Post-mortem is especially appropriate, given the events of the season (fortunately not series) finale. The episode was very nearly perfect, tying up so many loose ends: What Bell did to Olivia What September meant when he told Olivia in every foreseeable future, she had to die Why & how September was shot Why Walter had part of his brain cut out How kickass Olivia’s cortexiphan-enhanced abilities really were I still feel as if the LSD episode of last season where Olivia calmly eats toast while saying the guy in the blimp was the man who kills her is somewhat unresolved, and we…
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Fringe: A Season Finale Post-Mortem
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Awesome Shit That I Don’t Really Want But is On Trend Monday
thursday night smackdown14 May 2012 | 1:18 pmThere are a LOT of godawful teapots in the world. The quantity of ceramic wasted on replicating animals, vehicles, hats, cartoon characters and holidays figures in teapot form is offensive. Do I need to be able to pour tea out of the nipples of a non-specific woodland creature? I submit that the answer is NO. That being said, I love a well-designed teapot and look forward to the day when I’m able to move into a 4,000 square foot loft and install a room divider teapot display. I mean, how sexy is this thing, right? We also seem to have developed a national obsession with Russian nesting… -
Cheesy, Green-Garlic Pull-Apart Bread
Chez Us - The Daily Dish9 May 2012 | 1:02 amNOTE: the images in this feed have been downsized or removed for copyright reasons. To see them in their unmodified state, please view the original post by clicking here. The past couple years there have been numerous pull-apart breads floating around the food blogging world. After some research, I finally find out who the culprit was that developed this sinfully delicious baked product. Flo Braker, bless her heart, has been feeding the baking world since creating Lemon Scented Pull Apart Bread. I have yet to make one of many sweet variations that I have seen floating around; but, it… -
15 Chefs, 15 Roast Chicken Videos
Amateur Gourmet16 May 2012 | 8:47 amAs an experiment, I went on to YouTube late last night and typed in a chef’s name and added “roast chicken.” What you’ll find in this post are the results (though I eventually strayed from YouTube), starting with Thomas Keller’s stellar technique above (one worth studying, even for old hands at roast chicken). What’s so intriguing about seeing all of these videos together is how one basic ingredient–a big dead bird–can be approached in so many unique and inspiring ways. Here, now, are the other 14. Click here to read the rest of this Amateur… -
chocolate buckwheat cake
smitten kitchen16 May 2012 | 12:26 pmThere are rainy, dreary, energy depleted days when the best thing you can do at 3 p.m. is to stop pretending that anything short of chocolate cake is going to improve your outlook. Tuesday was that kind of day and, just my luck, this happened to be a rainy Tuesday kind of chocolate cake. But before that, I really tried to tell you about soup, soup with whole grains and seasonal onions and floating croutons of pungent cheese. I really tried. But I found that the same conditions that led to the need for a hearty soup on a Monday night in May — a gray day in which my brain a little fried…
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Fringe: A Season Finale Post-Mortem
12 May 2012 | 5:48 pmPost-mortem is especially appropriate, given the events of the season (fortunately not series) finale. The episode was very nearly perfect, tying up so many loose ends: What Bell did to Olivia What September meant when he told Olivia in every foreseeable future, she had to die Why & how September was shot Why Walter had part of his brain cut out How kickass Olivia’s cortexiphan-enhanced abilities really were I still feel as if the LSD episode of last season where Olivia calmly eats toast while saying the guy in the blimp was the man who kills her is somewhat unresolved, and we… -
McGarrett, Wo Fat Re-Energize ‘H50′
10 May 2012 | 2:22 pmBy Stu Robinson, He’s BA-ack! We could be talking about Steve McGarrett, as actor Alex O’Loughlin returned to CBS’ Hawaii Five-0 this week after missing two episodes to undergo rehab from prescription painkillers. Or we could mean Wo Fat (Mark Dacascos), the mysterious villain who takes any episode up a notch. Season 2, Episode 22 begins with a double whammy and doesn’t let up from there. It starts with McGarrett leading an Interpol SWAT team into an Asian hotel room, where Wo Fat sits on a couch waiting. In the bathroom, the SWAT team finds a gory, blood-spattered… -
Supernatural: Adventures in the Loony Bin
9 May 2012 | 4:02 pmI was not expecting much, if any, Castiel this season, so yet another episode with him makes me very, very happy. Maybe we’ll see him one more time? We open with an over achieving high school student, Kevin, who is very regimented about his cello playing and studying for his exams to get into Princeton. He seems to be deficient in the essay part of applying to college, so there’s that (no one’s perfect). Meanwhile, our intrepid Winchesters begin chip, chip chippin’ away at the Very Important chunk of rock they shenanigan-ed out from under Dick in the previous episode,… -
Supernatural: Shenanigans!
6 May 2012 | 1:58 pmOnce again, my laziness means I have to recap many episodes in one post. Sorry ’bout that… Since I am so far behind, there will be shenanigans in three parts. ‘Cause there were some serious shenanigans going on in some of these episodes. Shenanigans Part One: “Party On, Garth” We open with some kids out at a campfire telling ghost stories. None of them are drinking, which I find vaguely implausible, until their drunken friend shows up (That’s more like it!) and proceeds to get himself slaughtered by an invisible something. This terrible event brings in… -
‘H50′/’NCIS: LA’ Crossover Masks McGarrett Absence
5 May 2012 | 5:32 pmBy Stu Robinson, CBS presented its much-hyped “crossover” episodes of Hawaii Five-0 and NCIS: Los Angeles this week. Meh. The biggest accomplishment of the exercise was to paper over the continued absence of Five-0 leader Steve McGarrett while actor Alex O’Loughlin underwent drug treatment. Filling the gap was the marvelous rapper-turned-actor LL Cool J (Ladies Love Cool James) who, as NCIS agent Sam Hanna, brings the special-forces swagger and lets H50 actor Scott Caan get back to being Danno. Hanna gamely needles Danno for being uptight, ridicules his driving and picks the…
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Awesome Shit That I Don’t Really Want But is On Trend Monday
14 May 2012 | 1:18 pmThere are a LOT of godawful teapots in the world. The quantity of ceramic wasted on replicating animals, vehicles, hats, cartoon characters and holidays figures in teapot form is offensive. Do I need to be able to pour tea out of the nipples of a non-specific woodland creature? I submit that the answer is NO. That being said, I love a well-designed teapot and look forward to the day when I’m able to move into a 4,000 square foot loft and install a room divider teapot display. I mean, how sexy is this thing, right? We also seem to have developed a national obsession with Russian nesting… -
Good day, sir. I SAID GOOD DAY.
13 May 2012 | 7:08 pmI am selling my apartment, job hunting, looking for a rental and have had the single busiest week I may have had at work, ever. Mostly BY CHOICE. Because I have a problem. Is there anything else I can do to throw my life into complete upheaval? Get a divorce? Adopt several Chinese babies? Start smoking, so I can quit smoking? BECAUSE I WILL DO IT. I didn’t cook AT ALL this week because of Threat Level Red Overworkedness, but I couldn’t bring myself to waste the duck legs, bottle of port and $8 worth of Jerusalem artichokes I’d bought for the Smackdown. I made the Jerusalem… -
I’m Not Angry, I’m Just Disappointed
8 May 2012 | 2:33 pm“Whinge: A Post.” 2012. Plastic, circuit board, solder, wire, flat-panel monitor. On loan from collection of the artist. I mean, I realize that sometimes a post is just a dud, and there’s nothing to be done. But you’re such a wonderfully vocal and funny bunch that I was looking forward to a zany comment thread full of over-the-top invented art-speak for everyday occurrences. I guess you all had to wash your hair that night. I understand. Tonight, I had grand plans for chicken thighs and Israeli couscous and veggies with ras el hanout and yogurt sauce followed by a post… -
Awesome Shit That I Want Monday
7 May 2012 | 7:09 pmShall I tell you want I want, what I really really want? It’s for the people who made the offer on our apartment this morning to accept our counteroffer. Fingers crossed! In the absence of a real estate contract, I’ll take these mod French onion soup bowls. I’d really rather have the real estate contract, though. PS: As long as you’re here, you might as well give the ceviche some lovin’. Related posts: Awesome Shit That I Want Monday Awesome Shit That I Want Monday Awesome Shit That I Want Monday -
Mealtime Intersectionality as Categorical Imperative
6 May 2012 | 1:17 amIn tonight’s post, we probe the liminal space between “raw” and “cooked” and explore how the resulting tension manifests in the eater’s experience of flesh-as-food. In other words: I made ceviche. I have recently been viewing modern art. Before getting into the nitty gritty, I must state that I only realized it was Cinco de Mayo AFTER I made the ceviche, and this dish is in no way an attempt to observe that most Corona- and guacamole-fueled of holidays. I mean, I appreciate the commemoration of the day Mexico finally banished the last of the chupacabras…
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Cheesy, Green-Garlic Pull-Apart Bread
9 May 2012 | 1:02 amNOTE: the images in this feed have been downsized or removed for copyright reasons. To see them in their unmodified state, please view the original post by clicking here. The past couple years there have been numerous pull-apart breads floating around the food blogging world. After some research, I finally find out who the culprit was that developed this sinfully delicious baked product. Flo Braker, bless her heart, has been feeding the baking world since creating Lemon Scented Pull Apart Bread. I have yet to make one of many sweet variations that I have seen floating around; but, it… -
Back to the Basics | How to Perfectly Fry an Egg | Fried Egg Sandwich
7 May 2012 | 1:02 amNOTE: the images in this feed have been downsized or removed for copyright reasons. To see them in their unmodified state, please view the original post by clicking here. Some of our most popular posts are the egg series we did three years ago. We get people from all parts of the world, sending emails, and thanking us for showing them how to “perfectly” cook an egg. We even had a chef, from another country, say a customer asked for a soft-boiled egg. He had never heard of it, went on-line, found our post and thanked us for showing him how to make the perfectly soft-boiled… -
Ella’s Egg Salad
3 May 2012 | 2:24 pmNOTE: the images in this feed have been downsized or removed for copyright reasons. To see them in their unmodified state, please view the original post by clicking here. I have been slowly going through some old posts, and re-shooting the recipes. Someday when I have even more down-time, I am going to start remaking some of these recipes, as they are favorites of ours. Some of the most popular posts on Chez Us are the egg series we did back in 2009. We wrote about how to make the “perfect” eggs, whether they are poached, scrambled, soft boiled or hard boiled. In addition… -
April in Paris | Cream Puffs and Profiteroles
28 Apr 2012 | 11:01 amNOTE: the images in this feed have been downsized or removed for copyright reasons. To see them in their unmodified state, please view the original post by clicking here. People often ask us, what we love about Paris. The answer is always the same, it feels like coming home. It is historical but modern. Romantic is an understatement. It just feels right, and good. We have been to Paris many times; but, never in the Spring. Normally, we travel there off-season, which is dark and gloomy to most, and romantic and intimate to us. I had secretly hoped this year (as I do every year)… -
Grilled Cheese with Green Garlic Butter, Tomatoes and Avocado
25 Apr 2012 | 4:33 pmNOTE: the images in this feed have been downsized or removed for copyright reasons. To see them in their unmodified state, please view the original post by clicking here. You are probably thinking to yourself, that this grilled cheese sandwich does not really fit into our new, low-cholestrol diet. Well, Lenny was traveling last week, so I did him a favor, by (attempting) finishing all of the cheese in the house. Don’t judge. Someone had to do it – took one for the team! Being that it is National Grilled Cheese Month, and we have not participated in any food blogging events…
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15 Chefs, 15 Roast Chicken Videos
16 May 2012 | 8:47 amAs an experiment, I went on to YouTube late last night and typed in a chef’s name and added “roast chicken.” What you’ll find in this post are the results (though I eventually strayed from YouTube), starting with Thomas Keller’s stellar technique above (one worth studying, even for old hands at roast chicken). What’s so intriguing about seeing all of these videos together is how one basic ingredient–a big dead bird–can be approached in so many unique and inspiring ways. Here, now, are the other 14. Click here to read the rest of this Amateur… -
Hushpuppies (A Recipe)
15 May 2012 | 1:32 pmI have a distinct memory of a spring day in New York, back when I lived in Park Slope, at Brooklyn Fish Camp. Craig and I were sitting outside at a picnic table with benches and under that warm blue sky, the first of its kind after a harsh winter, a waitress presented us with the basket of hush puppies that we ordered. I didn’t know much about hush puppies; they just sounded good to me. And seeing them there in that basket–fluffy orbs of corn meal that had been deep-fried in oil–I suddenly felt the winter drop out from beneath me, and felt the heat of summer rising up at… -
Q&A, Take 2
15 May 2012 | 9:00 amYesterday’s fun Q&A came to a quick halt when the comments stopped working in that post. I’m trying to get them to reappear (with help from Typepad), but in the meantime–if you have any questions you’d like to ask about food, cooking, the blog, or life in general, ask them below, and I’ll be sure to answer them right away! -
Your Questions Answered Now!
