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Somebody I Used To Know: the sibling edition

Scott DeToffol — Wed, 09 May 2012 03:59:47 +0000

I love this. The kids are are well cast

RIP MCA

Scott DeToffol — Fri, 04 May 2012 22:13:11 +0000

Very sad news: Adam “MCA” Yauch of the Beastie Boys has passed away from cancer at the age of 47. MCA and the other Beastie’s were a massive influence on music and culture for my generation, especially with their first album “Licensed to Ill”.

Coldplay tribute from their performance on May 4, 2012

I love that the Beasties did Charlie Rose

Some have said the “Sabatage” is the best music video ever. Sounds about right.

This appearance on The Chapelle Show never aired.

The best Beastie Boys mixed tape ever!

Walking on Air

Scott DeToffol — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:24:17 +0000

Breathtaking views of mother Earth from NASA and the International Space Station.

My tech 2012

Scott DeToffol — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 02:57:18 +0000

I switched to a Mac a year ago as my main work system. I choose a MacBook Pro 15″ over the MacBook Air because I needed the Ethernet port, wanted the ability to upgrade RAM and thought the optical drive would be useful. I don’t find the MacBook Pro to be too heavy in my bag, and I find the 15″ screen on a laptop to be ideal for working.

Mac OS X is a fine OS, but I don’t find it to be better than Windows 7 in any significant way. Both operating systems are good, and each has its advantages, but the differences are relatively minor. I could switch back to Windows 7 without any regret. In fact, I have Windows 7 loaded under BootCamp, and have Parallels 7 so I can run Windows in a virtual machine from OS X.

The MacBook Pro really shines as an integrated laptop and OS. I still haven’t seen any other laptop that approaches the build quality of the MacBook Pro. This thing is solid. The keyboard and trackpad are perfectly paired. The battery is good, although I have had some issues using my favorite browser – Google Chrome – while on battery. All around, the MacBook Pro is the best laptop I have ever used.

I’ve been using Android as a mobile OS since the Google G1. I use the iPad 2 for a tablet, and really like it. I need to keep tabs on all the major desktop and mobile systems, so using an Android 4 phone and iOS 5 tablet makes the most sense. I’m not sure what I’ll do when Windows 8 comes around, but I’ll need something. I’m thinking a convertible ultrabook/tablet would be nice.

Kristen Bell Meets A Sloth

Scott DeToffol — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:56:13 +0000

This is so funny!

My Favorite Albums of 2011

Scott DeToffol — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 04:33:35 +0000

Here are my favorite albums of the year. Leave a comment with your favorites.

The Black Keys – El Camino	Dawes – Nothing Is Wrong
Jason Isbell – Here We Rest	Feist – Metals
Bon Iver	Deer Tick – Divine Providence
Middle Brother	The Decemberists – The King Is Dead
Ryan Adams – Ashes and Fire	The Head And The Heart
Dead Man Winter – Bright Lights	Iron and Wine – Kiss Each Other Clean
Moondoggies – Tidelands(also my favorite live show of the year)	Mount Moriah
Ron Sexsmith – Long Player Late Bloomer	Laura Marling – A Creature I Don’t Know
The Belle Brigade	The Civil Wars – Barton Hollow

The Crazy Ones narrated by Steve Jobs

Scott DeToffol — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:44:55 +0000

Here is a never before aired version of the Apple “Think Different” commercial narrated by Steve Jobs. Rest in peace, Mr. Jobs.

Arthur C. Clark Predicting the Future in 1964

Scott DeToffol — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 01:58:05 +0000

Twitter needs a save tweet button

Scott DeToffol — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 04:13:14 +0000

I use Twitter’s Favorite function to bookmark tweets that I want to review later. It’s very handy, except for one thing: all Favorite tweets are public. There are many tweets that I’d like to save but I don’t necessarily want as part of my public profile.

I want a Save tweet function that is private. Twitter, please add Save tweet!

BTW, the Favorites you mark (using the star icon) can be accessed via RSS. Just put this address in your browser address bar or RSS reader:

http://twitter.com/favorites/TWITTER_USERNAME.rss

Replace TWITTER_USERNAME with your twitter username.

The start of something great at Four51 and FanTools

Scott DeToffol — Sun, 08 May 2011 20:38:51 +0000

This week I started a new job at Four51 as Product Director of FanTools. FanTools is a social marketing application, available as a monthly subscription service, that helps businesses build fans, create offers and other promotions, and distribute them over various social media like Facebook and Twitter. Social media is a massively growing phenomenon that is changing the nature of marketing and business promotion. I’m thrilled to be working on a leading-edge product that helps businesses tackle the complexity of online and social marketing.

We have big plans for FanTools and I’m proud to be working with the great team at Four51. Follow me on Facebook and Twitter to keep up with my work.