February 2012
2 posts
Google Calendar Delegates Missing in iOS5?
If so, you need to see this:
https://www.google.com/calendar/iphoneselect
Just check the calendars you want to see on your iPhone and click the save button.
Don’t ask me why, just thank the forums.
Facebook Is Using You →
A lot of people are up in arms about this article about Facebook’s (and Google’s) data aggregation. I think these issues are quite important, and people should read stories like these. However, I think people are getting a little too scared over it.
I think we should write intelligent legislation that forces companies to divulge, in an easy to find and use manner, what information...
January 2012
13 posts
Overwhelmed by the Network? Simple Filters Will...
Feeling overwhelmed by the firehose of the Internet, and especially social networks? Before bailing out, see if you can’t make some simple steps to filter out the noise. It’s easier than you may think. If you can get it right, you can get all the upside, with very little downside.
Twitter gives users a powerful tool called “Lists” that don’t get much attention. You...
Tools that rock: GrabBox →
My friend Chris has an excellent post on an indispensable tool I use often: GrabBox. You should read this and go get it. It hooks into Dropbox to turn your screenshots into sharable web links—instantly. Slick.
December 2011
16 posts
20 Years of Groove
2011 Marks the 20th Anniversary of the Spin Doctors’ Pocket Full of Kryptonite which was the band’s breakthrough and most popular record. For me, it was the beginning of my relationship with the first band I was truly “in to”. I was just discovering funk, like George Clinton and P-Funk. Alternative rock was just dawning, and Grunge rock was making its mark. The Spin Doctors...
The Best Jazz Of 2011 →
via NPR and @cameronmoll
When an adult took standardized tests forced on... →
“standardized tests in general are being made by individuals who lack perspective and aren’t really accountable”
A must read piece about whats wrong with the push for standardized testing and “teacher accountability.”
via @tbest
November 2011
6 posts
Stephen Fry on Steve Jobs →
This may have been the best thing written after Steve’s passing. Sadly, I waited till now to read it. If you read Malcolm Gladwell’s “Tweaker” hatchet job, Fry’s piece is the antidote.
October 2011
14 posts
A Voice From the 1% →
“I am living proof of Elizabeth Warren’s maxim that no one gets rich on their own.”
Great piece about taxes, the 1%, the 53% and the 99%.
Theo Epstein Says Goodbye to Boston. →
Classy guy; effective writer.
Smithsonian Oral and Video Histories: Steve Jobs →
(via Instapaper)
Steve Wozniak Remembers Steve Jobs
Apple Store Memorials →
It’s hard not get a touch misty seeing these.
Steve →
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My Personal Remembrance of Steve Jobs
Few people I’ve never met have had an impact upon me like Steve Jobs. He is a significant influence in my life. I said “is” because he will continue to be, even in light of his passing today.
My first exposure to computers—which would later play a central role in my minor contributions to society—came in elementary school. We had a lab of Apple ][s in our library. On occasion,...
WatchAn explanation of the current state of the #Occupy movement (that’s #OccupyWallStreet and all the cities it’s spread to so far in the U.S.) and how it’s related to protests across Europe. After that, there’s an interview with the excellent Michael Lewis of Moneyball fame. He has written many other books, including “Boomerang” about the 2008 U.S. financial...