14 May 2012 | 1:19 pmIt’s 1:10 PM here in Los Angeles and instead of writing a 2nd post today, I thought I’d take this opportunity to answer your questions. So go ahead and ask some questions in the comments—food questions, Amateur Gourmet questions, anything you’d like me to answer–and I’ll answer ‘em. Here we go! UPDATE: Comments are working again here, so feel free to ask more questions! -
Fat Betty
14 May 2012 | 11:50 am“Poor Betty!” I actually said that out loud last night when, at the end of this week’s “Mad Men” (spoiler alert, I suppose), Betty’s Thanksgiving plate contained a single Brussels sprout, several cubes of stuffing, and a few paltry slices of white meat. Betty carefully cuts a bite for herself, puts it in her mouth, and chews methodically–counting each chew–until she swallows it down and moves on to the next precious morsel. Click here to read the rest of this Amateur Gourmet post »
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chocolate buckwheat cake
16 May 2012 | 12:26 pmThere are rainy, dreary, energy depleted days when the best thing you can do at 3 p.m. is to stop pretending that anything short of chocolate cake is going to improve your outlook. Tuesday was that kind of day and, just my luck, this happened to be a rainy Tuesday kind of chocolate cake. But before that, I really tried to tell you about soup, soup with whole grains and seasonal onions and floating croutons of pungent cheese. I really tried. But I found that the same conditions that led to the need for a hearty soup on a Monday night in May — a gray day in which my brain a little fried… -
warm, crisp and a little melty salad croutons
11 May 2012 | 12:13 pmSeveral years ago, my job required that I occasionally fly here and there for conferences and, oh, they were not fun. I know that many conferences today are wonderful events where wonderful people meet and expand their professional horizons but those for me were all about windowless conference rooms, buzzing flourescent lights, and all hopes that I would be able to “get out!” and “see a new city!” dashed when I realized I would, in fact, need to file articles from my hotel room that night. On the lowest of these trips, I found myself gazing a painfully unappetizing… -
bacon, egg and leek risotto
7 May 2012 | 11:36 amSeeing as I once argued that rice pudding should be breakfast food (what? grains, milk, a bit of sugar, sometimes berries — just like oatmeal!) it shouldn’t be any surprise that I’m now wondering if risotto could also be welcome in the earliest parts of the day. I mean, what if contained bacon and eggs? What if I warned you that if you start making risotto with leeks and bacon and finish it with a fried egg that you might not be able to go back to eating it another way? You can’t say I didn’t give you a heads-up. I got the inspiration for breakfast risotto from… -
cinnamon toast french toast + book preview
30 Apr 2012 | 8:52 amGuys, I wrote a cookbook. When I was 32 weeks pregnant in the summer of 2009 (in fact, this was overflowing on my kitchen counter during my first meeting across town) and should have been doing normal third trimester things like eating jars of Peanutella by the spoonful and repainting the baseboard trim (which still looks awful, not that this will surprise you), I instead decided that I really wanted to write a cookbook. Because new mothers are swimming in free time (“new babies are always sleeping!”), I thought I would finish the book in six months; nine, tops. Stop laughing. -
classic ice cream sandwiches
25 Apr 2012 | 6:23 amLook, guys, you’re never going to see my living room on a design blog. As lovely as the walls in landlord-chosen sallow yellow-beige are, as handsome as this coffee table once was (before the finish chipped off the top and we decided to ignore it until it fixed itself), and as charming as the explosion of half-deflated balloons, overturned fire trucks and other toys (some not even wooden, organic, or in sync with our decorating scheme, which, by the way, doesn’t exist) might be, this is hardly the stuff of Pinners’ Envy. Our parties are equally uncoordinated. There are no…
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Mothers Day Recipes & A Chocolate Cake Painting Giveaway!
9 May 2012 | 11:03 amMother’s Day is this weekend! Are you going to show your love with food? I really think you should. I’ve got inspiration for you. I also have a fabulous giveaway for you! It’s a beautiful painting. A mothers day gift to you, from my own mama! But first, some ideas on how to spoil the woman who raised you. Thinking brunch? How about: rustic potato & caramelized onion tart portobello mushroom eggs benedict dark chocolate ginger pear scones strawberry mascarpone stuffed french toast orange almond scones banana pecan pancakes Thinking dessert? How about: chocolate raspberry… -
Strawberry-Mascarpone Stuffed French Toast
3 May 2012 | 3:20 pmMother’s day is right around the corner. If your mom lives close by, I think you should spoil her with an indulgent french toast stuffed with creamy mascarpone cheese and sweet strawberries. If you happen to have provinces, states, or an entire ocean separating you from your mom, I think you should still make Strawberry-Mascarpone Stuffed French Toast and eat it in her honour. Also, you should make and mail her a doily card with lots of glue and glitter. Macaroni optional, but recommended. Stuffed French Toast sounds daunting. It inspires fears of torn bread pockets and seeping filling… -
Strawberry-Rhubarb Pudding Cake
29 Apr 2012 | 6:47 pmI adore rhubarb. I probably consume about 10 pounds of it all by myself every spring. When it finally appears at the market in April, I stock up for the year, filling whatever precious freezer space is available. It is partly because of my preference for sweets on the tart side – I would take lemon over chocolate any day. But it is mostly because the appearance of these shiny red stalks provides the welcome first whiff of warm weather markets. When rhubarb surfaces, the promise of strawberries is right behind it. (These strawberries sadly aren’t local… not there yet). My… -
A sweet giveaway
20 Apr 2012 | 11:19 amRedpath Sugar has recently been made available across Canada, and to celebrate and spread the word, they are offering one Foodess reader an generous bundle of baking gifts! They would love to have you join their online community, sharing your recipes and tips, and photos of your gorgeous baking creations on their facebook page. Check out the Redpath blog adorably named “Acts of Sweetness“. The lovely giveaway includes: two cookbooks a set of cute shaped baking pans an apron a tea towel and a sugar spoon! The first book is the beautiful Sucre cookbook from the reknowned Parisian… -
Orange Almond Scones
11 Apr 2012 | 6:58 pmI’m beside myself with excitement to have my mama here with me this week! She lives too far away. Well, she would argue that it is I who lives too far away. Either way. There’s a whole entire big fat country between us most of the time, so when we’re together, I cherish every moment. We’ve been having lots of fun meandering along the seawall, eating, poking through shops, lingering over a glass of wine and playing with art supplies. Tomorrow, my sister arrives and we’re all going WEDDING DRESS SHOPPING! Can’t tell you the level of simultaneous excitement…
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Highlights From My Last Photo Shoot
24 Apr 2012 | 7:19 amI was so excited when Zumba Babe Maggie asked me to take her portraits. Maggie wanted to do it in honor of her birthday, and I was so glad that she trusted me to do a “Heads (AND) Tails Photo Session”! We actually did a triple threat shoot: Zumba, Boudoir, and Portraits. If you are local and are interested in your own “Heads and/or Tails Photo Shoot” just drop me a line and we’ll set something up! -
Welcome To Moe’s
22 Apr 2012 | 10:00 amiPod Shuffle Winner: As selected by Random.org, commenter #2, Rebecca Hines! I will be in touch to get your information, Rebecca! Congratulations! One night last month while I lay in bed “visiting” walls on Facebook (you can’t tell me you don’t go around “visiting” your friends’ walls late at night. Sure, [you] might call it “stalking” but I call it “visiting”—whatevs!) I went to one of my social media “boards” (I call them “boards”, but that’s because I’m an old school… -
Zumba for a Cure in Dawsonville, GA
20 Apr 2012 | 6:26 amWhen I first joined my gym the two group classes that were the deciding factor for me were Bodyflow (Yoga/Tai Chi/Pilates) and Zumba. I remember my first Zumba class. I stood in the back. It’s not that I thought I wouldn’t be able to do it. It’s that I’m a perfectionist (stop snickering Michael) and I wanted to know most of the steps before I unleashed Crazy Dancing Mishi. Weeks passed and I moved up a row. More weeks, more rows. Now-a-days I’m only comfortable on the side right side of the room (where most of my Zumba-Babes break it down) and towards… -
I’ve Forgotten How to Blog
15 Apr 2012 | 6:26 pmIt’s been so long. So long. And, I think I may have even broken my blogging bone. I’ll give it a whirl, though…. Life. It’s been extremely busy. It’s also changed so much this past year. And, it’s changed for the better. No, dare I say, changed for the best. My job is going super well. I love what I do and I’m pretty damn good at it. My co-workers are all astounding women, and I am proud to call them my friends. The gym, even though it’s been hit or miss the past month with all the sickies floating around, has been an amazing…
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If it’s Wednesday, this must be Atlanta
16 May 2012 | 5:00 amOnce again, I’m on tour so and today I’m in Atlanta. Please come see me? Pretty please? And while I’m gone I am completely phoning it in by reliving some of my favorite old posts. In other words…reruns. But good reruns. So for today a little something from 5 years ago: You know what I did last night when I couldn’t sleep? I came up with 28 ideas for sequels to The Little Engine that Could and this morning I’m looking at them thinking, “How high was I?” and the answer is “Pretty high” because I don’t even remember writing some of these. I… -
When I’m dead
14 May 2012 | 8:05 amme: When I die I want you to put me in a Wonder Woman outfit and toss me out of a moving plane. That way when I hit the ground people will assume that Wonder Woman’s invisible plane crashed. And that Wonder Woman really let herself go. Victor: But where would her plane be? me: Duh. Her invisible plane was invisible. Victor: Invisible. Not non-existent. me: Yes, well then whenever people tripped over nothing they could blame it on debris from my plane crash. And there’s my little slice of immortality. Victor: I don’t even know where to begin. me: Begin by… -
Not all guesses are equal
13 May 2012 | 6:56 amVictor: Why didn’t Ash come to our house when she was in town? me: Your guess is as good as mine. Victor: Because she hates you? me: Why are your guesses always so insulting? Victor: You said my guess was as good as yours. me: Well, I was wrong. Victor: Maybe she was on her way over when she ran over a bunch of violent dwarves and had to find some hungry bears to help her dispose of the bodies. me: Okay…that guess was a little better than mine. And now, time for the weekly wrap-up… What you missed in my shop (tentatively called “Eight pounds of uncut… -
Thank you. Seriously.
