The Problem With Twitter
In an act that could fuel 100 “how we live now” thumbsuckers, Nick Beaudrot gave up Twitter for Lent. But now Lent’s over. So is he excited to fire up the old Tweetdeck? Nope:Click here to read more...
View ArticleIterations: Calendar Frenzy, Google Now, and Apple’s “Anticipatory Computing”...
Now that the Mailbox sale to Dropbox is complete, let’s move on to the next native iOS app that everyone wants to replace: The Calendar. Yes, the calendar. Nearly every other conversation I had this...
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Facebook's Graph Search Would Make Online Dating Unbearably Awkward
When Facebook announced Graph Search just after a new 'Pay to Message Strangers' feature, industry experts said it could kill online dating.That was before anyone had actually used graph search. Two...
View ArticleContent Marketing Simplified
There is a growing market out there for content marketing. Not the old fashioned kind where magazine companies would create custom magazines for brands, marketers, and retailers. I am talking about the...
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China's Baidu Is Developing A Google Glass Competitor
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Baidu Inc, China's largest search engine, is developing prototype digital eyewear similar to Google Inc'sGoogle Glass that will leverage Baidu's strengths in image search and...
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Google Is Updating Its 7-Inch iPad Killer This Summer
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Google Inc will launch a new version of its Nexus 7 tablet powered by Qualcomm Inc's Snapdragon processor around July, two sources told Reuters, as the software giant pushes deeper...
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China's Google Is Also Developing Computerized Glasses
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Baidu Inc, China's largest search engine, is developing prototype digital eyewear similar to Google Inc'sGoogle Glass that will leverage Baidu's strengths in image search and...
View ArticleMobile App Deep Linking
Twitter announced some new functionality in its Twitter Cards platform yesterday. At the top of the list is "mobile app deep linking". Here's how Twitter explains it:With mobile app deep-linking, users...
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Judge Says Tiny Social Media Company (1,200 Users) Can Sue Facebook (1...
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago-based social media company called Timelines Inc. can sue Facebook Inc. over allegations that it violated the smaller firm's trademark on the word "timeline," a federal judge...
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HARRY POTTER SECRETS REVEALED: I Just Took The Amazing Studio Tour!
The hottest new attraction in the United Kingdom these days is not a royal palace or some rocks in a field.It's the studio in Leavesden where Warner Bros. spent ten years making the Harry Potter...
View Article6 Moments That Have Defined Tim Cook's Leadership Style
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Microsoft Could Be Completely Irrelevant In Four Years, Warns Analyst
Microsoft faces a slide into irrelevance in the next four years unless it can make progress in the smartphone and tablet markets, because the PC market will continue shrinking, warns the research group...
View ArticleMonopolies and Startups
Christina wrote a post yesterday that got me thinking. It's not quite like working together but when a former colleague blogs, you get a bit of that "in the halls" thing that makes working in a group...
View ArticleJack Gilbert and H.D.
Poetry! Just this week I’ve met two other poetry fans. It makes me happy to meet other poetry fans. Especially when they recommend poets I’m not familiar with. One of them recommended Jack Gilbert’s...
View ArticleNCWIT Award
A couple weeks ago, I was honored with an award from the NCWIT. the National Center for Women and Information Technology. Unfortunately, I had a bad flu and couldn’t accept the award in person. So my...
View ArticleDoping, Adderall and The Meritocracy
Soon after the Lance Armstrong doping scandals emerged last year, I was talking to friends about the prevalence of doping, and my shock. “How could it be true?” I asked. And my friends said, “Are you...
View ArticleThe Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner
This is an early documentary by Werner Herzog, which my friend Ben Gleitzman told me about. It is marvelous, and you should watch it. Ecstasy is almost never discussed anymore, but leaving the earth is...
View ArticleLearning about the World
Back in the early days of this blog, after the weekend, I’d write about what I did the week before in an unordered list. This pressured me to do interesting things, which was a good thing, and reflect...
View ArticleLife before meaning
“We must love life before loving its meaning. We must love life, and some meaning may grow from that love. But “if love of life disappears, no meaning can console us.”– From Dostoevsky (second hand,...
View ArticleDance, animation, Ron Popeil
All that ukulele playing finally paid off when I went to the Ukulele Rebellion last weekend after my clay class at Sharon Arts Center. So good.I have some thinky blog posts coming, just haven’t had the...
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