This week is the last chance for big companies to make 2010 product announcements before things slow down for the holidays, and Google’s not letting the opportunity pass them by. Yeste... Read more
In July 2009, an old friend of mine and her partner were sleeping in their bed when an intruder broke into their home and brutally raped them at knifepoint. My friend’s partner, Teresa... Read more
Developer Sarah Mei’s most significant contribution to the Diaspora project: changing the “Gender” dropdown to a text field. It pissed off at least one person, who argues t... Read more
I Google places I want to go or need directions to or want to research on my phone constantly, so I’m really digging the newly-launched Google Hotpot, a ratings and recommendations eng... Read more
I’m in Washington, DC this week for work so I got to attend the first ever Open Developer day at FCC headquarters yesterday. While it was pretty different from Hack Days I’ve att... Read more
Spurred on by the launch of 8pen and informed by over 60 suggestions on Twitter and Facebook, I rounded up my five favorite alternate Android touch keyboards with demo videos and pros and co... Read more
Derek Powazek’s post, Twitter for Adults, is a nice summary of how to use Twitter well. Reading it, I realized what my single best Twitter survival technique is: a private VIP list. It... Read more
Been using 0Boxer in my Gmail account since it launched a few weeks ago, and damn is it addictive. Here’s my writeup of how 0Boxer makes email drudgery fun over at FastCompany.com: 0Bo... Read more
So very excited that Google has announced an installable release of Google Wave, “Wave in a box.” Of course I’d like to sell a few more books, but post-Wave I’m also... Read more
Yesterday on TWiG, Leo and Jeff and I discussed Facebook integration in Ping–Leo didn’t know it was there, but looking at the screenshots on Apple’s site, before I got the... Read more
Garrett Murray diffs iTunes 9 versus iTunes 10 user interfaces in rollover screenshots. I like how the volume slider is so much more iPhone 4ish. Read more
Been getting harassed via telephone by some vacation telemarketing place in Las Vegas. At first I set my phone to send calls from that one number directly to voicemail. Then, tonight, I re-d... Read more
One of the most frequently asked questions I get is, “How can I learn how to code?” Today fluorescentinca showed me Google Code University, a collection of tutorials on Googly la... Read more
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