January 2011
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Operation Every Band - SXSW 2011 →
The challenge: to listen to and review every band that is playing the 2011 SXSW Conference.
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What I loved about WordCamp Phoenix 2011
Gift bags for attendees at hotel check-in
$35 registration price
Multi-day event
Fantastic tamale lunch on Saturday
Recycling effort is off the hook. Station attendants at all trash zones separating trash from attendees
T-shirt
Text message updates throughout the event to help attendees figure out where to go and what to do
Tons of RE peeps here - Dean Ouellette, John Glynn, Dru...
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Testing In Text Advertiser: InfoLinks
I’m testing out Infolinks, a company that exhibited at BlogWorld. I installed the script a few days ago to test out the service on my Tumblelog. I hate ads but I’m curious. I’m not running this long. Just a few days to make some observations.
I’m curious …
What infolinks selects as key words for the “In Text” ads.
How relevant the ads are based on the...
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Chinese access to US housing industry?
Letting my mind wander after reading China’s ICBC Moves - WSJ.com
Will loan officers start scanning Bank of East Asia rate sheets for outside-the-box mortgage loan programs in the years ahead? Couldn’t a maverick new player capture significant market share in this current lending environment, best described as restrictive & unimaginative?
Creative AND common-sense don’t...
Horoscoped →
Most common words in star sign predictions
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Mac App Review: Spotless 3
Testing out Spotless 3 from Fixamac today.
Spotless 3
“Spotless is a simple utility designed to enable and disable Spotlight content indexing of volumes with the click of a button.” - Ted Landau, MacWorld
Recently Spotlight has been having problems finding files & apps on the iMac. There are two ways to address spotlight indexing issues. Using Terminal is free but can be tricky...
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New Jailbreak Brings Full Browser to 2G Apple TV →
Browser, Plex, & Last.fm support. Tethering is a major hassle. Disconnecting the Apple TV every time I need or want to reboot it really isn’t practical. So while this is a step in the right direction (A huge step!) I’m not ready to jailbreak the Apple TV. ~ JB
“However, there’s still one downside to the current method: Seas0npass is a so-called tethered jailbreak, which...
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New Jailbreak Brings Full Browser to 2G Apple TV →
Browser, Plex, & Last.fm support. Tethering is a major hassle. Disconnecting the Apple TV every time I need or want to reboot it really isn’t practical. So while this is a step in the right direction (A huge step!) I’m not ready to jailbreak the Apple TV. ~ JB
“However, there’s still one downside to the current method: Seas0npass is a so-called tethered jailbreak, which...
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Courier in the Mac App Store →
I didn’t really understand Courier when it first came out. My workflow didn’t need photo distribution assistance. However, photography is an interest for me in 2011 and I think something like Courier will make my life easier.
I’m a fan of other Realmac apps and with a $4.99 price (80% off) I won’t be terribly upset if it doesn’t cut the mustard. I’m hoping...
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Courier in the Mac App Store →
I didn’t really understand Courier when it first came out. My workflow didn’t need distribution assistance. I’d like the application now & with a $4.99 price (80% off) I’m making it the first paid application I’m buying in the Mac App Store.
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One Use Case for Chrome: A Dedicated Web...
Until today I’ve been 100% comfortable not bathing in the shiny glow of Google’s Chrome browser. There is no particular reason for this avoidance. I just didn’t see any reason to switch since I’m satisfied with Firefox & Safari.
That said, I’m starting to notice more web development extensions being released or ported over to Chrome. These extensions make it...
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Pinbar by Mario Fischer →
Pinboard.in Toolbar, Buttons and Keyboard Shortcuts
Update (1.8)
Add current page to Pinboard, read later, view your pinboard, view unread links etc.
Search field for your bookmarks
Configurable Keyboard Shortcuts
Choose if links open in same tab/new tab/new window
Installing this.
Facebook Demographics from iStrategyLabs
Data sets from large social networks are providing researchers the opportunity to draw conclusions about habits, beliefs, likes & dislikes more accurately and with more certainty than ever before. Facebook’s challenge to control and monetize this data is the business opportunity of a lifetime. Is a 50 billion dollar valuation realistic at this point in time? 2011 Facebook Demographics...
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Elgato 250+, EyeTV, & a few DVR's
Here’s my sidebar today:
Ongoing content consolidation project. Today converting two DVR’s with years of video content, interviews, & just plain ‘ol crazy shit from my TV watching days.
It’s all getting taken off the DVR going to the Drobo which will now be accessible from the living room via AppleTV. Can’t wait to finish and try it out. I just found the 25min....
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Gruber offers one reason why OSX is here for...
What’s with the Mac doomsayers? | Operating Systems | Macworld
“The central conceit of the iPad is that it’s a portable computer that does less—and because it does less, what it does do, it does better, more simply, and more elegantly. Apple can only begin phasing out the Mac if and when iOS expands to allow us to do everything we can do on the Mac. It’s the heaviness of the Mac that...