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My thoughts on Chrome

Anything that kills the Internet Explorer hegemony is a good thing, and I think the default “window” into the Internet releasing a browser will go a long way toward that. The fact that it’s WebKit is a double good thing. And the fact that its probably a bit easier to use than Firefox is even [...]

Posted 01 September 2008 § ‡ Comments (3) °

The Frustration of Wanting Something You Can’t Buy

To set the stage: I was up in Marin County for the day to meet with a company and give them some advice. Anyhow, on the way to Marin from Oakland, I was listening to KFOG (which I do love) and they played back to back: Golden Paliminos “Boy (GO)” with guest vocals from Stipe, [...]

Posted 23 August 2008 § ‡ Comments (9) °

Post-Script: STOP THE PARTIES and the technology scenesters

Its time for this to stop. The cult of personality around people that don’t actually do anything is out of control, as is the celebration of the very fact that they don’t do anything.
What are we celebrating anyhow?
The Mashable party in Los Angeles was as boring as one could expect an entire event based around [...]

Posted 02 August 2008 § ‡ Comments (9) °

That’s it, the tech blogosphere is idiotic.

[Read Why Google Isn't Spending $200 Million On Digg]
Why oh why isn’t there good journalism in the blogosphere? Apple’s “Summarize” service distills this whole post simply: “If they are truly up for sale and they have not gotten a deal done during this web 2.0 binge, they are on their way to smaller founder returns. [...]

Posted 27 July 2008 § ‡ Comments (0) °

Gloss: Flock goes fashionable | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone - CNET

Here is what is wrong with tech journalism: there were quite a few articles written today about this:
WebWare: “Social-networking savant Flock has announced a re-branded version of its browser aimed at fashionistas. At the very least, it’s aimed at people who like the color pink and lipstick marks on their advertising. Called Gloss, it’s a [...]

Posted 23 July 2008 § ‡ Comments (2) °

Some cool things about the iphone…

1) Location aware services + 3G data, local database storage and good API’s means that we’ll see a proliferation of applications that are contextually aware. I can imagine a todo-list application that knew if I was at the super market, at home or at work (Omnifocus is working on something like this). Or imagine a [...]

Posted 10 June 2008 § ‡ Comments (0) °

In case you’re wondering

I’m bloggin REM setlists so they show up on their tour site!

Posted 06 June 2008 § ‡ Comments (0) °