May 2011
1 post
I'm baaaack.
I haven’t posted on my tumblr for a long time. I guess I forgot about it and got distracted with twitter and Facebook. Using the iPhone app on my iPad. Hoping to see an official iPad app soon.
February 2008
3 posts
iPhone and Starbucks, two of my favorite things
With Starbuck’s recent decision to move from T-Mobile to AT&T for wireless access, will they soon be providing free usage for iPhone users in their nifty little coffee shops? Let’s hope so.
Three Mac tips I uncovered this weekend
I upgraded to Leopard this weekend on my work machine, a MacBook Pro. It was a seamless upgrade. I had already upgraded my home machine, a Mac Pro, several weeks ago and that went fine too. I have been enjoying some of the new features in Leopard, mostly spaces, quickview, and stacks. Time Machine is really slick too, but I am just figuring out how it works alongside SuperDuper, my backup program...
Fragglerock's video of "Let me clear my throat"
…and if you watch closely, you will even see glimpses of Sprocket the dog! (One of the inspirations for the name I gave my dog…)
January 2008
8 posts
Tour of Macworld 08 in 5 min
We need something like this for Lotusphere 08:
How to fold a shirt
Lotus IDC video on youtube
My team rocks! Check out this video they did at the Lotusphere conference that is happening this week. This is the first of many. Subscribe to our channel!
For those who missed the Macworld keynote...here...
Garmin and native Mac support
I am really happy about the recent announcement at Macworld that Garmin will provide better native support for the Mac. Being both a Garmin and Mac fan, I am looking forward to this.
What my dog does at daycare while I work
I love this guy. And he is my neighbor.
December 2007
6 posts
The top 5 innovations over the next 5 years
IBM just released its prediction for the top 5 innovations that will change our lives over the next five years. I absolutely love the “know what you eat” one. I joined my first CSA this summer and am really getting into the idea of eating organic, locally grown food. So the idea of knowing about all the food I eat is fantastic. I also really like the one about using a star trek-like...
Snowshoeing!
It’s snowshoeing time again! Sprocket is very excited about this fact. Here’s the full set on flickr.
Cisco "open sources" business ideas
Cisco has created a contest to get ideas for their next business opportunity. Interesting “community source” idea. Nice payoff for the winner.
WatchThis is a video slideshow I did last winter of my dog (the yellow lab) playing with one of her best friends Lucky (the golden.) I used Fotomagico and Toast on the Mac to create it. Then I uploaded it to Google video which then gave me the HTML to embed it into this posting on my blog. Pretty easy.
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Come and ride with me!
This is unbelievably cool. You can “play back” my mountain bike ride from a few weeks ago on the beta site from MotionBased. Be sure to click on the Satellite view to make it even more real.
November 2007
11 posts
Top 10 IT disasters of all time →
An extremely happy dog
Can’t you tell by the smile? I took this back in the summer and dug it out today because it is starting to feel cold up here in the Northeast. The days of kayaking with dog in tow are seeming to be far away. Biggie size.
Some of my friends are in this very cool Symphony...
I have been elfed
And oh boy do I have the holiday spirit. Check it out!
I settled on Blu-Ray
I finally broke down and bought a Sony PS3 in order to get the blu-ray movie-playing capability. I had been debating for awhile between Blu-Ray and HDDVD, but finally decided to gamble on Blu-Ray. My rationale for buying the PS3 was two-fold: one, it is upgradable through its built-in wireless (probably the only Profile 1.0 player that is upgradeable to 1.1 and hopefully 2.0) and two, selling this...
What is your dog doing while you're not looking?
Want to see what your dog does all day while you are gone? Or which dogs she is forming bonds with at doggie daycare? Being touted as the first social networking solution for dogs, SNIF has come up with this and you can now sign up for the early beta.
Free fonts! Nice! →
Great review of Leopard →
24 hours of air traffic control made into amazing... →
Set the data free!
Tim O’Reilly got it right in this article. OpenSocial has to be about opening up the data.
October 2007
11 posts
Should do this, dot com
I’ve always been a fan of heavily involving customers during product development cycles. After all, you’re building your “product” for them…if you don’t know what they want or how your product is working for them, what is the point?
This is an interesting new way of capturing feedback, whether for a company or a specific product. I especially like the feedback...
Are you left-brain or right-brain dominant?
Interesting test…I am seeing this as a right-brain, but I’ve been tested as a “whole brain” using other tests.
More on the iPhone SDK →
Apple to provide iPhone SDK in Feb - this is so... →
Today's ride
Parking lot to Hemlock to Woodpecker to Long to Fisher Cat to Moosetrack to Deer Run to Red Pine to the log roll to Sampler to Lady Slipper to parking lot. Fomba is the best. Link to biggie-sized image.
Yesterday's ride
About an hour pedal time…some tough, unmarked trails. Here’s the biggie-sized image.
Gartner's Top 10 strategic technologies for 2008 →
Nine Ways to Build Your Own Social Network →
Best bluetooth headset
If I wanted a bluetooth headset, this is the one I would get.
The thinking rock
This might just be the best thinking rock there is. Far enough out to feel somewhat isolated…but close enough to get back pretty quickly…also comes complete with beautiful views of the lake AND a very comfortable built-in back rest. And the notorious Sprocketorious thinks so too (she’s thinking if she sits still long enough, she might blend in and have better luck catching those...
My two latest Audible.com "listens"
I just finished listening to Wikinomics which is all about the new aspects of business collaboration…things like wikis (Wikipedia) and open source development (Linux.) It’s amazing how much of what is covered in this book is what we are focusing on right now inside of the Lotus brand at IBM. Instead of my teams developing content in-house and delivering that content through traditional...
September 2007
19 posts
Zuda comics does community-sourced content →
Ten ways Flickr builds community online →
Logan airport cell phone lot
What a totally smart idea.
What I did this weekend
Downhilling at Killington, VT. This time, we rented real downhill bikes, which made a ton of difference. Here’s me on the Kona Stinky on a fire road in between trails. Some of the trails were pretty gnarly, but no carnage this trip, thank goodness.
Lotus Symphony
Lotus has announced an ODF-compliant office suite called Lotus Symphony. Remember the original Lotus Symphony? Well, this is the new, more modern, open-standards-based, FREE, version. It’s making news…here is a recent article on CNET.
A 25-year old smile →
Unlocking the iPhone video →
iPhone $100 "early adopter" credit →
Lotus Connections Deployment wiki
Lotus Connections has a deployment wiki. Join the development and doc team in building really good deployment information for Connections. And, yes, it was my team at IBM that created this wiki and I am so very proud of them.
Productivity software
It seems that there is more and more focus lately on productivity software. I am a big fan of the Omni* line of products, especially OmniGraffle. I am keeping my eye on their new offering called OmniFocus.