February 2012
5 posts
Have to Have in Apple Appstore →
Hello all you shoppers out there. Need a place to keep track of all your needs, wants and desires? Check out our latest addition to the #iphone appstore.
2012: A Shopper's Odyssey →
Great article by @carlaholtze in the HuffPost. @havetohave is AWESOME!
Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child →
Best quote: “Programming (for kids) is absolutely fundamental. Debugging code is the closest thing to learning about learning.”
Sheryl Sandberg: Why we have too few women leaders →
Great talk for anyone raising a daughter.
Goldman Munching Naan Marks Cafe Spice’s Quest to... →
I think it is really interesting that they are seeing Mexican food as an on-ramp to Indian. Can’t say I disagree! Beats salads and sandwiches any day.
January 2012
5 posts
SOPA and PIPA | American Civics | Khan Academy →
Leave it to Khan to lay it all out there, nice and easy.
Steve Wozniak: Android Is Better Than the iPhone... →
As expected, real tech people prefer Android.
The man who wants to translate the Web →
Yet another example of how hard work and using your brain solves the worlds’ problems.
Where 94% of CS grads get jobs. →
Woot! Go CS geeks.
Is this the year social commerce actually comes... →
I thing so… @havetohave for 2012!
December 2011
8 posts
M.I.T. Game-Changer: Free Online Education For All →
Now there is no excuse to get an awesome education.
Corporate Refugee: 10 Words StartUps Should... →
kristalbergfield:
Well, because everyone else is doing their wrap up lists for 2011 and trend predictions for 2012, who am I to not jump on that bandwagon and try to get some page views and followers out of it? Thus, I give to you my view of the words that people in start ups say that - like those nasty smoking,…
http://tech.mit.edu/V131/N57/khan.html →
This ought to be great. Kahn academy rocks!
Starbucks apps account for 26M mobile payments and... →
I might count for about half of this… I have to say, Starbucks has done this mobile payments right. Really simple. On the phone. No fuss, no muss.
Coding - the new Latin →
I am not sure about being the new Latin (isn’t that a dead language?). But if you can’t code in the future, I think you will be at a big disadvantage.
Aussie hacks Siri to automate home →
emergentfutures:
Sydney man Marcus Schappi, 28, spent just over $120 on a gadget set-up which enabled him to hack Siri and use voice commands to turn on a lamp and open web pages.
Video with ads via the link
Full Story: The Age
First-Time Founder? 9 Things You Ought to Know →
The Rise of Developeronomics →
November 2011
1 post
It never ceases to amaze me how much good, free code there is out there on the internet.
October 2011
1 post
A good reminder that an MVP is not always a simple... →
It is all about collecting data!
September 2011
3 posts
Amazon Silk →
Ok, so when I read this video it seems AWESOME… but then I remember how much a PITA it is to support all the browsers out there. I hope it doesn’t come to that. The last thing this world needs is another Opera or IE9.
Microsoft jettisons Flash with 'plug-in free'... →
Wow. This is pretty much the end of Flash. Glad I never spent the time to learn actionscript…
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence →
Need to brush up on your CS AI? Stanford has got your back… The ability to take such highly-esteemed classes without the $100k+ debt and entrance exams can only accelerate overall human knowledge and intelligence. This is truly what the internet is all about.
Don’t forget machine learning as well. http://www.ml-class.com/
August 2011
1 post
Android App Inventor Finds a New Home at MIT →
Go MIT! App Inventor has been very useful in education so it is good to see they are continuing to maintain this project.
July 2011
15 posts
WebPutty: scientific progress CSS editing goes... →
This seems like an awesome new way to create CSS. Go Fog Creek!
Technology Is The New Smoking →
It’s funny because it is true. I must be a really, hardcore “smoker”.
The 7 signs of failure for internet startups →
After reading over this, not too many points are really that surprising but a couple things stand out to me:
1) You need a tech co-founder. I know it is hard to find one, but they are critical for doing anything web.
2) You should have at least 1 partner. If you can’t convince one person to join you, how can you convince a VC or Angel?
3) You can pivot too much and you must pivot! This...
Apple iOS 5, Lion: Magical Innovation or Blatant... →
You can quickly see how trying to control an entire ecosystem becomes completely impossible after it grows too big. Organic innovation will always trump what Steve Jobs calls “innovation”.
Instant Company via Technology →
Back in the early 2000’s if you wanted to start a software company, it would take hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not millions, to create. Today, you can have a fully functional enterprise for a fraction of that thanks to SaaS.
Ruby Creator “Matz” Matsumoto Joins Heroku As... →
This is awesome for the Heroku team! I love the service and I’m sure this will only make it better. I still can’t quite figure out what salesforce.com has planned for them, though.
Apple vs. Google: Inside an Android patent... →
Just another example of Steve Jobs playing dirty.
JavaScript used to teach computing →
Another example that Javascript is the next big language.
SpaceBook 17 →
Because you can never have too many screens…
Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule →
These are very apt points. If you are a “maker”, even being interrupted by someone asking questions can really break your stride. I love working from about midnight to 6am. It is so quiet. No emails. No IM’s. Just creation.
Korea going ebook by 2015 →
Between this and Kahn academy I think we could we a quantum leap in children’s learning.
Older programmers ARE better! →
Phew! And here I thought I was already obsolete.
HTML5 makes the web better place.
Did you know you can drag an drop attachments to your gmail? Pretty sweet! Go HTML5.
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/drag-and-drop-attachments-onto-messages.html
HTC's Flyer and Evo View 4G tablets bring back the... →
This is looking really cool! I like the stylus. Touch screens are great, but being able to write stuff down really helps remove paper from the entire equation (even I still like to write things sometimes).
The code is the URL... →
Hashify does not solve a problem, it poses a question: what becomes possible when one is able to store entire documents in URLs?
June 2011
2 posts
AT&T picks up the slack for NYC, brings free Wi-Fi... →
Obviously, as a New Yorker, this is awesome. We’ll see if AT&T can actually pull it off.
OnLive demonstrates high-end cloud gaming on... →
To me, this is the future of “cloud”. All computing resources will be non-local.
May 2011
7 posts
DepthJS allows any web page to interact with the... →
More awesome MIT nerds in action.
MIT ranked second on best reputation list by Times... →
Woohoo! Go TECH!
Neuroscience: Brain buzz →
Does this mean I need to start plugging my brain into a wall socket to beat the “new kids” at games? I wonder if it will help me at my job…
Yes, Microsoft is buying Skype →
Not 100% sure how I feel about this yet. I think this will be great for MSFT’s mobile strategy and I can really see Skype being on any device (which would be awesome).
That being said… I hope they continue to support iPhone, Android, and Linux clients!
Innovative Techniques To Simplify Sign-Ups and... →
Great article on ways to make signup easier and better for your users.
Show the Current RVM Info in Your Command Prompt →
If you use RVM and/or GIT this script is a godsend!
Google trick tracks extinctions →
I ran across this article recently. It just goes to show you that a lot of what we call “creative” is just mimicking what we see every day in nature.
April 2011
8 posts
Still Have a Friendster Account? Your Info Gets... →
Poor Friendster. You were our first social media playmate… and now you are gone. Long live Facebook! or whatever else cool comes down the line.
Upgrading to Natty Narwhal
I love Ubuntu! What other OS can you update to a whole new version while eating your breakfast?
A great new feature in this version. When you “maximize” your window it hides all the other menus and navigation, giving an almost full-screen experience. Well done!