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Friday, June 29, 2007 9:06 PM

iPhone iLaunch - i was iThere (with the fake steve jobs?)

Ok, maybe I wasn't there quite as much some of the others. I swung by the Union Square Apple store to witness the horrendousness that was today - the launch of the iPhone . There were people. And media. Everywhere. Some had camped out overnight. A line
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007 10:08 AM

Open Source Projects in the MS Ecosystem

Jeff Atwood has a post on an idea he had about contributing to the OSS ecosystem (he started the thread with " How To Advertise on Your Blog Without (Completely) Selling Out "). I have a post in the works on my thoughts on the idea (bottom-line : I *LOVE*
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Sunday, June 24, 2007 10:40 PM

Involved in a startup? Come to SFBeta on 6/26

My friend Christian Perry has been running SFBeta - a great meetup for startups to mix and mingle. At SFBeta, startups can also sign up to demo their products or prototypes to some of the most active technologists in the valley. You don't get that kind
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Saturday, June 23, 2007 10:51 AM

the best kept secrets in software engineering methodologies...

This is an absolute must-read if you are involved in creating software : " Asshole Driven Development " . " ai " PS: I'll be taking a little break... Back around 7/1 or so with more stuff on WISA . Stay tuned... Technorati tags: software engineering methodology
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007 1:04 PM

How Yelp has changed my life, and how Google's helping

Yelp has truly changed my life. I love teh Yelp. Its not that Yelp has helped me find the best listings (like doctors, restaurants etc.), but it has also helped me avoid certain listings (like doctors, restaurants etc.) Yelp has also helped me express
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Monday, June 18, 2007 3:43 PM

is flickr down? Y! all over the news today...

Interesting day for Yahoo! : Y!'s CEO resigns Flickr 's down A new photo-sharing competitor, shufl, rises Y! stocks are up about 5% as of now (3.42pm PDT). What is going on? " ai " Technorati tags: yahoo , yahoo ceo , flickr , shufl , photo-sharing ,
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Monday, June 18, 2007 9:00 AM

the beta launch of shufl - unlock your photos

As I'd promised... For a few months now, some good friends of mine have been working hard at launching Shufl . In the simplest of terms, Shufl is a peer-to-web application that helps you share your photos on the web. The best part about Shufl, is that
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Sunday, June 17, 2007 11:21 PM

startup announcement - 9am PDT on 6/18

Stay tuned... " ai " Technorati tags: startup , wisa
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Sunday, June 17, 2007 11:14 PM

82 emails, 40 some odd phone calls, and 15 rogue SMSs later

Since my call anytime post , I've received 82 emails. They have mostly been from entrepreneurs and startups. Some of the others have been from developers seeking help but not knowing where to go. And some others have been just "whats up" emails to see
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Sunday, June 17, 2007 10:37 PM

my emotional roller coaster and my soulless blog

Where are all the personal posts ai? What happened to you ai? UNSUBSCRIBE, AI, I'm unsubscribing. su says (10:31 PM): the blog is getting very very techie su says (10:31 PM): no soul anymore in it Yeah, I've gone all techie with my blog. Because I did
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Friday, June 15, 2007 6:55 PM

one thing PC users can do that Mac users can't...

A few of us got in to a little something something about the PC v the Mac after my post about Apple's cheap shots . That was not my intention with that post - my intention was to highlight how Apple is trying to spread FUD by anti-campaigning. I was stating
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Thursday, June 14, 2007 10:14 AM

facebook mobile apps?

I just time-traveled and went back, like, 10 years. I've been spending a good majority of time on Facebook . Even when I'm on the go - Facebook mobile is just so amazingly perfect. Since the platform launch , I've added what seems like 80 bazillion applications
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Thursday, June 14, 2007 2:00 AM

apple - cheap shots galore

Everyone's seen the Mac guy vs the PC guy commercials , right? I've said it myself several times that I think the commercials are hilarious ( swing away, mac-heads, swing away... ) But I think I'm getting a little sick of them now. The exaggeration in
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Tuesday, June 12, 2007 2:18 PM

David Blaine spoof, part 2 - get ready to laugh for 5 straight minutes

I literally choked because I laughed so hard watching this. This is a sequel to part 1 I'd blogged about earlier . "He's not even levitating me down..." "ai" Technorati tags: david blaine , david blaine spoof , street magic
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Monday, June 11, 2007 10:50 AM

What happens in Vegas, comes to the Valley - ReMIX07

Whoever said that what happens in Vegas has to stay in Vegas? Due to the SOLD OUT status of MIX07 , we have decided to ‘ReMIX’ with a twist right here in the Silicon Valley! This event will feature a keynote from Scott Guthrie who runs Microsoft’s Silverlight
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Thursday, June 07, 2007 9:48 PM

holy street views batman! google street views and streetviewr.com

So, for days, I've been chuckling about all the street views Google Street Views has to offer. First, I saw this post on mashable.com about the top 15 Google Street View sightings . Then, there was this /. article about how a woman wanted to her cat's
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Wednesday, June 06, 2007 10:49 AM

Maestro and NuTsie : better ways to access YOUR music from anywhere

Maestro : On-Demand access to your music at home from anywhere. "Maestro lets you stream music from your computer across the web, for easy listening anywhere. This is a lot like what music locker services Oboe , MediaMaster , and Orb are doing with a
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Wednesday, June 06, 2007 12:19 AM

Silverlight + Gears = SilverGears?

Ashish Shetty has a post on integrating a Silverlight app with Google gears . This is pretty awesome - what this means is that you can have a Silverlight app that uses Google Gears to store data relevant to that Silverlight app locally (leveraging SQL
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Tuesday, June 05, 2007 10:51 PM

why one of the iPhone ads was tailored for me...

I heard about this iPhone ad through Nate Warner . I love seafood. I live in the Marina (which is where Pacific Catch is located). I like getting my information quickly. Pow! " ai " Technorati tags: iphone , marina district , pacific catch
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Monday, June 04, 2007 1:06 PM

meebo me. seriously.

Kind of as a follow-on to my " call me anytime " post, I've decided to add a meebome gadget to my page. That way if I'm online on meebo, you can chat with me directly from my site. I heart meebo . meebo is teh awesomes. " ai " Technorati tags: meebo ,
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Sunday, June 03, 2007 4:11 AM

the secret...

For ages, many have wondered about the secret behind my locks. Now you know. That's right. Gorilla Snot Hair Gel . Use twice daily for best results. "ai" Technorati tags: gorilla snot hair gel
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