May 2010
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The next twitter API method: account creation
Disclaimer: This post is entirely speculative. It is also 100% true.
I’ve been playing with Facebook’s new like button recently (you can find it fading in at the bottom of the http://drop.io homepage). As you probably know, with these new iframe-powered like buttons you can ‘like’ drop.io directly from our site, without interacting with Facebook connect pop-ups (if...
March 2010
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Maybe twitter isn't that popular...
Twitter has not yet become as popular as the continuing extensive media coverage surrounding it would make you believe. My evidence? Take a look at this snapshot of a Google trends query for “facebook, twitter”:
The graph on the bottom represents how I used to feel twitter was doing with their mass-market adoption. It portrays what we’ve all witnessed over the last year:...
February 2010
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A quick story about Art and the internet
Natasha Wescoat sent me an exciting email this past week to tell me she had finished a work I commissioned about a month ago. I heard about Natasha through Hilary McHone, who retweeted Natasha announcing she had some time for commissions, if anyone was interested. My wife and I have been meaning to adorn the walls of the apartment we’ve now been living in for three six seven months, so...
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Twitter, Foursquare, and the Interface API...
This post is prompted by Gowalla’s recent announcement of a read-only API.
Twitter users often describe the service as “Facebook status updates by itself, without the other stuff”. This description is my favorite way to talk about the strategy behind Twitter’s design and their API, and what this strategy means for other startups charting a similar course.
Here’s my short...
April 2008
2 posts
My remix #2 of @jteeter’s Nerd Rap. I like...
Here’s the first verse of my remix from the...
March 2008
3 posts
Bon Iver - Re:Stacks
Andrew Bird - Plasticities
Bon Iver - Lump Sum
February 2008
2 posts
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