December 2008
11 posts
So long Tumblr... sort of
I’ve been using Tumblr for a year now and for half that time I’ve had a love/hate relationship with it. One one hand I love the concept of microblogging, which Tumblr does really well.
But on the other hand, I hate the limited level of control I have over my site, the fact that I can’t export, backup or own my content, the lack of support and the god awful dashboard design.
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WatchWhile I was in Sydney doing a training we had a dinner party over at Scott and Chez’s. PJ quickly found a toy meant to stick on your desk, but instead placed it firmly on Cam’s head, repeatedly.
By the end of the evening, I could have sworn that Cam had a big hicky on his forehead.
WatchLately I’ve been obsessed with Zombies. When I’m not playing Left 4 Dead, I’m playing the Nazi Zombie level in Call of Duty: World at War, which is next to impossible.
The farthest I ever got was level 15 with three players. These guys got to 23.
A BeTaMaXMaS →
Yammer →
A private status updating tool… basically Twitter for your work. Also like Co-Op, which came out last month, but with a bit more features and more oriented towards security and business.
(via Ryan)
Remindr →
Nifty (and super simple) app to send yourself reminders.
Let me Google that For You →
Ever get asked for information, that you just end up Googling for them and send them the results?
Now you can be helpful AND be a jackass at the same time!
Just send them a link to http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=your+stupid+question+goes+here
Dear Amazon, here’s how to sell even more Kindles →
Somehow I doubt if the way to make the Kindle the iPod of Books (not just e-book readers) is through subsidization as the author suggests.
The Kindle sells itself. Anytime I have mine out, people ask about it. I tell them the price, the benefits, the lower cost of books for it and they are sold.
What Amazon needs to do is think of themselves as a product company, not a retailer. If Amazon put...