10 May 2012 | 11:34 amThis isn’t a real post. It’s a thank you. Thank you because for the third week in a row Let’s Pretend This Never Happened is on the NYT list. Thank you because today is the premiere of my book in the UK. Thank you for making the tour so successful that they’ve added another leg (or two) of the tour. I still don’t know how this happened, but I do know who to thank. Thank you. Click on the links for all the gory details: May 16th ~ 7pm : Atlanta, Georgia May 17th ~ 7pm : Concord, North Carolina May 19th ~ 4:40pm : Gaithersburg Book Festival May 20th ~ 2pm :… -
Ron Weasel-y
8 May 2012 | 10:34 amRemember last month when I added Ermione Granger to my collection of ethically taxidermied creatures who look great in clothes? And then I said the next step would be to find Ron Weasel-y and then Victor threatened to divorce me if I didn’t stop buying dead animals? Well, my marriage is still intact because this morning I woke up to find a very special surprise package from my friend, Lindsay. IT’S RON WEASEL-Y, YOU GUYS: Honestly, it’s like they were made for each other. Next step…Draco Mousefoy. PPS. As requested, more book tour dates coming soon! Boston,…
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Local news, redefining excellence
16 May 2012 | 11:47 amI'm watching the local evening news, and the lead story is about a group of disgruntled University of Utah students whose lives are being made entirely unlivable because the landing pad for a medical helicopter has been temporarily moved near their dormitory. They're calling it "a conflict between life and death, a conflict between peace and quiet." They had to choose between starting with this story or the one about a man who put his Chihuahua in the oven. I cannot possibly imagine the hand-wringing in the control room. Here's an idea: take off the headsets, set down the clipboard and SEND… -
Ms. May
16 May 2012 | 6:55 amFor someone too young to have ever watched "Dynasty," Cami sure knows how to give the Carringtons a run for their money. Dress: Vintage Heels: ASOS Bag: Antique Shop Sunnies: ASOS Necklace: F21 Lipstick: MAC Snob (You can find Cami here. Photos by Billy Concha.) click image above to see the photo on dooce.comby dooce in Daily Style© Armstrong Media, LLC. All rights reserved. Originally published by Heather B. Armstrong for dooce.com as Ms. May. This post cannot be republished without express written permission. -
Over the East River
16 May 2012 | 5:30 amI got to walk along the East River in Manhattan on Sunday morning, one of the most gorgeous days I've ever spent in New York. So I acted like an obnoxious tourist and gawked at this landmark a little too earnestly. It's probably my favorite thing in the city, that and the angry, cynical cab drivers who take pride in escaping death at every turn. The attitude with which they operate a vehicle is my spirit animal. click image above to see the photo on dooce.comby dooce in Daily Photo© Armstrong Media, LLC. All rights reserved. Originally published by Heather B. Armstrong for dooce.com as Over… -
What an excellent day for an exorcism
15 May 2012 | 10:53 am(I am currently out of town on business, so for the next few days I'm going to post some things from my archives that many of you have probably never seen. This following was originally published on December 12, 2005.) Yesterday while pushing Leta through the grocery store in a cart that had a car fastened to its front I accidentally backed the entire 600 pound vehicle over my right foot. A woman and her child were waiting several feet down the aisle for us to move out of the way, and for the first time in many, many years I actually thought twice about bursting into flames of profanity. The… -
An unfortunate blister
15 May 2012 | 7:50 amI told him he needed sunscreen if he was going to lie around outside like this, and now he's complaining? You gotta learn, SON. click image above to see the photo on dooce.comby dooce in Daily Chuck© Armstrong Media, LLC. All rights reserved. Originally published by Heather B. Armstrong for dooce.com as An unfortunate blister. This post cannot be republished without express written permission.
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Baby Sports Clothing by BabyFans - Meet My Client
7 May 2012 | 6:11 amSince launching smith&moxie just over a month ago I've started working with some amazing clients. So amazing that I'd love to introduce them to you. My very first client is BabyFans. BabyFans sells clothing for your littlest sports fans. So whether your little girl or boy is a Lakers Baby or Celtics Baby, Yankees Baby or Red Sox Baby, or a fan of your alma mater, they've got you covered. How did I come to know BabyFans? It's a Terps connection. Todd Wilson, the founder and owner of BabyFans, and I went to the University of Maryland together. Back in the… -
using klout to create influencers vs. measure them
27 Apr 2012 | 5:47 amThere's been a lot of debate about Klout recently. Some people tout their Klout as if it's their license to drive the social media highway. But to me that would be like giving someone a driver's license based on the sole fact that they drive a shiny new car. You'd have to consider driving record, safety ratings of the vehicle, and their inclination to engage in road rage. (I think you get where I'm going with this). Others criticize their lack of transparency about their algorithm (last I checked most analytics providers consider their algorithms proprietary, but if you want to… -
use a launch landing page to launch a new business while you build: kickoff labs review
25 Apr 2012 | 6:18 amAwesomeAllies.com, mentor matchmaking and expert advice for entrepreneurial women, was an idea I'd had for the past three years. You know...one of those ideas that pops in your head and you buy the url so you can launch it "one day". With my recent return to being an entrepreneur and starting my own digital marketing advisory, smith&moxie, I thought the time was ripe for finally launching this "passion project" I had put on the back burner these past few years. I wanted to get the idea out there while working on the website and developing the framework for the program. There… -
top 10 reasons you should be an awesome ally
17 Apr 2012 | 6:19 amSo, two weeks ago tomorrow I will have launched smith&moxie. In the meantime, I decided to start working on a side project that's been bubbling up in my mind over the past few years. Nothing makes makes my day more than someone sharing with me that my advice and direction helped them reach their goals, attain success, or make their business really take off. Most of them don't realize I learn and grow from the process of functioning as their mentor. It's the best leadership development there is. I've always thought it could be pretty powerful to mentor women who would like to be mentors… -
social media for small businesses
13 Apr 2012 | 12:13 pmI'm going to blame this post on Google+ or, to be more succinct, the fact that I don't really use it that much. So why did I start using it in the first place? Simple. Peer pressure. When Google+ first launched I was included in those first rounds of Google users that received access by invitation only. And when you get an early invitation for new platforms, to some (admittedly me) it's like being able to cut to the front of line or gain VIP access. Because of this, I was excited to test it out but didn't have high hopes after Google Wave. Shortly after…
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Seth's Blog
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Digital analogs are no longer sufficient
16 May 2012 | 2:00 amThe parking meter was rebooting. I guess we're supposed to walk to the other end of the garage and find one that's working. We're seeing digital awareness coming to just about everything. In this case, it was the parking meter near the library. Of course, it's not really a parking meter, it's a centralized fee collection system that saves the town a lot of money. It's easier to collect from, certainly, it doesn't waste the time of meter readers (who get alerted as to what spaces aren't paid for, as opposed to checking them all) plus it doesn't let a new parker enjoy a few minutes of the last… -
Hard work on the right things
15 May 2012 | 2:00 amI don't think winners beat the competition because they work harder. And it's not even clear that they win because they have more creativity. The secret, I think, is in understanding what matters. It's not obvious, and it changes. It changes by culture, by buyer, by product and even by the day of the week. But those that manage to capture the imagination, make sales and grow are doing it by perfecting the things that matter and ignoring the rest. Both parts are difficult, particularly when you are surrounded by people who insist on fretting about and working on the stuff that makes no… -
Worldliness
14 May 2012 | 2:41 amIntelligence is the combination of knowing a lot about a little while you also know a little about a lot. Deep domain understanding helps you create analyses. Your ability to understand how a particular system (no matter how small) works allows you apply a confident analysis to new systems you encounter. Once you know everything there is to know about nuclear physics, soccer or the praying mantis, it makes it easier to understand new systems. At the same time, it's impossible to be smart without also being aware of the wider world. That's because it's the random interactions and the… -
The reason the customer is always right...
