Stackin’
Originally uploaded by courtneyp.
I just rediscovered this series of grapefruit shots from our party, taken a week ago. Throwing a big party like that is a ton of fun, but having it captured by photogs like CourtneyP, Scott Beale and others makes it resonate so much longer.
After the high of the party and its [...]
Ethan Stock wrote a helpful piece last week, User-Created Content: Selfish, Social, Selfless, about the three distinct species (classes? families? orders?) of user created content (UCC). They break down like this: “Selfish UCC”, content like del.icio.us bookmarks, which is created by users for personal benefit only; “Social UCC” such as blogs, created as a [...]
Today’s WSJ ran a story, “Some Students Use Net to Hire Experts to Do Their School Work.” The article covers how some party-happy computer science students are using sites like Rent A Coder to get their homework assignments done. It seems obvious to the author, Lee Gomes, and others that this is an educational tragedy [...]
My Stickered Powerbook
Originally uploaded by courtneyp.
At first I was disappointed that the printer got the line thickness of the Rubyred grapefruit design wrong (it’s too thick). But now that I’m seeing it around I think it’s not bad. It’s fun to see our logo on laptops, signposts and bags, even if people aren’t quite sure [...]
The Ruby Red team
Originally uploaded by veen.
We sent a few folks some New Years grapefruits–our way of saying thanks for the support in 2005. Adaptive Path got a batch and took the opportunity to convert the rubyreds into our likeness. Though Jeff posted the photo, I heard it was Rachel Brune who actually did the [...]
Amy mentioned that she bought a small cloud blanket for a friend’s baby shower, and I said “that’s nice, dear.” A few weeks later she casually mentioned that our friends had bought one for their unborn baby, and one each for the two of them. “Isn’t that a bit indulgent?” I thought of asking, but [...]
We were the first people on our block to have a Tivo, and we were instant converts. Even Amy, who thought I was being a gadget fetishist when I originally bought it. Actually, I’d say Amy became even more a believer than I. But those first generation Tivos were prone to breaking– our drive died [...]
21st Amendment
Food style/ethnicity: American
Price: 8 - 18 (USD)
Location:
San Francisco, CA 94117
USA
Food rating: 3 out of 5
Decor rating: 4 out of 5
Service rating: 4 out of 5
I’ve been here several times, but wrote it off as your average brewery– good for a lark, [...]
I suppose I was late for the party, but this year I made the conversion back into a Mac user after a five year drift to the PC. My prodigal return has changed my work habits and improved my life beyond measure. Definitely the product purchase of the year for me (with the cloud blanket [...]
Audible has always had huge utility for those of us with a larger appetite for books than time to read. Overall, their subscription service has served me well over the years. However, their site has always been slow, hard to navigate and contains one of the worst search functions I’ve seen. There latest redesign, with [...]