Facebook has become pure noise. It is pure noise partially because I was an inexperienced social media user when I first started using it. I added whomever to my friend list. Now I get random political messages (from both sides), people promoting their businesses, and information that is generally worthless to me. The reason I …
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What Siri and Cluzee really can help me with.
Looks like Android now has a Siri clone. http://www.bgr.com/2011/11/29/siris-first-real-competition-hits-android-phones-today-video/ This is interesting but it does not solve the really big problem. I don’t have a problem organizing my todo list. Or, putting more things on there. Or, reminding myself that there are things on my todo list. What I have trouble with is knowing what to say …
By the Way, What Have You Done That’s So Great? — LAUNCH -
http://www.launch.is/blog/by-the-way-what-have-you-done-thats-so-great.html The best Steve Jobs obituary so far.
Has Google lost its mojo at I/O 2011?
At Google I/O today I have to admit it was comical when the presenter doing the WebGL track had to stop in the middle of his presentation because his laptop forcibly rebooted when Windows decided to apply a security update. He even joked that maybe Microsoft did it on purpose. But, who really believes Microsoft …
My new favorite site: www.wordcounttool.com
Sitting in a cafe today I observed the woman in front of me using an online tool called Word Count Tool. I was confused why there was an online equivalent to a feature that must be in every single word processor ever invented. I went to the site and found a text field where you …
I did not expect to get a little bit of self awareness on my birthday, but it is what I got
Yesterday I had the first real conversation with one of my flat mates. Lloyd is Australian, and my interactions with him so far have been around nightclubs and not much else. To be completely honest, I took an immediate dislike to him; he seemed to be very “cool” and I was frustrated in never really …
Ibirapuera Auditorium
Beautiful spot in Sao Paulo
Is it possible to fund startups in a different way through city investment funds?
I’m excited and apprehensive about Portland Mayor Sam Adam’s proposals to get the city involved in funding more software startups in Portland. Excited because I love Portland, and feel limited that there are very few tech companies taking on big problems, and this means there are few seasoned executives and engineers, here in Portland, who …
automatic code reloading using node.js
There are two suggestions for reloading code using Node.js right now. One is DJs (http://github.com/lrbabe/node-DJs) and the other is supervisor (http://github.com/isaacs/node-supervisor). The difference between the two is that DJs automatically watches all files which have been required and reloads them when it sees a change *without* stopping your app, while supervisor reloads the entire app …
The “truth” about the Red and Black Cafe story
I walked into the Red and Black today and was surprised to hear that they have been featured on CNN and Gawker in the past few days. The story is: “Cops vs. Vegans” But, this, of course, has nothing to do with what really happened, it is just what the newspapers and corporate media websites have …