bshirley I think this NYT Article (Who’s Driving Twitter’s Popularity? Not Teens.) misses the mark drastically and sows trite generalisms. “Twitter’s unparalleled explosion in popularity has been driven by a decidedly older group. That success has shattered a widely held belief that young people lead the way to popularizing innovations.” Who decided they were older? (Oh, … Read more
After waiting for Checkers to be pushed into the store from the queue, and watching it’s soft launch this weekend, we noticed some anomalies in the ratings. We’ve come to have certain expectations of the ratings. The Checkers FS5 Free was receiving an inordinate number of low ratings. No comments explaining or support emails about … Read more
There is a hurricane named Bill this year. It was only inevitable that this would show up in my in-box from a friend:
We had a project that included extern links to many subprojects. (They were subprojects because we use them across several projects.) The subjects had a iPhone 3.0 branch created for them, and developed against the new SDK. Out of laziness, we redirected the extern links to the 3.0 branch when it was desired. In reality, … Read more
I almost never turn on my TV anymore. I watch TV shows streamed over the Internet. It’s like having a DVR without needing a DVR. Mostly I watch on Hulu, but sometimes on SyFy (recent rebranding of SciFi) or CBS or Boxee. I’ve been watching The Listener recently. Like most shows, the new episodes show … Read more
Once again the Houston Press Music Awards Showcase is bringing the best live music value for your buck to a summer Sunday afternoon in downtown Houston. $10 for 5 hours of music from a variety of ~50 bands. What’s up with all the capital letters and spaces? I talking to you, B L A C … Read more