January 2008
32 posts
bobstewart: Damnit, it's my birthday again... →
bobstewart: Damnit, it’s my birthday again…
Mobile YouTube Application →
YouTube updated its mobile site available at m.youtube.com to include all the videos from the desktop version and to provide access to your account, the option to rate videos and post meaningful comments. To use the mobile interface, you need a phone that is able to stream 3GP files over RTSP. But there’s a better way to play YouTube videos from your mobile phone: a Java midlet currently...
MapReduce Explained →
Mark Chu-Carroll is a Google software engineer, and in a personal blog post this week explained the concept of one of Google’s programming models: MapReduce, which splits a task onto many computers on Google’s server farm (server farm, or single super computer, depending on how you look at it) to be quickly crunched. «What is MapReduce? What does it do? Suppose you’re at work, and you need...
bobstewart: GRRR flickr - The metadata server... →
bobstewart: GRRR flickr - The metadata server cluster is currently disabled for maintenance. We’ll be re-enabling it shortly, so please check back later
bobstewart: Added Open API to http://hex.io →
bobstewart: Added Open API to http://hex.io
bobstewart: HTTP://HEX.IO [HTTP://HEX.IO] crush... →
bobstewart: HTTP://HEX.IO [HTTP://HEX.IO] crush …size matters, shorter is better.
bobstewart: @all 2nd request, I built a new url... →
bobstewart: @all 2nd request, I built a new url shortener like TinyURL, looking for constructive feedback on it… http://hex.io Thanks in advance, -Bob
HTTP://HEX.IO crush …size matters, shorter is better.>
bobstewart: Just put finishing touches on new... →
bobstewart: Just put finishing touches on new tinyurl replacement http://hex.io feel free to use…
bobstewart: In a pub at JFK waiting on JetBlue...... →
bobstewart: In a pub at JFK waiting on JetBlue… spotty wireless pisses me off!
bobstewart: Just wrapped up the first iteration of... →
bobstewart: Just wrapped up the first iteration of the seesmic desktop app for google desktop. http://seesmax.com/Rss.gg
bobstewart: Just published seesmic, embed, mashup,... →
bobstewart: Just published seesmic, embed, mashup, archive, search, and google gadget at http://seesmax.com
bobstewart: @chrisbrogan i spent about $12M... →
bobstewart: @chrisbrogan i spent about $12M fulfilling the augmented human collaboration vision here http://cybermedica.com and http://cybermedica.org
bobstewart: @loudmouthman me thinks it was your... →
bobstewart: @loudmouthman me thinks it was your parents who did the non-commercial procreative commons attribution share alike original work… (you) :)
bobstewart: new and improved http://seesmax.com... →
bobstewart: new and improved http://seesmax.com seesmic archival and keyword search based “threading” built on the new seesmic api
bobstewart: Updated http://seesmax.com to include... →
bobstewart: Updated http://seesmax.com to include search/pseudo-threading and daily archive…
bobstewart: "Using" twitter to get google to crawl... →
bobstewart: “Using” twitter to get google to crawl http://seesmax.com so the ligit search will give the ability to view seesmic videos by pseudo-thread.
bobstewart: Guaranteed to make you smile!... →
bobstewart: Guaranteed to make you smile! http://tinyurl.com/27kl57
bobstewart: [seesmic] Conspiracy Theory (grains... →
bobstewart: [seesmic] Conspiracy Theory (grains of salt included) - http://seesmic.com/eu4ADQ8h4U
bobstewart: [seesmic] Re: Re: seesmax.com -... →
bobstewart: [seesmic] Re: Re: seesmax.com - http://seesmic.com/fzFXqbYt62
bobstewart: [seesmic] seesmax.com -... →
bobstewart: [seesmic] seesmax.com - http://seesmic.com/8UNIG03fGd
bobstewart: archived seesmic posts with disqus... →
bobstewart: archived seesmic posts with disqus http://www.seesmax.com/
bobstewart: [seesmic] Seesmic Science -... →
bobstewart: [seesmic] Seesmic Science - http://seesmic.com/gLampgAwHp
WatchSeesmic Science An Architecture for Combinator graph Reduction by Philip John Kooperman, Jr. Speech acts an essay in the philosophy of language by John R. Searle
Twitter Karma →
Great little app for mirroring the twitter follow/follower inequalities…
Open Thread: What Have You Changed Your Mind... →
Answering this year’s question from the Edge World Question Center, computer scientist Jordan Pollack says he has changed his mind about email. It was once a dream, but not any more, and he imagines its replacement:
Email is now a nightmare that we have to wake up from. I don’t have a solution yet, but I believe the key to re-imagine email is to realize that our computers and phones are “always...
Ten things that will change your future (Sydney... →
Ten things that will change your future — So Google and Wikipedia took you by surprise? Nick Galvin looks into his crystal ball and explains what you need to know to survive the next decade. — Think back to the days before the network we call the internet existed.
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Link: http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/ten-things-that…
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6 Secrets to Running a Virtual Company →
Michelle LaBrosse believes she knows how to motivate people. After all, the company she founded — Cheetah Learning — trains people to achieve their project management credential, the Project Management Institute’s Project Management Professional or PMP. She says that 97% of the people who attend one of Cheetah’s classes will pass their exam.
That focus on motivation trickles through to how she...
The Virtual Experts Room →
A great way to query knowledge other than a straightforward web search would be to have a “virtual experts room.” If you’ve been watching Star Trek you might be familiar with the concept: the room is a fully digital, holographic and artificial-intelligence-run representation of reality, or a reality that could exist but doesn’t. Then, when you have a question on any topic of choice – say, you want...
bobstewart: [seesmic] Peace on Earth -... →
bobstewart: [seesmic] Peace on Earth - http://seesmic.com/uEq1uQYgxS
bobstewart: [seesmic] Happy New Year - Times... →
bobstewart: [seesmic] Happy New Year - Times Square - NYC - http://seesmic.com/GPezjiVlhy
bobstewart: [seesmic] Ever Been This Drunk on New... →
bobstewart: [seesmic] Ever Been This Drunk on New Years - http://tinyurl.com/yqwm84