Month: October 2011

Double-dipping

Maybe these different standards are because the contexts are so different: magazines, newspapers, and TV all feel cheap, since they’ve shat on consumers to make a few more cents for decades, but the iPad or a well-designed website are clean, high quality, and customer-centric.

Or maybe it’s just me. I just don’t feel comfortable paying for an iPad or web publication, no matter how good it is, and then having ads shoved down my throat. It makes me feel ripped off: what did I pay for?

Marco Arment – Double-dipping.

Ready to head home

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Last leg of the journey home. I have another 4 flights 6 days from now though. Ooph.

Take a chance…

Napkins are empty space anyway. I thought this was a cool little hack by Caribou Coffee.

Status

I’m in Minneapolis and CNN is running a segment on a woman who makes cookbooks of recipes collected from ghosts who talk to her. And we wonder why the news business is screwed…

3:40am and thus begins my journey home. Note to…

3:40am and thus begins my journey home. Note to self, don’t plan a 6am flight after a week of sleep deprivation.

A table full of Happiness

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Automattic karting standings

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We have a wonderfully competitive karting culture. 🙂

Ethical Coffee Chain. A coffee company that’s different. You’re investing in a specific farmer and can even buy early shares in the company. Interesting concept.

The view from outside our hotel

Status

Sparrow has gotten a lot better since the last time I used it. Really solid app now and faster than when it initially launched.