WeatherBug
“Steve Rubel”:http://www.micropersuasion.com/ and his client, “Chris Sloop”:http://blog.weatherbug.com/index.php?/corporate/here_we_go/ (CTO at “WeatherBug”:http://www.weatherbug.com/) are talking about WeatherBug’s ongoing struggle to overcome a bad business decision 4 years ago (a distribution deal with Gator, a known spyware distributor).
Jeff’s got CDs of WeatherBug Plus in the back (I just installed it, holy cow — it’s 96 degrees back home right [...]
Julie Leung at Gnomedex
“Julie Leung”:http://www.julieleung.com/ is giving a fascinating presentation about the boundaries of personal and professional writing, involving family without exposing them, maintaining balance between what’s hidden and what’s revealed.
I love her technique of using photos to illustrate her points, rather than the standard three bullet slides. It’s powerful, and forces you to listen to what she’s [...]
Rotary cell phone
I’m two rows behind P.T. of “Make Magazine”:http://www.makezine.com/, and his “rotary cell phone”:http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2005/06/portable_rotary.html is on the table next to him. It’s a funny, clever little hack. And it really works.
I hear some people got copies of Make in their swag bag… which makes me wonder why I didn’t get one… I hear it’s a remarkable [...]
Yesterday’s connectivity problems
So it turns out that yesterday’s connectivity problems were due in part to someone sending a live video feed from their laptop.
Good Lord.
Thoughts on Day 1 from Gnomedex
Given the horrendous connectivity problems throughout the day, I chose not to do any real-time note-taking during the sessions. Some random observations:
Dave’s OPML app is cool. I remember when I first “got” the outliner built into Radio a few years ago and getting really excited about it, and I “documented how I managed my then [...]
Is this thing on?
Spotty wifi is conspiring to force all of us in the room to (gasp!) pay attention.
I feel bad for Dave, whose demo requires net access… memo to conference planners: get the speakers a wire. Don’t make them dependent on the stability of the wifi connection.
Gnomedex Theme Song
“It’s raining men.”:http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=461246&selectedItemId=689824
If ever there were a need for gender equality, it’s this conference.
In Seattle for Gnomedex
Just arrived at my hotel in Seattle for “Gnomedex”:http://www.gnomedex.com/. On my flight out here, I realized this may be the first conference in at least a half dozen years where I’m here as an attendee, not as a speaker, a vendor or a sponsor. Ordinarily on the afternoon of arrival, I’m realizing how woefully under-prepared [...]
