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Big Star cover of Femme Fatale

Big-Star-cover-of-Femme-Fatale.m4aNever even knew they recorded a third album (“Third”)

Big Star cover of Femme Fatale

Big-Star-cover-of-Femme-Fatale.m4aNever even knew they recorded a third album (“Third”)

My new wallpaper design

Hoping to use this in my house.

My new wallpaper design

Hoping to use this in my house.

The simplest writing UI ever?

PenZen – The distraction free writing enviroment. Maybe too simple And those two buttons don’t seem well thought-through

The simplest writing UI ever?

PenZen – The distraction free writing enviroment. Maybe too simple And those two buttons don’t seem well thought-through

Neat ideas for better email

Email that I want to exist – squarerfish.

Neat ideas for better email

Email that I want to exist – squarerfish.

Possibly Google’s worst product: Groups

  Google Groups is like a unix listserv utility with a text web browser front end. Holy shit is it horrible. Who is with me? Since these dudes are struggling to re-invent everything (Gmail, Gtalk, Picasa) as a feature of

Possibly Google’s worst product: Groups

  Google Groups is like a unix listserv utility with a text web browser front end. Holy shit is it horrible. Who is with me? Since these dudes are struggling to re-invent everything (Gmail, Gtalk, Picasa) as a feature of

Kitedesk, the everything client

  I have been playing with lots of email clients lately, and one of the very ambitious ones is Kitedesk. Boy have these guys bitten off a lot to chew. Better webmail client, better calendar, better file manager… Not there

Kitedesk, the everything client

  I have been playing with lots of email clients lately, and one of the very ambitious ones is Kitedesk. Boy have these guys bitten off a lot to chew. Better webmail client, better calendar, better file manager… Not there

Reading Paul Graham on the Re-invention of Email

  It’s usually wise to start with a line from Paul Graham: The most dangerous way to lose time is not to spend it having fun, but to spend it doing fake work… Dealing with email, for example. You do it

Reading Paul Graham on the Re-invention of Email

  It’s usually wise to start with a line from Paul Graham: The most dangerous way to lose time is not to spend it having fun, but to spend it doing fake work… Dealing with email, for example. You do it

Sunset 12/23

I think it south of the WTC. Mental note: check it in June.  

Sunset 12/23

I think it south of the WTC. Mental note: check it in June.  

Ericsson’s law = 10,000 hours to expertise

If you feel like quoting that paragraph from a Gladwell essay you skimmed one time, you should memorize: Ericsson’s law = 10,000 hours of practice yields expertise. At 2,000 hours of full-time 40 hours/week x 50 weeks/year, this is 5

Ericsson’s law = 10,000 hours to expertise

If you feel like quoting that paragraph from a Gladwell essay you skimmed one time, you should memorize: Ericsson’s law = 10,000 hours of practice yields expertise. At 2,000 hours of full-time 40 hours/week x 50 weeks/year, this is 5

Latest lab project

My latest project.

Latest lab project

My latest project.