Long Nguyen Blog

La Nuit De La Grenouille

Long — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:49:38 +0000

La Nuit de la grenouille took place last week on June 4, 2009. The event served as a way to promote the French TV show in development, L’Année de la grenouille. About two or three weeks prior to the event, Matchstick, a word-of-mouth marketing agency, approached me and offered me free Carlsberg beer. Who am I to say no to that? [...]

I Didn’t See Long Coming

Long — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:14:07 +0000

I have been credited on a photo as Long. The first thought that came to my mind was “Oh crap, people will never find me with Long. It should be Longzero.” It turns out that when you search for long on the .com version of Google, I’m only second at the time of this writing. [...]

My to-Do List

Long — Thu, 21 May 2009 13:12:35 +0000

We all know what to-do lists look like. I was looking for an application that would synchronize on the web, on my computer and my iPhone. It turned out that stickies are what works for me. Orange is for project titles. Green is for tasks related to projects. Pink for life related insights. Posted via [...]

The Most Inspiring People on Flickr

Long — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:03:25 +0000

When I saw the title of this article, The 5 Most Inspiring People on Flickr , I was only interested in one thing: Is Rebekka Guðleifsdóttir in the list? Why that name? Because I created her website, of course! I am totally biased. Not only is she in the list, but her name is the first one to [...]

You Shouldn’t Care to Call Me at 3 a.M.

Long — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:50:16 +0000

Some people don’t call me late or early for fear that they will wake me up, but that fear is inapplicable since my sleep behavior is highly irregular. Sometimes, I sleep in the middle of the afternoon or the evening, so if you try to call then, you would be waking me up. I pretty [...]

I Want This Bike. Make It Real!

Long — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:53:25 +0000

This is a very cool concept bike from Bradford Waugh. While it looks very cool, I think it’s missing the brakes. I would also like to know more about the materials he has in mind since those wheels would be very easy to bend. The handlebar should also be developed further; it feels disconnected from [...]

5 Very Detailed Reasons Why Anybody Should Use a Mac

Long — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:17:38 +0000

The five reasons: Mac OS X Intel Inside Less Hassle Microsoft Design and Minimalism These reasons are accompanied by very good arguments on why anybody should use Mac in this article. The article targets developers, but it’s really for anybody, just forget about things like Ruby on Rails if you don’t know what that is. The arguments remain valid for anybody. Posted [...]

How to Use Multiple Gmail Signature

Long — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:28:12 +0000

Using different signatures is becoming important for me. As a Gmail user, I can't have more than one signature… Or that's what I thought, until I found this article that suggests using canned responses to preset your signatures. It's a great trick and works like a charm. All you have to do is go in the [...]

What Can You Do With Twitter?

Long — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:41:35 +0000

I am writing this for friends as well as all the people who have asked me why I use Twitter and why they should or shouldn’t. Three years ago, Twitter was born. The website asked people “What are you doing?” The audience at the time were mostly tech-savvy people who just used the service to communicate. Over [...]

Je N’existe Plus

Long — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:30:26 +0000

In English, all the following means that I’m gone. I just felt like writing it all in French. Besides, if I’m not online on Facebook or other IM service, it means I don’t exist. It’s as simple as that. Je suis parti à un endroit où la technologie n’existe pas avec toute l’équipe de MA14. Pas [...]

Posting to Posterous

Long — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:06:58 +0000

I have been writing on Posterous.

Permanently Connected

Long — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:57:38 +0000

In the past, having my computer always turned on kept me connected to the internet all the time. That means it kept me connected to IM clients like AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo and even Facebook. A problem rises when I am not in front of my computer. Sometimes people send me messages, but I don’t get [...]

Robin Hood on BBC One

Long — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:52:02 +0000

I have been a fan of Robin Hood, the show on BBC One since it premiered in 2006. Since then, two seasons have aired and the third season has started yesterday. The season 3 premiered was certainly a memorable episode. However, you won’t be able to feel anything if you haven’t seen the other episodes, perhaps [...]

Earth Hour Is Ridiculous

Long — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:09:07 +0000

Earth Hour is what it’s defined as on Wikipedia. It’s whatever you want it to be and it’s just ridiculous. Once every year, people around the world turn off their lights and electrical appliances for one hour. The time at which the event occurs is specific, so don’t do it at noon if it’s scheduled [...]