April 2012
1 post
March 2012
2 posts
“Again, I’d gladly pay for it. But I have no way to do so, outside of forking...”
– Help! I’m Being Forced To Pirate Game Of Thrones Against My Will! | PandoDaily
I’d gladly pay for it. Just I don’t want to pay for it. Gah. Come on.
Pay or wait. It’s not that hard. Or go to a friend’s house. If you’d gladly pay for it, you would. Your hand is not being forced, you are being...
February 2012
1 post
January 2012
4 posts
“To do this, we are starting 2012 with a renewed sense of focus. This means...”
–
Start the New Year Fresh! « Flickr Blog
Good. (It’s always hard to blog about your old companies. Like picking at scabs.) Curious to see what Flickr IS going to focus on.
I’ve loved Flickr since back in the day and have been saddened by the lack of innovation in the product so I’m happy to...
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Codeshal: Dear Google, Please Stop Hitting... →
codeshal:
I’m really rooting for Google.
I believe in Android as a bulwark against iPhone’s greedy closed system of iTunes and its hypocritically Orwellian “freedom from porn” (and its “we’ve already solved podcasts” (and its love of Hitler (and its intolerance for satire))). (Plus Android’s Gmail,…
December 2011
4 posts
Spiersblr: The Riches; They Buy Things! →
spiers:
(Or at the very least, bet against it with me on the other side of the wager so I can make some money off the deal. Any takers? Rex? Felix?)
No way I’m taking the other side of a bet against spiers, but I hope that someone does so I can watch!
App Makes Complaining About the Cabbie Who... →
peterfeld:
bestrooftalkever:
This is very helpful since when I curse the cabbie who won’t take me to Brooklyn I always forget to get their name, medallion number, or really any other helpful information.
Better idea: argue for a fairer pricing structure that doesn’t obligate hard-working drivers who operate on a thin, diminishing margin (thanks to rising gas prices not offset by fare...
“It might be argued that I’ve been out of school too long, that if I’d actually...”
– Man with multiple degrees fails standardized test for children
We need more of this.
(via mattlehrer)
Honestly, it sounds to me like the guy taking the test was an idiot. He knew none of the answers to the math questions? A 10th grade exam is what? Algebra, geometry, and maybe some trig? An...
November 2011
3 posts
caro:
fek:
“In the startup community, there’s a real stigma to depression. Every time someone comes around and asks ‘Hey, how’s it going?’ you’re always like ‘Best day ever, man! Killing it! We’re crushing it!’ You have to do that.”
+1
I dunno, when people ask me how I’m doing I routinely tell them “God, it’s killing me.” I think the rigors of a leadership position...
mattlehrer:
The floods in Thailand, where one quarter of the world’s hard drives are manufactured, have caused prices to spike but the problem is going to get worse before it gets better.
Anyone who thinks they’ll need a hard drive in the next six months is best off buying it now.
(via HDD Pricewatch: You know where it’s going — we tell you how much it’s going to hurt | ExtremeTech)
-10 pts...
October 2011
1 post
Generation X Doesn't Want to Hear It
emptyage:
Earlier generations have weathered recessions, of course; this stall we’re in has the look of something nastier. Social Security and Medicare are going to be diminished, at best. Hours worked are up even as hiring staggers along: Blood from a stone looks to be the normal order of things “going forward,” to borrow the business-speak. Economists are warning that even when the economy...
September 2011
1 post
“Urs’s most significant accomplishment, however, was building the team that built...”
– - Urz Hölzle in Douglas Edwards, I’m Feeling Lucky: Confessions of Google Employee Number 59 (via rickwebb)
August 2011
1 post
July 2011
1 post
June 2011
4 posts
“The following afternoon, Chang called an emergency meeting for the staff....”
– I feel the same way about software as David Chang does about food. These tiny details matter. Have you thought about every line of code you wrote to make it perfect? Are you properly using whitespace? Is your code beautiful to read on the screen? Is is as concise as possible? Sure, these things...
“If you can’t write clearly, you probably don’t think nearly as well as you think...”
