I came across this cool Web 2.0 Innovation Map on Google Maps Mania. Zoom into your part of the country to find Web 2.0 sites/services in your area. A couple of weeks ago, I created something similar to this on a much, much smaller scale (SF Bay Area only) on Wayfaring.
Entries from January 2006
January 29, 2006
Nikon D70 dust spot rant
I’m feeling the need to rant about the Nikon Service department. A couple of months ago, I encountered the dreaded dust spot issue on my Nikon D70. I decided to send the camera in to Nikon Service for a sensor cleaning because I wasn’t comfortable with doing this myself. Fifty dollars (this is [...]
January 29, 2006
DriveTime
Are you making the most out of your commute time? Take a look at Ravi Jain’s brilliant weekly DriveTime video podcast.
January 27, 2006
Imogen Heap at the Great American Music Hall
I saw Imogen Heap play tonight at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. Great, great show. One of those shows where everyhing felt right: the right artist at the right time in the perfect venue. Click here for some amazing photos from this show by Gordon Lai.Set list:
Just For Now
Goodnight [...]
January 26, 2006
Marina Girl defined
Saw this on SFist / prosaic:There is a hilarious description of the “Marina Girl” on Wikipedia. The definition is very elaborate. Here’s just a portion of it…
“…When a Marina Girl turns 30, as the majority of the population is, she goes from being known as a Marina Girl, aka Turf, and is now [...]
January 26, 2006
My Yahoo gets AJAXy
It’s good to see Yahoo making some improvements to MyYahoo. They recently added the ability to drag & drop content. This is a standard feature on most of the new AJAX homepages. I’m not so sure where these new home pages (Netvibes, Zoozio, etc.) will be a year from now. I [...]
January 23, 2006
Barry Bonds Reality Show?
ESPN is in talks with Giants slugger Barry Bonds for a new reality show. More details here.Technorati tags: San Francisco Giants, Barry Bonds, MLB, Reality Television
January 22, 2006
1906 San Francisco Earthquake Photo Exhibits
Yesterday, there was an article in the Chronicle about two new photographic exhibits commemorating the centennial of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake: 1906 Earthquake: A Disaster in Pictures (SF MOMA) and After the Ruins, 1906 and 2006: Rephotographing the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire (Legion of Honor).
Related to this, the Bancroft Library has created [...]
January 19, 2006
eBay reports Skype revenue
In their earnings announement yesterday, eBay provided some very interesting revenue figures for their recently acquired Skype division. eBay acquired Skype on October 14, 2005 and since that time, the Skype unit has had $24.9 million in revenues. At the end of Q4 2005, they reported 74.7 million registered Skype users.This really is [...]
