Browsing personal data iPod-style

I was just reading a really interesting article in the new issue of Wired about the design process behind the original iPod. I really love my iPod, and I never really thought about why. I had used other MP3 players before it and they worked just fine, but I finally gave…

Portrait of an Object

I’m trying to figure out what objects look like.

I know what they do, I can describe them, and I know what properties and methods they have. Basically, all there is to know about them. But I realized that I have no idea what they look like.

The Art of Building Social Software

I think it’s interesting to watch as social networks become more commonplace and people start really digesting the ideas them and becoming aware of how they work. And as that’s happening, people are starting to realize the limitations of current social network…

The Holy Grail of Software

I was reading Business 2.0 yesterday and I read Om Malik’s editorial on a bunch of new businesses that let you roll your own app without any programming involved (Coghead, Teqlo, Dabble DB, BEA, and QEDWiki are the ones he mentions). Although he seems to be pretty hyped about them…

An era is coming to a close

I just had my first “wow, I grew up with that and now it’s outdated” moment. (Well, aside from audio cassettes maybe.) I was flipping through Business 2.0, a magazine that talks mainly

Excuse me for a moment.

Excuse me for a moment while I rant.

If you’re looking for more stuff about social networks or XMPP you should wait for the next post.

So yesterday I wrote a post about some predictions for the next five years. Just some fun stuff and a…