14 May 2012 | 2:08 amIf you insist that they are wrong, they stop being your customer* (if given half a chance). People spend their time and attention and money in places that make them feel valued. *There's nothing wrong with asking customers who are wrong to leave. Just be sure you do it on purpose. -
Dedicating the merit
13 May 2012 | 2:02 amFor an author, one of the nicest parts of the traditional book is the dedication page. The dedication is far more than an acknowledgement to someone who helped you write the book, it's a permanent signpost, a capstone to the work of a year or more. Even if the person you've dedicated the book to can't read it, the writer benefits from the knowledge that a connection was made and that a memory was preserved. Here's the thing: you can dedicate just about anything. A project, a meeting, a tweet. You don't have to tell anyone but yourself. This blog post, like all the posts before it, has a…
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Jessica Gottlieb A Los Angeles Mom
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The Perfect Mother’s Day
14 May 2012 | 9:54 pmYesterday was blissful as Mother’s Day always is. Mr. G always makes a bigger fuss than necessary and I always let him. It’s my wifely duty to be a little pampered. Saturday night we couldn’t quite agree on where to eat but we all agreed that we’d be eating out. The kids wanted Laurel Tavern but they don’t really understand that it’s a bar. So they don’t understand that on a Saturday night no one wants them there. Further the place is packed and loud and Laker-y. So we drove past Laurel Tavern in an effort to show them why we wouldn’t be eating… -
Jamie Lynne Grumet Breastfeeds on the Cover of TIME Magazine
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It’s 10pm. Where is Your Child’s Cell Phone?
10 May 2012 | 1:01 amIn an effort to make my teenage daughter hate me (because really, what other motive could I have?). I gave Jane two options regarding her cell phone at night. Option 1: She can leave her cell phone plugged in downstairs Option 2: I can add back parental controls and after 10pm she will only be able to call or text me, her grandparents and 9-1-1. There is no option 3. We had tears and threats. I wasn’t spoken to for two solid hours. If you’ve ever met Jane you’d know how meaningful silence is. This is a child who needs to communicate to feel alive. “It’s my… -
I Was Late Everywhere Yesterday
9 May 2012 | 10:28 amYesterday was supposed to be a busy day. I was supposed to be taping a video with a production company at 9.30 in the morning. This would have meant that I was going to have to get up at 6.30 so that I could look and smell good before getting the kids off to school. My friend Yvonne was having a Healthy Child Healthy World event at her house from 10 to 12 and I figured I’d just get there as quickly as I could and maybe have an hour with my girlfriends. At the very last minute my 4pm appointment turned into a noon appointment and the shoot was cancelled. Of course I had it in my mind… -
Uproxx: White Boy Privilege Gone Wrong
8 May 2012 | 4:06 pmRecently someone pointed me to an article on a site I’d never seen before. It’s called Uproxx. The tag line is The Culture of What’s Buzzing. After looking at the staff page I’m guessing that the “culture” they’re referring to is the culture of 20 something caucasian men. Which is fine, but it’s a narrow field of vision and there’s so much privilege in there that it might be difficult for these young men to actually understand consequences. So I thought I’d address them here. Similarly to how they addressed my friend Calvin…
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It’s amazing how cold medicine that is to be taken…
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ESPN On The Apple TV
15 May 2012 | 11:58 pmI continue to think that it’s ESPN that has to be the true pioneer here. They’re the one content provider that has the cable companies by the balls. No cable provider can afford not to offer ESPN. So ESPN has the most leeway to do what they want without fear of retribution. That’s probably true. -
Glassboard 2.0
15 May 2012 | 11:56 pmIn case you’re not familiar with Glassboard, here’s the deal: what Pair is to the bedroom, and Path is to the rec room, Glassboard is to the board room. (Hence “board” in the name. “Glass” refers to your phone’s screen.) This is the first explanation of the name that I’ve seen. The name always struck me as invoking exactly the wrong mental connections (glass = open, where GlassBoard’s major selling point = privacy). The new app UI seems quite nice from my initial exploration – very Path/Facebook/Sparrow-inspired. Disclaimer:… -
RISP Hitting
15 May 2012 | 11:49 pmYou can look at 39 plate appearances and decide that Ichiro can’t hit with men in scoring position, or you can look at 1,500 plate appearances and realize that he can. It’s really up to you, but what kind of conclusion you draw says a lot about your understanding of how the game actually works. The Mariners are a confusing mix of new and old school. -
Glassboard 2.0 and Glassbot
15 May 2012 | 3:25 pmVery cool, and nice to see the integration with GameTonight.
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Chris Pirillo
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Dystopian Viking Playground
15 May 2012 | 3:28 pmDystopian Viking Playground What happens when your Web 2.0 standbys go by the wayside and years of your creative content suddenly disappears? Is Humantenna a new Microsoft project, or a bad Syfy network movie of the week? Is Sweden a Viking Dystopia? Do you know how to get Adobe Creative Master... Read the full article on http://chris.pirillo.com/ -
Swinging is Disorienting
15 May 2012 | 2:17 pmSwinging is Disorienting Pardon me, would you have any Grey Poupon? Is the new Mission Impossible movie a chick flick? Do you ever use your phone’s camera to prove that the store is out of something that your significant other wants? Are you in the rabbit habit? Have you ever ridden a seesaw... Read the full article on http://chris.pirillo.com/ -
Ocarina Rollercoasters and Unpronounceable Boat Trips
14 May 2012 | 3:19 pmOcarina Rollercoasters and Unpronounceable Boat Trips Can you lose weight on a dinner cruise? Could Cold War spy tech keep us networking in the absence of an Internet? Are your email contacts compromised? Will you like the updated Google OS? Why is shopping online better than shopping offline? What... Read the full article on http://chris.pirillo.com/ -
Motion in the Ocean
13 May 2012 | 2:20 pmMotion in the Ocean In this edition of the Pirillo Vlog, we peruse a farmer’s market (presumably to buy some farmers, though we just sampled a few on this visit), I get a whole bunch of LEGO (surprise, surprise), and Diana takes her first boat ride, ever! First impression? “Eww, it... Read the full article on http://chris.pirillo.com/ -
Orange Juice is Cheaper Than Gas
12 May 2012 | 2:15 pmOrange Juice is Cheaper Than Gas Orange juice, orange juice, everywhere, nor any drop to drink. If my Prius ran on orange juice, I could get 99.9 miles per gallon (according to recent readings). Since orange juice is now cheaper than gasoline, I’d really like to see if this can be done. Any... Read the full article on http://chris.pirillo.com/
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Create a Setting and Connect With Emotions
13 May 2012 | 10:26 pmI recently moved the delivery time of my beloved newsletter to be Sunday morning (well, that’s when it launches here, though my New Zealander and Australian friends all get it on Monday). In the process, I talked to people about sharing this information over breakfast, and with a “second cup of coffee” sometimes. I basically set a scene in the reader’s head that we were having a personal chat over breakfast. Ask yourself this: in trying to reach others for whatever your goal may be, is it facts or emotions that will win them over? Which do you think plays the bigger… -
Nobody Reads Agency Blogs- Or Why You Need Skin in the Game
7 May 2012 | 6:57 amThanks to Jason Falls, I just read this post about how many marketing agencies are closing down their blogs and tweeting and Facebooking instead. “Nobody reads agency blogs, and there are so many out there it’s impossible for people to keep up anyway,” said Sam Weston, director of communications at digital agency Huge. Nobody Reads ANY Blogs- If They’re Boring I’ll tell you without even having to look why nobody reads a blog: because it’s boring. Because it’s poorly written. Because it’s utterly self-referential. Nobody has time to read junk. Why would you? -
Constraints
5 May 2012 | 9:43 amI was at a live performance the other night where Jacq sang and played with Girish, and I had a great conversation with Reggie, the drummer for the night. (I am SO sorry that I don’t know your last name, Reggie.) We talked about the fact that his typical drum kit for events is usually like 30 or so pieces, but that he decided to go minimal for the event. He had a kick drum, a snare, a tom, two cymbals, and a cowbell. What Reggie said was something like this, “I really enjoy this, because it means I really have to use what I have to get the expression I’m aiming for. I… -
Pattern Break
2 May 2012 | 9:17 pmWhen you wake up in the morning, you check your emails, probably from your phone. First thing. Yes? Why? There’s no good answer to why. Even brain surgeons can wait until they’ve done other things before checking in on the world outside of your immediate proximity. So why do you do it? Because it’s a habit, a pattern. Do you read the top tech and marketing blogs? Why? Why do you read this blog? Because you’re subscribed? Are you getting something from it? If no, then why are you still doing it? Twitter and Facebook are hugely pattern-driven. They thrive off the same… -
Where Should You Put Your Content?
