May 2009
93 posts
Hey @netflix Only 8% of Netflix’ Top 100 are available for streaming. What gives?
Took a youth group to Iron Works climbing gym in Berkeley. (Great fun.) Now pizza and Xbox 360.
My hair product has “explosive trace” according to TSA. Come on man, my helmet hair is infinitely more dangerous.
A site we designed 7 years ago is still up. It hasn’t scaled that well, but it’s evidence of timeless design. http://bit.ly/Sg32g
_ @AndrewCrow I keep thinking Bing is the sound of brand name rationalization.
Excited for Google’s Wave. But is there an algorithm dictating the design decisions? #ugly #ui http://bit.ly/hcaLQ
I <3 flying into BUR. Self important conversations by news, radio, TV types. (Hey, it’s Twitter, in real life.)
If you click on an ad, your friends are 3-4 times more likely to also click on it. - @stevebaker (A correlation of interests, not causal.)
Soaking up @stevebaker’s BusinessWeek piece on social networking. Twitter is about listening, following links, not about talking. Word.
Still manually hanging punctuation in 2009.
.@eortiz Well it makes perfect sense. I’ll just cite your Twitter feed in my piece. =)
Overheard in my own head: Ninjas don’t have stubble.
.@eortiz Were you citing research about top mobile apps give access to 1) people, 2) things around us, etc? I’d love a link.
Adobe Hosts an Interview with Jared Benson,... →
Gestures: Shaking Up Mobile Interaction →
The Adobe XD crew posted the @Punchcut interview with Adobe’s @msnow. Watch it http://bit.ly/17bYjb #mobile #ux
We’re guest blogging on Adobe’s INSPIRE publication this week. Peter is first up on mobile social networking: http://bit.ly/ZcnSU
We’re blogging at Adobe’s INSPIRE publication all... →
Mobile Beats PCs for Social Networking →
Attack ads are up. Sales are up. Lawsuits are up. Win, win, win. http://bit.ly/nruDN
Memorial Day originated to honor fallen Union soldiers in the Civil War. http://bit.ly/EwWAk
Validate something for me. Are there really people who have a profile for their pet on Facebook? (I know a few dogs on Twitter.)
Motorcycling, yoga and religious worship demand singletasking. What else? (Mobile is not always welcome.)
Move an event from one calendar to another in mobile iCal. #StuffiPhoneCantDo
The Post-browser Internet →
Send an SMS to a group (without selecting each recipient manually). #StuffTheiPhoneCantDo
4 days. That’s about how long my wife can be out of town before I revert to drinking straight from the carton.
Donating some O+
Dear Hulu, can you make a super low-res, highly compressed option for the times I get 150 kbps from my crap AT&T DSL connection? #kthxbai
Folks at @Mozy, the online backup company, now offer free backup plans for up to 2GB. #cloudcomputing #ftw
It’s 55% cheaper to rent a motorcycle parking space in downtown SF than it is to ride Bart. #SF
Google properties are getting new logotypes. Should help distinguish them from search. http://bit.ly/DYAvY
.@scottjanousek Nice. Over the air updates for Flash UI on Nokia devices. File under #StuffTheiPhoneCantDo #OTA
Saw this Chevvrong ad this morning, a clever brand hijacking. http://bit.ly/8n0TC
Anybody aware of a mobile Twitter client that uploads pics to Flickr instead of Twitpic? #simplify #my #socialmedia
Save this little stop motion morsel for a rainy day. http://bit.ly/19NOT8
University of Wisconsin using mind power to send tweets. Don’t laugh. (No, seriously.) http://bit.ly/d2ClP
Kevin Wassong thinks brands will suffer by aligning with Hulu. http://bit.ly/14NcLw (But I think he’s wrong.)
My copy of Microsoft Word can’t open a Docx format, but Pages can? #Office #Fail
Why @Pandora_Radio will beat @Lastfm? Their mobile app pushed them from “internet radio” to “radio.” http://bit.ly/v9puA #mobile_ftw
.@typegirl, @ashmud MadLibs are the bomb. Twitter MadLibs, even better.
Just got off the phone with ______ about a great project for ______ doing a mobile _______ for ________. Ahh, the NDA life.
E ink is delicious. Is it enough reason to wear a wrist watch again? http://bit.ly/S7Dos #Phosphor #Kindle
Unboxing a Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. Yum. #ovi
Awkward Family Photos. Evidence your own family just might be normal. http://bit.ly/TF4DU
This cause smacks of marketing. The only US TV manufacturer is the only backer. Why not just say “buy American”? http://bit.ly/7fmMi #Vizio
Email N’ Walk. For extreme near-sightedness. http://bit.ly/ZznVF #a_feature_looking_for_a_problem #lol