April 2008
63 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...
“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...
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.