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Single User Utility In a Social System
Don't get knocked off your feet by the sheer strength of my agreement with Fred Wilson on Single User Utility In a Social System: One of the most important lessons we took…
The original 13-rules of basketball
Dr. James Naismith published these original 13-rules of basketball in 1892. I especially like #5: 5. No shouldering, holding, pushing, tripping, or striking in any way the person of an opponent shall…
Flickr Premium?
Danny Nicolas has been keeping up with my Flickr commentary of late about how Flickr should create a more affordable, less feature-rich account type and he has a few things to add:…
Rerun: Random 60: What to do about Flickr?
Seems appropriate to link back to an episode of Random 60 discussing Flickr. Remember, this was three years ago. "The woman CEO" that I mention in the episode is not the current…
An interview with Quentin Tarantino in the NY Times
I enjoyed this interview of Quentin Tarantino in the NY Times. Especially this bit on Page 5: I remember reading a review that Pauline Kael wrote about some director’s big epic, and…
Flickr for iOS 2.01.772
One niggle I had with the new Flickr app for iOS was the upload progress indicator was far too subtle (though an interesting take on what could be done to make it…
Flickr’s Holiday Gift and what it could mean for the future
In my recent How Flickr can eat Instagram's table scraps. I'm Instagram's table scraps. And so are you. piece I postulated that Flickr needed to make some adjustments and, possibly, make a…
IFTTT raises $7M
I've been using IFTTT a ton lately. I would pay for the service without blinking an eye (especially if it supported things like multiple accounts per channel). This big round of funding…
How Safari got its name
Well, not really. This post is really about how Don Melton doesn't remember how Safari got its name and how there are a lot of stories to tell you about later. So,…
Welcome to Silicon Docks: Dublin’s tech scene is booming
Issie Lapowsky for Inc. on Dublin's booming tech scene: Now, despite the country's ongoing economic struggles, a slew of emerging growth start-ups are flocking to the city of pints and pubs. This…
Nilay Patel on Instagram’s policy changes
Nilay Patel, of The Verge and a guy with a law degree on his wall, chimes in about Instagram's policy changes.
Quit Instagram, They Said.
MG Siegler, who inexplicably still writes for AOL TechCrunch, writes about people "quitting" Instagram. The real world:Quit, verb, to leave (a place), usually permanently. The internet:Quit, verb, to threaten to leave as…
The advantages and disadvantages of feature roll outs
If you're a member of a fairly popular web service you're probably becoming more and more familiar with feature roll outs. A feature roll out is when a new feature is added…
Top 10 Flickr for iPhone tips
Great list of tips and features for Flickr's new iOS application. Iparticularlylike number 3: 3. Apply a single filter to multiple photos at once. Did you fall in love with a particular…
How Flickr can eat Instagram’s table scraps. I’m Instagram’s table scraps. And so are you.
Before I even get started; Flickr can not stop Instagram at this point. Flickr can not beat Instagram in terms of hockey-stick-growth. Even with Instagram's recent policy changes Instagram is on a…
Instagram backlash is Flickr’s gain
Tom Warren, of The Verge, agrees with me about Flickr gaining from this recent Instagram policy change: With a nicely redesigned client and support for filters, Flickr is finally catching up to…
Instagram responds to backlash
The web has been ablaze yesterday and today about the new Instagram policies. Instagram has written a blog post to ensure everyone that there has been some confusion and they are going…
Instagram’s new privacy policy
In short; Instagram is now going to share your information with its parent-company Facebook in order to serve more relevant ads. Instagram will share things like the places you visit, your interests…
Temporary Insanity
Fantastically written piece from my teenaged friend Abby Wagner: People want to secure material in something more reliable than a single website. I think she has a future in writing.
Goodbye Viddler
Working at the same company for six years is a privilege that many do not get to enjoy. I've been extremely privileged to be able to do just that at Viddler from…
Open Google Maps with Siri
Just about everyone is saying that the new Google Maps app for iOS is a big win for users. But, one thing that is holding it back from being truly great is…
You can now download all of your tweets
Or, at least soon you will be. The Next Web has all the details. With over 26,000 tweets under my two-sizes-too-big belt I can say that I'm very happy about this. Twitter…
Your most productive time
Todd Troxell, ex-coworker and co-founder of Vid.io, asked an interesting question on Hacker News that got some great responses: Your most productive time. How do you do it? For me, I'm most…
The web we lost
Anil Dash waxes poetic about the web of turn of the century before Facebook and Twitter. But then talks about what is happening now: But we're going to face a big challenge…
Why founders shouldn’t be the developers
Swizec explains why founders shouldn't be the developers: There’s no getting around that, no matter how good a programmer you are, no matter how experienced, it’s just hard. Programming doesn’t require a lot…
You are not your code
Sam Stephenson, creator of Prototype JavaScript framework and team member at 37Signals, explains why our self-worth should not stem from the longevity of our code. He also puts forth this worthy nugget:…
Why I’m shutting Nilai down
Update (October 2026): Nilai is no longer available. Its ideas live on in Rinku, a free, open source desktop app for saving and working through links. Nilai began as a labor of…
Bold Poker app
This is ambitious and a bit ridiculous… but it must have been a lot of fun to work on. Bold Poker. Something I'd like to see is for an app that is…
It all starts as a hobby
Tom Tunguz on how so many big products and entire companies started out as just a hobby. He should know: Google AdSense’s internal CRM is a Rails app called Toothpaste that I…