Category Archives: The Interwebs

Where HotPotato Fits (and why an acquisition should be about more than talent)

The rumor mill is swirling that Facebook is about to buy HotPotato, and that the acquisition will be all about talent. That’d be a shame, because although it has yet to pick up steam, HotPotato fills a killer space in the marketplace of social interaction. Continue reading

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User Experience is More Than Omnigraffle

User experience is more than Omnigraffle. It’s about creating superior customer experiences.
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Burning the Ships

In which I abandon the 9-5 life and start the business of my dreams.
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Social Networks, Your Online Presence, and Your Employer

I was perusing Mashable the other day and came across Sharlyn Lauby’s advice about corporate social media policies. As someone who has a bit of input into that sort of policy at a large organization (135,000 employees strong), I’m more … Continue reading

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Retrying Mail.app in Leopard

Earlier this year, I began exclusively using Gmail for my e-mail needs and abandoned Mail.app. After upgrading to Leopard and spotting Gmail’s recent IMAP support, I decided to do a backwards trial and attempt to switch back to Mail.app. First … Continue reading

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2008 Primary Calendar

Well, it’s not the prettiest site I’ve ever built, but for just a few hours of work I’m happy with this version 0.5 of my 2008 Presidential Primary Calendar. Update: I should have thought of this in the first place, … Continue reading

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New Gmail

So I have a new version of Gmail (maybe everyone does?), but it really doesn’t seem all that different. Anyone know what the deal is? Update: Ok, I spoke too soon. In addition to the new refinements, the address book … Continue reading

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Dear Roxio…

If you are going to offer a downloaded software service, please make sure that downloads are (1) reliable and (2) fast. I’m on a super-fast government network and getting 50 kb/second off of your servers.

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Rupert!

You know, I never wondered about this until I saw it on Ricky’s blog: If you’ve ever wondered if Rupert Murdoch has a MySpace account, here’s your answer. Anderson has his own Rupert stories: “He called me once and couldn’t … Continue reading

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Times a’Changin

“Hi, we’re Amazon and we just changed the entire marketplace.” Again. I’m super-excited about this.

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