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Brain Dump 2013 6 Jun 2013 | 02:11 am
Almost a year ago I wrote here that I had been using OneNote (and later EverNote) to keep track of random thoughts that popped into my head while reading news, and that I was going to start posting th...
A few thoughts about RSS news readers from someone who thinks about them way more than you probably do 22 Apr 2013 | 03:04 pm
Last weekend, while I was putting together the list of Google Reader alternatives, I discovered more than a few projects and services that have died or entered a sort of zombie state, available but no...
Readerpocalypse - The Alternatives 14 Apr 2013 | 04:20 pm
It's been a month since Google announced it was going to shut down Reader, so I decided to gather up all the various links to 'alternatives' that I've been saving over the past few weeks, do some sear...
Readerpocalypse - The Players 14 Apr 2013 | 04:20 pm
It's been a month since Google announced it was going to shut down Reader, so I decided to gather up all the various links to 'alternatives' that I've been saving over the past few weeks, do some sear...
Clever.io - The next generation news reader 16 Mar 2013 | 05:18 am
I woke up very late on Wednesday, partly because I was working on my new news reader service - Clever.io - until the wee hours of the morning, then stayed up to see if I could snag Google I/O tickets ...
Magnet.io - The next generation news reader 16 Mar 2013 | 05:18 am
I woke up very late on Wednesday, partly because I was working on my new news reader service - Magnet.io - until the wee hours of the morning, then stayed up to see if I could snag Google I/O tickets ...
Flip.io - An open HTML5 word puzzle game 13 Mar 2013 | 02:57 pm
There's a game that was launched a couple years ago on iOS called Seven Little Words which I was addicted to for a few weeks back then. The author did a great job coming up with a completely new game ...
Artisanal Websites: The rise of .io domains for well crafted web services 12 Feb 2013 | 04:06 pm
From the very first moment I heard of the .io TLD a few years ago, I thought it was absolutely fantastic. The geek in me just really responded to the idea of a domain name that ended in IO - the input...
Microsoft: It's the little things 23 Jan 2013 | 08:11 am
I have a pet peeve when it comes to computer keyboards: The Fn key. I have no idea why anyone who's ever used a computer in their life would design a keyboard with the Fn key on the bottom left next t...
The return of Virtual Reality 16 Jan 2013 | 01:55 am
I remember playing a virtual reality game in an arcade while waiting for a movie to start when I lived in Atlanta in the mid 90s. The game - which I just looked up - was a SU 2000 virtual reality game...
