Monthly Archives: May 2008
Twitter Cheat Sheet
If you are new to Twitter or even for seasoned users, head on over and take a look at the Twitter Cheat Sheet. And if you aren’t following me yet…
SEPTA goes iPhone-alicious
If you happen to be clutching an iPhone and you live or work in the Philadelphia area, SEPTA has developed a nice iPhone application: iSepta.org. (Click on the link from your iPhone.) What makes this interesting is that SEPTA’s website is pretty inconvenient for finding train schedules, but this iPhone optimized website is quite brilliant. [...]
Invitations to Twine Private Beta
If you are looking for Web 3.0 goodness, Twine is probably a good place to start. I just started playing around with Twine while it is still in invitation only private beta. I’m in a sharing mood, so if you want to check it out, either post your email in the comments or @hyermish me [...]
Time to Unplug
As this post appears on the blog, I will be in the car heading to an undisclosed campsite. I doubt that I will have cell phone reception and I highly doubt there will be an open WiFi network in range. There will probably not be an extension cord long enough to power my high-tech habits. [...]
Should MS Open Source Windows?
Take a few moments to read the following article from the Knowledge@Wharton site: Microsoft’s Vista: New Horizon or the End of the Road for PC Operating Systems? From the bottom of the article, the author writes the following: Another radical shift for Microsoft would be to make Windows a more open platform where the company [...]
Rainbow over Philadelphia
A full rainbow spans the horizon looking east over North Broad Street after a brief rain shower in the early evening of Thursday, May 22, 2008 in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Tom Mihalek)
Happy Birthday Richard Wagner
Happy Birthday to German composer, Richard Wagner, born in 1813. Known for his vignette operas such as Tristan und Isolde, Parsifal, and Der Ring des Nibelungen (a.k.a. The Ring Cycle). One of my favorite memories at Eastman School of Music was when my composition teacher, Christopher Rouse, asked me to listen to the entire Ring [...]
Two weeks with BrightKite
For a little more than two weeks, I have been investigating BrightKite, a new website that brings location and photos to Twitter. Now onto my experience. After receiving my private invitation to the service, signing up with BrightKite was simple. Finding Friends With any social network application, the overall experience gets better as more friends [...]
Describing Van Halen to a Horse
Favorite tweet: Merlin Mann from 43folders describes what it is like to talk to a Windows user about the Mac. And if you haven’t heard it yet, check out the “You Look Nice Today” podcast.
Cost, Credibility and Control