Mar 16, 2009
Photography
Underwater
Self-portrait. Strobist: SB-800 into background @ 1/2. 430EX on camera left with shoot-through umbrella @ 1/4. 74/365
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Mar 16, 2009
Photography
Protection
A man on the streets of Capitol Hill late at night with a cat. 72/365
Mar 16, 2009
Photography
Old-School Entertainment
An old Nintendo controller. Strobist: SB-800 into background @ 1/1. 430EX on camera left with shoot-through umbrella @ 1/16. 73/365
Mar 15, 2009
Seattle
Skytap
Startups
Bags, cats, etc.
Since one of our VC firms just blogged about it, I might as well pile on with a repost: Given all this [need for companies to demonstrate immediate ROI from the products they sell], it’s not surprising that Madrona and Skytap’s other major investo...
Mar 14, 2009
iPhone
Facebook Connect for iPhone
Facebook just launched FB Connect for iPhone, which lets iPhone developers authenticate against Facebook from within their iPhone SDK apps. Docs, the SDK, and an introductory video are all online.
Mar 13, 2009
Marketing
Value
Regarding IMVU’s choice of target market: [When] given the choice, try and move up the hierarchy of value. If given the opportunity to work with two customer segments, one of which sees your product as a basic utility and another of which sees it ...
Mar 13, 2009
Photography
Tax Day
I spent half the night digging up documentation for my 2008 taxes last night, and didn’t have the time or energy to do more than shoot this pulpy Form of Doom. Strobist: SB-800 on camera left @ 1/16. 71/365
Mar 13, 2009
Photography
Lark Diptych
Dinner at Lark on Capitol Hill. 70/365
Mar 12, 2009
Music
The Hazards of Love
The Hazards of Love, the Decemberists’ new album, is worth an 8.5 or 9.0. Good album, not necessarily spectacular, but very solid. Much more concept-y than The Crane Wife or Picaresque, but not in a bad way. Buy buy buy!
Mar 12, 2009
Random Funniness
A Dirty Pun Tweaks China' Online Censors - NYTimes.com
Since its first unheralded appearance in January on a Chinese Web page, the grass-mud horse has become nothing less than a phenomenon. In case you’re wondering, it apparently means “fuck your mom.” The advantages of dating a member of the Middle K...