About time. And product. And being more deliberate.
For being really attractive, an expected move forward, and making it fun to improve ourselvesJohn Edwards = Nintendo Wii For being a really good solution with enthusiastic support, but never quite feels rightDennis Kucinich = RIM Blackberry For showing us what we all know the future looks like but still making us wonder if now …
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Just got word that Jon Steinhorst‘s latest short film, Awake, is up at 3to1Studios.com. It’s a great looking, if emotionally tough, 5-minute piece. You may remember Jon from our podcast conversations.
“…I want to be able to expand a feed (or a folder) and filter the items in the reader window by tag/category…it would be really cool to be able to drill down just to the stuff that was highest value, regardless of the publisher.” – Rick Klau
“Unlike email, every article is not necessarily something you should read, or even look at.” – Dave Winer This is why I keep my RSS feeds and my email separate.
Back in December 2005 I wrote: “Now, despite the TiVo being a Linux box and hooked up to my network – I can’t easily send video to it. To be clear – I don’t want to get video off it – I want to put video on it. Easily. As easily as setting up a …
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“Except for one thing. There’s no ringtone for sale. Just like there were no bathrobes a couple weeks ago. Or Dundee statues before that. Or Timberlake boxes. Or Timberlake box song ringtones” – Doodledee Heck, TikiBar TV understands this: “Rather than charging a micropayment for your show, sell fans a nice fancy mug!” – Dave …
Just received and email from Bitpass.com saying they are no longer: Dear Valued Bitpass Merchant We want to thank you for your past business, however due to circumstances beyond our control, we are discontinuing our operations…” “On January 26, all US Bitpass Buyer accounts will be closed and we will begin the process of refunding …
This morning marks the completion of the first full backup I’ve done in quite a while. But not the last. For the past 3 months, I’ve been working on an automated backup system – so I no longer need to wonder if things are backed up. They are. In at least two places. A little …
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Last night, I had bad dream about attending a live recording of a radio program. From what I can remember, the point of the show was to dismiss highly-personal communications as trivial while a panel of teen girls shared the melodramatic relationship unfolding within their MySpace pages. While “trivia” (or gossip) might not be the …
I’ll be in the audience of tonight’s recording of MPR’s The Loop: Digital Divisions. Hopefully I’ll see some you there as well. My notes and thoughts from the event: All the chairs are filled. A good cross-section of Minnesotans. Far more diverse in age, background, and ethnicity than the last time I was here at …