Where should we stay in Kauai?
At the end of October (right after ACM Multimedia), Krista and I will be taking a much-needed (for both of us) week of vacation.
We’re headed to Kauai.
We still haven’t figured out where we’re staying. Thought I would solicit suggestions. These could range from areas of the island, specific places / rentals…
We’re thinking […]
It’ll be del.icio.us!
Del.icio.us is having its first birthday party (after three years.) It’ll be fun! Joshua and the gang will be there in force, and you can ask him what it feels like to be an MIT Technology Review Innovator! If he’s too busy, then you can ask Stewart!
I’ll be there too, basking in […]
Cool Flickr Geotagging Examples
Stewart recently showed me some very cool (and in some cases surprising) Flickr geotagging examples. Here’s a few I loved.
Where is the neighborhood in Manhattan known as Tribeca?
Get your kicks, on Route 66
Food tour of Asia
What I love about the “tribeca” and “route 66″ examples is that they show emergent knowledge in the system. […]
Sunday NYT Magazine story headlines a la Spell-With-Flickr
The individual story headlines in today’s New York Times Magazine are done a la Spell With Flickr…
From page 6:
Alphabet City: The headline typography for this issue came from the very place that the issue examines and celebrates: downtown Manhattan. Lucas Quigley, a contributing designer, went on a three-day excursion earlier […]
CapitalOne Summit
Had the pleasure of speaking today at a CapitalOne summit in DC.
Apart from the travel, I actually love doing these things. (I do wanna give JetBlue props though - pretty flawless service, and gotta love the TV. Watched the US Open while working.) Anyway, speaking with colleagues from Microsoft, […]
Dylan marathon on AOL Radio (XM)
AOL Radio is airing a Dylan marathon over this long weekend. It’s back-to-back episodes of his XM radio show. Fun stuff, and I have to admit I’ve enjoyed his ‘tween song banter more than the lost classics he actually plays. Check it out!
Google launches an espgame.org clone…
Google has launched Image Labeler, a clone of Luis von Ahn’s espgame. While it’s conceptually a clone, it’s been reimplemented in DHTML v. Java. Since CMU/Luis have patented IP around this, I’m guessing this is with Luis’ consent.