January 2012
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THAT IS ALL: A TWEET ABOUT THE S.O.T.U. THAT IS... →
areasofmyexpertise:
I concede that, even as a Deranged Millionaire, I have less a grasp on the economic contours of the speech than Andrew Sullivan, who was profoundly disappointed by it.
It’s true there was little uplift, and some very sour moments when, in his calls to “Frack, baby, frack, but frack somewhat…
How I'm starting out the year of the dragon
1) I will be having a CNY party! This means cooking a lot of things I’ve never cooked before! Like Chinese-style roast chicken and whole steamed fish. Which is fun, yes, but also slightly terrifying. Also, I don’t know if you know this, but I’m horrifyingly non-Chinese in a lot of ways. Like, I don’t speak the language and I couldn’t tell you the significance of most...
2012: The trajectory
I don’t believe too much in resolutions. What I do enjoy, however, are predictions. So here are my predictions for the year 2012:
1) My career will continue to shift and transform. I have a few personal projects in the pipeline that I hope to bring to fruition once I have enough time to execute them.
2) I will probably go back to Malaysia and meet a few relatives. And possibly the...
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1/16: The engine roars
I engage the automatic gearbox. I shift it to Drive, and I press gently onto the accelerator. An animal, a creature of habit, takes over in my mind, and I look left, and right, and I move my cage forward.
I soon find myself racing.
Racing down a two-lane highway, opting for the fast left because I want to go home. This cage and I are one. There are other cars ahead of me. I slow down. I shift...
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“Mac OS X: Tired of languishing in iOS’s shadow, Mac OS X will rebel by getting a...”
– 2012 Predictions: Macworld’s annual forecast of the year ahead | Macworld
If this predictions article thing was a contest, I’m pretty sure Moltz won. (Also, LOVE the orbital pie-delivery system).
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I need my phone
I get the idea that you want me to stop using my phone in a social situation so that we can actually talk to each other and connect and have real facetime instead of that iPhone FaceTime. You don’t want me to bury my face in my phone as I check Twitter, Facebook, Path, or whatever game/app I might be obsessed with while you’re talking to me. It’s rude. I get it.
But you...
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2011: The later months
I lived the bulk of 2011 in its last remaining months. I’m not sure what I did from January to June except breathe and eat and partake in the daily travails of life. Oh, I suppose I did go to yet another SxSW, and I did enjoy yet another MaxFunCon, this is true. But it was from June to December when my life spun and twirled and finally took a turn down a road I never knew existed.
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December 2011
12 posts
“The trouble usually arises when, under the guise of efficiency, people stop...”
– BRYCE DOT VC: Early Warning Signs of Startup Trouble
In my experience, this is a very real problem. Culture and communication are difficult to retrofit into an organization once it’s grown to a certain size but most growing companies don’t take it seriously enough until it’s too late. (via...
The Verge Forums: Horseshit →
everythinginthesky:
This is about tech-punditry and elitism and is being linked to by everyone right now. Including me.
As a fan of Apple, and as an acquaintance of John and M.G., I think Joshua is absolutely spot on. It’s the reason I never felt completely comfortable in many tech-related conferences.
The tale of two Internet marketing campaigns
One for the fellas:
Devastating Explosion
From the Old Spice guys
One for the ladies:
OB Tampons apology
From the OB tampon people. (As an apology for the time when OB tampons went missing from store shelves for months).
As much as I enjoy the explosions, the OB tampon folks win this time around. Internet marketing geniuses, I salute you.
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I haven’t listened to many of the usual podcasts for months because I’ve been too damned busy with work. Now that I have this crazy 2 hour daily commute, I’m doing some serious catching up.
Downside? I’m sure listening to two hours of the WTF podcast a day is messing me up psychologically BIG TIME.
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“The United States Senate has passed its edition of a bill that would empower the...”
– Senate passes National Defense Authorization Act, White House warns of veto
Bill of Rights, anyone?
Yes, it’ll likely be vetoed, but the fact that this passed in the first place is, quite frankly, appalling.
Honeymoon
I started my new job on Monday. It takes me about an hour and 15 minutes to get to and from work, with a total of 3+ hours of commute each day (I live in San Francisco, while TWiT is in Petaluma). The job is very different from what I used to do — less writing, more managing and organizing.
Yet, I’m absolutely totally loving it. I’m pretty sure this is a honeymoon period, or a...
Statigram – Instagram webviewer →
If you use Instagram, you should REALLY check Statigram out. It’s the web interface Instagram only wished it had.
PS. Sharp eyes will notice Tumblr favorites camh and benbrown mentioned on their website.
November 2011
10 posts
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I mean, I guess it’s okay to be cynical and not enjoy the Muppets movie. You could watch it without feeling any sort of happiness or joy. You could be all derisive and think of it as “just a kid’s movie.” Sure, you could.
Just so long you realize that you would be wrong.
David Cole: X is the poor man's Y, through the... →
irondavy:
I was thinking about the sentence structure “X is the poor man’s Y” and I started wondering how far back it went. I looked through every appearance in the Google News archives (the poor man’s research library). It looks to be pretty old, and usage from as early as the ’40s seems to have that…
Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish →
I’m leaving my job at CNET and joining TWiT. Surprise!
October 2011
21 posts
“We all — in the end — die in medias res. In the middle of a story. Of many...”
– A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs - NYTimes.com
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Steve.
Some people are surprised that they were personally touched by the death of Steve Jobs. Others mock these people as sentimental fools. After all, Steve Jobs was a stranger. Someone they barely knew. Who cares?
There’s no persuading these trolls and hecklers. But if they were to give it some thought, it is really no surprise at all that Steve touched so many people. He made the computer...
“CUPERTINO, CA—Steve Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple Computers and the...”
– Last American Who Knew What The Fuck He Was Doing Dies | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
Yep. Nailed it.
Fuck cancer. Donate.
I’m sort of an emotional wreck right now. If it wasn’t for the technology that Steve Jobs helped create, I would not have this life. I would not have met my husband, on an Internet dating site, via my PowerBook G4. I would not have met all of my dear wonderful friends through blogs, IRC, Tumblr, Twitter, and playing World of Warcraft. I would not have this strange and wonderful career....