Why doesn’t Google Reader support comments or discussions?
Sunday, March 30th, 2008 Posted in Web products | No Comments »There was an interesting article that got linked on Hacker News the other day the asked why comments on news stories couldn't be drawn to a central location (I read way too many articles and the breadcrumbs in my brain ...
Youtube comments versus Metafilter comments
Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted in Amusing | No Comments »As a follow-up to my post the other day, I found a great mashup highlighting the differences between the two. What I was served up just then. Youtube: who ever said he was fat, better watch their ass!!! ...
Amusing Youtube video of the day
Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted in Amusing | No Comments »Someone likes Apple a little too much. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjS89zUxtgM]
People power versus algorithms
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 Posted in Design, Tech issues | 1 Comment »Very interesting article from Wired. This is something I have struggled with personally. Is it worth investing the time to automate a process, or is it just cheaper to outsource the smarts of up-and-coming countries? Ultimately I've found that not ...
Facebook application development
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 Posted in Web products | No Comments »The company I currently work for, Trovix, is a job-matching company. The short description of our technology is that we have a search engine for jobs that understands concepts, not keywords. For example, when you type “java”, our search engine ...
Advertising versus Reality
Monday, March 24th, 2008 Posted in Amusing | No Comments »I always love these sort of things, they never get old. Funtasticus recaps pundo3000.com's list of food advertising versus reality. Burgers are an old favourite for these sort of things, and of course the Whopper makes an early ...
How to name a startup
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008 Posted in Rants, Web products | 1 Comment »Since I started working in the Silicon Valley, I've been exposed to a huge number of companies which would not normally show up on my radar. One thing I've noticed is the naming conventions seemingly followed by everyone. Startup ...
Youtube comments are incredibly homogenous
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008 Posted in Amusing, Web products | No Comments »You can basically pick a Youtube video at random and all the comments will follow a similar line. I was sent a clip to a nature video (kind of gruesome, but that's the way nature works), and I just ...
First accepted Fark.com link
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008 Posted in Miscellaneous | No Comments »Back in the day (ie as a procastinating PhD student) I used to read Fark.com every day. I submitted a few links (mostly personal articles to be honest) but none got accepted. I don't know why it tickles ...
This Internet thing – it ain’t gonna last.
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008 Posted in Amusing, Tech issues | No Comments »Hilariously off-the-mark article published by Newsweek in 1995 by Clifford Stoll. Some excerpts: After two decades online, I'm perplexed. It's not that I haven't had a gas of a good time on the Internet. I've met great people and even ...
