Month: February 2013

  • Jetpack 2.2: Likes

    Automattic releases WordPress.com's Like buttons to the rest of the web. Slow and steady wins the race? Jetpack 2.2: Likes If there's one thing we've learned about the web- it's that people really like to like things. That's why the latest version of Jetpack introduces a "Like" feature. The new feature enables a "Like" area […]

  • The Runner's Dilemma

    Better re-read this if we're actually going to do the Warrior Dash/Tough Mudder thingy. The Runner's Dilemma It's around this time of year that I start getting "the running emails." These are well meaning- enthusiastic potential clients who have signed up for a marathon- half-marathon- or tough mudder-type of event and are usually coming to […]

  • App.net Just Went From Twitter Clone To A Scale Model Of Something Much- Much More – Forbes

    More on App.net and what it could mean (even if it ends up being a successful proof of concept). App.net Just Went From Twitter Clone To A Scale Model Of Something Much- Much More – Forbes When Dalton Caldwell launched App.net in August it appeared to be a clone of Twitter with the twist that […]

  • Prominent Republicans Sign Brief in Support of Gay Marriage

    Bit by bit they are realizing the diminishing returns on bigotry. Prominent Republicans Sign Brief in Support of Gay Marriage Dozens of prominent Republicans signed an amicus brief that will be submitted to the Supreme Court ahead of arguments in two cases next month.

  • Aspartame in Milk Without a Label? Big Dairy Petitions FDA For Approval

    Artificially sweetened milk is the stupidest idea since low calorie orange juice. Aspartame in Milk Without a Label? Big Dairy Petitions FDA For Approval Two powerful dairy organizations- The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) and the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF)- are petitioning the Food and Drug Administration to allow aspartame and other artificial sweeteners […]

  • Trent Reznor Announces the Return of Nine Inch Nails: Extensive Touring for 2013 and 2014

    Okay if I'm going to White Party we're going to this too: Trent Reznor Announces the Return of Nine Inch Nails: Extensive Touring for 2013 and 2014 "The band is reinventing itself from scratch"

  • #joinus on App.net

    App.net invites are open – it's a user-supported social network framework – curious to see it grow: http://join.app.net/p/bctvwdgxgy #joinus on App.net App.net is a different kind of social platform. We're building a real-time social service where users and developers come first- not advertisers. Help us create the service we all wish existed.

  • Woman Admits Leaving Baby To Die On Road

    This is actually the presumed prologue for a play I wrote in college called 'Roadkill.' Woman Admits Leaving Baby To Die On Road An Illinois woman admitted to leaving a baby to die along a rural roadside five years ago. The woman- Katie Stockton- is already under arrest in the suspected death of two infants. […]

  • Teleseminar with Pam Slim!

    You had me at 'teleseminar' Teleseminar with Pam Slim!