January 2008
47 posts
Double standard: Microsoft courting Yahoo...
bijan:
I just read Henry Blodget’s post about Microsoft going after Yahoo employees.
There is nothing wrong with that especially since Yahoo is having a tough time to say the least. And despite all of the challenges in front of Yahoo there are some fantastic people at that company.
Presumably Microsoft is going after great technical folks but they also need some new DNA at Microsoft...
Tumblr's Awesome Support
I’m in the process of setting up a new page design using the Tumblr platform and I wanted to install Google analytics before this. I haven’t played with any of the tumblr features beyond looking at the API so I wasn’t sure where to place the tracking code or if I even could. The support turned out to be more than helpful and very quick!
Thanks guys!
“Such services...
“The internet in 1996 looks like it had been created in its entirety by a panel...”
– Internet ‘96
Tumblr's Future
From: [redacted] Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 To: Julia Allison Subject: new domain name idea
I’d suggest thinking about ditching the Tumblr altogether (altogethr?) [ha!] I just have an ordinary blog, so for all I know Tumblr is the most amazing user experience ever. From the reader’s perspective, it’s like any other blog, but with less usable navigation. And it’s associated,...
Friend: i just spilled water on my desk phone
Me: AGAIN?, wow
Friend: no i missed the desk phone last time
Me: but thats your second spill of the day
Friend: indeed
Me: oh well, maybe you're getting it all out of your system
Friend: no its only just starting
Me: ...wait so if you're planning to spill more doesn't that just mean you're dumping water on things?
Friend: yes
Friend: I'm feeling destructive
Should I graduate if I already know what I want to...
— peterberkman
I would say no, but only if it is realistic to stop paying thousands and thousands of dollars to learn how to manipulate people.
— ericlodwick
I would agree as well. Too many people get wrapped up in the “I need to learn how to do this before I do it” stage. Fact of the matter is that many people end up not using what they know or just being under-untilized all...
Really truly sorry. « Davidville →
I have no idea what is going on at Rackspace but they seem to have dropped the ball. Between Tumblr and and 37signals being down the other day I would assume they are going to loose some large clients and that any new ones are going to think twice.
I didn’t have a problem with the downtime on either sites. If you read the Tumblr comments most people seem to feel the same way. Tumblr is a...
HysBrian: coffee then heading home. →
Apes & Androids sold-out record release show gets... →
“If Queen had been an underground rock band from New York, it might have sounded something like Apes & Androids, whose style is as entertainingly bombastic — slick harmonies, horn sections — as it is simple and visceral. The band plays the Mercury Lounge in celebration of its new album, Blood Moon.” — jakoblodwick
My top three bands of the moment are Apes & Androids, MGMT, and...
“There are only two industries that refer to their customers as...”
– Edward Tufte
HysBrian: Awesome http://flickr.com/commons →
Apes & Androids' Blood Moon is now for sale →
It’s excellent. The shopping cart itself is excellent, too (fine work by Patrick Moberg and ZK). If every band had this simple and beautiful an experience to sell their music online I’d be spending way more money on MP3s. Bonus points for encoding with LAME. Doomchoppers! — jstn
Its an awesome album. I think that if you like them you would also like the new album by MGMT.
“It doesn’t matter how good or bad the [Amazon Kindle] is, the fact is that...”
– Steve Jobs
This reminds me to mention the great article on literacy in New Yorker’s Dec 24th’s issue called The science of reading and its decline.
“Today Mr. Karp employs one other full-time person, a 25-year-old programmer...”
– Would You Take a Tumblr With This Man? | The New York Observe
A great article on Tumblr. I really can’t wait to finish the redesign that I started the other day. I think that it is 4th on the list of things that I have to-do right now.
HysBrian: learning ruby on rails today →
HysBrian: cleaning, planning, then hamburger... →
I finally saw Juno tonight. This last line really...
Juno: I think I'm in love with you.
Paulie Bleeker: You mean as friends?
Juno: No, I mean, for real. 'Cause you're, like, the coolest person I've ever met, and you don't even have to try, you know...
Paulie Bleeker: I try really hard, actually.
- I saw this maybe a week ago. The above line is by far my favorite from the whole movie.
HysBrian: trying to finish up around 1,000 things... →
HysBrian: camera battery died 5mins into making a... →
HysBrian: just bought three new domain names that... →
they are:
justanothertee.com
justanotherteeshirt.com
justanotherhoodie.com
Monsterhoodies...
monsterhoodies launched last night.
— amandalynferri Awesome. I think that a button on tail would be a great addition.
Clark And Michael →
Ok, these are good. The wit is on a much more real life level as compared with something like Juno.
My one problem is that videos (webisodes) like these need a better means of distribution. I can send all of my friends to the site but it would be much more effective if I could download these and share them that way. Hell throw an ad in. I’m sure the return on an in-video ad would be...
HysBrian: www.clarkandmichael.com - is making... →
The Four Laws of Simplicity, and How to Apply Them... →
— kevinrose
I’ve been reading Zen Habits for a while now. While the posts are sometimes at the extreme end there are some very useful tips.
“Their attention span, everything, is instant feedback: quick, quick, quick,” Mr....”
– Economic Conditions-Economic trends-legal profession-lawyers-prestige-doctors - New York Times
