Archive for June, 2008
The End of an Era…and the Beginning of Possibilities.
Today was Bill Gates’ last day at Microsoft. That simple statement of fact is really pretty incredible. I realize that they are very different in what they did, but I cannot help but think of this as being similar to when Washington left the White House. One [...]
Observations from New York [Part 1]: Small Town to the Big City, a Sociological Perspective
Just last night, I returned from a four day trip to New York: my first visit to the City That Never Sleeps and I must say I found that nickname to be very descriptive of my trip there. My original purpose for going was to attend [...]
Facebook… Is it Up, Down, or Somewhere In Between?
At first I thought it was our sometimes-screwy internet connection at work, but I’m getting reports from friends and colleagues all over the US that Facebook is either not loading, loading super slow or not allowing them to navigate away from their homepage in the site. Anyone [...]
Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good… Read It!
Monday afternoon, I returned home from work to discover Sarah Lacy ’s new book Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good awaiting retrieval in my mailbox…it is the first package I’ve gotten at my new apartment so I was naturally pretty excited right off the bat. [...]
Proximity to Ozone Hole Causes Space-Time Continuum Rift over Australia… iPhone Hysteria to Ensue
All the world is abuzz with the news of Apple releasing the iPhone 3G on July 11th. (Which, I may note is inconveniently before my July 15th payday) and apparently the fervor over the product in Australia has reached such monumental levels that the folks over News.com.au [...]
Facebook Adds Profile Pictures to Quick Search
Over the past few months, it seems Facebook has been making lots of minor changes to its Quick Search box in the top left of the site to make it easier to find your friends more quickly. So far I have loved the changes, especially [...]
How to Hulu
I’ve been talking about Hulu to a lot of people lately…after being initially critical, I have come to love it. It has allowed me to watch the entire season of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (may it rest in peace) and every episode of Arrested [...]
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