About time. And product. And being more deliberate.
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.
Notice all the stores Dave mentions are related:
Personally, I can count on one hand the number of items I’ve ever purchased from Gap Inc. They just don’t sell things in my size, let alone style.
Matt Thompson (Snarkmarket, vita.mn) and I discuss one of Matt’s most compelling memes – telling stories over time. via:
Listen to Time Traveling Journalism with Matt Thompson [28 min].
18 people have befriended Ququoo. It seems to be working as expected. Praise Murphy.
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 turned the radio off.
Definitely.
We’re in the early stages of exploring what to replace our 10 year-old Dodge Neon with. Looks like every car comes with an AM/FM CD deck. Three things I don’t want. At all. I just want an auxiliary jack. That’s it.
Can anyone out there help explain the tight connection between automakers and broadcast radio?
Elsewhere:
“i told the mpr people i wouldn’t pledge again until the current played a phish song.”- Dave Cecchi
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 out. That said, Ququoo is looking for some beta-friends. If you’re interested and have a Twitter account; add ququoo
Elsewhere, Ed Kohler wonders if something like Ququoo.com can find an audience:
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:
Elsewhere:
“Google is Buying FeedBurner this is pure Evil!” – Todd Cochrane
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:
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:
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 message space is exactly the same.
Yeah, I’ve got an account at both Jaiku and Twitter, and this morning I signed up at ShoutAt [screencast].
In the same way I don’t know which email client people write their email in (yet, we still have community and friendship), Twitter and Jaiku and MySpace and Last.FM and LinkedIn silos need to melt away.
Then they’ll actually be useful. Not just today’s overbooked, over-hyped hang-out.
To the rescue: TwitKu.com. Thanks for the pointer Harold.