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Microsoft’s Laptop Hunters Ads: When Will They Stop?

May 5, 2009 · 74 comments

If you haven’t caught wind of Microsoft’s Laptop Hunters advertisements by now, well you’re lucky. They’re a series of (hopefully only) six ads meant to take a jab at Apple’s successful “Get A Mac” commercials. So far four of these ads are out and they are based on the premise that some person is looking for a particular computer for their needs within a certain budget. If they find what they’re looking for, Microsoft pays for the computer. True in Microsoft spirit, these commercials are all full of issues. The first ad was filled with controversy after people discovered an actress [click to continue…]

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I Don’t Like URL Shorteners

April 28, 2009 · 29 comments

The other day I was talking with local entrepreneur Sanjay Parekh about a domain I had recently purchased. He commented on how it was rather short and could be also be used as a URL shortening service. That triggered a few responses on my end: 1) I feel that URL shortening services are very much a crowded “me too” space and 2) relatively few URL shorteners provide real benefits other than their primary utility. [click to continue…]

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The Pirate Bay Founders Headed to Jail

April 17, 2009 · 14 comments

The world’s largest and most popular BitTorrent tracker used for finding everything from music to movies and computer applications has always had its share of high-profile legal issues. Despite snags like their 2006 server raid to incessant cease and desists from media companies, The Pirate Bay has always come out fighting, recently hitting a 25 million unique peers milestone. This time, however, the four Pirate Bay founders are headed to jail in what is being called a landmark case. [click to continue…]

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Thoughts on Netbooks

April 13, 2009 · 33 comments

With all the noise about netbooks over the last 2 years and a Skribit suggestion on the same matter, I think I’m overdue for a post divulging my thoughts on netbooks. First off, what are these so-called netbooks? You’ve no doubt heard the term countless times. It refers to a small, generally affordable (I’m looking at you overpriced Sony Vaio P) and ‘connected’ lightweight mobile computer. Netbooks are [click to continue…]

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Thoughts on SXSWi 2009 from a First Timer

March 20, 2009 · 25 comments

I just got back from Austin, Texas the other day and I’m still recovering. I was in Austin for the famed South By Southwest Interactive Festival. This was my first time. You can describe it as “where San Franciscans go to meet other San Franciscans” or “spring break for web developers” but either way it was still a wow. I think I put it best in one of my tweets midway through SXSW: [click to continue…]

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Thoughts on Winning @juliaroy’s Twestival Charity Auction

February 22, 2009

The title of this post might be a little confusing for those not up on their Twitter happenings. First off, Twestival was an event facilitated by Twitter users with parties held in different cities (over 180 cities) around the world on February 12th. The goal of Twestival was to raise money for charity: water. The [...]

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Location Sharing: Yay or Nay?

February 9, 2009

The location sharing bubble might have started back in ye olde Loopt days but now everyone is on the bandwagon: Yahoo! with Fire Eagle (Fire Bagel as once internally called by Y! employees), Google with their recently announced Latitude, BrightKite, Whrrl, Groovr, Moximity and bundles of others. Alongside all of these products, there are developer-oriented [...]

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Paul’s 2009 Tech New Year’s Resolution

December 28, 2008

Last year I wrote a tech new year’s resolution post where I wrapped up the year and listed my goals for 2008. I stated that I wanted to reduce clutter in my life in regards to physical possessions and digital assets. I think I have successfully accomplished what I set out to do.

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Anonymize Your Web Traffic with JanusPA

December 24, 2008

The in-the-works Janus Privacy Adapter is, hands down, the coolest piece of networking hardware I’ve seen (via hackaday) all year. The so-called Privacy Adapter has two RJ45 ethernet jacks and is intended to be placed in-line between your computer and Internet connection. After plugged in and given around 60 seconds to fire up, it [...]

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On Digital Organization: Things, Google Cal & iCal Syncing

December 3, 2008

Believe it or not, I have never used a calendar to keep track of events or anything in general. For one, I just didn’t have enough stuff going on in my life that couldn’t be wrangled by a simple to-do list kept on my (physical) desktop. That’s changing. I’ve moved from physical to-do [...]

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Shutting Down My Blog

October 22, 2008

That’s what Valleywag author Paul Boutin wants me to do in his latest Wired magazine article aptly-titled Kill Your Blog. Don’t worry, I am definitely not going to heed Mr Boutin’s so-called advice and I’m not shutting down my blog (although I bet this post title just got me a ton of clicks). Neither should [...]

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Thoughts on WiMAX

October 13, 2008

While it may sound like some paltry attempt to evangelize another form of Wi-Fi connectivity, WiMax is a substantially different technology that’s aiming high. Why is this something to familiarize yourself with? Last week WiMAX was “turned on” for the city of Baltimore, Maryland – and many more cities are on the way. In [...]

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Apple’s iPhone 3G USB Charger Recall: FAIL

October 10, 2008

A few weeks ago I learned about the Apple recall of their (”impossibly small” as Steve Jobs would say) iPhone 3G USB power adapter. Apparently the prongs are at risk of separating from the adapter and becoming lodged in electrical outlets. I filled out the form online and today the replacement adapter arrived.

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How I Learned to Code

October 6, 2008

When you talk to accomplished programmers, it’s no shock to hear they began programming at a very young age. Unfortunately, I was not the same way and did not grow up programming. I was much more into hardware during my childhood. I learned how to solder, read and write circuit schematics and build small projects. [...]

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First Impressions: JamLegend (it rocks)

September 21, 2008

JamLegend is well on its way to becoming the latest online gaming craze. A product of LaunchBox Digital, a Washington, D.C. based early-stage startup incubator, – sorry, they prefer to be called accelerator – JamLegend brings Guitar Hero style gaming to your browser. No need to buy any fancy controller, your keyboard will do just [...]

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