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Cool! YouTube added TV static to the player’s...

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 10:50:15 -0400

Cool! YouTube added TV static to the player’s “error” screen.

Job Creators?

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:59:29 -0400

Lowering taxes for the richest people in the world will not create more jobs. Seriously, that is like the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard.

There’s a myth that more taxes on the rich would actually make earning more money a bad thing, like your taxes would increase so much that you’d actually be making *less* money. Anyone that says this has never filled out their own tax forms because this isn’t how federal income tax works.

You only pay the bracket percentage for that particular bracket worth of income. You are taxed a certain amount on each bracket, breaking through a bracket doesn’t mean the new bracket rate applies to ALL of the money you earned, just the money in the bracket.

Now the argument falls flat on its face! More money is more money no matter what, even if the government takes a larger piece of the top bracket.

Lion so far

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:59:00 -0400

It’s cool, but it’s the first time I’ve been frustrated with this many changes:

Digital Color Meter no longer displays hex values. No improvements whatsoever, just features taken out. Sucks for picking out hexes for web dev.
Autocorrect for OS X is awful. It appears to be the same as the iOS autocorrect, but the difference in how people type on the two devices is everything. Typos on iOS come from tapping the wrong key because it’s difficult to hit the right one on such a small typing area so nearest neighbor guesses make sense. Typos on keyboards (for me, at least) come from transposing characters due to hitting a key too early or late. For instance, accidentally typing “O hhello” instead of “Oh hello”.
Trying to compose a new email in Mail.app is so slow! I instinctively start typing the email address long before it is ready so it only catches the last few letters. J-A-R would normally start autofilling Jared’s email, but it missed the J-A and started emailing Rosie, first hit for R.
Crippling Pages and Numbers with this weird file saving garbage is a deal breaker, I’m switching to Office if this isn’t reverted in an update soon.
I tried out full screen apps but don’t see any use for it.
Keeping every file open in my apps is so annoying. Opening some apps takes a full minute unless I close everything individually.

It’s still a great update, but these issues will probably push me to install some tweak suite and start messing with settings that shouldn’t be messed with to get the experience back to the way I want, which is lame.

Edit: I mean Lion.

New Square Card Reader!

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 09:55:14 -0400

We just got a brand spanking new Square reader in the mail (on the right) for District Lines! We’ve been thrilled to use the original (left) for the last several months.

The new one is slightly wider but not as thick. It also looks much better and has a tiny little loop for a wristband like a phone or camera. Thanks Square!

Mark Hoppus, Antoine Dodson, The Gregory Brothers

Sun, 03 Oct 2010 11:58:18 -0400

Check out this interview Mark Hoppus did with Antoine Dodson and Evan and Andrew Gregory (of Auto Tune the News fame). Antoine and the Gs are both District Lines clients, and it was already a treat to see them on TV again, but check out my favorite part (3m 8s into the video):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLSi-VJWGl0#t=3m8s

Maybe this is only cool to me but I was beyond pumped that Antoine and Mark both mentioned our company and website on TV!

MSM vs MGM

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:18:00 -0400

Edit: Here’s the video!
http://bit.ly/axfMeT

Right now partners on YouTube are up in arms about a CNN interview with Joe Penna (Mystery Guitar Man). I love the sentiment but I must comment on a few things that seem out of place to me.

First off, Joe did an amazing job. He kept his cool, thought on his feet and didn’t get tricked into saying anything he didn’t want to. It is particularly tough to maintain your cool in a situation like this and he did a great job.

Now the reporter didn’t know what he was doing, that much is true. But we need to stop pretending like the mainstream media is going to understand years of community development overnight. His segment was very short, how much homework can he be expected to do for it? To him (and all of his bosses on up the line) YouTube means Chris Crocker and David After Dentist, maybe he’s heard of The Gregory Brothers if we’re lucky.

Beyond the details of YouTube and what it is vs what the MSM sees it’s important to know how reporters are. Tough questions you don’t want to answer, avoiding relevant topics, cutting you off mid sentence are all just a part being interviewed. Reporters aren’t doing their job if they don’t generate interest, so they are concerned with what they think will shake things up.

If you plan on truly making it creating content, on YouTube or otherwise, expect to have brushes with the old media here and there. When you do be prepared like Joe, otherwise you may end up getting angry, creating a bad sound byte, or giving away info you didn’t want to.

Good job Joe!

owl city

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:21:24 -0400

I’ve put off posting this forever but it is way past time. if you think owl city really sounds like the postal service you have obviously not heard any of the tons of other pop electronica artists out there, both before and after “give up” was released. the same people probably compare kanye west to hellogoodbye for using a vodcoder.

adventure time

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 07:20:57 -0400

I saw this cartoon last night, INCREDIBLE!!

happy programming

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:13:23 -0400

some days programming can be a drag, like you get stuck on something silly or have trouble making sure data is validated properly.

but when I need to work on an API and realize they have a JSON version it makes me so happy :)

iPad case

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:45:29 -0400

just got the apple case. they got some more in and @sarahkhandjian surprised me with it. wooo!

screen sharing

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:03:15 -0400

never works

shadow of the colossus for ps2

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:31:31 -0400

I know I’m really late to this party but this game rules.

MTV

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 13:24:18 -0400

it should just be called, “white Americans crying about how tough their lives are”

cafe tu tu tango with @sarahkhandjian

Sat, 17 Apr 2010 21:26:36 -0400

cafe tu tu tango with @sarahkhandjian

we haven’t had to wait for an elevator once at this hotel

Sat, 17 Apr 2010 20:23:43 -0400

we haven’t had to wait for an elevator once at this hotel

my wife is a hardcore dashboard snob. she is sick too so her...

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 22:57:03 -0400

my wife is a hardcore dashboard snob. she is sick too so her hate for the n00bs is off the charts!

ffxiii sucks

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:06:21 -0400

I don’t know who this game was made for but it’s too linear for me to even want to finish

looking for a house

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 07:44:05 -0400

is a horrible rollercoaster

tour was a blast and a crazy success. i could not be more proud,...

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:06:08 -0400

tour was a blast and a crazy success. i could not be more proud, great job guys.

breakfast of champions

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:11:00 -0400

breakfast of champions