February 19, 2010 – 12:36 pm
Or: “Holy Frijoles. Five years?”
Or: “So THAT just happened.”
Or: “In a few hours the circle closes and I am going to yell about it from my little rooftop because although it ain’t really all that huge — wow it sure feels huge to me.”
Warning: personal story ahead. And yeah, it’s kind of long. [...]
December 9, 2008 – 12:12 pm
Some time in the past year—I don’t remember when—I was installing software updates on my Mac and decided to actually read the license agreement. I encountered this:
You agree that all goodwill arising out of your authorized use of Apple’s marks shall inure to the benefit of and belong to Apple.
Um…what? Do they have [...]
September 26, 2008 – 10:05 am
We interrupt your regularly scheduled Russia travelogue to announce the release of a new application for Mac OS X.
Last night, my friend Chad from Tresys released his new application Pear Note:
http://www.usefulfruit.com/pearnote/
If you take notes during meetings or classes, this app is for you. It’s a simple note taking app with a brilliant twist: [...]
I started my own company back in 2006. The company, Figure 53, LLC, has been a labor of love since long before it was officially formed. Scraping together a few hours each night, and cramming 20 hours into the weekends, I slowly managed to make a product and…holy hell…even managed to sell a [...]
An idea I don’t have time to pursue right now:
The new iPhone SDK, which gives developers access to the accelerometer, should make it easy to write up a little iPhone pedometer application.
Just tell the app your stride length, turn it on, slide the iPhone in your pocket, and away you go. A friendly display [...]