30 Apr 2012 | 7:44 amI’ve been asked by subscribers of my personal newsletter how I decide what goes on my blog and what goes into my newsletter. I think the answer differs depending on your strategy, but I’m more than happy to tell you how I view it. I put information that sells on my blog, and information that nurtures in my newsletter. Information that Sells My job, because people seem confused these days as to what exactly it is I do or am selling, is to help mid-sized to larger companies build business (revenue and growth) by improving their use of the human digital channel (social media, email…
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5 Effective Tricks to Create a Killer Call to Action
16 May 2012 | 7:04 amThis guest post is by Greg Digneo of Sales Leads in Thirty Days. Here’s the dirty little secret: there are actually two steps to building an extremely popular blog. The first and most popular step is to drive traffic by guest posting, social media, and SEO. The far less sexy step is to convert that traffic into loyal readers who will become the backbone of your community. Who will share every piece of content you produce with their friends. And who will ensure that every post sparks an engaging discussion. But most of all, they will be the first to buy your products and services. The… -
Get Obsessed with Your Message
15 May 2012 | 1:01 pmThis guest post is by Danielle LaPorte of DanielleLaPorte.com. Blog = up? Posts = rolling? It’s time to get obsessed with your message. A quick dictionary moment, to differentiate between your voice, your topics and your message. Your voice is what makes your writing distinctive, compelling, unmistakably you. You’ll carry your voice from your blog, right into your book. Seamless, identifiable. Individual. Your topics are the categories or subjects you write about (Eco-luxe weddings on a shoestring budget! Savvy corporate management, with heart and soul! Thrifty vegan recipes!) Your… -
On the Elusive “Next Level” of Blogging
15 May 2012 | 7:04 amWe’ve all heard of it—the elusive “next level” that so many bloggers talk about online. But what is the next level? How many levels are there? Is there an end point in leveling up? These are all worthwhile questions—especially for more experienced bloggers who have spent a lot of time and energy in reaching the level they’re already at. For these bloggers, trying to reach the next level can involve a degree of risk, so the steps that get us toward the next level might be taken slowly and with care. On the other hand, the web isn’t exactly undersupplied with… -
Grab Your BWE Virtual Ticket for $100 Off—24 Hours Left
14 May 2012 | 5:09 pmWish you could get to Blog World Expo this year, but can’t make it to New York? Me too. I’ll be in Queensland with the winners of my blogging competition, but I know there are plenty of bloggers from other countries, as well as within the States, who won’t be able to attend Blog World this year. Fortunately, you and I don’t need to miss out on the information and fun of the Expo (and if the speaker list for this year is anything to go by, the conference is going to be really impressive). We “remote” bloggers can still “attend” on a BWE virtual… -
Install Your First WordPress Theme
14 May 2012 | 7:09 amThis guest post is by Karol K of ThemeFuse. Seeing a headline like “How to Install a WordPress Theme” on ProBlogger might seem strange at first. This doesn’t sound like a “pro”-thing at all, right? If you’ve been dealing with WordPress for a while then this is probably even more than obvious to you. However, everyone starts somewhere, and there are plenty of experienced bloggers who haven’t ever installed a WordPress theme—but would like to give it a try. Maybe you’re installing your first theme right now, and you’re searching for a…
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(Anti) Social Development
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Facebook FBML Ends June 1, 2012
7 May 2012 | 9:01 pmIt’s amazing how fast 6 months can go by! Last October I wrote an article about when FBML would completely end and we would now longer be able to use it. We knew last Fall that this would happen in June, but now we have an exact date. FBML will no longer exist after June 1, 2012. If you are using FBML or have custom tabs powered by FBML they will need to be converted to iframes or a 3rd party application. After June 1st, they will no longer be accessible and they won’t work. If you need assistance converting your FBML tabs, please contact me for a quote. photo credit:… -
10 Upcoming Features in WordPress 3.4
30 Apr 2012 | 9:01 pmThe release of WordPress 3.4 is not imminent and will probably be ready this summer but I thought it would be a good time to discuss some of the planned features in the new version. Many of the changes are related to themes, theme options, and searching for themes as well as many bug fixes. Otherwise, I don’t see anything too exciting but there are some useful features. Upcoming Features Admin Bar Trick – As I’ve mentioned before, I’m not a big fan of the Admin bar. I don’t use it but I also don’t really notice it anymore either. In WordPress 3.4, clicking… -
How to Display Different WordPress Sidebar Widgets on Different Pages with the Widget Logic Visual Plugin
25 Apr 2012 | 9:01 pmI am frequently asked how different widgets can be used on different pages of a WordPress site. For example, someone might want a Facebook like box to show up on the Home page but not on other pages of the site. I usually set up the Widget Logic plugin but that plugin does require some understanding of simple code and it’s not easy for all users. Recently I discovered that there is a similar plugin, called Widget Logic Visual, which is much easier to use and does require knowing any code. How to use Widget Logic Visual Once the plugin is installed and activated, each widget will have a… -
Please Use Useful and Descriptive Email Subject Lines
23 Apr 2012 | 9:01 pmI think people should pay more attention to the subject line used in emails. When someone gets a lot of email the sender is, of course, important but so is the subject line in determining which emails should take priority. It’s helpful when they are descriptive and give the receiver an indication of what the message is about or what it may contain. And, it’s amazing at the number of emails that have useless subject lines or even ones that make me want to never open and read it. A Sample of Useless Subject Lines Here are some recent subject lines in my email that are absolutely not… -
Do You Ever Feel Like This? Trying to Open a Package Like Larry David
16 Apr 2012 | 9:01 pmI’ve been busier than usual lately with a number of really big projects. So, I haven’t had a much time to write up posts. I have topics that I want to write about but they are more in depth and will take longer than I have right now. I used to write posts in advance for times like this but that just hasn’t seemed to happen lately. So, if you don’t have anything prepared, it doesn’t really make much sense to bother posting, does it? But, for fun I thought I would share this video of Larry David in Curb Your Enthusiasmtrying to open one of those awful plastic boxes…
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The Facebook IPO Timeline
16 May 2012 | 12:32 pmIf the Facebook IPO were a real person, we certainly wouldn’t blame it for posting braggy status updates. This infographic, created by our friends at mbaonline.com, imagines the road leading up to the decade’s most-anticipated initial public offering, as if it were documented on its own Facebook Timeline. As a Facebook user, give yourself a pat on the back for helping the company make it this far. You are one of 900 million, and you spend an average of 20 minutes per day surfing the network. That means Facebook’s usership logs 16,000 years of combined time on the platform… -
Facebook Fans Get to Pick Bonus Levels in ‘Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD’
16 May 2012 | 12:06 pmActivision is polling fans via Facebook on which levels will be included as additional downloadable content on Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD is a rebuilt version of the classic games. It features seven levels from the original Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, released in 1999, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2, which came out in 2000. Players will be able to skate all over classic levels such as “Warehouse” and “Mall” that have been rebuilt using the old maps. Starting Wednesday afternoon, fans will be asked to pick which of their favorite Tony… -
Facebook IPO Gets a Boost: 84 Million More Shares For Sale
16 May 2012 | 11:15 amJust days away from launch, Facebook is continuing to make last-minute changes in its IPO plans. On Wednesday, Facebook announced that an extra 84 million shares will be added to its stock pool for sale. The extra shares will come entirely from insiders and early investors, according to the Associated Press. Facebook and its current stockholders will offer more than 421 million shares in the IPO. The company has raised the price range of its stocks to $34 to $38, up from $28 to $35. If the shares trade on the higher end, Facebook could raise $16 billion when it goes public. Some of the early… -
18 Mashable Family Photos
16 May 2012 | 10:47 amWhat does a family portrait look like when it represents a community of millions of people? For our photo challenge this week, Mashable readers sent us their photos, helping us to create a family portrait of our community. This past Sunday was Mother’s Day in the U.S. Sons and daughters found time to pick up the phone and call their moms, and many families enjoyed the day together. In honor of Mother’s Day, we asked you to show us a photo that represents family to you. At Mashable, we loved seeing your photos of family outings, newborn family members and canine best friends. -
Behind the Launch: A Promising, Yet Controversial Job Candidate
16 May 2012 | 10:31 amDiscuss the show on Twitter: #BehindTheLaunch In Mashable‘s new video series, Behind the Launch, we’re taking cameras behind the scenes at Vungle, an in-app video advertising startup. Last week, we met the the founders and saw them bring on Colin Behr to head up business development. This week, they courted big-name startup investors, such as 500 Startups‘ Dave McClure, DFJ Esprit‘s Krishna Visvanathan and AOL Ventures‘ Adam Smith. But Vungle needs to focus more on the core — developing the product instead of fleshing out press releases and a website…
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A blind man's first experience with echolocation
16 May 2012 | 11:37 amAustin Seraphin, who you may remember from his review of the iPhone, recently learned how to use echolocation to navigate his physical environment in a new way. We started out in the hallway outside of my condo. They turned an old school into lofts, so the hallways and stairwells look and sound like a school. He had me walk down the hallway without touching the walls by using echolocation. Just to make it clear: echolocation does not normally replace the use of a cane, but for this exercise I did not use a cane. I could hear the hard surfaces, and gradually the walls came into focus. I could… -
The sounds of Aronofsky
16 May 2012 | 10:56 amThe person who made Wes Anderson From Above and Tarantino From Below has put together a supercut of distinct sounds from Darren Aronofsky's films. (via ★interesting) Tags: Darren Aronofsky movies video -
Straight White Male, the game of life's lowest difficulty setting
16 May 2012 | 9:48 amUsing a video game metaphor, John Scalzi explains straight white male privilege for those straight white males who get hung up on the word "privilege". Dudes. Imagine life here in the US -- or indeed, pretty much anywhere in the Western world -- is a massive role playing game, like World of Warcraft except appallingly mundane, where most quests involve the acquisition of money, cell phones and donuts, although not always at the same time. Let's call it The Real World. You have installed The Real World on your computer and are about to start playing, but first you go to the settings tab to… -
Facebook's current valuation in BK Whoppers
16 May 2012 | 8:28 amFacebook's going public in a few days and will finally get a real valuation attached to it. During a 2009 Burger King promotion that doled out free Whoppers for deleting some of your Facebook friends, I estimated Facebook's valuation at about $1.8 billion. What BK has unwittingly done here is provide a way to determine the valuation of Facebook. Let's assume that the majority of Facebook's value comes from the connections between their users. From Facebook's statistics page, we learn that the site has 150 million users and the average user has 100 friends. Each friendship is requires the… -
Ken Burns talks about stories
16 May 2012 | 6:43 amIn this short film by Sarah Klein and Tom Mason, Ken Burns shares his thoughtful perspective on what makes a good story. Abraham Lincoln wins the Civil War and then he decides he's got enough time to go to the theatre. That's a good story. When Thomas Jefferson said "we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal", he owned a hundred human beings and never saw the hypocrisy, never saw the contradiction, and more importantly never saw fit in his lifetime to free any one of them. That's a good story. Over at the Atlantic, Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg has an interview…
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Yoast
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Penguin, Panda, it’s not that black and white..
