My biggest issue with browser-based apps is their complete uselessness when I’m without internet access (or low bandwidth situations). Still happens quite frequently. I knew that situation wouldn’t last long, but of all the potential outcomes, I didn’t expect this one: Joyent Slingshot and Google Gears turn browser-based apps into offline desktop apps. Crazy.
Author Archives: Garrick van Buren
Small Gaps Between Us
Notice all the stores Dave mentions are related: Gap, Banana Republic, and Old Navy are all Gap Inc. brands. Eight years ago when Apple didn’t have any retail stores, Millard Drexler, then CEO of Gap Inc, joined the Apple Board of Directors. Personally, I can count on one hand the number of items I’ve ever …
First Crack 101. Time Traveling Journalism with Matt Thompson
Matt Thompson (Snarkmarket, vita.mn) and I discuss one of Matt’s most compelling memes – telling stories over time. via: The rise and fall of monoculture Newspaper circulation – 1967 to 1991 Future of journalism and the power of hyperlinks Joshua Micah Marshall vs. Trent Lott Google Finance Listen to Time Traveling Journalism with Matt Thompson …
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18 people have befriended Ququoo
18 people have befriended Ququoo. It seems to be working as expected. Praise Murphy.
Turning the Radio Off
Last weekend was Chicago Trip #1. The drive put a pretty good dent in my Unlistened Podcast playlist – down to 17.5 days (from a high of 24). There were a couple of spots near the Wisconsin/Illinois border and around Schaumberg where the FM transmitter couldn’t hold a frequency. Rather than scanning the dial, I …
Ququoo.com: Twitter Timesheet Looking For Beta-Friends
Ququoo.com, my first Rails app is finally up and at a place where I’m happy with it. Ququoo turns Twitter into a timesheet – by grouping your tweets and measuring the time between them. As with any web app that was launched moments ago, there’s probably a few more things to tidy up and sort …
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Web 2.Over: Google Buys FeedBurner
Consistent with my hypothesis that Google is a social gesture company, they bought FeedBurner (a company finally reaching its only exit strategy, Thank god). Four Predictions: Six Apart now pulls auto-FeedBurning from TypePad blogs due to conflict of interest. Google incorporates FeedBurners metrics into Google Analytics and sends the rest of FeedBurner to play with …
Frys Should Sell Home Coffee Roasters
Joyent ps pipe grep #16 starts out discussing home coffee roasting. Then they dig into the regular übergeek stuff. If they keep this up, I’ll just do an .htaccess redirect from the First Crack podcast to Joyeur. 😉 Another great quote from the podcast: “Ruby is Java for people that hate Java.”
Send Your Stories to the First Crack Podcast
I’m working on some upcoming theme shows and I need your help. I’m looking for stories along the lines of Unincorporated series. If you have one or two – hit record and either email the mp3 or point me to it. Themes include: Cocktail Swords Divorce Mail Order Insatiable Appetites Working on a Farm Bad …
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Short Message Silo
Jaiku’s growth strategy is getting Twitter’s overflow. But only if you look at it from a winner-take-all, one-silo-for-everyone, perspective. Look at email. I like Apple’s Mail.app. Lots of other people like Gmail. I still know people that swear by Eudora. Despite the different applications, we all still get the messages from each other. The short …