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Daring Fireball: Regarding Joe Wilcox's 'iPhone Cannot Win the Smartphone Wars' Piece

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:07:57 GMT

This is a great article. I want to share it. This is just some sample text to show Paul how Delicious works.

http://daringfireball.net/2009/10/wilcox_iphone_smartphones

Garmin, TomTom Shares Sink On New Google Navigation Feature

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:32:42 GMT

Daring Fireball

Shared by Josh Bancroft
Wow.

Ben Charny, reporting for the WSJ on the aftermath of Google’s announcement of maps navigation in Android 2.0:

The move sent shares of the top two navigation device makers reeling. Shares of Garmin fell 17.2% to $31.88 on very heavy trading, foiling any lift shares would have seen from an upgrade Wednesday from Goldman Sachs, which raised its Garmin rating to...

Makers, my new novel: free downloads, donate to libraries and colleges, signings and tours

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:34:41 GMT

Boing Boing

Shared by Josh Bancroft
Ooh! Ooh! Gotta get this, ASAP. :-)

Today is the launch of my new novel, Makers, a book about people who hack hardware, business-models, and living arrangements to discover ways of staying alive and happy even when the economy is falling down the toilet. Weirdly, I wrote it years before the current econopocalypse, as a parable about the amazing blossoming of...

VIDEO: OnStar calls Hennessey after tuned CTS-V pulls .99 g

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:03:00 GMT

Autoblog

Filed under: Videos, Cadillac

The 700-hp Hennessy CTS-V meets OnStar -- Click above to watch video

On its way to doing the 1/4-mile in 11.07 seconds at 128 mph, a Hennessy-tuned 700-horsepower Cadillac CTS-V hit .99 longitudinal G as it left the start line. By the end of the run the phone inside the car was ringing, and it was your friendly neighborhood OnStar representative wondering "What the h...

Reading gets personal with Popular items and Personalized ranking

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:02:55 GMT

Official Google Reader Blog

(Cross-posted with the Official Google Blog)

Today, we're launching two changes to Google Reader to help you discover more interesting content faster. Just as the launch of Personalized Search improved search results based on your search history, these changes use your Reader Trends to improve your reading experience.

Explore section - We're always trying to help you discover new stuff in...

Ignite Portland 7 tosses a couple more logs… err presentations on the fire

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:54:28 GMT

Silicon Florist

It’s getting to be that chilly time of year in Portland. And you know what that means? That’s right: people using coats to save seats at Ignite Portland. But it also means that the Ignite folks are looking to reward us for braving the inclement weather to come watch presenters sharing their burning ideas.

What’s the reward? More content of course. They’ve managed to cram an additional two...

20 Reasons to Attend Ignite Portland 7 - The Lineup

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:42:23 GMT

Ignite Portland

And now, the moment you’ve all been waiting for…

I’ll spare you the details on the agonizing deliberations undertaken by your humble Ignite Portland organizers in narrowing down the field of great talk ideas for IP7. We love our “jobs”.

Here’s what you *really* want to know - what are the talks you’re going to see on stage on November 19? Wait no longer - here’s the talk lineup for Ignite...

Social marketing vs publishing -- funny!

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:08:49 GMT

Boing Boing

Shared by Josh Bancroft
I don't sound like this, do I? Do I?! ;-)

In the New Yorker's "Shouts and Murmurs," Ellis Weiner writes up a pitch-perfect parody of a certain kind of manic social-media-expert publishing marketdroid (thankfully, not any of the absolutely wonderful marketing people at my publishers are like this!):

To start: Do you blog? If not, get in touch with Kris and Christopher...

OpenMoko offline reader puts Wikipedia in your pocket

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:23:36 GMT

Ars Technica - subscriber only full text feed.

Shared by Josh Bancroft
Back in the day, I loaded the entire text contents of Wikipedia (which at the time could fit in a 1GB SQL dump file on an SD card) into HanDBase on my old iPAQ Pocket PC, just so I could walk around and say that I had the entire contents of Wikipedia in my pocket. That pickup line didn't work then, and I doubt it will work now.

