programming By default... Software is all about default behavior. From pure infrastructure plays (e.g. Gnip [http://gnipcentral.com]) to general population consumer facing applications (e.g. Apple products). Whether you want to call your software's configuration, "preferences," "settings," "configuration," or "config," they&
location BrightKite for iPhone. The fact it took BrightKite and Loopt as long as it did to distribute their iPhone apps must be some indication as to how niche the market continues to be. That's a bummer because location is going to be the next axis upon which the web tilts. GPS
hiring Job Applicant Rejection Gnip [http://gnipcentral.com/] has a lot of candidates applying for various roles we're hiring for [http://gnipcentral.com/jobs.html], and that means lots of applicants won't make the cut; simple law of averages (not to mention a high bar). That means I have the
location Loopt for iPhone; wow If you don't want to see a grown man gush like a tween at a Britney Spears concert, stop reading. I've been a sucker for the pairing of lat/lng based data/apps for many years. Threading location into the fabric of the web "only
software "If there's gold in them hills..." "If there's gold in them hills, people will find it." I'm sure that quote's been used many times relative to software applications, but it keeps coming up in my life so I thought I'd take a moment to blog about
GNIP Gnip 2.0, and feeling good. Posts like this are not my style, but I can't contain this one. Last night around 10pm MDT we released Gnip 2.0. In the past 15 hours, we've gotten the following public feedback from our users (engineers), speculators, technologists, and various media. This feels.... good.
Pinch me moment If you don't like over-the-top positive/happy posts, stop reading. I don't write these often because they're generally lame, but had to do it this morning. How much can go well in a 24 hour period? * Yesterday was my birthday. * My kids made me
Meme(me) Via Chris [http://www.0xdeadbeef.com/]. 1. Take a picture of yourself right now. 2. Don’t change your clothes, don’t fix your hair…just take a picture. 3. Post that picture with NO editing. 4. Post these instructions with your picture.
Code Head If you've ever written code before, you've experienced "code head." If previous statement is true, and you've been in a relationship with someone else, then they've experienced you with "code head." If you string together sentences with operators
clouds Clouds & Inverse Sunk Cost Arguments Over the past couple of weeks I've had conversations with several folks about Gnip leveraging Amazon's Cloud services [/gnips-head-is-in-clouds], and the fact that they are not. The vast majority of the time it is clear that the other party is not using the cloud because they&
Small World Experience Every now and then technology works. It's wild when it does. I had such an experience yesterday that made me realize how small the world has become. None of below is remotely close to mainstream (I need to do another blog post on technologies we "think"
browser Chrome It's been a long time coming. Google's impending release of their web browser marks the first notable new browser entry since Apple with Safari. I still think Apple made a big mistake going with Webkit/KHTML for rendering with Safari (over Mozilla Gecko), but what'
clouds What kind of Cloud is your solution? Cirus - What IBM is building. Cumulonimbus - Amazon Stratus - Mosso Cumulus - Google App Engine Fog - we've seen a few of these crop up. they're generally random, small, traditional managed hosting providers jumping into the game with 25% baked APIs to run on
apple iPhone 3G/2.x firmware disappointment I had two concerns just over a year ago with leaving my Palm Treo 680 for the iPhone. One, how was I going to do going from a physical keyboard with plenty of tactile feedback, to a touch screen with none? Two, how was UI responsiveness going to be? Physical,
bvsd Joyous Milestones & Unfortunate Circumstances The family went by my son's kindergarten classroom this evening to check things out (which desk is his, meet other families, etc); it was adorable. All these little kids jumping into the big education pool. I can't wait until Wednesday; his first day of school. We
GNIP What matters in a career, a company, and a Product. This post started as an internal email, but I realized I should post it here for would-be Gnip [http://gnipcentral.com/] applicants, and for anyone who may want some insight into how my brain works. I consider myself one of Earth's luckier human residents. My post-University career started
GNIP Gnip is hiring. Gnip [http://gnipcentral.com] is looking for a few new engineers to join our team; checkout our job posting here [http://gnipcentral.com/jobs.html]. We've got a great product going already, with phenomenally positive, and voluminous, public response, but we need to get more functionality into the
me.dium me.dium social search is here after a lot of work, me.dium social search is finally here! blending real-time human behavior with search results provides a powerful view into information on the network. it's in its infancy, but I encourage you to check it out here. http://me.dium.com/search if you
Who's in Boulder this summer? I live and work in downtown Boulder, and as a result, I'm always around the locals and tourists that comprise the city. Each summer Boulder sees its fair share of tourists, and I like to anecdotally measure the origins of the tourists by listening to languages and accents
music Flagstaff Amphitheater == Montalvo Amphitheater? Years ago I was lucky enough to see a show (Amiee Mann) at the Montalvo Amphitheater [http://montalvoarts.org/] in Saratoga, CA. The small outdoor venue was ideal (as was the music). Not having ready geographic access to it anymore is a bummer. I wonder if Boulder, in conjunction with
clouds Clouds and Sympatric Speciation I just canceled Gnip [http://gnipcentral.com]'s account with its traditional hosting provider. We had a good experience with them, but we moved our stuff to the AWS/Ec2 [/gnips-head-is-in-clouds] recently so they became obsolete for us. I also just received the following email from our account representative
calendar Calendar Dancing Every few months I sit down and try to mash all my calendars together, in hopes that the various calendar services I use have fixed all their bugs. You'd think that in today's world of well known ical formats, ics subscriptions, and new browser protocol handlers,
politics You've Got My Vote, Go Get Someone Else's! It looks like the Democratic party might have what it considers a reason to select a candidate. Boy oh boy that would be nice considering all the intra -party bickering, and money wasting, that has been going on for nearly a year, while McCain has been lounging and resting as
http Sockets, HTTP, XMPP, and Leap Frog My efforts at Gnip [http://gnipcentral.com] have caused me to re-consider a few things on the protocol front. Growing up at Netscape in the "netlib" group (really just 3 of us) gave me an interesting perspective on "internet protocols." Over the years it became apparent
programming Gnip's Head is in the Clouds Our transition to AWS / Ec 2 is complete. It's been a fascinating three weeks of porting. Last night, we internally deployed Gnip to several Ec 2 instances. Our current partners are still on the "old Gnip " which is hosted at a traditional managed hosting environment, but
