Weigh in: Week Fifty Nine
The last time I weighed in, nearly a month ago, I weighed in at around 187 pounds. I've gained nearly 4 pounds since that time and I now weigh 191.2 pounds. Here…
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Recollecting BlogPhiladelphia
If I had a dime for everytime someone asked me why I lived in Pennsylvania, instead of somewhere not so "behind the times" like Silicon Valley, I'd probably have a free cup…
BlogPhiladelphia – Day 2
10:00am – Breakfast was again served in the main ballroom. Bagels, orange juice, coffee, cranberry juice, etc. Good stuff. Who is sponsoring the breakfasts? Thanks to them for doing so (if you…
BlogPhiladelphia – Day 1
9:00am – Free breakfast always tastes better doesn't it? I'm sitting at the front most table at BlogPhiladelphia in the Grand Ballroom at the Radisson-Warwick Plaza hotel. Call me the teacher's pet,…
BlogPhiladelphia – Day 0
10:00am – I'm going to be "live blogging" the BlogPhiladelphia experience starting today and into Friday. Unlike my previous live blogging attempts I am going to split this experience up by day….
Goin, goin, back, back to Philly, Philly
Cira Center – Philadelphia, PA – Circa April 2006 This Wednesday evening through Friday evening I'll be in Philadelphia attending Blog Philadelphia. I'm looking forward to this conference for many reasons -…
Syncing bliss with the iPhone
[ad#Adsense: Horiz 468] Something I was worried about with Eliza and I both getting iPhones was syncing. She has data, I have data, we have data! How would I be able to…
Thoughts on the iPhone
Before I begin gushing about the iPhone I have to mention, especially for those of you that do not have one yet, that you can win one of two free 8Gb iPhones…
Live blogging the iPhone launch
5:30am – Good morning! I'm going to live blog my entire day. Eliza, my friend Matt, and I are heading to the King of Prussia mall's own Apple Store to meet up…
Google Docs takes two steps, backward?
The new Docs UI Google announced a redesign of the main Google Docs dashboard that gives you quick access to all of your documents and spreadsheets that you have on Google Docs….
Why am I getting an iPhone?
So everyone is sick of hearing about the iPhone right? Well, everyone except those of us that are planning on getting one. Recently though I've seen some people saying that they don't…
One year with the Macbook
I purchased my black Macbook on the very first day they were available at an Apple Store in Rockaway, New Jersey. I even wrote about the first week with my Macbook. I…
Problems with LiveJournal and OpenID
Back on May 25th I uploaded this screenshot to my Flickr account hoping that someone else would have had the same issues that I was having using my OpenID while trying to…
Are you a \”fanboy\”?
Fanboy button – carocat_1983 Is it possible to not like something only because someone, or a group of people, like it? If one of your friends came to you and said "I…
Weigh in: Week Fifty Five
Lately I've been lax in my workouts. This is in part due to the fact that my schedule is not lining up with Chris Fehnel's schedule and so I haven't been regularly…
OMG, Skitch, LOL!
Hello, Skitch! Well, that was fun. I feel like all that I've been doing over the last few days is giving out Skitch invites and inviting more people to try it! I…
Skitch goes semi-public beta
You may have read my overview of Skitch or maybe you saw the countless images tagged with skitch on Flickr – and perhaps you want to join in on the fun? Update…
My thoughts on the WWDC Keynote
MeToday: June 11, 2007 So I've been catching some flack over my MeToday photo that, more or less, described my feelings towards the WWDC Keynote on Monday. Perhaps I'm overreacting, perhaps I'm…
Weigh in: Week Fifty Four
Thanks to all who encouraged me after gaining a few pounds last week. It means a lot. This week I lost 2.6 pounds and weighed in at 187.4 pounds. I'm very happy…
Ramblings in response to Viddler ramblings
One of the most difficult things about building a software product is dealing with feature requests. They come from everywhere. At Viddler we've got a forum specifically for jotting down feature ideas,…
Weigh in: Week Fifty Three
If I have a bad week on the diet it is usually caused by one of the following two things. First, I may have skipped my running, sports, or working out at…
iPhone on the brain and in my MeToday
Sorry for the lack of updates (namely my weigh in today). But my thoughts have been preoccupied as you can see from my MeToday video for today (come to this post to…
Why I’m excited about Google Gears
For those reading this that may not know what Google Gears does allow me to give a little bit of background on the situation and explain how, in general, web applications work….
Weigh in: Week Fifty Two
Three hundred and sixty five days. Fifty two weeks. Twelve months. One year. No matter how it is said I can't believe how far we've come. How much we've learned and lost…
Sorry Viddlers! I messed up featuring videos
Every single day I feature a video at Viddler. Since joining the team in January of this year I've strived to do this everyday, even while on vacation. Though I've missed many…
I’ve switched back to iPhoto from Aperture
So a few weeks ago I asked for help to switch back to iPhoto from Aperture. I had a few issues that I wasn't able to solve myself so I asked the…
Weigh in: Week Fifty One
Just one week shy of a full year on this diet! This week has been a great week though at the moment I feel like I went a few rounds with the…
An overview of Skitch
I'd seen Skitch pop up on Flickr and various Mac-related web sites for quite awhile before I got my hands on a copy. I'd wanted to try it but there is no…
Build \”nice\” software
Lachlan Hardy, or the guy I broke bread in Austin with courtesy of Ma.gnolia's own Larry Halff and an openID discussion directed by Chris Messina, recently jotted down his thoughts on "sharing…
Communities do not scale they divide
The very first part of the Web2Open in San Francisco I was able to sit in on, for only a few minutes, was answering the question: "Do communities scale?". Of course, there…