He claims to be from San Francisco. Affinity for bacon. Arrived with a document depicting various lifeforms from his home planet:
I will post further information as it becomes available.
Socialite on AMO
February 1, 2009As of approximately 7:08 am, Socialite is now publicly available on AMO (addons.mozilla.org). It’s been a long time coming, and I’m excited to see how it’s received by the new users there.
The Hype Machine’s 2008 zeitgeist
January 10, 2009
The folks over at the Hype Machine have created a 2008 music zeitgeist that can best be described as a loving work of information wizardry. To the curious and musically-inclined, it’s an incredible resource for mining the past year’s trends in popular music. To followers of the blogosphere, the Hype Machine’s offering is unique because all of the content is derived from the social web: the rankings were based on individual bloggers’ year-end top lists, the reviews were written by thousands of independent music fans, and the artist photos were shot by a horde of different flickr users.
On the era of Amazon.com
December 27, 2008Today, I read that Amazon.com had its ‘best holiday ever’, selling a ‘record-breaking 72.9 items per second’ (via reddit).
It’s interesting to watch Amazon take over. It seems to me that we’re experiencing a social shift, where more and more consumers are choosing to buy online instead of heading to the retail stores. I’m satisfied to believe that this is partly due to the increased amount of interaction and information (product reviews, ratings, tags) Amazon provides to shoppers. On the other hand, it scares me a bit to consider the implications massive Amazon adoption is having upon our shipping system, particularly the fuel required for personal delivery. I wonder what our society would look like if the majority shopped this way.
Speaking as a member of the so-called “Internet Generation,” my experience with Amazon and online shopping was quite the opposite of the prevailing trend.
