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TweetGlide Screenshot 3
October 28, 2009 - Leave a Comment
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Great, they’ll enable you to post "1000 charachters or more!" So either you don’t get Twitter and want to kick out 10+ tweets in a row, you don’t like your users and want to kick out 10+ tweets in a row or you think people will click through to a "more" link after the first 120 characters of your post.
TweetGlide Screenshot 1
October 28, 2009 - Leave a Comment
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Yet another company attempting to inject advertising within Twitter using a rev-share model and referral payments. I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised to learn that there is an MLM component in there.
Read the fourth box for a nice little slip of the spellcheck.
Weekly Digest for October 26th
October 26, 2009 - Leave a Comment
A collection of my actions and interactions from around the Net over the last week.
Shared Doctype"a free question and answer site for web designers. You can ask questions about CSS, HTML, web design and email design."
Reading Doctype: "a free question and answer site for web designers. You can ask questions about CSS, HTML.. http://doctype.com/ [#] Proof your resume. Have a friend proof it. Proof it again before you send it. Don’t let mistakes overshadow your achievements. [#] Watching an episode of Nova while knocking out some work. The space program amazes me on so many levels. A pinnacle of human achievement. [#] We’re looking for a contract Web Designer to join the Pluck UX team. Want to have an impact? http://bit.ly/haTCp [#] We’re looking for a contract Web Developer to join the Pluck UX team. Ready to step up your game? http://j.mp/305fDA [#] RT @damon: Austin: kick ass on your current project, dust off an old one, or fire up a new one tonight http://cafebedouins.com at Epoch [#] Nothing like waking up to 26 moderation e-mails in a Google Group, 25 of which are spam. :P [#] RT @yehaskel: Very cool that @demandmedia has pooled, negotiated health ins. plans for our content creators at ~50% cost http://j.mp/4ew4sJ [#] Huh, Barnes & Noble’s new e-book reader allows you to lend your digital books to friends. Nice. [#] Reading Website Optimizer: "Website Optimizer is an easy-to-use tool for testing site content that .. http://bit.ly/4qgyqC [#] I’ve been looking forward to getting a kindle but B&N’s Nookie…err Nook e-reader is reeaaally tempting. [#] Coming to Product Potluck tonight? Be sure to say hi. I’m psyched about our panel (1st listed: http://j.mp/vBGSo) and think you will be too. [#] Shared 2 links. Reading Podcasting Equipment Guide (2009): "So, if youre thinking about podcasting and have no idea.. http://bit.ly/22XNIT [#] Thanks to all who came to our panel at ProductCamp. Big thanks to @shoogie for leading and copanelists @clutchcreative and @j_gesinger. [#] For those at #ppa09, we referred to Trademark Media (www.trademarkmedia.com) for their human-centric newsletters and awesome video About Us [#] Also from our #ppa09 panel, I recommended all of you follow @KathySierra as a guide to connecting with and helping your users be awesome [#] RT @shoogie: Here is the blog I mentioned last night re: writing good error messages to avoid abandons: http://shar.es/1I1nk #ppa09 [#] RT @shoogie: Here is the book I mentioned… giving your customers tools to carry your brand: Brand Hijack http://amzn.com/1591841402 #ppa09 [#] Shared Haystack37Signals’ Haystack "is a site where web designers (firms and freelancers) can answer the three basic questions a client typically asks at the beginning of a search:
* What does your work look like?
* Where are you located?
* What’s your typical budget range?
"
Reading Haystack: 37Signals’ Haystack "is a site where web designers (firms and freelancers) can ans.. http://haystack.com/ [#] I’m glad Austin passed the texting while driving ban. I really don’t want to die because someone needed to "LOL" at their BFF. [#]
Shared 4 photos.
RT @joshuabaer: #Austin is the 2nd strongest economy in the US (San Antonio #1, Dallas #6, Houston #10 – Go Texas!) http://bit.ly/3d0VIG [#] Smoke is rising from the chimney starter, which will produce beautiful coals for tonight’s dinner of grilled pork tacos. Where’s my beer? [#] Good luck to all those competing in today’s AIR Austin. I can’t wait to see the accessible sites you build and the non-profits you help. [#] Kickws my to-do list’s ass this morning. Now for some lunch and quality patio time. [#] It’s too beautiful to not grill, so I’ve lit the charcoal for a second night if flame-kissed goodness. Tonight: miniburgers. [#] Blocked punt for a touchdown!! [#]via @cdharrison. "This plugin helps you easily integrate the Minify engine into your WordPress blog. Once enabled, this plugin will combine and compress JS and CSS files to improve page load time. "
Reading WP Minify WordPress Plugin | OMNINOGGIN: via @cdharrison. "This plugin helps you easily int.. http://bit.ly/3Id1lQ [#] ’bout to head out to Boggy Creek Farm for the Green Corn Project’s fundraiser. [#] "It’s the eye of the tiger, it’s the thrill of the fight, rising up to the challenge of our rival…" [#] After a great Cowboys game, I’m thoroughly enjoying the Saints game. I love my Sunday Football while coding. [#] RT @joshuabaer: I’m looking to hire FIVE #RubyOnRails developers and I’ll pay you $1,000 if I hire the person you refer (just ask @damon) [#] Great USAToday article about Demand Media: ‘Knowledge is the power behind popular eHow website’ http://j.mp/2Umn6B [#]
Stuffed Bell Peppers – Prior to Baking
October 22, 2009 - Leave a Comment
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Weekly Digest for October 19th
October 19, 2009 - Leave a Comment
A collection of my actions and interactions from around the Net over the last week.
