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Monthly Archives: November 2007
mike’s looking…
Posted by on November 28, 2007
Mike is leaving AdMob, which means he’s looking for the next cool mobile thing to do. Emphasis on cool. And mobile. In both cases, he knows what he’s talking about. Just call him up. But hurry, there’s only one of him!
tim != bill
Posted by on November 25, 2007
Tim O’Reilly is thankful he’s not Bill O’Reilly. Hilarious.
Kindle, take 3
Posted by on November 24, 2007
Okay, after some more time with the device, here’s a few more thoughts (Prompted by Kyle, who started asking questions on IM. So it’s really his fault ). Again, in no particular order… The navigation buttons are really really well positioned. It’s very natural to use one side or the other to navigate forward and [...]
md5 hashing and google
Posted by on November 20, 2007
Using Google to Hash MD5 Password. Shocking, and yet strangely appealing.
Kindle, take 2
Posted by on November 20, 2007
Okay, so after a few hours of playing around with the Kindle here’s some further thoughts on the device, in no particular order. The display is clearly better than the one on the Sony Reader PRS-500 (first gen): faster refresh, better contrast. I imagine it is on par with that of the PRS-505. The navigation [...]
Kindle!
Posted by on November 20, 2007
So yesterday morning I ordered a Kindle (as one of my first conscious acts of the day ) and it arrived a few minutes ago. Lightning Quick Impressions The Packaging is cool, very Apple-like. It’s like a book! Nicely done. The device has charge out of the box. Boot it up, and it already knows [...]
why eink readers haven’t taken off yet
Posted by on November 18, 2007
Russ continues in his vein of reviewing products that he hasn’t used based on reviews that others have done and photos from the web ), and explains that eink-based ebook readers like the Sony PRS-500 series haven’t taken off because they’re not pure black text on white background. Well. As it happens, I own -and [...]
happy birthday Erik!
Posted by on November 17, 2007
As I come out of my self-imposed electronic ban, Happy 40th to Erik! Have a great day!
opensocial: not just about one company
Posted by on November 1, 2007
Dave comments a bit on OpenSocial, and mentions his concern about Google keeping data locked up. Marc Canter points out (correctly) that user account data would remain on each social network (‘container’) that implements opensocial. I’d go a bit further to point out that very little about this announcement is about open data or not [...]
