October 2007
43 posts
Google’s pushing OpenSocial — So… So what?
Howard blogged about the NYTimes article discussing Google’s entry into the Social Platform (really just an API set to allow widgets inside of social networks; let’s not all get term-changey on each other) world, to compete against Facebook directly. Well, sort of.
See the issue that has both made Facebook succeed and makes me scratch my head with this announcement is that Facebook is a mostly...
dskwared: New post - http://tinyurl.com/yo8ygn — busy day already, next week should be fun! (via Twitter / dskwared)
dskwared: How much worse can they make the 101? (via Twitter / dskwared)
dskwared: No sleep is no fun. (via Twitter / dskwared)
dskwared: MDW looks boring from the ground… (via Twitter / dskwared)
dskwared: Pittsburgh has a nice Tarmac. Hooray stops :/ (via Twitter / dskwared)
dskwared: Airports been paging “Debbie Downer” for 25 mins. Wonder if anyone else gets the joke. (via Twitter / dskwared)
dskwared: Hate PHX now — maybe just been here too much? (via Twitter / dskwared)
dskwared: Goin to Philly for a quick 24 hour whirlwind. Apparently they have good cheesesteaks? (via Twitter / dskwared)
dskwared: Wondering if I should head over to Jonathan’s… (via Twitter / dskwared)
dskwared: Dinner on a Friday in north scottsdale — wait wait wait (via Twitter / dskwared)
dskwared: Last kickball game of the season tonight. I’m trying a new technique — staying sober (via Twitter / dskwared)
See Tee Ohh Emm Gee! →
My tumblelog
mike5749: write happy birthday nugget on miszlers fb
dcarettwo: wtf?
mike5749: yea some chick put it on his myspace so i guess his fb needs it too
mike5749: i already did it
dcarettwo: hah
mike5749: so
dcarettwo: nugget.
mike5749: it needs more
mike5749: haha
dcarettwo: NEEDS MORE NUGGET
dcarettwo: !!!!
mike5749: jason++
dcarettwo: you just want your buddy back
mike5749: he was more your buddy anyways, until he got capped
Installing Ubuntu on a MacBook Pro →
The best web comic friggin' ever. →
“A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.” — With a tagline like that, how could this possibly suck? It can’t, that’s how.
Howard Lindzon →
TRENDS - Find them, ride them and get off! Stocks, venture and civilization.
dskwared: Traffic sucks (via Twitter / dskwared)
dskwared: BBQ in October — gotta love az. WTF is with the Canucks?? Win a game already, sheesh. (via Twitter / dskwared)
Platforms, Top-down design and Tumblr
So, let’s start off with the cool, fun stuff: I love Tumblr. Aside from being slow to aggregate my data (their TTL might be a bit long?), it’s a neat way for me to have all of my “Web Twoooooo” activities aggregated into one place that looks neat and is easy to swallow. I love it, and am going to be giving it it’s own domain and a design at some point (until then, check out...
dskwared: New Post - http://tinyurl.com/262wuy (via Twitter / dskwared)
dskwared: What the hell is the chocolate brown default image about on Twitter now?! (via Twitter / dskwared)
dskwared: Tumblr ( http://webba.tumblr.com ) is the best kind of web service, the kind I have to do nothing to for it to work as expected. Elegant++ (via Twitter / dskwared)
dskwared: Navigating through the straits of double you tee eff. (via Twitter / dskwared)
dskwared: @howardlindzon I’m less bullish because where’s the upside from a 15bn starting point? Narrower makes sense when theres good aggregators. (via Twitter / dskwared)
Turn your PC into a Password Cracking... →
Russian outfit Elcomsoft has just filed for a US patent which leverages GPUs to crack passwords. Their approach harnesses the massively parallel processing capabilities of modern graphics cards to make minced-meat of corporate-strength password protection.
dskwared: If I was a betting man I’d be shorting every home insurer with a license in California (via Twitter / dskwared)
If you spent $399 on AAPL instead of an iPod in... →
Even if you waited until April 2007 to buy, you’re up about $100 per share. Happy Birthday iPod.
dskwared: Crappy day — hopefully goes fast (via Twitter / dskwared)
dskwared: Lunch! Where to go… (via Twitter / dskwared)
dskwared: Another week, another batch of fun. Woot! (via Twitter / dskwared)
dskwared: Dinner then back to le grindstone (via Twitter / dskwared)
“There’s a lot of stuff that’s out there stacked on-top of one...”
– Mike Luby
“The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.”
– Ayn Rand
dskwared: @tpupaz yup (via Twitter / dskwared)
dskwared: Working with the Luby — only non-slacker in the bunch (via Twitter / dskwared)
Joost Coming To The Browser? →
Joost CEO Mike Volpi just suggested on stage at Web 2.0 that Joost is working on a browser-based version of its peer-to-peer Internet TV service.