January 2009
52 posts
What are you good at? →
As you consider marketing yourself for your next gig, consider the difference between process and content.
Content is domain knowledge. People you know or skills you’ve developed. Playing the piano…
Cooper's Adventures: Five glimpes of Tokyo, pt. 1 →
Click through for more pictures: Japanese slot machines. Maybe the loudest room I have ever been inside.
Shibuya Crossing.
Tokyo Neon Insanity.
New Flickr Pro Account
Working on uploading my library - check it out here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jakerlevine/
Watchalmostthere:
corykins:
Lykke Li - “Little bit”
John Updike, 1932-2009
ericlach:
“Fisher threw the third time, Williams swung again, and there it was. The ball climbed on a diagonal line into the vast volume of air over center field. From my angle, behind third base, the ball seemed less an object in flight than the tip of a towering, motionless construct, like the Eiffel Tower or the Tappan Zee Bridge. It was in the books while it was still in the sky. Brandt ran...
Citizen's Briefing Book
Two of the top three most popular “Ideas” on the government’s Change.gov Citizen’s Briefing book are in support of the legalization of marijuana.
Glad to see the guys who comment on YouTube videos and Digg are making their voices heard at the highest level of government.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-1-25) →
TV on the Radio (15)
Bon Iver (13)
The Beatles (11)
Spoon (11)
MGMT (11)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
ComScore: Internet Population Passes One Billion;... →
Shared by Jake Levine
American industrial competitiveness is perhaps nowhere as strong as it is on the internet. As we pass 1 billion people online, it is more important than ever for our economy…
Learning AJAX APIs Made Easier: Google Releases... →
Google today released a new tool that will make learning and testing code for Google’s Javascript APIs a lot easier. Google’s interactive AJAX API Playground gives developers an easy to use…
Facebook Now Nearly Twice The Size Of MySpace... →
In November 2008 Facebook drew 200 million unique worldwide visitors; more than 1 in 5 people who accessed the Internet that month visited the site. When sites are that big growth generally…
“…when Monty Python launched their channel in November, not only did their...”
– YouTube Blog. It’s stunning to me how much opportunity there is in giving shit away. But, it’s approximately twice as stunning how few people really understand how powerful (and indisputable) that simple fact of modern life is. Evolution is going to become unimaginably painful for any company that...
“One member of the White House new-media team came to work on Tuesday, right...”
– Staff Finds White House in the Technological Dark Ages - Washington Post
“Geithner was contrite about his tax errors, saying the unpaid taxes were...”
– - Market Watch Article
Nice TurboTax plug here
The White House Website: Today Vs. When Bush Took... →
Today has been loaded with little metaphors. Dick Cheney leaving in a wheelchair, for instance, but another amazing one is comparing the White House website today with what it looked like…
“Is economic integration so irresistible that centralization—and the...”
– Tim Wu - The New New Media
See Barack Obama's oath in 3D →
...Aaaaand We're Live
www.whitehouse.gov
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-1-18) →
Beirut (74)
DeVotchKa (24)
Animal Collective (18)
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones (9)
John Coltrane (7)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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More on Browsers, Identity, and History
If the browser is to assume a central role in a new identity infrastructure on the web - which is itself debatable - as a portal and first verification point for users, then it would seem reasonable to presume that a user’s history will follow him/her around in the same way that cookies, settings, and bookmarks will.
I’ve seen a lot over the last few years about the address book and...
95% of music downloads in 2008 were illegal - DiS... →
“I have long argued that in order to beat piracy you have to compete with it.”
I can’t agree more. Whether debating online music or video, the bottom line is that content owners have (or at least had) a natural leg up. The question turns on whether or not those owners can find a better way to distribute the content than others.
TV, Music and Movie companies were so concerned...
“The aeroplane seemed to tip sharply for a fraction of a second, then it started...”
– The New York Times account of the first plane crash on September 18, 1908. (via tumblah via krispayne) (via jstn)
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“We’ve never needed new sources of advantage more than we do today. The...”
– Five Problems Venture Capitalists Should Have Solved (But Didn’t) - Umair Haque
WatchEver since Merlin introduced me to Quicksilver, I’ve always been curious…
43folders:
Merlin’s First Desktop Tour on Vimeo
Sneak peek at a video I’m posting to the triple-dub later today. A screencast looking at my desktop, with a focus on Path Finder and my OS X Menu Bar.
Nominate future screencasts via comments on the Vimeo page.
Hint: Looks way better in the original HD.
Watchjstn:
Star Wars: Retold (By Someone Who Hasn’t Seen It) (on Vimeo via Blake)
Google Gets Serious About Resellers →
Google is opening the doors to resellers for its Google Apps suite of office services. Businesses who want to use Gmail, Google docs and other Google offices services in lieu of Microsoft or…
Merlin Mann on "Re-Potting"...
Another insightful post on Merlin Mann’s www.43folders.com. “Security” is an issue that’s been on my mind lately, as I contemplate career decisions. It’s interesting how challenges in my real life seem to be echoed in the posts of the bloggers I follow. A sign of the times?
Excerpts from Re-Potting with Resources: What Would You Make?
“If, tomorrow morning,...
“There is no such thing as a free market, no more than there is a farm or a...”
– The U.S. Needs to Lead in Clean Tech - Steve Mirsky talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas L. Friedman on how green technology can save the world economy
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Google Mac Blog: Search Without Effort: The Quick... →
Really excited to try this out
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Obama to Select Genachowski to Lead F.C.C. -... →
Great news. Freedom 1, Big Networks 0.
“During the campaign, Mr. Genachowski shaped many of Mr. Obama’s telecom policies. He advocated an open Internet in the debate over so-called “net neutrality,’’ and media-ownership rules that promote a diversity of voices on the airwaves.”
almostthere:
Amazing song: “Sabali” by Amadou...
WatchGreat summary of PortableContacts of the OpenStack container. Very non-techie friendly.
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On Chrome And Identity
“Another new feature is the ability to launch a new browser window that uses a different profile with different bookmarks, history, and cookies. New profiles can be named and added as a shortcut to the desktop.” - Article
This came up in a conversation with Alex a few months ago - the idea that a ‘login’ to a browser can be considered analagous to the ‘login’...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-1-11) →
LCD Soundsystem (7)
Kanye West (5)
Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny (5)
The National (4)
Coldplay (4)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
One of my favorites - click through for full...
Westheimer Takes NY Tech Meetup Oath Of Office On... →
(From SAI) It was a smooth transfer of power. Back In November, Meetup CEO Scott Heiferman surprised everyone by announcing he was stepping down as head of the NY Tech meetup. Elections were held,…
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The "Music Tax"
There is a good deal of hubbub on the web from yesterday’s announcement of the so-called “music tax”. The TechCrunch article entitled The Price Of Going DRM-Free: Apple’s Hidden $1.8 Billion Music Tax seems to have stoked that fire. This is all well and good, and I for one am certainly upset that I have to pay 30 cents (!) a song for better quality and freedom from DRM (a feature...
David Byrne and Brian Eno - Strange Overtones
Rumor: Apple to make the majority of iTunes DRM...
Sources: Apple to expand DRM-free music, pricing - CNET
“Apple has cut deals that will finally enable iTunes to offer songs free of copy protection software from the three largest music labels, according to two sources close to the negotiations. In exchange, Apple has agreed to become more flexible on pricing, the sources said.
Under the terms of the deal, song prices will be broken down...
Merlin Mann on tumblr
Check his clips out here: http://clips.43folders.com/
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-1-4) →
Bon Iver (23)
Bonobo (9)
Beirut (6)
Common (1)
Belle and Sebastian (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz