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Aug 27th 10
What if CNN Went Hyper-local?
Caught this on Buzz this morning from comedian Brandon Mendelson:
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Aug 16th 10
Monica Keller Leaves Facebook: The First of Many?
I saw this post by Owen Thomas over at Venturebeat: “Open-standards advocate Monica Keller leaves Facebook, joins Socialcast.”
Facebook’s efforts to raise its reputation for technological openness suffered a blow with the departure of Monica Keller, a well-regarded program manager for open Web standards whose career at the company proved short-lived.
It’s just one of very many recent departures...
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Aug 12th 10
VMWorld: Why You Should Go!
As someone who’s very into video as a creative and informative format, I abhor the ridiculously low-rent look and feel of the xtranormal style “if you can type, you can make a video” videos.
In reality, though, some of them are just downright undeniably hilarious.
This video from John Troyer (social media honcho at VMWare) is a perfect example of that hilarity.
Thanks to Stu for sending...
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Aug 12th 10
Have You Seen This Before?
I rightclicked on a YouTube video today, and I saw a new option: Speedtest This.
Never saw this before.
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Aug 10th 10
Spotify Mix: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World Soundtrack
Hey guys.
My buddy Sean has been preaching ambivalence about the upcoming movie “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.” Unlike Sean, I really don’t care if Michael Cera is a one note actor, I dig his style. So I’ll probably like the movie any way it turns out.
I found the tracklist to the movie soundtrack today (thanks @nicefishfilms!). Decided to put it into a Spotify mix for ya.
I’m busy...
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Jul 20th 10
Spotify Mix: “Early Adopters”
I wish I could say this was due to popular demand, but you and I both know that’s not true. Something I must have said has driven off every last reader of this website – surprising, yes, I know.
At any rate, I’m reprising this idea once more to see if anyone cares a bit about my attempt to share out Spotify playlists. I figured that if I gave the old tried and true “linkbait” method a shot,...
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Jul 9th 10
MultiUser Sketchpad: Infuriatingly Addictive
I found a new time-suck this morning: MultiUser Sketchpad. Hat tip to: Jesse Baer, and Filip.
The principle is pretty simple… It’s a webapp where multiple people can draw on the same pad. In practice, there are less people drawing penises on everything than you might expect, but people still show a fair degree of carelessness about what you are working on.
For instance, I was drawing one...
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Jul 7th 10
Do You Use Spotify?
I know this is a longshot, particularly since Spotify is one of those “private clubs with memberships available,” but I wanted to poll the three or four of you who regularly read my personal blog.
I use Spotify almost daily. I’ve started creating playlists of stuff I like, and one of the neat features is the ability to share out playlists to others. It’s kind of a neat way to curate music....
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Jul 4th 10
Movie Review: “We Live in Public”
I finally got around to watching Ondi Timor’s “We Live in Public,” a documentary that was actually released to high critical acclaim back in 2009. I met the director of the film, Ondi Timor, in March of 2009, very briefly. Somewhere on the internet, there’s a brief record of our meeting.
Meltdown on the Set
We met on the set of #theCube’s precursor, the “SAM, Live from the...
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Jun 18th 10
The World Cup is On. USA is Playing. Is Anyone Working Today?
I popped open Tweetdeck this morning just in time to see a couple dozen screenfuls of this on my Twitter column:
Question. Is anyone working at all today?
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