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Entries from March 27th, 2009

SxSW: One giant party

March 27th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Career, Conferences

It has been a complete whirlwind two weeks and I’m finally starting to settle down (read: back on my couch). I went from SxSW Interactive in Austin, TX, straight to IA Summit in Memphis, TN, and somehow I got through it. It was my first time at SxSW and I had an absolute blast. The [...]

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Please help me feed hungry New Yorkers #tenbuckthursday

March 26th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Social Networking

As you might already know, I’m involved with a great organization called Social Media for Social Change that takes advantage of the connections we make online in order to produce face-to-face fundraising events around the country. The first Social Media for Social Change fundraising event in New York City will be held on the evening [...]

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Skitch beta 8 now available

March 26th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Design, Pleasure

If you follow me on Twitter or read this blog enough, you probably already know that I’m completely in love with Skitch. It’s by far the most common tool that I use for my everyday work — taking screenshots, making annotations, resizing images, etc. Skitch beta 8 was just released a couple days ago with [...]

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More than 600 people attend boxee NYC meetup

March 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Events

Last night I had the absolute pleasure of participating in a tremendously successful boxee NYC meetup at Webster Hall. According to venue staff, more than 600 people were in attendance. It’s a huge space and the entire downstairs was packed, with many people also up in the balcony. I was thrilled to see such a [...]

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Twitter.com finally removes their awful pagination

March 19th, 2009 · 15 Comments · Twitter

Twitter.com’s Newer and Older buttons at the bottom of the tweet stream are NO MORE! Just this morning when I refreshed the page, I noticed that they’ve been replaced by the lovely more button: When you press more, another 20 tweets appear right there on the page. Much easier to use — scrolling is not [...]

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