14 May 2012 | 5:37 amWe're getting quite a few site review requests and SEO consultancy requests recently for people that have been hit by a sudden drop in traffic. Because there has been quite some news about Google's Penguin and before that its Panda update, people are blaming those. In our perspective, whether you're blaming Penguin, Panda or another update from Google isn't really that interesting if you're not an SEO. What matters most is: you've lost traffic, how are you going to get it back?Why you'd want to know the update that caused itThe idea is that if you know which update caused your traffic to drop… -
Having a blast at BlueGlass LA
24 Apr 2012 | 10:18 amI'm currently sitting in the conference room for BlueGlass LA, listening to Marty Weintraub and finishing my presentation I'll be giving this afternoon. Which leads me to the point of this post as I'm going to try and prove a point, therefore the following video is not really meant for you to watch but for me to test something with:As a side note, BlueGlass LA is probably the best conference I've been to in a while, with a ridiculous line-up of speakers, if you're going to go to an internet marketing conference, BlueGlass conferences are seriously among the very best in the US, second only to… -
Why I dislike Bo.lt
21 Apr 2012 | 2:59 pmWhen I released my updated WordPress SEO article a few weeks back, my buddy Avinash was kind enough to tweet it. He tweeted it, at first, with a bo.lt link. Bo.lt is a sharing service that allows you to basically make a copy of a page and add some notes or even some changes to the page. The idea is nice, as a webmaster though, I hate it. Let me explain why.You see, bo.lt makes a copy of the page at the moment it's prepared for sharing, they say they do that because of speed. As Avinash tweets a lot, he probably made that copy a couple of hours before he shared it. This wouldn't be so much of… -
WordPress Stats Infographic
16 Apr 2012 | 4:30 amMy Google Analytics plugin recently hit 3 million downloads and my WordPress SEO plugin hit its first million downloads. I thought those stats were cool and I decided to have an infographic made with more WordPress stats and dive in a little bit more and gather some stats that I thought would be interesting.If you read any blogs in the world, by now you'll know WordPress dominates the top 100 blogs in the world, Matt had some interesting comments about that. We've seen more WordPress stats, like these by Lorelle. I then started adding more stats on my own.I asked Experian Hitwise to give me… -
The ethics of SEO
4 Apr 2012 | 1:29 amThe type of SEO I help my clients do and promote to you using this blog is often labeled white hat SEO because it stays within Google's and other search engines guidelines. Other SEO's don't care about Google's guidelines as much and do what's called "black hat SEO". Far too often though, black hat SEO is confused with the hacking of sites and the use of other tactics not outside the laws of Google but the laws of our lands. I think it's time for me to explain where I stand in this.My backgroundAs a former Theology student and as someone raised in the Christian tradition, I have a fairly…
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The Coming Meltdown in College Education & Why The Economy Won’t Get Better Any Time Soon
13 May 2012 | 5:34 pmThis is what I see when i think about higher education in this country today: Remember the housing meltdown ? Tough to forget isn’t it. The formula for the housing boom and bust was simple. A lot of easy money being lent to buyers who couldn’t afford the money they were borrowing. That money was then spent on homes with the expectation that the price of the home would go up and it could easily be flipped or refinanced at a profit. Who cares if you couldn’t afford the loan. As long as prices kept on going up, everyone was happy. And prices kept on going up. And as long… -
Some Olympic Thoughts
22 Apr 2012 | 4:43 pmMy position on NBA players and the Olympics has not changed since I first wrote about it nearly 8 years ago. It was stupid then. It has not gotten any smarter. The following is an article put together by Brett Morris that provides an additional perspective and some more details that to me, re-enforce my position. ### When the Miami Heat’s Dwayne Wade said he thought “guys should be compensated” for participating in this Summer’s Olympics, he received a great deal of public backlash for being “un-American,” and “selfish,” from all walks of life… -
The Greatest Business Risk You Don’t Know About – Your Business Will Be Sued Over Patents
18 Apr 2012 | 11:53 amYour business is at risk. For a lot of money. No matter what type of business you are in, you are susceptible to a patent infringement lawsuit. The worst part about this risk is that there is nothing you can do to protect yourself. You are a victim in a business world horror movie. Unfortunately , there is no one to scream “no don’t do it. Don’t open that door” and protect you. All the doors are open and the trolls are all attacking. Why wouldn’t they ? Put yourself in the position of a patent troll. If the laws changed in your industry so that if you… -
Dont Follow Your Passion, Follow Your Effort
18 Mar 2012 | 12:47 pmI hear it all the time from people. “I’m passionate about it.” “I’m not going to quit, It’s my passion”. Or I hear it as advice to students and others “Follow your passion”. What a bunch of BS. ”Follow Your Passion” is easily the worst advice you could ever give or get. Why ? Because everyone is passionate about something. Usually more than 1 thing. We are born with it. There are always going to be things we love to do. That we dream about doing. That we really really want to do with our lives. Those passions aren’t… -
I Hope Yahoo Crushes Facebook in its Patent Suit
13 Mar 2012 | 1:10 pmAnyone who reads this blog knows how much I hate patent laws. I think 99pct of the time they are anti-competitive, corruptive, impede creativity and innovation and can kill small businesses. I think the ratio of patent law doing a good job protecting company IP vs it being used purely to negatively impact competitors or to troll for un-earned revenue is probably 1000 to 1, or worse. When I read that Yahoo was suing Facebook my immediate reaction was disdain. As I thought more about it, I came to realize that this case could be the water shed moment that causes enough people to recognize…
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Calling All Contributors: Community Summit 2012
15 May 2012 | 3:36 pmEach year, the WordPress core development team meets in person for a week to work together and discuss the vision for WordPress in the coming year. As annual events go, it’s easily my favorite. Don’t get me wrong, I love attending WordCamps and local WordPress meetups (which are awesome and you should try to attend if you are able), but at the core team meetup, the focus on working together and getting things done is unique, as is the experience of every person in the room being so highly qualified. This year, instead of just planning a core team meetup, I’m aiming a little… -
WordPress 3.4 Beta 4
2 May 2012 | 7:52 pmLess bugs, more polish, the same beta disclaimers. Download, test, report bugs. Thanks much. /ryan #thewholebrevitything -
WordPress 3.3.2 (and WordPress 3.4 Beta 3)
20 Apr 2012 | 8:10 amWordPress 3.3.2 is available now and is a security update for all previous versions. Three external libraries included in WordPress received security updates: Plupload (version 1.5.4), which WordPress uses for uploading media. SWFUpload, which WordPress previously used for uploading media, and may still be in use by plugins. SWFObject, which WordPress previously used to embed Flash content, and may still be in use by plugins and themes. Thanks to Neal Poole and Nathan Partlan for responsibly disclosing the bugs in Plupload and SWFUpload, and Szymon Gruszecki for a separate bug in SWFUpload. -
WordPress 3.4 Beta 2
11 Apr 2012 | 8:52 pmHowdy, folks! Another week, another beta. Since we released Beta 1 last week, we’ve committed more than 60 bug fixes and feature adjustments based on testing and feedback. If you’ve been testing Beta 1, please update to Beta 2 to make sure things are still working for you. If you are a theme or plugin author and have not yet started testing your code against the 3.4 beta, now’s the perfect time to start. And as always, if you find any bugs, let us know! Full details on testing and bug reporting can be found in last week’s Beta 1 post. Download WordPress 3.4 Beta 2 -
WordPress 3.4 Beta 1
4 Apr 2012 | 7:07 pmWordPress 3.4 is ready for beta testers! As always, this is software still in development and we don’t recommend that you run it on a production site — set up a test site just to play with the new version. If you break it (find a bug), please report it, and if you’re a developer, try to help us fix it. If all goes well, we hope to release WordPress 3.4 in May. The more help we get with testing and fixing bugs, the sooner we will be able to release the final version. If you want to be a beta tester, you should check out the Codex article on how to report bugs. Here’s some of…
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Blogging Without A Blog
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Scared Silent
14 May 2012 | 8:54 pmSensationalism sells. Outrageous headlines. Unbelievable claims. Photoshopped pictures. All published in hopes of gaining attention, making money and/or other. And it works. Today’s Lesson Sensationalism can silence people, too. Look at these headlines: Student Photojournalists Arrested; What Are Their Rights? Governments Increasingly Targeting Twitter Users for Expressing Their Opinion Marine Facing Discharge for Criticizing Obama on Facebook Says He’s Only Guilty of ‘Being an American’ Oregon Church Sues Ex-Members Over Online Criticism Julie continues to blog about her… -
You May Be Offended…
2 May 2012 | 2:08 amI recently watched a video named “Owned and Operated” on the Crackin Films site. In a nutshell, it’s a movie about how the world is changing and not necessarily for the better. The film goes on to show how we, as citizens can make a difference if we choose to. After watching the movie I shared a link to it on Facebook and included a note that the film contains profanity. Today’s Lesson I knew I didn’t have to warn my followers about the profanity in the movie, however I didn’t want anyone to be caught off guard, especially if they decided to watch the film… -
Forget Me Not
23 Apr 2012 | 5:45 pmOn a recent episode of “Celebrity Apprentice”, the task was to create a slogan and a display for Donald Trump’s new cologne, “Success”. Each team did a good job, however the team which lost had a poor slogan and failed to provide a “take-away” for the cologne campaign. The winning team had provided two take-aways; one was a small card, printed on both sides and included detailed information about the cologne, plus they also designed a cardboard “sniffer” stick. George, a Trump executive, stated how no matter how great a campaign or product… -
Blog Readability – How Do You Score
13 Apr 2012 | 12:32 amIf you spend time in the blogosphere, you’ll find many talented writers. Some bloggers are great word smiths. Some write posts which read like a book you can’t put down. Whereas others write so concise no word is wasted. Sadly, sometimes words are wasted. Wasted because some of our readers don’t understand them. Today’s Lesson When we blog, we try to envision a target audience and write our posts accordingly. However, we may be forgetting an important factor – what “level” are we writing at? By “level” I mean grade (reading) level. For… -
Don’t Be Sorry
5 Apr 2012 | 2:13 amA year from now, you’ll wish you had started today* I recently celebrated my five year blogging anniversary. I remember the days before I started blogging like it was yesterday. It’s been a wonderful journey; one I’m thrilled I took. Today’s Lesson Before I started blogging I didn’t know what to expect. I remember reading the blogs of Darren Rowse (Problogger) and Steve Pavlina and in their posts I found how it had taken them approximately two years to become “successful”. I saw what they had done with their blogs and remember asking myself if I was…
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Holy Kaw!
