December 2009
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“The real truth is always found in the moment, never in the future.”
– don’t worry if you don’t know “absolutely everything” before starting out | Gapingvoid
Dec 30th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-27) →
Manu Chao (32) Red Hot Chili Peppers (2) The Police (1) Memory Tapes (1) Foo Fighters (1) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 29th
“The whole point of technology is to make things easier.”
– Check out this post by Dave Winer about combining hardware and online services, in this case Twitter and photo cameras. So true. Be sure to read the comments.
Dec 28th
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“At Saucony, we exist for runners. Runners inspire us, bring us new ideas, force...”
– Saucony Performance Just bought a pair of Saucony running shoes. This manifesto was printed on the shoe box as well. Pretty good eh? Better than the average boring mission statement.
Dec 28th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-20) →
Yonderboi (16) Kings of Convenience (15) John Mayer (13) John Coltrane (8) Fugees (5) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 21st
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One of the best Surinam roti restaurants →
Dec 21st
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Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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Get Glue!
Glue: Hi, I'm Fraser from Glue. Could you answer the question below? It would provide us with helpful insight. After unlocking my personalized stream, my experience was: 1) Great, I loved the suggestions and explored right away 2) Ok, I would have liked some more info on the service 3) Not good, I was confused about what to do next. Thanks!
Me: 2 :-)
Glue: Thanks for the response! This is a new release of GetGlue.com so your feedback will be a huge help. Was there a specific point where more info would have helped? Here's a FAQ - http://getglue.com/faq - would some of this insight have helped?
Me: Like it now I am using Glue for a few days. It was a bit unclear at start how to use your service though. Some specific suggestions on what to do after I subscribed - took me a while to figure out where, what and how. Also, the 10 likes needed before unlocking your personal stream weren't set in context enough so I didn't understand why it was needed. Therefore, this request felt a bit spammy. Hope this helps - good luck with your great service!
Glue: I see -- so if there was a bit of additional messaging around WHY you should like 10 items... it would have been a warmer welcome to the service?
Me: Yep!
Dec 15th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-13) →
Notorious B.I.G. (16) The Whitest Boy Alive (12) The Black Crowes (7) Erykah Badu (2) Sufjan Stevens (2) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 14th
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RICKSHAW BAGWORKS →
Cool bags. Via @bijan.
Dec 10th
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Dec 10th
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Dec 8th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-6) →
Herbie Hancock (11) Wilco (11) Stevie Wonder (10) Foo Fighters (9) Anouk (8) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 7th
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“The average Internet user ends up performing hundreds of DNS lookups each day.”
– Official Google Blog: Introducing Google Public DNS So much more than I would intuitively say. BTW I read the number 1000 elsewhere. But if I think about it for a second I guess it’s right. I am actually thinking about using their DNS service. Guess that would require some router tweaking on...
Dec 4th
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Pay attention
Read an interesting article by psychologist Mihaly Csikzentmihalyi in an onboard magazine while on a flight to Amsterdam. People who enjoy work tend to invest all attention in what they are doing. By paying attention they find variety and challenge in it. And this leads to satisfaction, for the brain surgeon as well as for a sandwich maker. Sounds like a choice doesn’t it?
Dec 3rd
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Social Networking More Popular Than Email →
Interesting data from Nielsen on social networks worldwide. Also check out this pdf: http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/nielsen-online-global-lanscapefinal1.pdf
Dec 1st