July 2010
4 posts
Marco.org: Emails →
Most of the emails I get for Instapaper fall into four categories: “You just ruined my life because I couldn’t figure out how to install the bookmarklet in Mobile Safari, despite the step-by-step instructions, and I somehow failed at this for three or more hours of constant effort. Your app is…
Jul 23rd
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Jul 7th
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Jul 2nd
June 2010
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Oyster Crab, an epicure’s delight. This is a first for me.
Jun 20th
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Mom can’t walk
Jun 20th
May 2010
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May 29th
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May 23rd
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Dear iPad
Wish you had a solar panel charger built into the screen because otherwise you are useless in the sun…I can’t read a thing.
May 22nd
May 21st
Marco.org: Feature removal →
TJ’s excellent interpretation of my release notes: … Exactly. What Instapaper does, in both the website and the iPhone app, is a small, solid foundation under a massive collection of hacks and just-barely-working features to do things that you’re not supposed to be able to do. That’s why…
May 14th
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sunny days: A subway adventure →
When I studies in shanghai in 2904, Therre were 3 subways and I hated them so much because you had to walk 20+ minutes to transfer. It’s better to take those 5yuan motorcylce “taxis.” When I studied abroad in Shanghai in the Fall of 2007, there were 4 subway lines. Now, there are 12. That’s really impressive when you compare it to the construction of the 2nd Ave subway in New...
May 14th
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May 14th
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“Realize that a startup puts you on an emotional rollercoaster unlike anything...”
– Marc Andreessen (via saadiq) Ask my how I feel tomorrow…
May 5th
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Sunny Days: Marriage market, Dancing in the park →
Someone once told me that in Shanghai, it rains half the year. I believe it. Yesterday was running on the 4th day in a row where I could see the true color of the sky. But when I woke up today, I thought it was still nighttime. It is one of those days where I switch the TV to the golf channel just…
May 1st
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April 2010
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foursquare: Love love loving these "Meet the... →
“Meet the Mayor of Momofuku Milk Bar Nathan Archambault, Foursquare’s Mayor of Momofuku Bakery & Milk Bar. Foursquare, the mobile social networking game that lets users “check into” restaurants, bars, gyms and more, has become a bit of a media darling in the past year, and we at Zagat aren’t… The partnership makes sense—fantastic.
Apr 24th
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SunChips is donating $1 for every new Facebook...
beats paying $9 for a fan conradlisco: Obviously I mean “Like” not “Fan” :) Posted via web from conrad lisco | Comment »
Apr 24th
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“The wind, coming to the city from far away, brings it unusual gifts, noticed by only a few sensitive souls, such as hay-fever victims, who sneeze at the pollen from flowers of other lands.” - Calvino in the opening lines of Marcovaldo: Spring 1. Mushroom in the city. I am suffering.
Apr 24th
Apr 24th
Social Commerce, Etsy, and the history of the...
Found this in my queue, not sure where it’s from…I think I had begun work on an essay about the history of the marketplace and this was reading material. in any case, i should get back to writing that essay about the origins of the forum if only i wasn’t building my own market place  “My friend Mark Pincus told me when he was first starting Zynga that social networks had...
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March 2010
6 posts
“There needs to be meaning, not simply experimentation for the purpose of...”
– Yusef Komunyakaa on the necessity of meaning in art (via flapjacksal)
Mar 26th
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Mar 23rd
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Mar 17th
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Mar 2nd
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February 2010
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Feb 27th
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Feb 27th
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Instapaper Blog: Choosing pagination tap zones →
oh how I despise the accidental action Instapaper Pro 2.2’s tap zones for pagination: I debated about these for a while and tried a few others during development: Sides only: Didn’t fit with concept of web pages, especially since you can toggle out of pagination mode and scroll manually at any time. The content is…
Feb 27th
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Feb 21st
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Feb 16th
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The mesmerizing clock >> better in full screen
Full screen + with audio.
Feb 13th
Backing out of a term sheet →
Feb 13th
In response to she&he
Sure, I’ll bring the other mocha pot…if I can find it.
Feb 4th
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Feb 2nd
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Feb 1st
January 2010
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Jan 30th
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“The venture community has started to pile into the space with Accel leading a...”
– Thoughtful post by Todd Dagres on private sale sites. My work at CroudSprout was a little too early to get my leg humped, I guess :-) (via alexbain) @Bain, Didn’t I do enough leg humping to wag your tail? Maybe if Spark took a risk with CrowdSprout in 2009, they wouldn’t have to now...
Jan 30th
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Jan 21st
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Jan 14th