Today, I already have one of these. It's...

SEO FAQ

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:22:29 GMT

Derek Powazek

So yesterday I had a bit of a rant about SEO and I’ve gotten a few common questions so I thought I’d try to answer them. Here goes.

Gosh you seem angry.
Damn right. I publish a magazine and I know a lot of magazine publishers. And they are forking over embarrassing sums of money to charlatans who say they can raise their search engine rankings. These magazines can barely pay their writers...

Spammers, Evildoers, and Opportunists

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:32:00 GMT

Derek Powazek

Shared by Josh Bancroft
Amen.

Search Engine Optimization is not a legitimate form of marketing. It should not be undertaken by people with brains or souls. If someone charges you for SEO, you have been conned.

First came the web, and it was a mess. Servers went up everywhere, the net connected them all, pages bloomed like flowers, and no one could find a damn thing.

Then came the search...

Is App Addiction a Real Thing?

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:43:19 GMT

ReadWriteWeb

Shared by Josh Bancroft
I'm not an addict. I can quit any time I want. #seriously #notanaddict :-)

Do you jokingly refer to yourself as an "app addict?" That is, are you someone so obsessed with your mobile phone applications that you've filled numerous screens full of apps, play with them anytime you have 5 minutes to spare, and sleep next to your phone just so it can be the first thing you ...

Steve Novoselac

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:06:16 GMT

Steve Novoselac

New Sysinternals utility released today, Disk2vhd v1.0 – Yes, creating a VHD from a physical hard drive, even an online one, is now a couple clicks away… - http://coolthingoftheday.blogspot.com/2009...

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Alex Scoble

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:54:20 GMT

Alex Scoble

Seriously people...gaming and laptop don't even spend time in the same zipcode...they are arch enemies. Never was this more apparent than at the Intel truck at PAX 2008. They had "gaming" laptops and desktops from Alienware side by side running Crysis and it wasn't even funny the difference. So to recap, gaming and laptop hate each other.

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They'd seriously nuke each other's home towns if they had the means to do so. - Alex Scoble

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I don't think those exist. The ATI I mentioned is the latest, greatest card. - Rodfather

I meant as a possible way to provide laptops additional graphics horsepower. In the near future that is. - Adrian Malone

The First Google Wave Search You Must Know

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:27:42 GMT

Smarterware

Shared by Josh Bancroft
Saved both of these searches. Nice start - thanks, Gina! It's especially fun since there's no other way (I can see) to look at the "public timeline" of waves from everybody.

If you’re one of the lucky folks who got into Google Wave this week, your excitement probably turned to “Now what?” when you logged in and realized you had no one to wave with. If anyone on your...

Initial Press and Blog Coverage of Intel Atom Developer Program

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:38:45 GMT

Intel Software Network Blogs

Wow! I’m still counting the number of technical press articles, blog posts, forum posts, and tweets we've received since announcing the Intel Atom Developer Program at IDF on Sept. 22 in Paul Otellini's keynote. The Intel Software Network Article, "New Opportunities for Software Developers" went live during Renee James 9/23 keynote which featured a deeper dive announcement of the program.

...

Get In Early with the Atom Developer Program. (And win!)

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:52:00 GMT

Mid Moves

Based on a projected addressable market of well over 400 million units (media phones) and a multi-million pre-existing netbook user base, it would be crazy for software developers to ignore the potential of Moblin, the Intel Atom Developer Program and App-store. Despite that, Intel want to give you even more reason to start early. They are giving away 100 netbooks for the first 100...

Matt Cutts

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:49:51 GMT

Matt Cutts

"Dude, it's a Katamari game. Of course you're going to buy it. Why even read the reviews?" <~ my wife :) http://www.amazon.com/Katamar...

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The question is: Do I buy a PS3 just to play it? - Steve Lacy

Starting in Leopard, you can access your iTunes, iPhoto,...

