links for 2005-09-29
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a blog for the latest and greatest OSX downloads
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select a song you like and it will suggest 20 other similar tracks...don't know how it works, but it seems pretty accurate so far
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links for 2005-09-28
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How does this help the user do what he really wants to do?
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"stay as far away from soul-sucking email, idle surfing, routine chores or status meetings as possible."
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good stuff, looking forward to future editions of this column
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see my comment way at the bottom (around #100)
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with some of my photos included!
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Flickr Backup is a utility that allows you to download the pictures you have uploaded to Flickr back down to your computer for personal backup or restore.
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better take advantage of this while the videos are still free
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wish I had a band instructor like this
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stop paying for using 411
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see the related comments left below the photo
links for 2005-09-24
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$90.18 in materials to build the unit and $8 to assemble it, leaving a profit margin before marketing and distribution costs of about 50%....consistent with the margins on earlier iPod versions
links for 2005-09-22
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made with an Apple ][
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This is a not-to-do list. You don't need to check anything off, because these are things YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO.
links for 2005-09-21
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see my comments way at the bottom
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Paparazzi is a small utility for Mac OSX that makes screenshots of webpages. (no matter how long they are)
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Authenticity says "this is me, who are you?"
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use notecards to jot down any trigger words/thoughts that cause your mind to wander, then get back to them when it's more appropriate
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now it gets interesting
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I was just talking to J about this
links for 2005-09-20
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great design on the website
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people fill them in for you...duh.
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"trying to look good limits my life"
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know the language, have some contacts, be single, and go for it.
links for 2005-09-17
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from Jason Fried's backpack list
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very innovative...should be interesting to see how it's incorporated into new games
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entire collection of all 13 "Celebrity Jeopardy" episodes on Saturday Night Live.
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"I had my own blog for a while, but I decided to go back to pointless, incessant barking"
links for 2005-09-15
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I love the concept of shared office space for free-lancers...hope this trend continues to grow
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"I've never made any money off of any of my films. Statement of fact. So without commercial work, I would be in big trouble."
links for 2005-09-14
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not sure if this is a big deal or not
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Anthropology professor Cathy Small went undercover to find out why her students kept sleeping in her class. She learned some very strange lessons.
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It's the modern version of Jughead drawing eyes on his eyelids so that everyone thinks he's awake
links for 2005-09-13
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where the goal is to "'walk in stupid every morning"...brit-speak for keeping an open mind.
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"If your idea does not deliver a 10x improvement in user experience, you should plan to make it a feature of a product that does."
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"Now that welcoming, quirky, human voice has been strangled and replaced by the metallic commands of a corporate droid. It’s a damn shame and a terrible business move, IMHO. Hopefully it won’t stand."
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"If you’re not looking for a job, this may just be the job for you."
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"you're doing a heck of a job Brownie"
links for 2005-09-10
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Also, as my erudite partner and Harvard Business School Professor Felda Hardymon likes to instruct, "run the business like a one story whorehouse" (with no fucking overhead).
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Whatever happened to “Once you go metal, you never go back?”
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wow, this is brilliant and retarded at the same time
links for 2005-09-09
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including numerous "in progress" images
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couldn't we just duct tape an iPod Nano to the back of a RAZR? using really shiny duct tape of course.
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Subtext: Even the Godfather of consumer electronics can’t touch us (and Sony is probably selling their hardware as a loss leader).
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man, I don't even like football that much, but the RedZone channel and the Shortcut channel are great innovations in sports broadcasting
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"And it's certainly true that financial interests of the three collaborators - Apple, Motorola and Cingular - have hog-tied the Rokr in a lot of unnecessary ways."
links for 2005-09-08
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"NerdTV is a new weekly online TV show from PBS.org technology columnist Robert X. Cringely. it's a one-hour interview show with a single guest from the world of technology."
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"I sorta see marketing as a side effect of loving what you do....Use education to educate AND promote."
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And is it ok if it's not? update: Frank Warren (the creator of the site) left a comment saying "Each card is authentic - true is for all of us to decide." Huh...I gotta say I'm surprised.
links for 2005-09-07
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"Until women follow sports as fanatically as men, leagues such as the WNBA or WUSA will continue to flounder."
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"Television is useless for conveying information...however, television is good for making people feel a certain way."
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"As a kid you feel secure imagining that the people who manage critical government functions are old, wise, and well-qualified, then you wake up and realize that folks running multi-$billion programs are objectively no better qualified to do their jobs"
links for 2005-09-06
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“when technology delivers basic needs, user experience dominates”
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Myron Rolle has two goals after college - to make it to the NFL and to be a neurosurgeon.
links for 2005-09-05
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"What is the story you're communicating? Good work begins that way; you kind of ask a question and someone else answers."
links for 2005-09-03
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"Fucking Eric Schmidt is a fucking pussy. I'm going to fucking bury that guy, I have done it before, and I will do it again. I'm going to fucking kill Google...Google's not a real company. It's a house of cards."
links for 2005-09-01
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"This announcement is a red flag," said Daniel Brandt, founder of Google-Watch.org. "I certainly don't want to accuse of them having bad intentions. But this campaign of destruction and genocide raises some potential privacy concerns."
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Each time someone bookmarks it, go find out who they are, check out their site, and email them personally to thank them for the bookmark and see if they have any questions about the product.
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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