Random 60: How do you get motivated?
[viddler id-120f30a5 h-280 w-420] Random 60: How do you get motivated? In today's random 60 I ask where you find your inspiration but after viewing the video I realize what I really…
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The next version of Webkit’s Web Inspector
I'm a big fan of Webkit. Although I had been a die hard fan of Safari for a while I'm now using Google Chrome as my primary browser. The great thing about…
The \”whack a mole\” script
Todd Troxell, our "Super System Admin" at Viddler whom we also call The Todd, recently wrote a script for destroying bad queries while we were receiving an incredible amount of bad requests…
Isn’t she lovely?
Mary Ann waits patiently for me to take her to work.
Random 60: Favorite music genre?
[viddler id-3d73076 h-280 w-420] Random 60: What is your favorite music genre? Special guest Jeff Johns, a friend and fellow Viddler team member, has a particular taste in music so I put…
A Fall refresh
I know we're 1/3 of the way through Fall but for those of you that haven't yet visited the site in a little while – come take a look at the Fall…
A few tips to good API design
Good API design is essential to an API being used. The design of an API can be extremely daunting when you are just starting out with a new service so here are…
A short review of Prey by Michael Crichton
I recently finished reading Prey by Michael Crichton. I'm a big Crichton fan for nearly no other reason than because my first book that I ever read, on my own without the…
Random 60: TXT or call?
[viddler id-ab61be33 h-280 w-420] Random 60: TXT or call? Which would you prefer? Do you like getting text messages or would you rather someone give you a call and have a conversation…
This decade’s lost species
Guardian has a list of species that we've either lost or may lose in this decade alone. Sad. Via Jason Kottke.
Viddler on Facebook’s Developer Garage livestream
Thanks to Ethan Beard, who is as I type hosting Facebook's Developer Garage, for including the Viddler logo in his slide about applications on Facebook.
NaNoDrawMo?
I'm thinking of participating in NaNoDrawMo an art initiative that takes place through the month of November. The inspiration comes from Steven Frank (whom I interviewed a few months ago) and he…
Random 60: I love leftovers.
[viddler id-d2a0e47 h-280 w-420] Random 60: I love leftovers. One of my favorite foods is leftovers. Pretty much anything that is leftover from the night before will do – but certain foods…
The perfect Git workflow by Kyle Slattery
The way Kyle talks about Git is much the same as I talk about cookies. Sort of makes me want to grab a tall glass of milk and dive into Git. Here…
Viddler launches video statistics for the rest of us
[viddler id-b6549b4a h-278 w-420] Something new from Viddler today. Something we've been working on for quite a while. Viddler Analytics is a new feature that makes it easy to understand complex video…
On top of Elk Mtn.
My friend Raymond and I took a quick hike to shoot photos on the top of Elk Mtn. A great way to kick off this next stage of The Diet.
Photos from a hike up Elk Mountain
My friend Raymond and I hiked to the top of Elk Mountain this evening, trying to take advantage one of the last nice days for this fall, and took some photos of…
Tracking my weight all the way back down to 180, again
It is hard to believe that The Diet is about 3 and a 1/2 years old. It was over three years ago that so many of us decided to get healthy, lose…
Dive Into HTML5 – Video on the Web
The much talked about tag in the HTML5 spec is, obviously, of interest to me. I mean, I work at Viddler after all. However, even if I didn't – I'd still tell…
Follow me on Twitter
I joined Twitter in November 2006. Since then I've written about Twitter quite a bit and I've tweeted over 13,000 times. Wow. That must mean this thing is going to stick with…
Letters of Note
It has been far too long since I made any suggestions to all of you. Suggestions, here on First Initial, Last Name are what I consider recommended reading/viewing. Of course, all of…
Notes from my LessConf presentation \”How to Measure Success\”
Thanks to Scott Meade for taking really good notes from my How to Measure Success presentation from LessConf in Jacksonville, Florida. Consider this a teaser for the forthcoming video. Photo credit: Mr…
Windows 7 tips
If you're going to do a demonstration of Windows 7, the latest version of Microsoft's – most popular in the world – operating system, you might as well do it on an…
WPAPI.org – A stats API for WordPress.org hosted plugins and themes
WPAPI.org, the brain-child of Dean Robinson (who has been mentioned a few times here on First Initial, Last Name), is an easy to use stats API for plugins and themes hosted on…
Line-o-sushi
Yeah. Awesome.
A few Tweetie 2 for Mac wishes
Tweetie on Mac But, you just got done saying how much you loved Tweetie 2 for iPhone. You want more? Well, yes I do. I am now using both Tweetie on my…
A nice evening
It is going to be a nice evening.
Jon Christopher’s new suit
My friend Jon Christopher has just launched a new site for himself. He's run the Monday By Noon site and brand for years yet he never had a place all his own…
The Dyson bladeless fan
From the guy that invented bagless vacuums and the insanely powerful airblades to dry your hands in bathrooms comes this; a bladeless fan. Using what looks to be the same principles that…
Camping in Chenango Valley State Park
Taken on October 14, 2004. Five years ago today: Again, I'm late on this one. For a fair stretch of time I was camping every single year in Chenango Valley State Park…