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:21:01 GMT

Finer Things in Mac

Shared by Josh Bancroft

Starting in Leopard, you can access your iTunes, iPhoto, Aperture, Photo Booth, iMovie, and ~/Movies media from “Open File…” dialogs. This is convenient if, say, you want to upload a photo or video to a website. You no longer need to first open iPhoto, find the photo you want, and export or drag a copy to the...

MOBLIN v2.0, The Moblin GARAGE, and Moblin v2.1

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:55:52 GMT

Moblin Blogs

The Moblin steering committee is pleased to announce three exciting new developments within the Moblin project.

The project release of Moblin v2.0 for Intel Atom* Processor based netbooks.
A preview of the Moblin Garage and Moblin Application Installer.
A community preview release of Moblin v2.1 for Intel Atom* Processor based netbooks and nettops for early development.

Moblin v2.0:

The...

TUAW Tips: Send Mac audio to your iPhone for cheap

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:00:11 GMT

The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

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Brilliant.

Filed under: Odds and ends, Airport, Mac mini, TUAW Tips, iPhone, iPod touch

Earlier this month, I wrote about connecting my old Mac mini to my television . My mini offers a great Apple TV-style lifestyle with none of the Apple TV limitations. It's a real Mac running real Snow Leopard, albeit on an older, admittedly limited mini. I have Front Row, EyeTV...

Navigation system uses crowdsourcing for route guidance

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:43:23 GMT

Boing Boing

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Waze is a free navigation application for GPS-enabled phones that uses data from users to generate turn-by-turn routes and provide other...

Intel Atom dev program launched, seeks to inspire netbook-centric applications

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:48:00 GMT

Engadget

So, here's the situation. The current fleet of netbooks would be rendered next to useless with Vista loaded on, but having Windows XP on there forces manufacturers to regurgitate specification lists. Rather than using the introduction of Windows 7 to fully pursue a world where netbooks can actually run around freely with 2GB (or even 3GB!) of RAM and chipsets powerful enough to open seven...

Adam Turetzky

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:22:04 GMT

Adam Turetzky

Instapaper: A $5 App That Justifies Your iPhone Purchase - http://www.reddit.com/r...

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James Kendrick

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:43:24 GMT

James Kendrick

Does anybody Friendfeed anymore?

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Mistress of Stripey Socks, Morton Fox, Josh Bancroft and 2 other people liked this

Ummm. YEAH. Lots of us. - DO ANYBODY NO LINDSAY?

No. :) - Morton Fox

Habalutly, That would be an affirmative. - Brent - AM Spartacus

#bitchlips - Derrick

Robert Scoble

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:26:07 GMT

Robert Scoble

RT @garrytan: Posterous Theming: It's here, it's live, and it's time to make your site yours! http://blog.posterous.com/postero...

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Like like like. Been waiting for this. I have a couple of family WordPress.org blogs I maintain that I want to move to Posterous. For non-geeks, posting by attaching stuff to email is SO much easier than logging into a WP site and writing a post there. - Josh Bancroft

Anyone know some good tumblr themes that work well with posterous? I tried a couple and they did not work completely. - Bryan Lee

Josh: Agreed! - Bryan Lee

Really? Really! Great. Great. Great.

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:35:17 GMT

Boing Boing Gadgets

The latest Apple event, boiled down to its superlatives.

Kottke on the iPhone as the Universal Pocket Device

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:43:26 GMT

Daring Fireball

Shared by Josh Bancroft
Agreed. My iPhone is not a phone. I hate talking to people on the phone. It's my littlest computer. My connection to the world. My prosthetic brain.

Crackerjack piece by Kottke on how the iPhone — and, to a lesser extent, other mobile platforms like BlackBerry, Android, and WebOS — isn’t just competing against phones, but against dozens of different types of...

No Joke, The Onion Releases iPhone Microfiche Reader

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:46:36 GMT

ReadWriteWeb

Shared by Josh Bancroft
Hilarious. :-)

Comedy website The Onion has released an iPhone application called The Onion Microfiche Reader. It's pretty cool. The app lets you flip through very short joke-headlines in an interface that looks like the old microfiche readers. There's no satire news stories associated, just funny headlines. The Onion understands that "you must be very busy to...

