Jeremy Johnstone

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. Read the rest of this entry »

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: Read the rest of this entry »

As many who follow my twitter feed know, I went to SXSW this past weekend flying to Austin, TX on US Airways. Also as evidenced by my tweets from these past couple days, I’ve had a bit of a run in with the TSA. On my departure flight to Phoenix from San Jose, in the process of inspecting my checked luggage, the TSA completely ripped apart both my checked bags. One was filled with clothes, and while annoying to have everything wrinkled and tossed about, that was of little concern really. The other bag, though, was filled with moderately expensive camera gear packed in a form fitting Pelican case. It appeared as if someone had flipped the bag upside down, then picked everything up and just cramped it back in, completely disregarding how it was placed originally. In the process, foam was crushed and torn and gear was lightly damaged. I of course was extremely angry, but I calmed down and felt it was an isolated incident of an extremely poor employee. Read the rest of this entry »

This year I set a goal for myself of traveling somewhere at least once per month. So far, I am failing miserably at it due to extenuating circumstances, as I haven’t gone anywhere to speak of yet. Now that things are settling back down and progressing a bit, hopefully I can now find more time to work on that goal. Well, thankfully this weekend I did the first step towards completing my original goal, I booked a flight out of town to Austin, TX so I can go to SXSW next weekend and also visit a good friend or two. I’ve also sat down and thought more about that lofty new years goal and have decided to clarify it a bit. Read the rest of this entry »