July 2008
“Maybe it’s a laziness thing, or a cost-saving thing. After all, it’s less effort...”
– Its the Software, Not You [Pogue bitching about kiosk designs] I’m sure I’m overreading, but it’s a fine day when a well-read tech columnist calls out crappy design by questioning the attitudes of the developers behind it. I think it is somewhat of an awareness shift, from the...
“Also eye-opening were the figured placed on Microsoft’s real estate...”
– Microsoft discloses Google, Apple threat, plus Danger sale price
Comparing Boom and Bust Cycles Across Markets →
“But as transaction volume has slipped and prices have flattened or fallen in...”
– Downtown Seattle “overpriced”, quoting Forbes
“Mr. Clean? Of the Derbyshire Cleans?”
– McSweeney’s Lists: Jane Austen Tries Her Hand at Advertising
Google plans to start venture capital group →
…Google’s entry could stir the market a bit since it has cachet among some entrepreneurs. But VentureBeat notes that other entrepreneurs — especially those working on search, e-mail, advertising and other areas core to Google — may be hesitant to share detailed information about their technologies with the search giant.
Where is _____? The Internet Lost and Found →
The weirdest mixtape premise ever.. →
One of Microsoft's first employees, "Mama" Lubow,... →
A surge in “pent-up supply”? (Seattle Bubble) →
There were 108 new listings in Seattle yesterday, versus 123 in the last three days and 350 in the last week. The rate of new listings was double the average of the last three, seven, or fourteen day period!
Aug 8, 2008: National Finals for US Air Guitar... →
Firefox 3.1 brings good stuff →
DoCopenhagen linked to Kings of Leon - Crawl off...
Microsoft's making me pee in the dark
Microsoft’s taken to putting the lights in the women’s room on a timer, so they turn off after 7 p.m. I’m sure its for energy-conservation issues, and I appreciate the idea. But I hate peeing in the dark when the lights simply won’t turn on after 7 p.m. All three floors of the building; all the women’s rooms. I have to use the one stall closest to the crack of...
“An Event Apart Chicago is just a few months away, and I’ll have the privilege of...”
– The In-House Designer ~ Authentic Boredom Yay! Thanks, Cameron, for talking about the battles of being in-house. It’s a role we’ve been gradually bringing out at Digital Web as well.
“It’s one thing to zip through 500 new items when they are organized by...”
– The Millions: A Scattering of Feeds (via Jaime) This is acutally the effect I like. Rather than downing in one author’s perspective, I group my feed reading by related topics: finance, geek crap, books, music, real estate, etc. You can read within groups, and a cross-section of...
ecofabulous: ReKindling my Love of Reading →
I’m not sure I buy the environmental friendliness of a Kindle. Sure you save paper books (if you by new ones), but what about the resources for producing one? Or recycling one?
“A Princeton Review’s student survey says two colleges in Massachusetts are...”
– 2 Mass. colleges among ‘stone-cold sober schools’ - Boston.com Nice to know my years of attendence we were 10th, but since have fallen to 8th. Being in a dry township doesn’t help. Nor does MIT’s sense of grooming.
A welcome parentheses →
Cuil Exits Stealth Mode With A Massive Search... →
mattkabrown:
So this is what was being alluded to last Friday… interesting, there was a new player in the search space. Funny, I still remember the first time I was shown google (I was an Alta-vista user), while I was working at the Seahawks.
I don’t think google needs to be concerned. Yet.
I’m sure people have furthered my question with real research, but I do wonder if this is just...
Sounders FC doing things right →
mattkabrown:
IF YOU’VE EVER had your heart broken, you know that recovery begins when you realize that, even though the girl who dumped you is a heartless, awful witch and probable future war criminal, the relationship wasn’t all bad. … and this is a sports article.
Bwahah! Now that’s a lead. *I’d* read that sports article.
“I am very proud and very happy I was able to give the fans a great fight,” Cotto...”
– Margarito stops Cotto in 11th, takes crown How can you hate a guy who’s so pummelled he can barely speak, but comes up with this?
Foreclosure Suicide Update: The Vultures Circle →
Calculated Risk: The "Foreclosure Crisis" and... →
It’s hard to believe we have nostalgia for economic crises and stock market crashes, but that seems to be a fact. Amazing piece of counter-reporting by Tanta. Good comments, too.
The Circle Of Lint [Pepe] →
Well worth the wait →
Google’s Misleading Blog Post: The Size Of The Web... →
mattkabrown:
Google also says “But we’re proud to have the most comprehensive index of any search engine.” That may be true today, but it probably won’t be true next week (check back here then). Google knows that as well as we do, and that’s why they posted this today.
Huh?
What happens next week? Does anyone have any idea what is supposed to be announced? Outside of Microsoft or Yahoo who...
Santogold & Diplo - Top Ranking Mixtape →
“It is precisely the determination evident in this article and its author’s and...”
– Digital Web Magazine - Smart CSS Ain’t Always Sexy CSS comment thread Record for most confusing DW comment sentence structure!
Search All Craigslist Sites at Once with Google... →
Why No Outrage? - WSJ.com →
footnoted.org: Apple says economy is “depressed”… →
While some people continue to debate whether or not we’re actually in a recession, Apple (AAPL) went a step further in the 10Q it filed yesterday, using stark new language to describe the state of the economy in its risk factors section:
The Company’s operations and performance depend significantly on worldwide economic conditions. War, terrorism, geopolitical uncertainties, public health issues,...
Around the world with Dorothy Gambrell →
