New Facebook app, please
I would like someone to create a new Facebook app, based on the myriads of Likeness quizzes. But instead of likenesses based on fruits, movies, books, cars, friends, or anything else, it would be based on the degree to which you dislike likeness quizzes.
Bah. Humbug.
Groveling for groovy web2.0 toolishness
Must - give - Paul - Fabretti - a - link - to - merit - Evernote - invite.
I’d heard of Evernote before, but just took the time to watch the demo video today.
Simple.
Quick.
Powerful.
Those were some of my first few thoughts. So yeah, I’d like to try it. Hook me up, Paul!
Twistori is absolute genius
Twistori is a very interesting way to waste time and yet feel like you’re doing something significant.
It follows the twitters of thousands of people whose messages start include the words
- I love
- I hate
- I think
- I believe
- I feel
- I wish
Pure genius … and hard to keep your eyes off.
What do you love, hate, think, believe, feel, or wish? Tell the world!
New Dilbert Mashup: cool but broken
Scott Adams has a new Dilbert mashup on his main site, Dilbert.com. Very cool.
The question posed is: are you funnier than Scott? You then get to change the punchline on the final pane of a Dilbert cartoon to something else … and people can vote on your version.
Only problem: it didn’t work as advertised. Not cool.
Here’s my cartoon, and the ostensible problem: “invalid panel count.” I’m not quite sure what it’s referring to …
Consistency of message
If you’re writing an article about the aesthetics and usability of web typography, can I please suggest that you don’t have a page looking like this?
(The suggestions in the post are pretty good, I have to say. But I’d prefer that the medium and the message aligned better.)
O’Reilly web2.0 expo
Just got a note from Janetti Chong, the community and content manager for O’Reilly’s web2.0 conference, that they are interesting in having me attending the event as a media partner … and are offering a free conference pass valued at $1500.
(I’m sure many, many other bloggers are also getting the opportunity.)
I have to say, I’m really tempted. San Fran is beautiful, it’s a short hop down the Pacific time zone, and the conference is guaranteed to absolutely rock … there’ll just be way too many smart cool people there to not be good.
Of course, it might mean missing yet another game with my ice hockey team. This may not go over too well.
Thinking, thinking, thinking.
mini-blogging
Thanks to an extremely generous brother-in-law, I’m blogging this from my new iPod touch.
Far, far, far too cool.
Of course, I quickly picked up the $20 extra apps package from Apple, which really makes this useable as a mobile platform …
Well, enough for now.
I’m super-happy with the Touch, but I’m not going to start writing novels on a touchscreen.
First miss for Shelfari (and Amazon)
As you may have noticed, I’ve begun using Shelfari to catalog the books I’m reading.
However, Indigo (a Canadian bookseller owned by Chapters) does, and here it is (volume one at any rate).
I’ve wondered before if Amazon and Shelfari are linked … particularly since Shelfari buy-the-book links are to Amazon. Amazon has invested in Shelfari … which is probably why Shelfari seems to be using the Amazon book database.
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Interestingly, when I fed Shelfari’s import functionality this page, it came up with a different book by the same author: Clio’s Warriors.
Oddness abounds.
Gabrielle, 11: capitalist
My 11-year-old daughter Gabrielle has gone into business designing and selling t-shirts.
Her first creation is far too cool for words:
Available at our Cafepress store, naturally …
[ update February 9 ]
Here’s Gabrielle’s latest - for babies:
Great free track from last.fm
I reconnected with last.fm after about a 2-year absence today, and last gave me a wonderful returning gift: this lovely track:
If you like world music, or folk, or classical guitar … check it out. Very worthwhile!
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