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Mammals may not get to cool climates in time
16 May 2012 | 12:09 pmNine percent of the Western Hemisphere’s mammals—and up to 40 percent in some regions—may not be able to outpace climate change. “I think it’s important to point out that in the past when climates have changed—between glacial and interglacial periods when species ranges contracted and expanded—the landscape wasn’t covered with agricultural fields, four-lane highways and parking lots, so species could move much more freely across the landscape,” says Joshua Lawler, associate professor of environmental and forest sciences at University of… -
Time of year matters for vitamin D risk
16 May 2012 | 12:08 pmWhen considering a patient’s blood vitamin D levels, it may be best to consider a lower threshold for concern, as well as the time of year. "In evaluating health risk," the University of Washington researchers conclude, "season-specific targets for Vitamin D blood concentration may be more appropriate than a static target when evaluating patients health risk." Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
The (not so correct) anatomy of sea life
16 May 2012 | 11:52 amMarine biology, scharine schiology. Pleated Jeans skips scientific facts for its series of sea life diagrams. Via Pleated Jeans. (H/T @laughingsquid) Laughing is good for you. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
The mechanics of eclipses [infographic]
16 May 2012 | 9:11 amWhen the moon passes in front of sun, as viewed from Earth, the eclipse that occurs is visible from a narrow path on Earth that corresponds to the location of the moon's shadow. During a total solar eclipse, this path is known as the path of totality. WARNING: Never look directly at the sun during an eclipse with a telescope or your unaided eye. Severe eye damage can result and scientists use special filters to safely view the sun. Via Space. The view from space. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
Clean air improves heart health, Olympics show
16 May 2012 | 8:39 amUsing the 2008 Beijing Olympics as a lab, researchers found evidence that even short-term reduction in air pollution exposure improves a person’s cardiovascular health. “Beijing is one of the most polluted cities in the world, and the Chinese government had proposed to reduce pollution levels to be comparable to other Olympic host cities,” says USC Professor Junfeng (Jim) Zhang. “We wanted to take advantage of such a huge intervention and look at what happens to people biologically.” Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Permalink |…
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Twitterrati
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Frrole: What’s Happening on Twitter in Your City?
6 May 2012 | 4:21 amIdea: Looking to see what’s happening on Twitter in your city? Frrole delivers a “social newspaper” of 20 cities. My take: An interesting and easy way to get a snapshot of the local TwitterSphere. Utility Grade: 6/10 -
A Whois for Twitter Users
27 Dec 2011 | 7:00 amOne of Twitter’s shortcoming is how little information it provides about users, other than a short bio and a URL. So how do you quickly get more insight about particular users? The answer could be Twho is This, which offers up an extensive list of a person’s social/digital presence, along with their Twitter bio and a link to follow them. It’s not the prettiest service and it could benefit from offering more information but it’s better than what Twitter offers. An example below is Mathew Ingram (aka @mathewi). By doing a query on his username, it shows 14 different… -
$300 Million of Twitter, Please
19 Dec 2011 | 12:40 pmTwitter may not have a vibrant business model but it sure has no problem attracting heavyweight investors. The latest person to step up in a major way is Prince Walid bin Talal of Saudi Arabia, who bought a $300 million stake from an early Twitter investor as part a strategy “to invest in promising, high-growth businesses with a global impact.” (More details on the New York Times) You figure with so much interest, Twitter could do an IPO. Of course, an IPO means you have to disclose your financials, which Twitter may not want to do given it’s probably spend a lot more money than its… -
Postpost Streamlines Twitter
15 Dec 2011 | 9:00 pmA fact of life about Twitter is the more people you follow, the noisier your live stream becomes. As much as the live stream is a parade in which a new “float” comes along on a regular basis, there can be times when you want a way to have a more focused or narrow slice of what’s happening with our live stream. An interesting tool to take control of your live stream is Postpost, which drills down into it so that people can do searches for particular keywords. For example, if I was interested in tweets about “startups”, Postpost would generate the following results… -
So How is Twitter Making Money?
14 Dec 2011 | 10:05 amCurious about how Twitter makes money? Henry Blodget did an interview recently at the Insight conference with Adam Bain, Twitter’s chief revenue officer, which I suppose is the guy responsible for helping turn Twitter into a business big enough to support its sky-high valuation and growing workforce (800 and counting!)
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Holy Kaw!
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Mammals may not get to cool climates in time
16 May 2012 | 12:09 pmNine percent of the Western Hemisphere’s mammals—and up to 40 percent in some regions—may not be able to outpace climate change. “I think it’s important to point out that in the past when climates have changed—between glacial and interglacial periods when species ranges contracted and expanded—the landscape wasn’t covered with agricultural fields, four-lane highways and parking lots, so species could move much more freely across the landscape,” says Joshua Lawler, associate professor of environmental and forest sciences at University of… -
Time of year matters for vitamin D risk
16 May 2012 | 12:08 pmWhen considering a patient’s blood vitamin D levels, it may be best to consider a lower threshold for concern, as well as the time of year. "In evaluating health risk," the University of Washington researchers conclude, "season-specific targets for Vitamin D blood concentration may be more appropriate than a static target when evaluating patients health risk." Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
The (not so correct) anatomy of sea life
16 May 2012 | 11:52 amMarine biology, scharine schiology. Pleated Jeans skips scientific facts for its series of sea life diagrams. Via Pleated Jeans. (H/T @laughingsquid) Laughing is good for you. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
The mechanics of eclipses [infographic]
16 May 2012 | 9:11 amWhen the moon passes in front of sun, as viewed from Earth, the eclipse that occurs is visible from a narrow path on Earth that corresponds to the location of the moon's shadow. During a total solar eclipse, this path is known as the path of totality. WARNING: Never look directly at the sun during an eclipse with a telescope or your unaided eye. Severe eye damage can result and scientists use special filters to safely view the sun. Via Space. The view from space. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
Clean air improves heart health, Olympics show
16 May 2012 | 8:39 amUsing the 2008 Beijing Olympics as a lab, researchers found evidence that even short-term reduction in air pollution exposure improves a person’s cardiovascular health. “Beijing is one of the most polluted cities in the world, and the Chinese government had proposed to reduce pollution levels to be comparable to other Olympic host cities,” says USC Professor Junfeng (Jim) Zhang. “We wanted to take advantage of such a huge intervention and look at what happens to people biologically.” Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Permalink |…
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MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - iOS Blog
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China Mobile Again Confirms iPhone Talks with Apple
16 May 2012 | 6:26 amReuters reports that China Mobile Chairman Xi Guohua has once again publicly stated that the world's largest mobile phone carrier is engaged in talks with Apple about offering the iPhone to its customers."We've been actively talking to Apple on how we can cooperate," China Mobile Chairman Xi Guohua, who assumed the post in March, told a shareholders meeting. "I can't give you too many details, but I'd like to repeat that both sides do hope to boost our cooperation," Xi added after the meeting.China Unicom was Apple's launch partner for the iPhone in China, and availability expanded to China… -
In Lawsuit Over Siri, Apple Says the Technology is "Cutting Edge"
15 May 2012 | 11:29 amApple has filed a motion to dismiss in a case filed by customers over alleged misleading advertising depicting the Siri technology in the iPhone 4S. The lawsuit, filed in March, alleges that Apple's advertising of Siri doesn't reflect real-world usage. When asked for directions or to locate a store, "Siri either did not understand what Plaintiff was asking, or, after a very long wait time, responded with the wrong answer." In a motion to dismiss (via Scribd), Apple attempts to shoot down the Plaintiff's arguments, reports the Wall Street Journal: They offer only general descriptions of… -
iPhone a 'Game Changer' for Customer Satisfaction
15 May 2012 | 10:44 amThe American Customer Satisfaction Index (ASCI) today released its latest rankings of customer satisfaction in the United States for mobile phones and a number of products and services, with the new mobile phone rankings being expanded to include Apple, Research in Motion, LG, and HTC for the first time. In its first appearance in the rankings, Apple easily topped the list with a score of 83, outdistancing Nokia, LG, and HTC in a tie for second place at 75. Apple's performance marks the first time a mobile phone company scored above 77 in any of the group's surveys dating back to 2004.For… -
Google Chrome Browser Coming to iOS?
15 May 2012 | 8:57 amBusiness Insider reports on a new research note from Macquarie analyst Ben Schacter, who claims that Google is working to bring a version of its Chrome browser to iOS devices. According to the report, Apple "may already be reviewing" the app, which could debut before the end of the quarter. Google Chrome browser for Android Google currently splits ad revenue share with Apple for Google searches performed through Safari, a deal that currently sees Google paying Apple roughly $1 billion per year. With a potential Chrome browser for iOS leading to Google keeping all revenue for searches… -
Book Pricing Lawsuit Reveals More Details of Apple's Negotiations, Including Steve Jobs Email
14 May 2012 | 2:04 pmSeventeen more states have joined the antitrust lawsuit against Apple and several book publishing houses over the pricing of ebooks. Perhaps more interesting are certain details released in the latest filing that were previously redacted, including one from Steve Jobs. Portions of this email have been seen before, but this is the first chance the public has had to see a major negotiation written by the former CEO. As reported by PaidContent, Steve Jobs became directly involved in the pricing negotiations after Apple executive "Eddy Cue could not secure one of the Conspiring Publisher’s…
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AppleInsider | iPhone
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Sprint won't profit from carrying Apple's iPhone until 2015, has no regrets
16 May 2012 | 8:55 amSprint's CEO views his company's up front payment to offer the iPhone as a long-term investment that won't see any returns until 2015. Sprint is estimated to spend $15.5 billion on the iPhone over ... -
4" screens for Apple's next iPhone will be built as soon as June
16 May 2012 | 7:31 amA trio of screen suppliers are reportedly gearing up to begin production of 4-inch displays for Apple's next iPhone as soon as next month, putting the device on track for a fall launch. LG Display,... -
Apple grows to 7.9% of all mobile phones sold worldwide
16 May 2012 | 5:58 amThough it only sells smartphones, Apple represents nearly 8 percent of all worldwide mobile phone sales, making it the third-largest handset maker. Research firm Gartner on Wednesday announced its ... -
Apple ordering screens sized at least 4" for next iPhone - WSJ
16 May 2012 | 4:28 amApple has begun placing orders for a new, larger screen that will measure at least four inches diagonally, according to a new report. The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that the next iPh... -
Apple argues plaintiffs are too vague in class action lawsuit over Siri
16 May 2012 | 1:00 amApple has filed a motion to dismiss a set of class-action lawsuits, which accuse the company of falsely advertising its Siri voice assistant feature for the iPhone 4S, under the grounds that the plain...
