
Speaking of Alfred, Jeff Johns (fellow Viddler team member) has released an Alfred Extension to control Spotify.
Web Actions →
Tantek Çelik shares his thoughts on Web Actions for pages on the web. You may have already seen similar things over the years like share, digg, like, +1 and follow buttons. Now Tantek suggests…
The plusses and minuses of Google+ →
This might get a little long in the tooth so you may want to top-up that beverage.
Google+ has run me over like a freight train. Over the last few weeks I’ve been living on it instead of Twitter,…
July 2011
6 posts
How we watch Netflix →
I’m pretty surprised by the statistics that show how people watch Netflix (and Hulu). Arguably the worst experience is on the computer and the best experience is on the Apple TV. And yet the worst…
The cost of The One Ring →
Speaking of Weta, did you know that you can purchase the ring of power for only $2,500 USD? Sounds like a bargain to me.
Check-in services need to get much faster and more... →
Foursquare is currently winning in the check-in services space but I believe it is still anybody’s game because there is still a lot of work to do.
Even though I “know” people that work at Gowalla…
Texters by Joe Holmes →
Fantastic photo gallery of people on their mobile phones by Joe Holmes.
/via Jason Kottke.
How much sunscreen should I wear? →
The answer is: more than you probably expected and far more complicated.
Viddler Tuna Contest →
June 2011
3 posts
3 tags
Tumblr 2 for iPhone
It works. It’s nice.
Informed enough to be misinformed →
Inside sources, rumors, conjecture and even reasonable assumptions based on experience and knowledge – all lead to what can only be called educated guesses.
For years I’ve been following the…
Brioche – A very fancy typeface →
I’m not a font nerd. In fact, I know little else about fonts besides whether or not I like one when I see it. The moment I saw Jessica Hische’s Brioche I knew that I liked it. And at $79 it is a…
May 2011
9 posts
Packing fish using Ziploc’s vacuum bags →
The hardest part about my yearly trek to Massachusetts to catch 50 pounds of cod fish is usually the packing of the fish for storage in the freezer. Even though Eliza and I have a very good …
Experiment with Photosynth →
Neat app from Microsoft. Photosynth.
Ivy →
(also, testing out the brand new WordPress for iOS app.)
Viddler team week: Day 2 →
Viddler Billiards →
My words on Macworld →
Hot on the heels of my words in Hacker Monthly is my post, which was published in 2008 but is still relevant today, on How to: Delete all photos off an iPhone showing up on Macworld’s article
Alfred 0.9 →
My favorite launcher application, Alfred, has been updated to version 0.9. I suggest buying the Powerpack but it is free if you want to kick the tires.
Calling it a launcher application is sort…
Speirs on eBook pricing →
Fraser Speirs dives headlong into describing why he thinks eBooks should be less expensive than hardcover or paperback books. Of course you, dear reader of this fine blog, remember my Why…
Working from the patio →
Helloooo spring!
April 2011
11 posts
BMX + FMX at 1000fps →
An excellent super-slow-motion video by Dylan Pfohl. A pretty good example of what can be done with a Canon T2i too.
Monitoring upgrades from the pub →
The upgrades to Viddler Business accounts are pouring in. We are monitoring them on the iPad 2.
How Lehigh Valley Homes TV is making real estate... →
This is simply an excellent Viddler Spotlight video for anyone with a small business – particular the real estate business. Viddler’s very own Billy Disney sat down with the guys at Lehigh Valley…
The truth is, we don’t know how long it takes. →
This can be applied to just about anything; none of us know how long it will take us to get something done.
This is especially true with writing software but lets think about an everyday task,…
Being able to follow a recipe doesn’t make you a... →
It is easy to fall into the trap of being a copy cat. From infancy we’re trained to become copy cats. Write your alphabet like this, wash your clothes like this, get a job like this, become…
Central Park →
Board Room with a view.
Pow →
Pow is an open source, zero-configuration Rack server for Mac OS X. If you do web development on the Mac you will want to give this a gander.
View from Top of the 80′s →
I had a lunch meeting at Top of the 80′s in Hazelton. The place has quite the view.
Georgify makes Hacker News readable in Chrome →
Fan of Hacker News? Use Chrome? Georgify does a nice job of making Hacker News much more readable.
Hoping they get Multitouch Multitasking Gestures... →
I recently chirped on Twitter that I would love to see Multitouch Multitasking Gestures on iPad ship by default. As it stands you have to turn Development Mode on using Xcode in order to use them.
When will the Internet finally become commodified? →
Just when I thought the Internet was already a commodity I visit Atlantic City where people are nickel and dime’d to death – literally.
I suppose it shouldn’t be very surprising to me that the…
March 2011
9 posts
Help fund the documentary about RAD →
Can you believe it has been 25 years since RAD? I loved that movie as a kid. Now Marc Dewey is trying to make a documentary about RAD. Help him fund it via Kickstarter.
Wayne Barz on Color’s funding and the new bubble →
Wayne Barz, a man I hold in high regard and (full disclaimer) I get to work with on Viddler from time-to-time at Ben Franklin TechVentures, has a brand new blog entitled Techonomic Man. You…
Borgata →
From our room in Harrah’s Resort. Taken with Instagram.
Want to get more done? Make things easy on... →
“I could never be disciplined enough to do that everyday.”
There are a million-and-one tips on how to get things done. Books, applications, methods, processes, workflows. Nearly a year ago I…
WordPress for iOS 2.7.1. Two key updates. →
Even though there is yet to be an announcement on the WordPress for iOS blog, 2.7.1 has been released on the App Store and it comes with two key updates (at least from this blogger’s chair).
…
How the Internet is effecting my attention span... →
We’ve all heard it before – and at this point I’m sure we’ve all experienced it – the Internet is having a profound effect on my attention span. From the first days of hypertext to the era of…
I think I need a haircut. And a neck. →
iPad 2′s infinitely useful PhotoBooth application.
Square is safer than a pencil →
This is the sort of propaganda the world could live without.
Verifone’s CEO, Douglas G. Bergeron, wrote an “open letter” about Square being a potential security risk to card holders because …
Tumblr, audience, and engagement →
The success of The Watercolor Gallery thus far has been extremely gratifying. I really enjoy the effort it takes (and believe me it is an effort) to find art to feature, to dig for the details of…
February 2011
9 posts
The Art Of Flight trailer →
These guys are thoroughly crazy. Wow.
/via Devour.
The phone that becomes a laptop, Motorola’s Atrix... →
I remember rumors of Apple building a display that would allow you to dock your iPhone into it to use it as a computer. Then you’d just undock it and be on your way. That product never saw the light…