Just got back from the pavilion, and I’m all set for the second round of presentations. I am the kind of person that can absolutely admit when I’m wrong, and I’m doing that right now: I have scientifically verified that Kristen Nicole of mashable is, indeed, a carbon-based life form. I admit it- I jumped [...]
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I’ve never done the “liveblogging” thing before, but I’m going to give it a shot. It’s 8:34 am here in San Diego, and the crowd is filing in for the keynote and the first wave of presentations. I am planning to give a brief description of each of the presentations as they happen, and I’d [...]
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Okay, so this is highly off-topic, but I’ll blame that entirely on baseball playoff fever. I was reading (with much glee) about the dreaded New York Yankees’ sleepy loss to the Blue Jays this afternoon, and couldn’t help but notice the following: This was a makeup from an April 25 rainout and there were only [...]
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My boss Jen and I often exchange links throughout the day, mainly to chuckle at how remarkably superior we are when it comes to grammar than, say, 95 percent of the blogosphere (potentially the world). (Oh, and feel free to point out my own grammar mistakes, most notably my frequent troubles with subject-verb agreement and [...]
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Google’s interpretation of how presentationware should work is now up. I tried it, and there are some good things, and some bad things. Like my hero Mitch Hedberg says: “People either love it or hate it. Or think it’s just okay.” Take a look at my sample presentation. The Good: It’s easy. There are some [...]
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Since this is complete crunch time before we head off to DEMO, blogging will be sparse at best for this guy. But since this week is full of news and events related to all things Web, I have to at least post a few links: TechCrunch 40-Â Starts today, and features some companies that I’ve [...]
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Nate stumbled on this hilarious “On Notice Board” generator, which allows users to put people on notice, Colbert style. For those unfamiliar with “The Colbert Report” (aka: dirty hippies), he regularly rants about things that trouble him (bears, Barbara Streisand, bears) and puts them on official “notice” by putting them on the big board. I [...]
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(Cross-posted from the CustomScoop blog.) (Is it lazy to cross post instead of writing a separate post for this space? Probably, but I liked this piece so oh well! ) “Everyone has a right to their opinion.†This phrase gets thrown around a lot, but how often do we consider its meaning? How often do [...]
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I actually expected my score to be higher, but since I couldn’t say I update every day (although technically I do with one of my company blogs, hmmm), I think that’s what knocked me down a level. Regardless, it’s still disturbing. But a fun quiz! 82%How Addicted to Blogging Are You? Mingle2
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