– Kurt Vonnegut (via nevver)
I buy this. Mr. Vonnegut, I am picking up what you are putting down. Also, great movie, Mr. Vonnegut.
(via mikehudack)
May 2011
5 posts
“Before they ever approach the market, investment banks do a lot of work...”
– The Epicurean Dealmaker: Jane, You Ignorant Slut
So I read this whole thing with an open mind, and I almost believe it, but when I got to this passage I literally burst out laughing. I mean, it may be true, actually. Hell, it probably is. But I think we’ve gotten to the points with the banks that...
The Problem with Calendars →
rickwebb:
heyitsnoah:
Frequently I don’t realize how interesting an idea is until I find myself repeating it six months later. That’s the case with this post by Mike Monteiro about calendar design. In it he argues that the whole idea of scheduling meetings for people based on the availability in their calendar drives a very bad behavior, mainly assuming that just because something isn’t...
April 2011
1 post
March 2011
2 posts
fimoculous:
TFLM : BNTER :: 4CHAN : CANV.AS
I mean, duh.
:: dodgeball : foursquare
Function[A, Option[B]] => PartialFunction[A, B]
override def rewrite: LocRewrite = Full(new PartialFunction[RewriteRequest, (RewriteResponse, T)] {
private val cachedResponse = new ThreadLocal[Option[Option[(RewriteResponse, T)]]] {
override def initialValue = None
}
private def getResponse(in: RewriteRequest): Option[(RewriteResponse, T)] = {
cachedResponse.get.getOrElse {
val response = coreRewrite(in)
...
February 2011
4 posts
“Serendipity isn’t randomness; it is relevance we didn’t expect.”
– Love this quote from @jeffjarvis. It resonates strongly with so much of what drives us to do what we’re doing at foursquare (and the promise of smart products built around place in general). (via arainert)
Elizabeth Spiers Takes Over As Editor In Chief of... →
johncarney:
Congratulations Observer!
And best wishes Elizabeth!
Whoa! Awesome! Congrats Spiers!
January 2011
4 posts
Facebook Suspends New Address and Phone Sharing... →
Twitter and Foursquare offer this too. But I trust Twitter and Foursquare never to give the info to outsiders and certainly in not a sketch way. They’re also private companies offering a free service.
FYI: Foursquare will share your phone number and e-mail address over the API to friends of yours. If you would prefer not to do this it can be turned off from http://foursquare.com/settings....
December 2010
2 posts
Tumblr is the home of deja vu in reverse
mattlehrer:
peterfeld:
… when you see something and you instantly know you’re going to see it again and again.
And again.
And again.
find the bug
Find the bug in this small piece of code that primes a List of record objects each of which has a field that is a foreign key to another collection:
def prime[T <: MongoRecord[T],
RefType <: FSMongoRecord[RefType] with MongoId[RefType]](
list: List[T], ref: FSMongoMetaRecord[RefType],
f: T => BaseMongoForeignObjectId[T, RefType]): List[T] = {
if (!list.isEmpty) {
...
November 2010
4 posts
September 2010
3 posts
“I think a lot of the problems we’ve been experiencing come from the fact that no...”
– Patton Oswalt (via viafrank)
Agreed, wholeheartedly.
(via rickwebb)
Twenty-somethings: PAY ATTENTION
evangotlib:
Don: That’s your job! I give you money, you give me ideas!
Peggy: And you never say thank you!
Don: That’s what the money is for! You are young. You will get your recognition. And honestly, it is absolutely ridiculous to be two years into your career and counting your ideas. Everything to you is an opportunity.
I think this was my favorite Mad Men scene ever. Possibly my...
August 2010
1 post
June 2010
2 posts
Lift 2.0!
Big congrats to David Pollak and the rest of the Lift team on getting the 2.0 release out the door.
I first started diving into Lift back in April of 2009 when I was doing some deep thinking about what platform to rewrite foursquare on. I was already moderately familiar with, and very enthusiastic about Scala. The prospect of a Java like language running on the JVM but with a much less...