June 2009
29 posts
Psychologist finds Wikipedians grumpy and... →
Does that really come as a surprise though? I also like that heavy users of Digg and Twitter are “people who prefer online social behaviour tend to have higher levels of social anxiety and lower…
Virtuality →
Last night I watched Virtuality, a series pilot from the Ron Moore and Michael Taylor, better known as the creator and show runner for Battlestar Galactica respectively, and Peter Berg better known…
Tether your iPhone 3.0 on AT&T now →
Tether your iPhone 3.0 on AT&T now
How to Write a Good Business Plan →
…or why business plans don’t deliver. A good read on how to write up you ideas.
Product vs. process journalism →
…or the myth of perfection vs. beta culture. I believe eventually as newspapers go away and people turn to blogs for their information, they will start to demand a high quality article. At the same…
iPhone 3GS dropped in the pool and still works! →
iPhone 3GS dropped in the pool and still works!
Making the switch to Google Quick Search Box →
I’ve found it to be a worthy replacement to Quicksilver which isn’t actively being worked on anymore (the developer now works at Google, working on… you guessed it: Google Quick Search Box)
Oscars expand the best-picture race to 10 films →
In other words anything that gets released between Halloween and New Years will automatically earn an Oscar nomination.
Let's Make the Web Faster →
Let’s Make the Web Faster
Palm has sold about 150,000 Pre's →
That is a pretty good launch. …but Apple sold a million iPhone 3G S in a single week. And lets not forget that the original iPhone 3G has been $99 for a few weeks now. We’ll need to see more…
HTC Hero: the first Android device with Flash →
This would seem pretty exciting, but the overall performance lag is painful to watch. I still think that mobile devices either lack the power or Flash is too bloated for the mobile context. Take…
Verizon to grow internationally →
Anyone that knows the mobile space knows this is an odd statement. Not only is Verizon 45% owned by Vodafone, one of the largest operators in the world, but they have a incompatible network with…
Apple's "hate-on" for PhoneGap →
A great wrap up of a conversation Mike Nachbaur had with an Apple app store reviewer about Apple’s “unfounded hate-on for PhoneGap.”
HTML 5: Could it kill Flash and Silverlight? →
Umm, yes.
TopGear Road Test of a Ford Fiesta. Stick with it.... →
TopGear Road Test of a Ford Fiesta. Stick with it. It proves that a show about cars is the funniest thing on television. (via Mathew Hoy)
Radiohead covering New Order’s Ceremony.... →
Radiohead covering New Order’s Ceremony. Awesome! (via Merlin)
Source Code for Kindle →
Nice! (via Ben)
Every Mobile Browser Should Give Up and Just Go... →
So true.
Boy discovers microbe that eats plastic →
A teenage boy crossbred microbes to produce a little sucker that will biodegrade plastic by 43% in six weeks, as an entry for a science fair.
Humans prefer cockiness to expertise →
Sad but true: “The research, by Don Moore of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, shows that we prefer advice from a confident source, even to the point that we are willing to…
Apple’s App Wall (via chezza) →
Apple’s App Wall (via chezza)
Kindle formatting for web geeks →
How to markup content for Kindle.