RT @sryder: Demand Media is looking for an Austin based Product Manager: http://bit.ly/4zv16v DM me if interested…. [#] Reminder, Refresh Austin October meeting is tomorrow night – CiviCRM & Building a JavaScript Game: http://j.mp/ra0910 [#] Prepared a tasty salad to accompany tonight’s dinner of three cheese tortellini and shrimp in a pesto sauce. Shrimp in the pan are sizzling. [#] Shared @font-face and performance If every Austinite cared as much about all homeless people as they (now) profess to about Leslie, we’d have a much better city. [#] Who’s comin’ to Refresh Austin tonight? We have two great topics: CiviCRM and Building a JavaScript Game: http://j.mp/ra0910 [#] Woot! Demand Media just jumped from 21 to 15 on comScore US! [#] Does anyone out there want to send me a Google Voice invite perchance? Supposedly existing accounts can now send up to three. :) [#] Apparently the invite link will appear "over the next few weeks". :( Thanks for the speedy offers @Sullivan_Smith and @jdeeringdavis [#] Check the Product Potluck session @shoogie, @clutchcreative, @j_gesinger and I are proposing: http://j.mp/vBGSo We’d love your vote day of. [#] Solid turnout for great presentations tonight at Refresh Austin. :) [#] Reading Kindle, Free Google Books Guide « Kindle Review – Kindle 2 Review, Books http://bit.ly/4EXOIX [#] Designers: When applying for a job a portfolio is a requirement. Really. Also, Word will destroy your hard work on your resume. [#] Great evening of food, fire, friends and wine. [#] RT @intimonkey: If pagination of data on the internet is so important, why don’t browsers offer built in support?
Pagination sucks. [#]
Making dinner with @sarahjoyjones (French Toast!) after walking the pups on this gorgeous Austin day. Number one, A+ weekend so far. [#] Watching the Saints-Giants game, while working on a light bit of site design. [#] It was great to see the Saints trounce the Giants, now to watch the Pats and Titans playing in icy conditions. Should be fun. [#] I know the Titans moved from Houston, but I have a hard time with them wearing the Oilers throw-back uniform. It’ wasn’t an AFL-merger move. [#] Shared Thematic Page Structure
Weekly Digest for October 12th
October 12, 2009 - Leave a Comment
A collection of my actions and interactions from around the Net over the last week.
Powerful: witnessing interactions between our clients and their users, then using that feedback to improve before being asked [#] Reading Chromeography: "In praise of the chrome logos and lettering affixed to vintage automobiles .. http://chromeography.com/ [#] Shared 2 links. Reading Ident Engine: "The Ident Engine is part of a year long personal project into combining social.. http://identengine.com/ [#] Reading punypng: "punypng is a free tool that dramatically reduces page load times by reducing the .. http://bit.ly/OqYDG [#] TweetDeck’s Facebook integration is starting to annoy the hell out of me, as is the constant request to sync/rename the same column. [#] RT @pat_ramsey: Austin WordPress Meetup tonight: Working with Media Tags & Domain Mapping for WP MU. 7pm @conjunctured http://is.gd/40XiK [#] Shared Can You Draw,,?
Utterly content after a tasty lunch at HomeSlice with @drhayes + @intimonkey, where we discussed IP law, business processes and development. [#] Reading autojump: "A cd command that learns – easily navigate directories from the command line" http://bit.ly/3696aQ [#] Shared 3 links. Reading calibre: "calibre is meant to be a complete e-library solution and thus includes library ma.. http://bit.ly/3XWSol [#] Thoroughly enjoyed Full Color Football: The History of the American Footbal League on Showtime. I need to catch previous episodes. [#] Preservation Bacon is now legit, which makes me very happy. Here’s my write-up from February: http://j.mp/OJAM0 [#] Snagged a table outside at The Draughthouse, which is great, but I’m keeping an eye on them thar clouds. [#] Enjoying some pints alongside great conversation with @jdeeringdavis & @hayesdavis at the Draughthouse. Good times. [#] Watching the storm that woke me up. [#] It seems much to soon to have awarded President Obama a Nobel. He hasn’t been in office/on the world stage all that long. [#] It’ll be interesting to see if Republican Pundits greet Obama’s Nobel with glee, outrage or feigned outrage masking glee. [#] Shared csscaffold"CSS framework which uses PHP to extend the native abilities of CSS"
Reading csscaffold: "CSS framework which uses PHP to extend the native abilities of CSS" http://bit.ly/4wF72p [#] "You see what happens, Larry? You see what happens when you Fight a Stranger in the Alps?" http://bit.ly/inthealps via @mrflip Hahahahaha [#] Shared WordPress Child Theme Basics ’bout to take off for a little barbecue trip to Lockhart for lunch at Smitty’s. Market. [#] Prepping all of the ingredients for my all-day stew (yay crock pots!). [#] Having spread the gospel of Gowalla to several friends and creating several spots, I think I’m going to stop bothering with Foursquare. [#] Damnit, the Cowboys are beating themselves. [#] Impressed with SASS and CSScafold. This is the next step of what I tried to create with Dynamic CSS, but is more elegant: http://j.mp/4wF72p [#] So KUT dropped a bunch of the Folk programming during the week and then debuts a *5 hour* folk program on Sunday. Really? C’mon. [#] The stew has filled the house with an amazing amount of happiness. I can’t wait to eat it in a couple of hours. Patience = happiness. [#]Can You Draw..?