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iPhone TIPS and TRICKS | iPhone 超级实用小技巧
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iPhone TIPS: Groove Shark Beta [Free] queue adds function [video] vs Spotify
7 May 2012 | 1:44 pmGroove Shark Mobile Beta web app http://html5.grooveshark.com for iOS is awesome - by iPhone-tips-tricks.com - Since some time there is an GrooveShark web app for iOS. Q: Really? A: Yes that is right. Q: What can you do with the GrooveShark web app? A: GrooveShark delivers streaming music like Spotify. However, GrooveShark Beta is for free on mobile devices and works without downloading an app. Q: I want it, how to I get it? A: simply open mobile Safari on your iOS device. Then open http://html5.grooveshark.com and you are in. Search for any song you want and… -
iPhone TIPS: iPad 3 iOS 5.1.1 Already Jailbroken ? [PIC]
7 May 2012 | 1:14 pm- by iPhone-tips-tricks.com - As I notified you earlier today, iOS 5.1.1 OTA is jus out. However it looks like iOS 5.1.1 is already jailbroken somehow by this fellow. iOS Hacker Stefan Esser aka i0n1c, the man who had successfully jailbroken the new 3th generation iPad running iOS 5.1, has just revealed something that looks like he has also jailbroken his 3th gen iPad running iOS 5.1.1. How? After clicking the link in this tweet, just sent out at the same time I posted my iOS 5.1.1 post, It revealed the interesting picture below. Tweet just sent out the universe linking the… -
iPhone TIPS: iOS 5.1.1 OTA Update Fixes Annoying Bugs
7 May 2012 | 12:41 pm- by iPhone-tips-tricks.com - Just landed a couple of minutes ago iOS update 5.1.1. This update is available for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. This update brings with is a number of much-needed bug fixes and some improvements regarding synchronization. Also some minor issues are fixed. I had not be able to check the fixes yet because of some private activities which needs my focus at the moment. Also there are some security content in this update. To update goto Settings > General > Software Update > Tap the "Download and Install" button and the 47 Megabyte package will… -
iPhone TIPS: WWDC June 11th 2012 Rumors and Expectations
25 Apr 2012 | 3:19 pm- by iPhone-tips-tricks.com - Q: What is up? A: The Apple developers event WWDC 2012 is officially scheduled from 11th to 15th June in San Francisco. Q: What can I expect? A: Well, in the past this was the setting used to unveil new iPhones and more. However, because the last iPhone 4S was unveiled last fall, this date may be a little to tight to introduce a new iPhone. Q: So? A: Personally I guess it is time to introduce a new device or service. I mean I think the reason the new iPad is named "iPad" and not "iPad 3", is the fact iOS and the hardware is matured. It is ready to reincarnate in… -
iPhone TIPS: Mark Zuckerberg buys Instagram for $1 Billion
9 Apr 2012 | 11:54 amFacebook buys Instagram Mark Zuckerberg - photo via new.com.au Mark Zuckerberg himself, just posted on his Facebook page that Facebook has acquired Instagram, the photo sharing service with the very popular app Instagram for the iPhone and since last week also for Android. According to media, Zuckerberg bought it for $1 Billion. Therefore, the Instagram team is joining the Facebook team. " Facebook, the world’s largest social network, said it had agreed to buy Instagram, the popular mobile-centric photo-sharing service, for $1 billion in cash and stock, giving it a stronger…
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iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iPad and Beyond
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Review: Beyzacases Zero Series Case for iPad (3rd-Gen)
16 May 2012 | 12:40 pmThis sleeve does bring one rather unique feature to the table. An magnet embedded in the leather—visible through the material—automatically puts the iPad to sleep when it’s inserted, and wakes it when removed. This does require that you put the iPad in properly so that the display is facing towards the case’s front; that is, the side with the stitching and the Beyzacases logo in the bottom right corner. As long as you push… -
Review: blueLounge Bonobo Series iPad Sling
16 May 2012 | 12:21 pmJust like Sleeve, Sling is made out of 100% PET fabric—that is to say, recycled plastic bottles. Measuring in at about 11” tall and 9” wide, its front flap is held shut with the same kind of embedded magnets as the sleeve. Gone, however, is the metal buckle that didn’t offer much more than a nice accent. We did find the magnets to be somewhat problematic, however: they have a tendency to automatically unlock the iPad’s… -
News: Fotopedia takes users on a discovery of Morocco
16 May 2012 | 12:08 pmFotopedia has released Fotopedia Morocco, the latest in its series of photographic travelogue apps for iOS. Featuring the photography of acclaimed photographer Jacques Bravo, Fotopedia Morocco allows users to explore the beauty and heritage of Morrocco from the maze-like streets of historic towns and villages to the Atlantic Ocean, Atlas Mountains and Sahara desert. Thousands of stunning photographs cover cities such as Casablanca, Marrakesh, Tangier,… -
Review: Epson MegaPlex MG-850HD Digital Projector + Speaker Combo
16 May 2012 | 11:48 amIt’s easy enough to understand MG-850HD’s appeal relative to a traditional flat-screen TV. Unlike a TV set, this glossy black plastic-bodied unit weighs only 8.6 pounds and measures 13.4” by 11.5” by 4.6”, with a pop-out handle on the side that lets you carry the projector anywhere. You’ll need to have a clear path between the lens on the front and a wall or other projection surface; if so, MG-850HD can create an… -
News: Verizon to end grandfathered unlimited plans with LTE switch
16 May 2012 | 11:22 amSpeaking at the J.P. Morgan Technology, Media and Telecom conference, Verizon CFO Fran Shammo said that the company plans to phase customers out of grandfathered-in unlimited data plans as they migrate to LTE. “Everyone will be on data share,” Shammo said, clarifying that, “a lot of our 3G base is on unlimited… [and] when they migrate off 3G they will have to go to data share.” Verizon plans to introduce new shared family…
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Dave Barry's Blog
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STAND TALL, LLABELLI, WALES
16 May 2012 | 12:35 pmChicken may break record for world’s tiniest egg (Thanks to The Perts) -
FATHER'S DAY
16 May 2012 | 12:32 pmIt's right around the corner. (Thanks to Spotsie) -
TENNESSEE LABOR UPDATE
16 May 2012 | 12:31 pmUnfortunately our strict policy prohibits us from bringing you the Tennessee Labor Update. (Thanks to William Maruca) -
INCREDIBLY, THIS DID NOT HAPPEN IN FLORIDA
16 May 2012 | 12:26 pmWoman drives 25 miles to work without realising a MOOSE has taken roof off her car (Thanks to Not My Usual Alias) -
WE SAW THEM OPEN FOR THE TROGGS
16 May 2012 | 12:24 pmPrison warns convict over fart 'attacks' (Thanks to Joe in Japan)
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ColorMePink!
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Easiest Recipe Ever! Marinated Mozzarella and Tomato Salad
11 May 2012 | 10:57 amYesterday was a really nice day. My cousin and her son, whom I haven’t seen in years, came for a visit. It was really lovely and we reminisced and laughed and maybe even cried a little together. It’s funny how life works and how you come full circle sometimes, but I digress. I wanted to have a simple yet tasty menu that didn’t cause anyone stress, yet still be fabulous. I bought my favorite spreads (hummus, tzatziki), some chips to dip, Jim grilled cheeseburgers with lots of ‘fixins’, and I made Greek Pasta Salad, and this. Measurements are really… -
Finding Your Voice In Social Media
7 May 2012 | 9:14 amI think at this point, there isn’t anyone left who would argue against the importance of social media. More and more brands, charities, celebrities, performing artists, small business owners and individuals are trying to harness the power of social media outlets and the sheer volume of choices and ideas can be really overwhelming. This isn’t going to be a post about which outlets, third party tools, and so called rules I follow. There are plenty of articles about those issues; rather, it’s about your “voice”. I see so many tweets and updates that are poorly… -
Eggplant, Steak and Pea Stir Fry
3 May 2012 | 1:30 amI got some beautiful “ichiban” eggplant this week – but as usual, I ordered so much of it that I didn’t know what to do. Also, I ordered what I thought were snow peas and then realized they were peas – the tough outer shell gave it away. I know they look like they might be sugar snaps, but the shell was way too tough to consider eating. So, we shelled them. I had some local, fresh, grass fed skirt steak and I thought a stir fry would be interesting. It was. 3 tablespoons Tamari (soy sauce) 3 tablespoons Rice Vinegar 1 tablespoon Hoisin Sauce 1 tablespoon… -
Opus Domini Mobile Pro for iPad and iPhone
1 May 2012 | 10:19 amI have spent so much money and so much time downloading goal and time planning apps. You don’t even want to know how much. So, the other day when I saw this article, by the lovely Britt, that mentioned Opus Domini Mobile Pro and how close it came to the Franklin Covey planning system, I knew I had to try it. You see, I love Franklin Covey. The system literally changed my life. I purchased my first FC yearly planner in, I think, 2000. I worked through all the exercises and I completely fell in love with that way of planning. It just made sense. Something clicked and I was… -
Wordless Wednesday
25 Apr 2012 | 2:30 pmBeen a while, I know. I’ll be back soon!
