Entries from October 2006

October 31, 2006

links for 2006-10-31

Read/Write Web > Metacafe’s Online Video Revenue Sharing Goes Live
$100 after 20,000 views and it goes up from there
(tags: videosharing)

CleaningDigitalCameras
How to clean the CCD/CMOS sensor in your digital SLR camera
(tags: digitalphotography howto)

SlingPlayer for the Mac (beta)
It’s available for public beta!
(tags: slingbox mac)

October 30, 2006

links for 2006-10-30

Creating Passionate Users > Knocking the exuberance out of employees
“If you knock out exuberance, you knock out curiosity, and curiosity is the single most important attribute in a world that requires continuous learning and unlearning just to keep up.”
(tags: work hiring)

October 28, 2006

links for 2006-10-28

YouTube – YouTube: From Concept to Hyper-growth
A talk given recently at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign by YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim
(tags: youtube startup)

Guardian Limited > Oh no, not Steely Dan again
Does your iPod have a favorite artist?
(tags: ipod)

Widgetbox
Widget bling for your blog
(tags: widgets blogging)

The Long Tail: The Economics of Abundance
(tags: businessmodel trends longtail)

Has the iPod [...]

October 27, 2006

The Giants hire Bruce Bochy

The Giants hired Bruce Bochy as their new manager today. Many people, myself included, are facinated by Bochy’s huge head (seriously – it’s gotta be a size 9). This made me think of a great scene from ‘So I Married an Axe Murderer’. You’ll want to forward to the 3:02 mark [...]

October 26, 2006

links for 2006-10-26

Getting Real
The 37 Signals mainfesto "Getting Real" is now available online for free. Until now you had to buy the book.
(tags: 37signals methodology gtd)

iLike
‘Check out what your friends are listening to, browse the libraries of people with similar tastes, and discover free music by new artists based on your own listening habits.’
(tags: itunes music [...]

October 25, 2006

links for 2006-10-25

Stuff for your Harmony 880
Icons, backgrounds, and other media for the Harmony 880 universal remote.
(tags: remotecontrol universalremote harmony hometheater)

travelistic – videos for travelers
They’d like to be the YouTube for travel.
(tags: videosharing travel web2.0)

SFgate > Back to the alley
A trend towards building pedestrian-friendly alleys. Focus is on Linden Ave in Hayes Valley.
(tags: sanfrancisco trends urbandesign)

The [...]

October 23, 2006

links for 2006-10-23

Bluetooth Retro Handset
(tags: retro nostalgia gadgets giftideas)

Slingcast of WSU / Cal game
Slingbox was used to broadcast the WSU/Cal game at Memorial Stadium in Bekeley
(tags: slingbox)

October 22, 2006

links for 2006-10-22

Make fridge magnets out of MOO cards
A nice use of the popular MOO cards
(tags: moocards howto)

October 22, 2006

Beautiful day in San Francisco

We had amazing summer-like weather in SF today. Here are a couple of shots that I took today at Crissy Field…

October 21, 2006

links for 2006-10-21

Scrybe – Sneak Peek
A preview of a very cool looking productivity app called Scrybe. A closed beta is supposed to be starting in late October. A couple of cool items from this demo: the offline mode, the multiple time zone view, and the thought stream.
(tags: gtd productivity webtools calendar web2.0)

Scrybe (beta)
“Simple solutions for [...]