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Rod Hilton, creator of the aforementioned Machete Order, in December 2015 just as The Force Awakens was released: Wow, this Machete Order thing got big! After the post first "went viral" and…
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Recent grams
I'm trying my hand at Instagram again. This time I've created my own filter using Snapseed which I've named ColinGram2018. I'm taking some photos I've published here and re-editing them with some…
Good Design Award
Cabel Sasser on Twitter: After seeing the logo on cool products before, I finally looked it up: what a great index of cool products with Good Design. Not just fancy design! Fascinating…
macOS High Sierra security vulnerability
Dan Moren, reporting on this tweet from Lemi Orhan Ergin: Unsurprisingly, that news has quickly rippled through the Apple community as many people—including yours truly—have verified the claim. You can test it…
A \”fireside\” chat with Mark and Jeff Bezos
In this video Mark and Jeff Bezos do what the two brothers do a lot, have a chat. They just so happen to be sitting in front of a large crowd and…
1I/2017 U1 `Oumuamua
ESO: For the first time ever astronomers have studied an asteroid that has entered the Solar System from interstellar space. !!!!!! This created a unique problem for the naming of this object….
Curiosity takes a selfie
APOD: This selfie was compiled from many smaller images — which is why the mechanical arm holding the camera is not visible. In case you're not impressed, notice this comment on Reddit…
Doug Lane on Microblogging tone
Doug Lane, on thinking a bit more before publishing on his own site than he would on Twitter or Facebook: If I let moments of anger or frustration sit for a bit,…
Attending Venture Idol 2017 at Ben Franklin TechVentures
In 2007 I visited the area where Ben Franklin TechVentures is now. I was there for an interview with the then CEO of Viddler, Rob Sandie, to see about working there full…
Squash – October 2017
Squash – October 2017 This being my penultimate entry into the Micro.blog photo challenge.
Lackawanna Lake – October 2017
Lackawanna Lake – October 2017 Day 5 photo challenge entry.
Coffee bean counter, Duffy’s Coffee Company, Clark’s Summit, PA – November 2017
Coffee bean counter, Duffy’s Coffee Company, Clark’s Summit, PA – November 2017 This being my day 4 photo challenge entry.
Colin Walker \”be careful what you wish for\”
Colin Walker: I spent years blogging about social media, trying to think about ways to drive mainstream adoption. When we reached the tipping point I had to ask "what now?" but still…
Firefox Quantum released
Mozilla: Firefox Quantum is over twice as fast as Firefox from 6 months ago, built on a completely overhauled core engine with brand new technology stolen from our advanced research group, and…
Test: GIF of waterfall
This was harder to create from a Live Photo than it should have. And I don't like the result. But, such is life. Publish! This being my day 3 photo challenge entry.
Duffy’s Coffee Company, Clarks Summit, PA – November 2017
Duffy’s Coffee Company, Clarks Summit, PA – November 2017 This being my day 2 entry of the Micro.blog photo challenge.
Train mailboxes, Steamtown Museum, Scranton, PA – November 2017
Train mailboxes, Steamtown Museum, Scranton, PA – November 2017 This being my Day 1 Photo Challenge entry for squares.
Horace Dediu on Apple Watch revenue
Horace Dediu: From a revenue point of view, I believe next year’s fourth quarter will see the Watch generating higher revenues than the highest quarter for the iPod. Let that sink in….
Doug Lane’s Micro.blog photo challenge
Doug Lane: I thought we could start on Saturday (Nov. 11) and go for seven days. He has a theme for each of the 7 days. I'm in.
Twitter’s new character UI
Josh Wilburne, Designer at Twitter: With this in mind, we designed a system that defines two types of written languages, dense and non-dense, and expands the character limit for non-dense languages. By…
Apollo for reddit
Apollo: Apollo is built by a former Apple employee with feedback from thousands of Redditors to sculpt the best client possible. It features a beautiful, native iOS design, smooth, customizable gestures, fast…
Waymo is running trials without drivers
Darrel Etherington, for TechCrunch: Waymo is operating at full Level 4 autonomy, sharing public roads with human-driven cars and pedestrians, with no one at the wheel able to take over in case…
Condron Media podcasting audio test (audio)
Tucker Hottes and I are setting up new equipment for a forthcoming podcast from Condron Media. We're looking for feedback in the comments on how the audio sounds. Thanks in advance for…
Independent interviews Mike Krieger of Instagram
Adrian Weckler interviewed Mike Krieger, co-founder of Instagram, for Independent.ie out of Dublin. Regarding longer form video Krieger replies: What we have right now is a minute. If we introduce longer video,…
Prompton Lake – October 2017
Prompton Lake – October 2017
Speaking at the 2017 tecBRIDGE Entreprenuerial Institute
Photo credit: Mandy Pennington on Twitter. On Friday I had the privilege to host two sessions at the 2017 tecBRIDGE Entrepreneurial Institute Conference at Marywood University. The event was very well attended…
August’s kilonova in NGC 4993
Robert Naeye for Astronomy magazine, on the instrumentation that detected a 130M year-old kilonova: The LIGO and Virgo instruments detected a crescendo of waves for a whopping 100 seconds — much longer…
A technology predication time capsule
Readers of my blog will know that I occasionally attempt to predict when certain technologies that I write about will hit the mainstream. While I'm very passionate about a few technologies, I…
\”My Fares\” by Joseph Rodriguez
Joseph Rodriguez: It was not unusual to see shoe-shiners outside of Grand Central. They’re not there anymore. I think it’s a Banana Republic now. Incredible photo portfolio backed with incredible stories. /via…
An interview with Dan Rubin by Polaroid
My boy Dan Rubin on the Polaroid OneStep 2: First of all, it’s insanely exciting to see a brand new instant camera with the Polaroid name on it. The OS2 is a…