TV archive with 3 days' worth of 6 networks' 9/11 coverage

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:13:17 GMT

Boing Boing

One of the Internet Archive's less-well-known archives is their TV collection (it's mostly not available to the public). For years, the Archive has been recording dozens of TV stations around the clock. They happened to be rolling on September 11th, and they've published three days' worth of around-the-clock TV coverage from six different networks. This is a view into how history was...

Philadelphia Free Library System is shutting down

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:21:40 GMT

Boing Boing

The Philadelphia Free Library system is broke, and they're shutting it down, including cancelling "all branch and regional library programs, programs for children and teens, after school programs, computer classes, and programs for adults" and "all children programs, programs to support small businesses and job seekers, computer classes and after school programs" and "all library visits to...

SLL: There’s TV On The Internets?

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:27:24 GMT

OurPDX

Shared by Josh Bancroft
I had a blast going on Strange Love Live with Jerry. Cami and Doc awesome, and I'm totally jealous of their basement studio setup. Thanks, guys! :-)

Friday night we were joined in studio by Josh Bancroft and Jerry Makare to talk about Intel Software Network TV. It was a a good little chat and a great deal of fun to see them with the tables turned. Normally they’re...

Aaron B. Hockley

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:12:21 GMT

Aaron B. Hockley

Joint CAD Incident Tracking System - http://208.71.205.35/PITS/

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This is very sweet - I found it last night trying to figure out what all the police action in the area was (they were down last night, so no dice). You can get updates on EMS/fire calls from their Twitter account: @WashCo_FireMed. We need more hyperlocal mashups like this! :-) - Josh Bancroft

Tools: Google Trends Goes Mobile

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 01:40:52 GMT

The Steve Rubel Lifestream

I'm not exactly sure when this was launched, but Google Trends now has a handy mobile version, which you can access here. The site, like it's desktop sibling, features links to the top searches of the hour. However, it also includes historical data from the past day, week and month.

Google Trends is one of the most useful sites on the Internet. I think a lot of people forget it exists. While...

Alan Graham's automatic chicken door

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:37:44 GMT

Boing Boing

Shared by Josh Bancroft
I haven't even watched the video yet, but an iPhone controlled chicken door?! I have GOT to build one of those! :-)

[YouTube Video]

Alan Graham's home made automatic chicken door has mine beat by a country mile, because he can run it from his iPhone. His hens sure are cute.

David Byrne: Kindle DRM means "you are f*cked"

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:07:47 GMT

Boing Boing

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Amazing how people don't understand you can plug your Kindle into your computer via USB (where it shows up like a flash drive), and load MOBI, TXT, HTML, and other supported files all day long. Most of the content on my Kindle got there this way. You don't have to email it to Amazon to convert it to Kindle's .AZW format. It's merely a convenience. Yes, Kindle's DRM...

Augmented Reality Yelp Will Murder All Other iPhone Restaurant Apps, My Health [IPhone Apps]

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:46:56 GMT

Gizmodo

Shared by Josh Bancroft
Hey! Gawker used one of my images (the screenshot) without attribution! Actually, it seems they took it from ReadWriteWeb, where Marshall posted it there with my permission.

iPhone 3GS users, try this: Go to the App Store, download Yelp, and shake your phone three times. What happens next should make anyone who eats smile, and anyone who makes review apps tremble:

Yelp Brings First US-Specific Augmented Reality to iPhone Store

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:03:51 GMT

ReadWriteWeb

Shared by Josh Bancroft
I jumped on this right away, and published some screenshots. Glad I could get them out in time to help @marshallk with his RWW post. :-)

Social review service Yelp has snuck the first Augmented Reality(AR) iPhone app specifically for the US into the iTunes App Store. The undisclosed new feature allows iPhone 3Gs owners cto shake their phones three times to turn on a v...