November 2011
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Nov 8th
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Nov 7th
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September 2011
1 post
Necessary evil, but I freaking hate Comcast
I let the cable guy use my computer to set up the internet yesterday and returned to find no less than 30 bookmarks for Comcast shit that I will never use. If I had any other options, I wouldn’t have gotten Comcast again. They are the scum of the earth in terms of their stance on net neutrality. Now, as a web developer, I have no less than 4 (you could even consider it to be 5) different...
Sep 2nd
August 2011
3 posts
Zynga To Delay IPO Because of Market Conditions  →
I can’t say I fully understand this. Can the market not bear a correctly priced Zynga? With Zynga’s amazing 4.4 cent ARPDAU, what does it matter if the market is rocky? At the end of the day, if Zynga’s revenues can be sustained, then it’s a great company to invest in. There’s this huge and false misconception that if a company’s stock jumps after an IPO that...
Aug 29th
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Steve's magnum opus isn't Apple; it's the people...
My good friend Mark Bao posted his thoughts on Steve Jobs’ magnum opus — his life’s great work, which got me thinking… Once every few months, someone creates something pretty cool that millions use. Then once every few years, someone creates something adds value to the lives of millions and makes us all better off. And then once every few decades, someone inspires millions to...
Aug 25th
iPhone Mockup Frame (PDF) →
We’ve had to do lots of paper prototypes and mockups at The Tap Lab and I thought I’d share the PDF I whipped up that we draw all over. If you make sure to print at 100% (let it clip, there’s just white around the edges), it’s 2 actual-sized iPhones per page with considerable margin for notes.
Aug 16th
June 2011
1 post
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Jun 2nd
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May 2011
2 posts
May 13th
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“I had two Cokes today. Time spent with Ralph and Coke consumed are perfectly...”
– Jonney, via text message
May 8th
April 2011
4 posts
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“Players are just going to expect that when you play games, there’s a...”
– Wade Tinney, at MIT BiG 2011
Apr 15th
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Sharkbait! Hoohahah!
A few nights ago, I imed facebook’s infamous shark emoticon to my friend Heidi Allstop of Student Spill. She answered with perhaps the best possible response ever, which was “sharkbait hooohaha.” Ever since then, I’ve had a hankering to watch Finding Nemo again, but alas, my Macbook Air has no disk drive and it’s not available on Netflix streaming. I might need...
Apr 9th
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“At any rate, I hereby proclaim today the day for time travelers to bring it on....”
– Chris Dixon, on his blog
Apr 5th
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Angry Nerds →
This is my favorite find of the day… I especially like how the bomb bird is the founder.
Apr 1st
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March 2011
4 posts
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Research: Redis? SimpleGeo? Foursquare?
My current conundrums: Which in-memory store to use? Redis Memcache Which places API to use? SimpleGeo Foursquare Google AJAX Local Search Which checkin API to use? Foursquare Facebook Gowalla And there’s others I’m not listing! Wahhh!
Mar 26th
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No More Keeping Secrets →
The Tap Lab is a TechStars Boston 2011 company!
Mar 25th
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Mar 22nd
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New Blog = Fresh Start
My old wordpress blog has been inactive for some time now. I thought I’d give myself a fresh start on Tumblr. Shorter posts = maybe I’ll post more often? I suppose only time will tell. I’ll probably import a few of my old posts on other blogs into this one. Maybe. I’m also going to try to get better at the twitters, but let’s take it one step at a time, eh? :D
Mar 19th