April 2008
60 posts
[chad]: how important is natural disasters today.. as important as gta or no?
imjeremystein: less important than natty d tomorrow
[chad]: whats manana
[chad]: gta is so tempting
imjeremystein: presentations
[chad]: shit. whatever. gta is more important
bijan: Farmhouse - Phish I’m still in my phish...
“I have a bad habit of putting ice cream in the refrigerator.”
– Chad
Livingstone - why is it so hard to explain... →
Student 'Twitters' his way out of Egyptian jail -... →
Haha. That was fantastic. Prof turned the lights off and caught justin with his laptop open. Classic
Paul Buchheit: The power of links and the value of... →
I’ve been quiet these past few weeks. Max Mosley needs to resign. There, I’ve said it.
[alex]: http://tinyurl.com/5xgqyw
[alex]: THATS Chad's idea
[alex]: remember
imjeremystein: yeah but chad wanted to use his laptop, not his iphone haha
[alex]: oh i forgot...i thought it was ihpone
[alex]: either way, he could have had an article on tuaw about him
imjeremystein: it would probably read "spring breaker gets arrested while arguing with airport security for refusing to accept an electronic boarding pass"
[alex]: soooooo true
why is it so hard to explain twitter? aka "how to...
Once or twice a week I come across a frustrating post that is along the lines of “I’m trying to explain Twitter to someone.” I don’t understand why it is so difficult! I’m going to offer a simple analogy that I think almost everyone can understand (I assume that if you’re considering using Twitter, you are probably familiar with AIM). Twitter is like a better...
“Sean is making a move to trim and dramatically decreasing his mile time. Sadly,...”
– Mark via email
“Breaking news from Map Hill, Suite 516… Sean Megan maintains a 0:00 marathon...”
– Billy Buddy via email
“It’s [Craigslist] not a charity, but they run it like one. And...”
– Be Good
The Kooks— Shine On I’ve been...
“What else is highly profitable on the internet? Search. I doubt that anyone will...”
– Paul Buchheit: Facebook knows who you are, and that’s worth more than you think
WebMynd: My Internet Memory | Home →
this could be really interesting. i use my history more than anything. ive been waiting for someone to innovate in this area for a long time. my history has replaced delicious.
fred-wilson: Sway - The Kooks - Konk We got the...
Rockies outlast Padres in 22 innings →
It's Not About Reducing the Noise
Erick Schonfeld of TechCrunch writes that web 3.0 will be about reducing the noise. I doubt it. I’m at the tail end of the generation that has never known a world without the internet. It became a big deal in our lives when we were about 9 or 10 years old. Before I dive into this, I’ll tell you my one disclaimer: I don’t have an email overload problem. I have...
lonelygirl15/KateModern Team Raises $5M «... →
I bumped into these guys in Boston a few months ago. Funny.
The Boston Marathon Bet
In early December a friend and I had a small disagreement about whether or not he could run the Boston Marathon. It quickly went from a small disagreement to a very large one. In the few years that I have known this person, he has done very little cardiovascular activity. The terms: Finish in 6 hours or less (this is MORE than reasonable for anyone our age who reasonably trains) He can’t...
stackoverflow.com - Joel on Software →
Ten Thousand Cents →
“The Tribe placed Borowski on the 15-day DL on Tuesday with a right triceps...”
– The Official Site of The Cleveland Indians: News: Indians place Borowski on DL Translation: He’s already blown too many saves this year. If we put him on the DL for a few weeks, maybe people will forget about it.
The Quality of the Twitter Community
Initially I was a bit hesitant to subscribe to @lotd on Twitter. I thought that people would game the system. If someone wanted to, they could send a link to @lotd instead of a lyric and instantly have an audience of 200+ people. That hasn’t happened once. That says a lot about the quality of the community. I’m impressed.
Lyric of the Day (@lotd) Feature Request
This is more like a Twitter feature request because I don’t think that it is architecturally possible. I’d like to see some form of Adaptive Blue Smartlinks integration. I want to be able to learn more about some of the artists I see, or go directly to last.fm, amazon, or itunes to buy the song. This could potentially be a business model for twitter. Why not go a step further and...
“Another tip: If you want to get all that value, don’t destroy the startup...”
– Why There Aren’t More Googles
Livingstone - APIs and Structuring Data →
The Future of Ad Networks
I want to start talking about a concept that is on the bleeding edge (it has recently just started to circulate): user centric ad networks. There are a few companies who are getting close, NebuAd is one of them. NebuAd and similar companies pull targeting data from ISP’s. I plan to describe several different network architectures— but I’m only going to do one per post....
“I’ve had many great wins in the past, but I’m still looking for my...”
– Ayrton Senna
bijan: Creep - Radiohead An acoustic version of...
Livingstone - The Next Generation of Web Services →
Late night fact: store 24 has a terrible cereal selection
What if C.C. has a bad year? Will the tribe be able to sign him?
Ranges, Ranges, Ranges
If you don’t like math (game theory I should say), stop reading. If you’ve been paying attention, you already know that I’m a backgammon nerd. I play as often as I can and store massive spreadsheets worth of data. I minitab the hell out of it. The hours I spend on analysis have made me a much better player. I play backgammon because I love strategy games. Another game that I...
Big Ideas
There’s one idea that I’ve been thinking about for over year: tracking the flow of content across the internet. For people familiar with tumblr, this will feel very similar to the reblog button. It is only recently that I have figured out the best way to attack this problem. It’s not perfect, and actually faces some serious risks. I’ll talk more about this later.