Category Archives: tech
Visualize your email inbox
Today my friend Denya guessed that she must have sent and received 400 emails related to a project she manages for the annual SF Chronicle wine competition. “There has to be an app for that,” we thought. Sure enough, there’s … Continue reading
Posted in tech | Tagged google, inbox, tips, tools, visualizations | 1 Comment
Guess who has a Cr-48 Google Chrome OS Notebook?
You know those late nights of surfing the interwebs that land you at a random page with a random link and the next thing you know you’re filling up a form or signing up for an account? I did that … Continue reading
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Los Angeles is the next big tech hub
It’s no secret that the tech scene in Los Angeles is lacking. But know what that means for those of us in tech? An amazing opportunity to lead a wave of technology evangelism in the city of angels. I have … Continue reading
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“Older adults” are getting the tech bug [infographic]
A visualization of a few interesting stats from the latest PEW report (released Aug. 27) on “Older Adults and Social Media“: Social networking use among internet users ages 50 and older has nearly doubled — from 22% to 42% over … Continue reading
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Words of wisdom from the folks at GitHub
This morning I stumbled upon a 37 Signals interview with GitHub co-founder Chris Wanstrath (hat tip to Greg Linch for linking me to the post). A few notable bits of wisdom from the interview: On “shipping now and fixing later” … Continue reading
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There’s a difference between curation and censorship
The following views are those of Lauren Rabaino. I do not speak on behalf of my employers or other associations. I just speak for myself. Today ZDNet published a post that suggested Apple’s process of rejecting apps is somehow “curation.” … Continue reading
Posted in tech | Tagged app store, apple, curation, transparency, trust, zdnet | 2 Comments
CNN's Forum Beta project
CNN has a new interactive political community called the Forum, but it appears to be pretty buggy from what I can see. A Google search for “Forum CNN” brings up no results about the feature, indicating that it’s relatively new, … Continue reading
Posted in internet, journalism, tech | Tagged cnn, community, forum, journalism, political, web site | 2 Comments
My biggest failure: The flash preloader
I’m generally a quick learner and determined worker. If I have a design project or goal, I usually will go countless nights without sleep until it’s done. But no matter how hard I try, I consistently screw up the Flash … Continue reading
Posted in random, tech | Tagged adobe, animation, flash, preloader | 1 Comment
Thoughts so far on Google's Chrome browser
I counted down the days until Google’s new browser Chrome would be available to download. Initially, I was hooked on it, but each day I find myself clicking that familiar Firefox logo more and more. For those Mac users who … Continue reading
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