November 2010
1 post
Grooveshark
I’ve been a Pandora user for a while, and I love my Sirius Satellite radio, but recently I was introduced to Grooveshark by the lovely folks at Reddit. Great service, easy to use, all browser-based. And there’s a mobile app available, though you’ll need a jailbroken iPhone.
So far the UI has been easy to use, and it was even smart enough to register and log me into my new...
April 2008
5 posts
Clay Shirkey's Web 2.0 Keynote
I’ve always liked Clay Shirkey. Smart guy, pissed enough to be honest (or is that honest enough to be pissed), but there’s also a hint of optimism that makes him reasonable rather than unbearable. He gave a great keynote, but the story I liked the most was about a friend of his. This friend was watching a DVD with his daughter when his daughter hopped up, ran around the back of the...
“If you defer a feature at launch, it’ll take forever to prioritize it...”
– Michal Migurski, Stamen Design, Design Your API: Learnings from Twitter and Stamen
Rule of the Road #637: if you cannot drive more than 10 mph under the speed limit while talking on you cell phone—pull over!
If you’re on a Mac, you need Jolt: http://ping.fm/ELYOy