January 2008
23 posts
You have to be willing to do things that the masses wouldn’t do, or I don’t...
– Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti (Hiring with your gut - 37signals)
Instapaper →
marco:
I’m ready to direct some traffic to my little side project, Instapaper. I’ve been using it for months and couldn’t live without it now. Here’s the basic premise:
You come across substantial news or blog articles that you want to read, but don’t have time at the moment. You need something to read while sitting on a bus, waiting in a line, or bored in front of a computer.
Instapaper...
I’m not sure exactly what’s going on here… but real or not, Will Ferrell is hilarious. - eBaum’s World — xstevemurphy
I'm My Own Grandpaw →
Finally this all makes sense to me:
Click through for javascript rollovers and diagrams.
I’m my own grandpaw I’m my own grandpaw It sounds funny I know but it really is so Oh, I’m my own grandpaw.
— shawnblog
Expected delivery: February 11th. Can’t wait to join the rest of the sycophantic...
– Shared sentiments regarding the intensity of the anti-MacBook Air crowd - (37signals)
Email: I work for an enterprise level integration company that is looking to attack the long tail of the market for point to point integration solutions.
37signals: DELETE
Bloomington, Indiana Startup Weekend →
Startup Weekend is proud to announce that the Bloomington Startup Weekend will be held February 8-10 2008. Over 158 people voted to get the weekend to Bloomington, Indiana with the City Vote project. The will be the second Startup Weekend of the new year and the 15th Startup Weekend to take place across the globe.
Yahoo! accounts become valid OpenIDs (37signals) →
“That’s another quarter of a billion OpenIDs out there!” — ideas
waiting on my MacBook air to get here now that my tablet is RIP
Try this and let me know how it works out.
Sun Buys MySQL →
Krow alerted me that MySQL has been bought by Sun. Right now there is only a brief announcement but it discusses what the acquisition will mean for the core developers, community etc. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
heading to The Colts game up in Indy. Go Colts!
When I launched Wikipedia, I wrote at the top of the first page “Wikipedia, the...
– Jimmy Wales’ comments on TechCrunch’s: Wikia Search Is A Complete Letdown.