Nov 28 2007

DailyTweets: 2007-11-28

Category: Useless Old Stuff @ 11:59 pm
  • @jowyang – we can offer you free hosting for your blog :-) #
  • @jowyang – we have a few options for folk like you. All are easy, none involve selling your soul ;-) email me when you want free ;-) #
  • Arghhhhhh… Bike died again, after only 4 days. Yeah, my ass it isn’t a faulty battery. #

Powered by Twitter Tools.


Nov 27 2007

DailyTweets: 2007-11-27

Category: Useless Old Stuff @ 11:59 pm
  • Passport will be ready nov 5! I AM going to le web! #
  • At nextmedia, downtown. Wondering why I *never* make it onto the delegate list for conferences… #
  • Sitting 5 rows up, right-hand aisle. #
  • Aol canada ceo: "I don’t want to talk too much" and then talks about aol for 10 mins. Then "I’m going to intro the next speaker". Walks. #
  • Brandon berger, mdc partners, is doing a decent job at "new media 101" (not the title, but it’s what he’s doing). #
  • His intarweb is slow, on stage… Awkward ;-) #
  • Dll hell has nothing on this guy’s buzz word hell. 1/3 of his speech is buzzwords. Honestly. #
  • Based on questions, tghere’s a lot of fear here… #
  • 2nd session : "my campaign is better than yours" panel. *sigh* #

Powered by Twitter Tools.


Nov 26 2007

DailyTweets: 2007-11-26

Category: Useless Old Stuff @ 11:59 pm
  • hey @agingfabulous, welcome :-D #
  • Got passport "lost" form filled out. Tomorrow I get pictures. Then application notarized. Then, maybe, passport in as URGENT request! #
  • IOW: I might just get to Le Web, if all goes well tomorrow ;-) #
  • Chad, our sales dude, comes back tomorrow from honeymoon. Not sure he’ll recognize b5 after 2 weeks away ;-) Hope he likes Ed! #
  • Just added a bunch of b5 bloggers to my follow list. If there are any others, lemme know! #
  • At passport canada. Hoping for a miracle. #
  • Old berry dead. New berry is curvealicious. Takes some getting used to (especially the clicky keyboard). #
  • @technosailor – the curve’s a downgrade :-p #
  • Lol @ guy at passport office asking about my and b5’s alexa rank. I guess alexa ain’t irrelevant? He also said he’s "pulling for us"! #
  • Oooh, a buncha new french tweeters! Howdy all! #
  • @marshallk – tha(’s cause nobody told’em about www.bathcasting.com ;-) #
  • Wondering when valleywag became 90% syndicated content? #
  • Heh @ www.techrunch.com – smart dude ;-) not as good as whitehouse.com, but still good! #
  • @technosailor – I bought it for the camera (and cause it was 200$ cheaper), so it’s nice to have… but the berry’s slower overall… #

Powered by Twitter Tools.


Nov 25 2007

DailyTweets: 2007-11-25

Category: Useless Old Stuff @ 11:59 pm
  • Sean wise in. Sean wise out. Heh. My. Boy’s writing his 2nd book (penguin picked it up) :-) #

Powered by Twitter Tools.


Nov 24 2007

DailyTweets: 2007-11-24

Category: Useless Old Stuff @ 11:59 pm
  • Testing berry… Yay! After pouring sweet and sour sauce on it last night, the keyboard works again!!! #
  • Hmmm.. Phone portion’s still busted though… Dern… #
  • @willpate – early look @cs2 = video!!! #

Powered by Twitter Tools.


Nov 24 2007

DailyTweets: 2007-11-24

Category: Useless Old Stuff @ 11:59 pm
  • Testing berry… Yay! After pouring sweet and sour sauce on it last night, the keyboard works again!!! #
  • Hmmm.. Phone portion’s still busted though… Dern… #
  • @willpate – early look @cs2 = video!!! #

Powered by Twitter Tools.


Nov 23 2007

DailyTweets: 2007-11-23

Category: Useless Old Stuff @ 11:59 pm
  • Oy @ jasoncalacanis – that’s *my* secret ;-) #
  • @joecwik – we bought all of defunct amp’d mobile’s cable (cat5, cat6, fiber, xlr, speaker, vga, coax, etc). Ripped it out today! #
  • Has there been any official confirmation or coverage of blognation’s new round of funding? (@mochant, @trishussey, @marshallk?) #
  • Heyyyy @stitchy!!! #
  • New b5 term: a "graphulator". It’s an excel sheet tht does math for you *and* makes pretty charts! #
  • Ahem, "I thunk he wope it up". #
  • What’s a synonym for "creepy" that starts with F? #
  • lol, thanks to twittosphere for "freaky", the team appreciates it ;-) #

Powered by Twitter Tools.


Nov 22 2007

DailyTweets: 2007-11-22

Category: Useless Old Stuff @ 11:59 pm
  • @jowyang – count a pass for me. Everyone that I’ve seen (besides mike) that’s held one has enjoyed it (with caveats). #
  • Hanging at the imperial pub, waiting for @jevon so we can go all pinky and the brain on techmeme ;-) #
  • Hah, as I hit send he shows up, classic! #
  • At the imperial with @jevon. The best guy ever. Mainly cause he paid for the last 12 rounds ;-) #
  • Jevon amazes me with his knowledge. #
  • Home. Night with @jevon and jonas brandon was rawking. Had to stop thenm drunk-twittering on my account all night ;-) mostly succeeded! #
  • Back down to rape amp’d mobile of their cabling! #
  • @davidcubed – not sure, but we’re just up the street, so why don’t you stay an extra day and come visit? #
  • Commends on @bfeld’s blog are down, cause he uses an offsite comment engine (Intense Debate). Uncool. They need to cache shit locally. #
  • *sigh* twitter has unfollowed 20 of the people I was following… GRrrrrrR rrRrrRRRrrrRr #
  • Feeling under-turkeyed, but way over cabled. By our count we ripped out about 45,000 feet of cable. #
  • W00t!! Replacement birth certificate arrived! Which means I *am* going to le web, cause replacement passports are easy! #
  • First time we’ve had to compete with another network for an ad buy, heh. Does this mean we’re past coopetition? ;-) #

Powered by Twitter Tools.


