bionicDan

Just finished my first ever “juice cleanse” (did it with Ann). 3...

Fri, 11 May 2012 11:19:26 -0400

Just finished my first ever “juice cleanse” (did it with Ann). 3 days. I am a fan and I’ll do it again. I have more energy, better focus, lost 6.5 lbs (weight loss wasn’t my goal, but happy about that), and am feeling great. Ann and I are making this a twice-yearly thing.

Shuttle does a fly-by over the Hudson before landing at JFK.

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:50:15 -0400

Shuttle does a fly-by over the Hudson before landing at JFK.

FedEx truck on ios Maps app: they MOVE!! Update: also on Google...

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:45:12 -0400

FedEx truck on ios Maps app: they MOVE!!

Update: also on Google Maps via web (I’m in NYC)

"Mango / Microsoft Windows Phone 7 on this Nokia Lumina feels like Danger Sidekick VII. Gawd loved my..."

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:14:23 -0500

“Mango / Microsoft Windows Phone 7 on this Nokia Lumina feels like Danger Sidekick VII. Gawd loved my Sidekick II.”

- Me

Proud to have helped create the Boston app. Nice writeup by...

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:53:18 -0400

Proud to have helped create the Boston app. Nice writeup by co-conspirator, antipax

senchainc:

Group Commerce did such a great job styling the Boston.com Deals app. Check out their writeup about what it was like to develop with Sencha Touch on our company blog.

Then check out their HTML5 web app on your Android, BlackBerry, or iOS device. (Or download the native app to your iPhone.)

beta.boston.com: Boston Deals now on your iPhone

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:48:25 -0400

beta.boston.com: Boston Deals now on your iPhone:

beta-boston:

Boston Deals for the iPhone launched this week, the first mobile app for Boston.com’s daily deals site.

The app allows you to:

- Find deals in and around the Boston area.
- Receive deal notifications on your phone.
- Purchase deals directly from your phone.
- Use Google maps (including…

"And bye. Hello, Yes is Continental Airlines calling with a trip Alerts Flight status update,..."

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:03:13 -0400

“And bye. Hello, Yes is Continental Airlines calling with a trip Alerts Flight status update, we’re calling to let you know that due to a late arriving aircraft young adult, yeah, like 31 from Boston to Newark Liberty International On Tuesday, September 13th. Yay experience delays. Your flight is currently scheduled to depart. Yeah, Boston, yeah 7:48 PM, bye yeah out of date. Yay. As in, Alpha 5. Bye. Yeah the right into Newark Liberty. Bye, yeah 9:14 PM, yeah it’s me change so be sure to check at the airport before departure. You do important to know that this is an estimated time and the flight could actually leave earlier. Bye. We apologize for any inconvenience. Thanks for choosing Continental Airlines bye bye.”

- When computers call computers: phonecall from Continental Airlines to me via Google Voice

Mobile Monday NY: Mobile Commerce Event - September 26 at Google

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 23:03:00 -0400

Mobile Monday NY: Mobile Commerce Event - September 26 at Google:

momony:

We’re kicking off Mobile Monday New York’s fall season with a great September event.

It seems to me like pundits and prognosticators have been telling us of the coming age of mobile commerce forever. Services that let us whip out our mobiles to buy candy from the drugstore, hop a cab ride, or…

a turning point

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 04:28:55 -0400

a turning point

Mobile Monday NY: NOOK Developer networking - September 21 at Barnes & Noble Tribeca

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:02:00 -0400

Mobile Monday NY: NOOK Developer networking - September 21 at Barnes & Noble Tribeca:

momony:

Mobile Monday New York is partnering with Barnes & Noble as they bring their developer tour to New York in a couple of weeks.

This should be an interesting event focused on their huge new entry into the “tablet” market. B&N asks that interested mobile, media, and technology executives who are…

arainert: jliszka: Locals and Tourists #2 (GTWA #1): New York...

Fri, 27 May 2011 15:44:08 -0400

arainert:

jliszka:

Locals and Tourists #2 (GTWA #1): New York (by Eric Fischer)

Mapping photos taken in NYC. Blue = locals. Red = tourists. Yellow = could be either. This = awesome.

"Many note the term “mobile” no longer fits the bill. While current trends started there with the..."

Fri, 27 May 2011 15:22:46 -0400

“Many note the term “mobile” no longer fits the bill. While current trends started there with the first truly robust smartphones, it insinuates a usage (on the go) and a bandwidth (paltry at best) that often isn’t the case. A good look at the data my phone slurps down every month is all I need to know it’s a broadband life that little electronic sidekick of mine is living.”

