We want to be interrupted

June 6, 2010

Recently I read an article in Wired, “The Web Shatters Focus, Rewires Brains” by Nicholas Carr in the June 2010 edition (adapted from his upcoming book The Shallows). I thought it was thought provoking because I’ve been dealing with some personal focus fragmentation issues. As someone who writes software, I often need long uninterrupted blocks [...]

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Android market share _is_ as impressive as it looks

May 11, 2010

Google wants people to get a free android handset with their cell plan. When all “feature phones” are running some version of Android, what platform will developers build for?

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Another tip for using Gmail IMAP with Apple Mail

April 20, 2010

gmail “Labs” now includes an Advanced IMAP settings feature that improve the experience of using Mail with gmail

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How much would you pay for the universe?

April 12, 2010

Nobody’s dreaming about tomorrow anymore. NASA knows how to dream about tomorrow. If the funding can accommodate it, the funding can empower it, the funding can enable it.

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A tip for using IMAP with Gmail and Apple Mail

April 9, 2010

I’ve found over time that a good tip for using gmail with Apple Mail is to use an IMAP prefix. This lets you control exactly what appears in Apple Mail (especially if you have a lot of gmail labels).

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How to create a business card QR code

April 2, 2010

Generally there are two ways to create QR codes for business cards. The first involves putting the information directly into the barcode. The other usually uses a web address to act as either a landing page filled with the contact information (say your linkedin profile) or as an indirect way of pointing to your contact information. Each method has its pros and cons and I’ll go over each.

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Bookmarklet: Create QR Codes From Your Browser

March 24, 2010

Here’s a quick little bookmarklet to generate QR codes. If you click the bookmarklet while you’re on a page, it will generate a barcode based on the address for that page, if you highlight text first, it will generate a barcode for that text.

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Painting with Chaos and Light

March 20, 2010

I’ve been playing with a really cool online painting tool called “Flame”. It’s a Flash app, so no need to download anything. From the site: Flame is a painting program, it belongs to my ‘I am Artist’ experimental project. I think with tools which inspires you, everyone can be an artist. You can try it [...]

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Facebook Jumping in the Gowalla and Foursquare Pool?

March 19, 2010

Just saw on Techcrunch, that it seems like the QR tests that appeared on Facebook are part of a location service of some kind. At first blush it sounds more like Google Favorite Places, but with Facebook’s focus on people and connections I can’t help but wonder if it’s going to incorporate aspects of Foursquare [...]

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QR Codes Ugly? The Future of Unobtrusive Physical Hyperlinking

March 19, 2010

One of the issues with QR codes that I’ve heard several times is that they’re not that visually appealing. I just ran across an interesting blog post Clothes With Matrix Codes Put Information Up Front | Singularity Hub. The post mentions another technology I wasn’t aware of Data Glyphs, symbols that can be embedded into [...]

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