December 2010
Elvis Costello - I Threw It All Away
Happy cover...
The Tallest Man On Earth - The Dreamer
“There’s too much stuff. It seems to me that almost all tools we rely on to...”
– Evan Williams: The Challenges of a Web of Infinite Info: Tech News and Analysis «
Completely agree. This is a huge opportunity for entrepreneurs to figure out.
“Our goal is to help make texting while driving as socially unacceptable as...”
– Video Shows That Texting and Driving Don’t Mix - NYTimes.com
amen.
My favorite albums of 2010
I’ve been thinking about my favorite albums that came out in 2010 as a follow up to my 2009 post.
This year was a bit harder for me to pick the top 10 but here goes.
10. Free Energy - Stuck On Nothing. This is such a fun record. Really enjoyed getting into this band.
9. Arctic Monkeys - My Propeller. It was just an EP not technically an full album. But I love this band so it makes my...
My favorite albums of 2010
I’ve been thinking about my favorite albums that came out in 2010 as a follow up to my 2009 post.
This year was a bit harder for me to pick the top 10 but here goes.
10. Free Energy - Stuck On Nothing. This is such a fun record. Really enjoyed getting into this band.
9. Arctic Monkeys - My Propeller. It was just an EP not technically an full album. But I love this band so it makes my...
Ben Kweller - Somehow (Singlemalt Version)
Arctic Monkeys - The Afternoon’s Hat
I find...
Mobile messaging apps
Over the last few months I’ve become a user of multiple private messaging apps on my Android and iPhone.
So far, I’ve got friends & family on GroupMe, Kik, and Beluga.
While its easy to say they are all in the messaging app world, I appreciate the different approaches, e.g. 1 on 1 vs group, sms vs app, features vs simplicity.
I like that all of these apps allow messaging...
Best products of 2010
I just read on Techmeme about Walt Mossberg’s best and worst products of 2010.
So I thought would do the same. Here are my favorite things I picked up this year.
1. The Nexus S. I’ve written about this phone a few times. It’s excellent. Tmobile coverage ain’t Verizon and it seems to have less 3g coverage than ATT. But it doesn’t drop phone calls anywhere close to my...
Yo La Tengo - It’s Christmas Time
Happy...
Apple drops WikiLeaks app, Google keeps it |... →
the title says it all.
Your Tumblr reach is likely bigger than you think
Many folks on Tumblr add Google Analytics to their page. That way they can get some useful data from Google about who is coming to your site.
I do this as well. And the data is quite interesting.
But it really doesn’t tell the whole story.
A huge (understatement) part of the traffic & engagement on Tumblr is happening inside of the Tumblr Dashboard (for those of you unfamiliar, the...
Bright Eyes - Shell Games
From the new record,...
Frightened Rabbit - Things
The culture of Android
I’ve been accused by friends and coworkers for being an Apple fan boy.
It likely a well deserved title.
Well, I think after my post on the Nexus S last week and my experience since then, I’m likely going to be called an Android fan boy as well.
The Android experience has issues. It’s not perfect but nothing is. Yet the more i use Android the more I appreciate it.
The culture...
“Too much of the coverage has been meta — focusing on questions about...”
– Arianna Huffington: The Media Gets It Wrong on WikiLeaks: It’s About Broken Trust, Not Broken Condoms
Need to dig into Wikileaks
This week I plan on digging into the source material on wikileaks.
Until I do that for myself I don’t feel ready to pretend I’m an expert.
But to me there are two clear reasons why wikileaks exists
Some of our elected and appointed public officials have done some bad things and its important that we know about it.
The reality that we have wikileaks is a confirmation that our news...
fred-wilson:
You Got The Silver - Stones -...
Radiohead - Killer Cars (acoustic)
Yeasayer - Ambling App
I’m not ready to...
Quick review: Nexus S
Yesterday morning I went to Best Buy and picked up a Nexus S.
I was eagerly awaiting this phone and here are my thoughts a day later.
Short version: I love this fucking phone.
The build quality is better than I thought it would be. Yes, it’s plastic but it’s very comfortable to hold (especially compared to the iPhone4). The screen quality is superb. The 4” screen has a lot...
Quick review: Nexus S
Yesterday morning I went to Best Buy and picked up a Nexus S.
I was eagerly awaiting this phone and here are my thoughts a day later.
Short version: I love this fucking phone.
The build quality is better than I thought it would be. Yes, it’s plastic but it’s very comfortable to hold (especially compared to the iPhone4). The screen quality is superb. The 4” screen has a lot...
Okkervil River - For Real
...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-12) →
TV on the Radio (38)
Radiohead (2)
Angus & Julia Stone (1)
Emanuel and the Fear (1)
Okkervil River (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
WatchLast night, Steven Colbert received the first ever Golden Tweet award from @biz
so funny.
Watch@biz on the @todayshow talking about the top tweets of 2010
Should we regulate Google
Yesterday, my friend Brad Burnham wrote an excellent post about the need for network neutrality.
I reblogged the money shot yesterday:
The Internet we know today exists only because, until now, there have been no gatekeepers between consumers and service providers. We need to keep it that way.
Another friend of mine Steve Kane asked in the comments if we net neutrality should apply to...
Should we regulate Google
Yesterday, my friend Brad Burnham wrote an excellent post about the need for network neutrality.
I reblogged the money shot yesterday:
The Internet we know today exists only because, until now, there have been no gatekeepers between consumers and service providers. We need to keep it that way.
Another friend of mine Steve Kane asked in the comments if we net neutrality should apply to...
“While people younger than 30 years old have spent more time with the Internet...”
– American Internet Use Catches Up With TV Use - NYTimes.com
we knew this day was coming. thank god.
“The Internet we know today exists only because, until now, there have been no...”
– Internet Access Should Be Application-Agnostic - Union Square Ventures (via garychou)
Telekinesis - Car Crash
new single. awesome. turn...
Beirut - A Sunday Smile
late with my song of the...
Proving the skeptics wrong
On friday, just as I was leaving the office one of our CEOs gave us an update for his decemeber revenue a sense of the company performance for 2010.
The short version : they are crushing it.
But the longer version of this story is much better
About a year plus ago this particular company wasn’t getting any love from the market. The customers were engaging in slow motion. Outside...
Looking for tmobile feedback
If you follow this blog at all, then you will know that I’m pumped about the Nexus S coming out next week.
I don’t have any inside knowledge whatsoever but I’m guessing that the Nexus S won’t ship on Verizon. Ever. They didn’t get the Nexus One and I can’t imagine Verizon ever supporting a clean build of Android.
So I’m thinking about moving to tmobile...