Video of Martin Friedmann
In an effort to remove physical clutter around my house between gigs, I bought a cool device: the Pinnacle Video Transfer unit. The device is cheap ($129), accessible (bought mine at Best Buy) and works exactly as advertised.
One of the things I ripped was my old VHS copy of the memorial that […]
Relaunch of next.yahoo.com…
A couple weeks ago our team relaunched next.yahoo.com.
Simply, it’s a place where we can show you some cool stuff happening at Yahoo. I shared more on the yodel blog.
William White and team just launched this very cool embeddable music player there. Timely too… Now instead of just linking to MP3s like I […]
New Pipes release, iPhone support
As reported on the Pipes Blog, Jonathan and the Pipes team just pushed a new release with features both useful and cool. I’m especially thrilled about the iPhone support (having just gotten an iTouch, thanks Mr. Hornik!)
In keeping with the endless stream of jokes that name “pipes” inspires, Jonathan created what may turn out […]
Richard Stallman in Berkeley on Sept. 12
Sadly, I’m not sure I can make this as I’ve just come to know about it. But MacArthur Genius and personal hero Richard Stallman is going to be speaking at UCB next week.
This will be thought provoking for sure. If you don’t know all about Stallman (or rms) go read the the excellent […]
Lightning Strikes at UK Hack Day
Hack Day London Indoor Rain
Originally uploaded by Josh Russell
I’m at UK Hack Day, spectating and just enjoying the vibe here… Chad recounts yesterday’s remarkable lightning strike on Alexandra Palace as festivities were kicking off… too cool!
Next Open Hack Day!
I’m happy that I’ll be attending Yahoo/BBC’s upcoming Hack Day in the UK! Last year’s inaugural Hack Day was a careeer/life hilight… This one looks to be another over the top event. It’s in a “palace”… that sounds different! Check out the details at hackday.org and on upcoming. See you there.
Yahoo Open Hack Day: Hell Yes!
Well, that worked.
As has been widely reported around the blogosphere, this weekend we pulled off Yahoo’s first Open Hack Day.
The event was successful on so many levels it’s hard to convey the way I feel. I will leave it to Chad, who deserves the credit for the event, to offer the […]