links for 2005-08-30
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once OS X 10.5 comes out, give away 10.4 for free with each iPod
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95 percent of any creative profession is shit work.
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links for 2005-08-27
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International dialing codes
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based on my grades in high school and college I must have a really high IQ
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interesting alternative to LastFM...uses the "DNA" of a song to recommend new music...web based, simple UI, decent performance
links for 2005-08-25
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"Solve the smallest possible problem (that is still big enough to matter) for the user and know exactly what problem you're trying to solve."
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Has the organisational atom of thought in corporations shrunk from a Powerpoint bullet to Berrybite?"Blackberries and other mobile email systems (anecdotally at least) seem to encourage ‘Seagull’-style management, a display of communication and ‘progress’ where in reality there is little."
links for 2005-08-24
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1) the industry that's paying to watch people steal music just went to the Supreme Court to stop them from doing it. 2) Paid downloads are still a drop in the bucket next to filesharing; (estimated @ more than a bill tracks/month) 3) introducing digital s
links for 2005-08-23
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allows you take feeds from Bloglines and post them directly to del.icio.us (making it even easier to link to stuff without reading it)
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not sure how they do it, but the "interestingness" quotient does a pretty good job of finding cool photos (seems to be better than sorting by # of views)
links for 2005-08-21
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"I honestly think Apple's market share will double within a year of the Intel switch. I'm going to sink my money into Apple and Berkshire Hathaway."
links for 2005-08-20
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1) to build reputation 2) to tie their identity with a particular product 3) to perform an act of philosophical exhibitionism - ie: help people organize their thoughts or help them feel they're contributing to the common good
links for 2005-08-19
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Amsterdam - $6.48/gal...Cairo - $0.65/gal. Turns out it's mostly taxes responsible for the differences
links for 2005-08-18
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"My problem with this venture is that we are exploiting a once pure medium and diluting the blogosphere with what are basically lies."
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And that's one reason open source (and blogging in some cases) are so important. They show us what real work looks like.
links for 2005-08-17
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like the idea of localized magazine racks, also good suggestion to partner with a furniture store to sell recliners
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cause I'm too lazy to actually create a separate post in Typepad myself, I'll just let the autogenerator handle it. (start saying your goodbyes to ak.typepad.com)
links for 2005-08-12
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"We were way ahead of the curve on the web, nanotech, and much more, but such insight doesn't produce much compensation or recognition."
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my recent informal surveys as an attendee (that is, looking around at screens) shows me that most folks are buried in email, feed readers, and various web-surfing activities.
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"if you buy better stuff and take care of it - you have to buy LESS STUFF. As a kicker - you get to enjoy nicer things."
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As we leave the era of one-size-fits-all distribution, we'll increasingly see the end of one-size-fits-all content. The overall trend is toward shorter, faster, smaller everything
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...the human trap of believing that mental effort can impact external events. Ironically, the setting and tone of a conference room work to create precisely the wrong environment for changing your mind.
links for 2005-08-11
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just use option-delete
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animated video on the future of nanotechnology...wow, can't wait till every home has a nano-factory
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Will read and comment (semi-intelligently) on your blog for $2...
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Chicago coming soon...
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"Tags were not in the initial version of Flickr - Stewart Butterfield wanted to add them based on the way they worked on del.icio.us"
links for 2005-08-10
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browse photos with the most "interestingness"
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Enable "Express" mode by pressing the "Door Close" and "Floor" buttons at the same time. You'll be taken to that floor without stopping on any other floors
links for 2005-08-09
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scroll down a bit to get to the list
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"Future archaeologists trying to understand what the Shuttle was for are going to have a mess on their hands."
links for 2005-08-01
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"our real goal in starting Fog Creek was to create a software company where we would want to work."
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I'd link directly to their site, but it sucks. See ya in a week.
New to AKISC?
- Some good places to start...
1. Movies.xls or NameThatFilm.xls
2. Questioning the Long Tail
3. Marquette name debate
4. Business Model of a Blogger
5. Klosterman's "The (other) paradox of choiceI also write a travelog called Whereami and have a photo collection in Flickr.
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