September 2010
0 posts
Want One More Woman at Tech Conferences? →
Over at TechCrunch, Michael Arrington wrote Too Few Women In Tech? Stop Blaming The Men, in which he said: [Women] are literally hounded to speak at every single tech event in the world because…
July 2010
12 posts
Back in SoCo safely, with @negrino. — at Santa Rosa Airport http://gowal.la/r/xg1s
Last meal in Las Vegas with @negrino before we head home. — at IHOP http://gowal.la/r/wesb
I’m at Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas, NV http://gowal.la/r/wnfL
This is what geeks do for fun in Vegas. — at Atomic Testing Museum http://gowal.la/r/uJys
Photo: French Toast for brunch at Bouchon. — at Bouchon http://gowal.la/r/trxK
Photo: Yes, that’s what French Toast looks like… at Bouchon. — at Bouchon http://gowal.la/r/trHx
Brunch with @negrino and the nephew. — at Bouchon http://gowal.la/r/trtV
I’m at @theMirageLV in Las Vegas, NV http://gowal.la/r/sY2S
Dinner with @negrino’s family. — at The Feast at GVR http://gowal.la/r/soyR
On my way to Lost Wages w/ @negrino — at Santa Rosa Airport http://gowal.la/r/sckj
There’s a donut muffin calling to me… — at Downtown Bakery & Creamery http://gowal.la/r/nHFJ
With @negrino, waiting for the H’burg fireworks to start. — at Healdsburg High School http://gowal.la/r/noGL
June 2010
19 posts
IT Jobs Offer Growth, But Women Are Bailing Out →
Pre-picking up our iPhones brunch with @Negrino. — at Omelette Express http://gowal.la/r/dsSG
Thinking about creating DoICapitalizeTheWInMacworld.com (or maybe IsTheWInMacworldCapitalized.com?). Plz, tell me someone’s already done it…
Nearly 40 people (mostly from Brazil) started following me in the last 15 minutes. I’d love to know why. Maybe they think I’m dori.com.br?
Before the day ends and I’ve missed it: best wishes for a VERY happy birthday to @macgenie!
New at http://www.backupbrain.com - “Apple Needs a Web Evangelist.” Not that my ranting about this (again) will change anything, of course.
WWDC goers: I have 1 last “Dreamweaver CS5: Visual QuickStart Guide” (not yet avail in stores!) to give away. Meet me 4 lunch & it’s yours.
Apple Needs a Web Evangelist →
This week is WWDC, so I’ve been doing a lot of reading about Apple’s announcements. Last night in drove into SF, and spent several hours talking to attendees to hear their thoughts. My takeaway:…
Now at the AMB party with @macgenie, @bynkii, and the other die-hard partiers. — at Dave’s http://gowal.la/r/4Mcn
At the WebKit party, post-SOMM & pre-AMB. QOTD: is “Apple Evangelist” an oxymoron? — at Jillian’s http://gowal.la/r/4LQg
About to hit the road to visit y’all at #wwdc. If you’re in SF and want to get together today/tomorrow, let me know.
So if you work (or freelance) for a corporation & you get biz email on your iPhone, AT&T can double your rate at any time w/ no notice. Ick.
“Use of iPhone to access corporate email, company intranet sites, and/or other business applications requires an Enterprise Data Plan”—huh?
I was just about to switch us both over to the new $15/mo iPhone rate, but I got thrown by AT&T’s fine print:
RT @negrino: Got our author copies of Dreamweaver CS5: Visual QuickStart Guide today. It’s the first of the newly-redesigned series. Loo …
A bug in my JavaScript code should not cause BBEdit to crash. Thankfully, this does not happen very often, but still…
Wondering if @jsnell knows about this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?viewItem&item=290378201654 (your chance to fake greatness!)?
Whoops, wrong URL—right one in a second.
Wondering if @jsnell knows about this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?viewItem&item=190401368717 (your chance to fake greatness!)?
May 2010
5 posts
CSS Infos →
CSS info, including browser-specific properties
Enjoying my Mother’s Day all-you-can-eat buffet with the kid. — at River Rock Casino http://gowal.la/c/JxJF
Thanks to all for the get well wishes for @negrino, and for the anniversary wishes to us both!
Tom’s in the hospital again (sigh)—details at http://backupbrain.com — at Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa http://gowal.la/c/HqVc
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back →
Tom’s back in the hospital—it turns out that he caught some kind of infection post-op, and it’s turned septic (note that this is not the same thing as septic shock, which he had four years…
April 2010
6 posts
PhoneGap →
PhoneGap is an open source development framework for building cross-platform mobile apps. Build apps in HTML and JavaScript and still take advantage of core features in iPhone/iTouch, iPad, … SDKs
Titanium Mobile Application Development →
Titanium translates your hard won web skills into native applications that perform and look just like they were written in Objective-C…
CSS Speech Bubble →
Do Kick-Ass Action Heroines Move Gender... →
HTML5 presentation →
Google presentation on HTML5 with CSS3 + JavaScript API examples
Canvas Photo Demo →
Photo demo from http://apirocks.com/html5/html5.html
March 2010
9 posts
Being called a curmudgeon by @epersonae made me smile today—and that was much needed, as it’s been a rough few days. http://bit.ly/bOznWl
Today’s mail—yes, that does say “1 Random Crap.” #woot http://twitpic.com/18e3wq
At #sxsw? Buy a cute guy a beer and tell him it’s from Brad Graham (@thebrad). Celebrate his life. Not in Austin, so thinking of him in CA…
Was just asked why I don’t have a Facebook fan page. Answer: hadn’t ever thought about it. So, y’all tell me: should I? And why/why not?
RT @GlennF: That would be a good motto for HTML5. “Designed by committee; implemented by a bag of raccoons.”
FYI, Oscar blogging (+ chat) has commenced (for the ninth year straight) at http://is.gd/9VfgO — see you there?
Oscar Blogging 2010 →
Multiple Oscar winners:
The Hurt Locker: 6
Avatar: 3
Precious: 2
Crazy Heart: 2
Up: 2
For those who are unfamiliar with me doing this, you can find previous year’s Oscarblogging at:
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