- via Stuntbox - Lightweight Computing

This puts clearly into words a problem I’ve been struggling with, but have had trouble explaining. I’m not so into Lightweight Computing as the term, though.

"Music Taste And Web 2.0” investigated how participants view music recommendation services in..."

Thu, 19 May 2011 13:35:33 -0400

““Music Taste And Web 2.0” investigated how participants view music recommendation services in relation to other sources of music exposure. A key finding showed that, particularly for committed music fans, the joy of discovering music “lies in the labour of the task”. In fact, the real appeal of using music recommendation services, suggests Stamp, may be precisely because they aren’t perfect and users still have to sift through bad suggestions.”

- Study Takes Critical Look At Music Recommendation - hypebot (via ubiqwitness)

Fascinating stuff.

(via mikehudack)

Value prop: nice and simple….errr, ummmm…

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 19:46:00 -0400

Value prop: nice and simple….errr, ummmm…

awesome!!! I have been waiting and hoping for this to be...

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:37:44 -0400

awesome!!! I have been waiting and hoping for this to be possible. will try tonight on the Mac Mini connected to my livingroom sound system at home…

mmacteo:

This little How-To is intended for Snow Leopard and ShairPort 0.03.

All credits to James Laird for his reverse engineering work. My best regards to him and his girlfriend.

Download ShairPort 0.03.

Download and install MacPorts.

Download and install Apple Developers tools (XCode): register to the iOS or Mac development program and grab it for free or purchase it from the Mac App Store.

Open Terminal (you can find it in Utilities subfolder in Applications folder) and write

sudo port install openssl libao nss avahi

then write your account password (this will take a lot of time!)

When the command finishes write

sudo cpan HTTP::Request

and write your account password (write yes two times if it asks for auto configuration and best mirror).

sudo cpan HTTP::Message

sudo cpan Crypt::OpenSSL::RSA

sudo cpan IO::Socket::INET6

Now we need to launch some processes, so in terminal write again

sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.freedesktop.dbus-system.plist

sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.freedesktop.avahi-daemon.plist

sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist

in the ShairPort-0.03 directory (use cd to navigate through folders in terminal) write

make

Edit the shairport.pl with and set a custom machine name on line 7 (this is what will appear on the iOS app or iTunes speakers list).

Each time you want to start ShairPort you need to open terminal, navigate to the shairport-0.03 folder and run

perl shairport.pl

Enjoy.

Surely someone will create a full featured application to easily start and stop ShairPlay, but for now it should be enough to listen you music on your mac(s).

rickwebb: heyitsnoah: (via This is Why People Pirate...

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:19:40 -0400

rickwebb:

heyitsnoah:

(via This is Why People Pirate Movies)

To be fair, you also get the director’s commentary and often some pretty sweet extras. But god, yeah, nothing irks me more than being advertised to on a DVD I PAID for.

sexartandpolitics: hyperallergic: We’re liveblogging this...

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:09:13 -0400

sexartandpolitics:

hyperallergic:

We’re liveblogging this important news … so click thru for more updates …

Bad news.

femmebot: Josh Nimoy, one of ITP’s finest, publishes details of...

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:04:39 -0400

femmebot:

Josh Nimoy, one of ITP’s finest, publishes details of visual effects for Tron Legacy. (via jtnimoy - Tron Legacy (2010))

Go class of 2004

Are Happy People Dumb? - Shawn Achor - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:29:18 -0400

Are Happy People Dumb? - Shawn Achor - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review:

rosiesiman:

In fact, happiness is the single greatest competitive advantage in the modern economy. Only 25% of your job successes are predicted based upon intelligence and technical skills, though we spend most of our education and most companies hire based upon this category. The “silent 75%” of long-term job success is based upon your ability to positively adapt to the world: optimism, social support creation, and viewing stress as a challenge instead of as a threat.

"I think 20, 30, 50 years from now, when we look at media history, we’re going to look at the..."

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:50:43 -0400

“

I think 20, 30, 50 years from now, when we look at media history, we’re going to look at the late 20th century as the aberration. It was created artificially by the scarcity of broadcast-frequency. The people who had that broadcast frequency created enormous monopolies, and with monopoly they had to speak broadly to huge audiences. What kind of journalism does that create? That creates a journalism of the middle.

Now we’re just back to the way it was before, when anybody with some verve could start up a publication and get it out there, and if it spoke to people, it would grow. Papers would take off, become hugely popular, and vanish almost overnight back in those days. And what does that kind of environment create? It creates point of view, it creates voice, it creates partisanship.

”

- David Von Drehle speaking about media coverage in the time the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire vs. today on WNYC’s On The Media