December 2011
Benny and the Jetts by TV Girl shared from exfm
Public vs private sharing
My public sharing is mostly made up of Tumblr and Twitter.
I love those services and use them every single day.
And while I’m someone that appreciates public sharing, I do value private sharing as well.
These days the vast majority of my private sharing is with Kik. My wife uses it and so does my oldest daughter (younger kids don’t have phones yet). My brother and parents use Kik. And my...
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Eating in New Orleans →
Created this Foursquare List of our favorites eats in New Orleans
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Fuck This Place by Frightened Rabbit This song is...
Six Weeks by Of Monsters and Men I know I’m...
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When You Love Somebody (Fruit Bats) by The...
“If I try my best and fail, well, I tried my best.”
– Steve Jobs, 1998
Winter Song by The Head And The Heart shared from...
Tagstand - NFC tags, labels, and stickers →
ordered my kit. can’t wait to give this a try.
Android Apps in 2012
As many of you know I’ve been a loyal & active iPhone users since the beginning.
For the past 10 days, I’ve been using the Galaxy Nexus as my main device.
I’ve gotten a feel for Android 4.0 and it is a nice improvement for sure.
But the main thing I’ve noticing are 3rd party apps.
It’s been a surprise but in my experience Android third party apps look and...
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The First Noel by Bright Eyes shared from exfm
My favorite albums of 2011
In keeping with tradition, here are my favorite albums of 2011.
10. The King is Dead by The Decemberists. I saw them play in 2010 for the first time and was blown away. I bought this album the day it came out and loved it on first play. Great record.
9. Kiss Each Other Clean by Iron & Wine. For whatever reason, I’ve never been into Iron & Wine. Just never been my thing. But then I...
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Redemption Song by Joe Strummer & The...
“It is not healthy for companies to trade at prices well beyond what they are...”
– A VC
Talking about Santa with my youngest daughter
Ellie: the kids on the bus said there is no such thing as Santa
Lauren: what did you say?
Ellie: i told them my parents would never lie to me
#parenthood
Cults - Oh My God
shared from exfm
Bright Eyes + First Aid Kit - We’re Going To...
Getting promoted too quickly
“He’s a star. Thank god he’s on the team”.
“He’s not scaling, it’s time to find a replacement”.
I’ve heard that line from too many CEOs about someone on their management team.
In a hyper growth company, those two sentences can be just a year or two apart.
So what’s happening here.
Sometimes it’s just that the person that...
“People try to get offline as much as they can, but I enjoy flipping through...”
– On Sundays, Foursquare Co-founder Goes Online, Then Out for a Walk - NYTimes.com
ditto.
Dr. Dog – Shadow People
shared from exfm
Looking for a contact at Google Voice to lend a...
I’m trying to port my Google Voice number to AT&T. I followed the instructions here and unlocked my GV number Then I went to AT&T this afternoon and asked them to do the port. I’m told it’s in progress but ATT said they are waiting to get permission from Google. The problem is that while I wait, all incoming SMS messages sent to my number are now lost. I am unable to...
Overbroad Censorship & Users →
@amac speaking the truth. well done.
“Morning chat with my five year old”
– James: what’s the name of that hot chocolate place I love
Me: do you mean Burdicks?
James: they should change the name
Me: what should they call it?
James: the best place in the world
Youth Lagoon - Goodbye Again
Original by John...
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Little things I'd like to see polished in Ice...
I preordered two iPhone 4S’s. One for me and one for @laurensabet. We have been using them since day 1. They replaced our iPhone 4’s which replaced our 3gs…well you get the idea. We are card carrying members of the faithful.
But iOS 5 isn’t making us happy. Both of our phones lock up a few times a week. The battery isn’t great. The UI gets sluggish. It sorta feels...
Daily Mail by RadioheadSo good. shared from exfm
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Ben Kweller - Commerce, TX
Live BK. Just what I...
Go To Sleep by The Avett Brothersshared from exfm
Mobile Platform Wars
Back in the day, many of us lived during epic war of the PC.
There were many battles but some of them stand out.
For example, Microsoft would create awful version of their successful Windows products for the Mac. Some of you may recall Internet Explorer for the Mac (nightmare). Microsoft Office has always been worse on the Mac than Windows. And even worse, we had plenty of times where Microsoft...
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“humanity is social. social peaks when humanity does.”
– Charlie Crystle
The National & Bon Iver – Vanderlyle Crybaby...