October 7, 2009 - Leave a Comment
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HomeSlice’s drawing tests: Can You Draw Hall and Oates and Can You Draw Lemmy.
Indoor Spiral Wine Cellar
October 5, 2009 - Leave a Comment
Indoor Spiral Wine Cellar We would like to start our presentation of this fantastic cellar design with a not-so-fantastic information: the costs of having one are around $30 000. Now that we can move pass that, we will also tell you what you will get for this money. Basically, a great looking indoor wine cellar with a capacity of 1000 or 1600 bottles and the ability of maintaining the wine in the best possible conditions. Here are some words from the producers about the spiral cellar: “a watertight, pre-cast cylindrical system that’s sunk into the ground, it can be located anywhere from kitchen to conservatory, workshop to study. It can be installed into an existing ground floor room, or incorporated into the build of an extension or new property”. We hope you enjoyed this design as much as we did and we wish you happy wine tasting!
Indoor Spiral Wine Cellar
October 5, 2009 - Leave a Comment
Indoor Spiral Wine Cellar
We would like to start our presentation of this fantastic cellar design with a not-so-fantastic information: the costs of having one are around $30 000. Now that we can move pass that, we will also tell you what you will get for this money. Basically, a great looking indoor wine cellar with a capacity of 1000 or 1600 bottles and the ability of maintaining the wine in the best possible conditions. Here are some words from the producers about the spiral cellar: “a watertight, pre-cast cylindrical system that’s sunk into the ground, it can be located anywhere from kitchen to conservatory, workshop to study. It can be installed into an existing ground floor room, or incorporated into the build of an extension or new property”. We hope you enjoyed this design as much as we did and we wish you happy wine tasting!
Weekly Digest for October 5th
October 5, 2009 - Leave a Comment
A collection of my actions and interactions from around the Net over the last week.
Pluck’s looking for contract UX Designer: http://j.mp/pluckux to join our team. It’s a fast paced, iterative project with a massive impact. [#] How do you balance speed and process on a new product/project? Any good resources I should check out? [#] Check out Surfwise (Netflix: http://j.mp/W1LdH), a very interesting movie about 85-year-old surfer "Doc" Paskowitz and his family of 11. [#] Nixon sent Reagan an interesting letter in ’87 after Iran-Contra: http://j.mp/1vvLmN. I wish we knew Reagan’s response. HT @atxryan [#] The stereo sounds drifting out of two sets of headphones around me – metal to my right and Smokey Robinson to my left. [#] Looking forwards to AIGA’s presentation of Beautiful Losers at the Drafthouse tonight. [#] So… anyone out there receive a Google Wave invite yet? I’m curious as to whether mine hasn’t arrived or if I am being spurned by big G. [#] Shared runjs"runjs loads JavaScript modules and JavaScript files. It is optimized for in-browser use, but can be easily adapted to other JavaScript environments."
Reading runjs: "runjs loads JavaScript modules and JavaScript files. It is optimized for in-browser.. http://bit.ly/bBpVi [#] Increasing hardware specs isn’t always an upgrade, especially if you strip personality, see the Chumby One: http://j.mp/2kCQrL [#] Artists / creatives, read "why i am not afraid to take your money" by @amandapalmer now: http://j.mp/2xKb6S HT @ambersimmons [#] Pluck’s looking for contract UX Designer: http://j.mp/pluckux to join our team for a fast paced, iterative project with a massive impact. [#] "Jerry was a race car driver…" [#] FYI, for those on Wave (sorry no invites at the moment), my googlewave address is ‘baldtechnologist’. [#] Uh oh… RT @bantik: Weirdness at http://dropbox.com… Google logo and a page not found message. Hmm. [#] RT @linearb: DrupalCamp Austin – November 14-15, 2009, at the Norris Conference Center: http://bit.ly/aaOxB [#] Reading Groklaw – SFLC files Bilski brief: Software should not be patentable and don’t forget the 1st Am.. http://bit.ly/yQdE7 [#] Reading Rule: "Rule is a companion JavaScript bookmarklet to Grid which overlays a completely custo.. http://bit.ly/ucSaF [#] Mixing up a spicy citrus glaze for the ham steaks I’m cooking for dinner. [#] Shared 2 photos.
