April 2009 Archives
Tweetie developer Loren Brichter posted his thoughts and ideas about Twitter groups. As I follow more people, my desire for a grouping function continues to grow. I don’t really like the idea of creating separate accounts to imitate a grouping function, but I suppose it is better than what’s currently out there.
Check out the White House photostream on Flickr. There are absolutely fantastic pictures of President Obama and his family in the White House, in candid and somewhat private moments. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a behind-the-scenes photo set of the White House, it’s nuts.
Great piece by Merlin on the way people treat priorities.
First, ask yourself why any “high priority” item has remained unresolved in your life for more than 60 seconds. Why isn’t it done completely? Have you ever “re-assigned” “priority” to some task? Really? Because that sounds more like procrastination than management, let alone “effective” action and decisive execution.
A collection of terrible questions on Yahoo Answers. I’m sure a lot of these are trolls (people intentionally being idiotic for recognition or laughs), but good God, can some people really be this dense?
Tweetie developer Loren Brichter spoke with Macworld on his design philosophy, views on the Twitter app market, and more. A short but sweet read.
North Korea looks miserably desolate, cold, and dreary.
I have been telling everyone I know about this, and I just can’t get over it. The combination of bread and bacon works wonders on hangovers.
The Big Picture published this set of photographs earlier today. Not graphic in any sense, but very difficult to look at. The toothbrush polishing picture is the one that really got me.
I usually empty the remnants of the morning’s pot over ice in the afternoon, but this will be a nice trick for iced coffee in the morning.
On the iced coffee note, it really bugs me that throughout Europe every instance of the phrase ‘iced coffee’ is replaced with ‘ice coffee’. So annoying.
(via Lifehacker)
It surprises me that this hasn’t been available before, but now businesses can respond to negative (or positive) reviews in the public comment section.
The Fishsticks episode of South Park is top 5 for me, and Kanye’s response is just about the opposite of what I would have expected.
A pretty good watch, but I’m not sure how I feel about the amount of times Biz said ‘real time’. Buzz words galore.
(via Scott Beale)
No description needed. Bookmarked.
Pretty old, but a definite goodie. It takes about a minute before I get really into it.
I’ve just begun using a new service called Aardvark, which aims to connect a question to an answer using keywords, or topics. When you create your account, you add topics that represent your specialties or interests. I added a few, such as ‘Apple’ and ‘Technology’. If someone asks a question related to those topics, the question may be forwarded to me via email and IM. The coolest part about Aardvark is that it initiates a conversation, allowing messaging back and forth between you and the questioning individual.
I asked my first question: a request for authors I might enjoy if I am a David Sedaris fan. Within minutes, three people from around the country had responded not only with a plethora of authors, but questions for me about David Sedaris and my recommendations. I can’t get over how cool this is. There is nothing fascinating about the technology or design, but the idea is gold. Aardvark appeals to exactly the kind of people I want answering my questions, and it creates a comfortable and inviting environment to go nuts with it.
One more cool thing. Aardvark gives you the option to automatically add topics to your account as you respond to and ask questions. I’m not sure, but I believe it does a bit of Google crawling, as overnight I’ve had ‘Cal Poly’, ‘Photography’, ‘Student’, and ‘Protiviti’ added to my account.
I have 10 invites, leave a comment or email me if you want one.
Today a new goodie has come in from the Gmail team: search autocomplete, available through Gmail Labs.
Suppose I want to search for photos that were sent to me by my friend Chris. Normally, I would have to enter Chris’ email address followed by filename:(jpg OR png), which I gladly admit is even a bit too geeky for me. With Search Autocomplete, I can just type “photos” or “pictures,” select “has photos” from the drop down list (as in the screenshot below), and the search query (filename:(jpg OR png)) gets inserted for me.
I cannot wait to start using this.
This doesn’t seem right:
All four choices, including the Wild Card, were PCs.