April 2009
41 posts
“Though the concept and ideals behind Fusion are very similar to The Deck, I...”
– A telling comment from Jonathan Davies on Michael’s article The State of Fusion.
This is rewarding to me. As Michael points out in his post, our model imitates The Deck, but our focus does not. With the price of The Deck ads being what they are, we felt from the beginning that there was an...
rands on twitter-centered software →
The latest article from Rands is focused on two of everyone’s favorite new Twitter ‘clients’. On Tweetie:
It’s delightful to navigate Tweetie. The application seamlessly integrates Twitter users, their information, and their conversations into a mesh of information that feels like more than the sum of their parts.
And on Birdhouse:
Your Twitter-schtick is your deal, but my belief is an...
fusion ads →
Head over and check out the latest additions to the Fusion network.
on simplicity
As I’ve worked through Richard Foster’s “Celebration of Discipline” for the second time, the chapter on simplicity has resonated with me much more than it did on my first reading 4-5 years ago. Whether because of my online life and habits or because I’ve just grown older, the ideas represented here appeal to me.
At one point, he contrasts simplicity with asceticism, which can...
green cleaning recipes →
Mrs. Blankenship has a nice list of recipes for making your own cleaning products from vinegar and baking soda. In addition to some good ol’ Borax for laundry soap, this is all the Bowler household uses to clean as well.
tracking the swine flu →
If there’s one thing positive about living in such a remote location as I do, it’s being a little more removed from these types of situations. Praying that this ends well.
a series of niches →
Kyle Baxter waxes poetic on the topic of publishing and how newspapers need to adapt to our changing world. A great read.
“The economics were certainly a factor. If the App Store got one thing right,...”
– An interview with Tweetie creator Loren Brichter | Software | Macworld
thoughts on tumblr II
After a couple of weeks of using tumblr as my primary cms, what I’ve come to admire the most is the ease of posting content. There are so many good tools to post your various items to share:
Your tumblr dashboard
The tumblr iPhone app
The tumblr dashboard widget for OS X
MarsEdit integration
And my favorite by far, the tumblr bookmarklet for Safari
When it comes to posting longer...
scooped
Me: Sir, could you please edit my potential tweet: "We never want to turn down advertisers, but product relevancy is a standard we strive to uphold."
Michael: Tweeted. ;)
Me: I can't believe you just stole my tweet …
Michael: This is too good an opportunity to miss.
tapbots developers going full time →
Well, contrary to my thoughts on Tuesday, it appears that some iPhone developers are earning a good income from their work. I’m happy for the Tapbots crew.
can I pay for tweetie desktop AND keep the ads? →
This makes all the extra hours worth it. Fusion ads—for real.
biz and evan on NYT →
Is it any wonder Twitter is the success it is with sharp guys like this leading the team? A funny read.
unfriendly ecosystem … perhaps unprofitable as...
maniacalrage:
This kind of thing continually reinforces something I’ve thought about a lot since the App store was released, which sounds horrible to say but it might be true: Apple is creating an ecosystem of the kind of customers I don’t want. With the ridiculous approval process leaving bugfixes to take over a week to show up, with prices being driven down to nothing by farting apps… it just...
“The act of making the tea is inseparable from the leaves themselves. True tea is...”
– Jack Cheng
tweetie 1.0 →
The wait is over! Get your copy now.
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“Twitter’s a lot like methamphetamine, really. The people that do it get...”
– Anonymous
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adding storage
Many of us own garages which contain a good amount of unused space. Because of their higher ceilings, there is often a lot of empty wall space above eight to ten feet. Due to our lack of storage space within our house, I’ve wanted to make some use of the unused space in our garage. Here’s a couple of shots of the work I did.
Beginning of the process:
And the finished product:
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twitshirt reversal →
Listening to what people have to say is the sign of a company with a clear vision and level-headed decision making.
[via Cam H]
the forgotten cost of features →
Patrick Rhone shares his thoughts on the cost of adding features. To anything.
not yours
Neven Mrgan makes some great points about the new twitter t-shirt service launched by Airbag today.
mrgan:
Here we go again.
A few months ago, a web business called ChoiceTweets sold shirts with funny tweets on them. They even scraped some popular-tweet websites to offer a guaranteed selection of clever bon mots. This was widely criticized, and rightly so - who gave them the right to scrape...
madden retires →
Madden wasn’t my overall favorite NFL color man, but there is no denying his impact on the game. And every game he did, he managed to explain some small detail that both seasoned veterans and those new to the game could appreciate.
on catering →
Sperte always says it best. I’m just sayin’.
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this week's sign the apocalypse is upon us →
This belongs in the “would-be-funny-if-it-wasn’t-absolutely-retarded” category …
[via Gruber]
the pond →
I was slightly worried at the beginning of Rands’ latest article—it sounded like he was going to advise against remote workers. Not cool for a guy living in the far north with a lack of cool Internet companies to work for locally.
In the end, he does not advise against remote workers, but rather hits the nail in the head once again by illustrating exactly why remote working needs to be...
“Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross.”
– Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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spring cleaning
As Snow Leopard does not appear to be right around the corner, I’m in the midst of a quiet, relaxing reinstall of Leopard.
I’ve been thinking of doing this for while … the ol’ Macbook has been a wee sluggish of late. A couple of online chums did the same recently, convincing me to go ahead.
Spring is in the air. Nothing like a little housekeeping and yard work to...
thoughts on tumblr I
There are a number of characteristics that have drawn me to tumblr, ease of use being the most obvious. But one thing that has happened is that during the course of a browsing session, I’ll come across sites I decide I want to read more often. Typically, I would load the RSS feed, copy it, and then paste it into Google reader, increasing my subscription count. But when the site in question...
welcome
To anyone new to this space, welcome. Subscribe to the feed or follow in your tumblr dashboard.
Writing to commence soon …
aviary →
Interesting looking set of online image processing tools. Wondering if anyone ever uses these types of things …
metalab →
Seems like everything these guys produce is golden …
“There is a battle—a critical front on the broader culture war—over the nature of...”
– R. C. Sproul Jr.
God (Or Someone Like Him) Wants Me to GTD
morrisonfilm:
So I’m reading Gettings Things Done on the train this morning (more on that later) and I hit this part:
Which brings us to the ultimate point and challenge of all this personal collecting, processing, organizing, and reviewing methodology: It’s 9:22 a.m. Wednesday morning—what do you do?
AND IT WAS 9:22AM WEDNESDAY MORNING!
(Yes, I immediately filed this in my “Freaky...