Like certain friends of mine, I love seeing my name online on the web, when used in a positive way of course, and love hearing my name mentioned in conversation when people think I am not listening. Because of this, it’s no surprise when a good friend of mine sent me the following IM this morning, it brought a bit of a smile to my face: (more…)
This evening I decided to play with a really kewl new app called Fluid. What this app does is allow you to create Site Specific Browsers. One of the first usages which popped into mind was a product I helped develop, Yahoo! Web Messenger. An annoyance of mine with it is that it had to live in a browser tab, something prone to getting closed accidentally, and also didn’t have any decent notifications of new messages when not in focus. Being the perfect candidate for Fluid, IMHO, I set out to give it a shot. In less than an hours time I built a pretty kewl demo and here’s how you can use it too. (more…)
Well, a day I have been stewing over for a few weeks now is finally upon me. This morning at the pre-dawn hour of 8am, my car goes in to have the wrapping removed. It’s a choice I didn’t make lightly and driving the yodelmobile will be a memory I will cherish for a long time to come.
To commemorate the last day, I asked two people I look up to and admire for all they have done, Jerry Yang and David Filo, to come and pose with me for a photo. Here’s two of the shots which can also be seen on Flickr: (more…)
Reading Terry Chay’s recent blog post about camera/laptop bags, it made me start thinking about my own camera gear a bit. I’ve been long hunting the “best” camera bag for a long time and have unfortunately found such a thing doesn’t exist or I am looking in the wrong places. Instead I have found several bags which seem to each fit a specific niche of my needs. (more…)
In some respects this year has flew by, in other respects it seems like it’s been a long year. It’s definitely been an eventful year, so I decided to do a recap of the year’s events. From jet-setting around the world (literally), to taking on new roles in the company, to diving off the deep end with new hobbies, to picking up a book deal this year has had it’s fair share of excitement. This list definitely isn’t all inclusive, but it should be offer good coverage of the highlights. (more…)