Nov 21 2007

DailyTweets: 2007-11-21

Category: Useless Old Stuff @ 11:59 pm
  • @mdufort – I know who the pub is, I’m simply cursing MS for helping devs create such a massive holiday lineup ;-) #
  • @ses5909 – I’m a scarf fiend. I have almost a dozen now, with plans to grow my "collection" over the winter :-D #
  • Nothing like working all weekend to totally mess with your sense of days. Like today. Feels like wednesday. So frustrating!!! #
  • Nothing like publlicly starting off the day way, way off! #
  • If anyone wants to come help cut cable, we’re paying 100$ for help, king and peter, amp’d office. Bring wire cutters. Call 4167263602 #
  • k, we had a great time pulling cable stoday. If anyone knows anyone who wants to help tomorrow… 9-3pm, 100$, King/Peter, Amp’d Mobile! #
  • @davidcubed – laura rules, I suck, never forget it ;-) #
  • kk, we’re FULL for people for tomorrow, so if you haven’t received a response from me confirming your involvement, stay home! :-D Thanks all #

Powered by Twitter Tools.


Nov 21 2007

Aptera 300mpg Car, Kindle Redux, Managing Meetings

Category: GeneralJeremy Wright @ 12:32 pm
  1. The announcement from Aptera of 2 cars arriving next year (their first cars, I believe) fascinates me. 300mpg on the hybrid. 120 miles per charge on the pure electric. A few things. First, I’m curious why, if the hybrid goes 300mpg they didn’t give it a 3 gallon tank. Would have made it the farthest per-tank hybrid out there. Second, some of the innovative features are very, very cool. Third, one of the biggest markets for hybrids is young families (trying to save a buck or two). But with only space for 1 car seat, they’re limiting their market a touch. Fourth, the huge trunk is welcome. Fifth, it’s nice to see some new designs.

    All in all, I expect this vehicle to sell a few hundred units of each model. It’ll net them about 50-75M in revenue. But the next iteration I expect to be very interesting (assuming they hold out and don’t take a 200M offer from Chrysler just to crush the technology). The biggest problem with this is the form factor. It’s cool, but it’s also a requirement for that gas mileage. Cool on paper isn’t the same as cool in your driveway, after all.

  2. Some folk (like Mikey Arrington, see Scoble’s video) are really hammering the Kindle for things like UI, depth, etc. To me this is primarily a KoolAid drinking issue. I, for example, totally get that this isn’t really a device, it’s a book replacement. You want to be able to hold it and read it in bookish light for 5-6 hours without hurting yourself. As such, the depth of the device is actually a Good Thing, since it’s easier to hold in a traditional “bookish” manner. The price is a little high, and it should have come with a dozen free books of your choice. Personally I don’t care about the browser in this iteration. All I care about is books. Delivered to my fingertips. Instantly. As such, it’s an interesting device. And, no, I don’t care about the UI, cause all I’ll be doing is page up/page down’ing. And I won’t be typing, much (since your Amazon profile is pre-loaded on the device so you don’t need to enter CC details to order). Again, my focus is on this as a first iteration device. As a first device, I’d give it a solid 7. Not great, but not Etch-A-Sketch useless either ;-)
  3. It’s been interesting to see the huge number of inbound meeting/call requests that have come in post-BWE. Not just from BWE folk, but from folk who heard about b5 through BWE coverage. We’re now getting about a half-dozen per day (just for me). I used to take all of these myself, no questions asked, because I enjoy chatting to folk, and even if there wasn’t a match for b5 I could probably think of someone else who it would be a match for. Now, though, I’m having to cut meeting timeslots from 1 hour to 30 minutes, having to ask for details in advance so I can simply have the “right” person (sales for ad stuff, tech for platform stuff, etc) take the first call. I’m also not taking calls that aren’t core to where we’re going in the next 6 months. I’m pretty sure I don’t like this, but I’m not sure of a way around it. Any suggestions?
  4. I managed to apply for a lost birth certificate online this weekend. Very easy to do once you had all the info (thanks CDN government!). Apparently should arrive (”guaranteed”) by next Wednesday. Which gives me about 10 days to get my new passport. Which isn’t a major issue, except for the 6 hour wait at the passport office. 2 days in a row.Ugh.
  5. I’m really jiving for the local community. I’m hoping that in the new year I can free my schedule a bit so I can start co-organizing events. There’s so much going on that I *want* to be involved in, but 1) don’t know about til the day of (can we get an alerts system or something guys?!) or 2) just don’t have time for Right This Minute.
  6. I’ve been asked (and agreed) to sit on a board for a new startup. It’s a quarterly thing, so not a drain on my time (or resources), but I’m actually thinking I’d like to do a bit more of this. So if anyone hears of anything… ;-)


Next Page »