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Monthly Archives: July 2008

Let’s replace folders with categories

Modern computer files systems are not the best. A document can only go in one folder. A folder can only go in one folder. What if I make a graphic for my iphone applications? It’d be great to have an iphone development folder and a graphics folder that it can go into for both. That [...]

Again at the reception

Mer at Jon and Carol’s reception

Oh yeah

Wet hot American summer in C-bro

A Knol tie-in

I just thought of a way that Knol could make it. Google tracks our searches. This is common knowledge. If you don’t regularly clear out your cookies Google knows a lot about what your search habits are. Heck, they probably track IP addresses, so they know anyway. So, yeah, it’s a fact and you can [...]

Sitar palace

Why Knol will fail

Google’s new Wikipedia competition misses several at-bats. The three draws the Knol team has for the site that I’ve heard mentioned are: 1) you’ll get credit for writing the article. Okay, how is that different from just putting something on your own website? 2) you can get money from the AdSense ads on the page. [...]

Granola bar wrapped in salami

Brunch at Sun In My Belly