Jon Li & Tekhnologia

Marco.org: Emails

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:17:48 -0400

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…

People with light skin tend to refer to the Zebra as a white...

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 09:34:51 -0400

People with light skin tend to refer to the Zebra as a white animal with black stripes. People of a darker complexion refer to is coat as black with white stripes.

Perceived assimilation. What if the zebra was not docile, but instead was thought to have negative associations, would how we view/think of color be reversed?

Rogue gardening. For some reason, perhaps because I rarely take...

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 07:43:16 -0400

Rogue gardening. For some reason, perhaps because I rarely take the subway to work in the mornings an opt for the two wheeled fiend, this sunflower obviously planted and adored by many neighborhood dogs (zoom into clumps of turd by the base) was a welcoming sight.

BuyWithMe’s new site “refresh.” its not a...

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:30:43 -0400

BuyWithMe’s new site “refresh.” its not a overhaul, it’s just the intermediate step between the new platform. Having worked on this for 3+ months, it feels good to finally get something out in the wild. There’s a ton of new stuff we will soon do, but for the time being, baby steps. Hopefully the refresh is the first step.

A more detailed breakdown to come…

Oyster Crab, an epicure’s delight. This is a first for me.

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 12:53:59 -0400

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Oyster Crab, an epicure’s delight. This is a first for me.

This looks say, “jon, stop taking cute photos of...

Sat, 19 Jun 2010 22:45:40 -0400

This looks say, “jon, stop taking cute photos of me.”

Mom can’t walk

Sat, 19 Jun 2010 22:44:43 -0400

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Mom can’t walk

explodingdog: this is wonderful place

Sat, 29 May 2010 11:55:16 -0400

explodingdog:

this is wonderful place

Sailing the high seas with Captain Elsbeth.

Sun, 23 May 2010 13:56:32 -0400

Sailing the high seas with Captain Elsbeth.

Dear iPad

Sat, 22 May 2010 09:49:18 -0400

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.

One of my favorite “cheap thrills.” An inside joke...

Fri, 21 May 2010 16:39:33 -0400

One of my favorite “cheap thrills.”

An inside joke up the wazoooo

Marco.org: Feature removal

Fri, 14 May 2010 00:22:31 -0400

Marco.org: Feature removal:

TJ’s excellent interpretation of my release notes:
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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…

sunny days: A subway adventure

Fri, 14 May 2010 00:17:53 -0400

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 York.

(Courtesy of www.exploreshanghai.com, which has possibly the best Shanghai metro map,…

Love this adobe ad. But I’m posting from my new Apple toy.

Fri, 14 May 2010 00:12:29 -0400

Love this adobe ad. But I’m posting from my new Apple toy.

"Realize that a startup puts you on an emotional rollercoaster unlike anything you have ever..."

Wed, 05 May 2010 00:09:01 -0400

“Realize that a startup puts you on an emotional rollercoaster unlike anything you have ever experienced. You will flip rapidly from a day in which you are euphorically convinced you are going to own the world, to a day in which doom seems only weeks away and you feel completely ruined, and back again. Over and over and over.”

- Marc Andreessen (via saadiq)

Ask my how I feel tomorrow…

Sunny Days: Marriage market, Dancing in the park

Sat, 01 May 2010 14:37:31 -0400

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…

foursquare: Love love loving these "Meet the Mayor" interviews Zagat is doing

Sat, 24 Apr 2010 15:46:51 -0400

foursquare: Love love loving these "Meet the Mayor" interviews Zagat is doing:

“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.

SunChips is donating $1 for every new Facebook Fan. #EarthDay.

Sat, 24 Apr 2010 15:35:57 -0400

beats paying $9 for a fan

conradlisco:

Obviously I mean “Like” not “Fan” :)

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“The wind, coming to the city from far away, brings it...

Sat, 24 Apr 2010 15:22:28 -0400

“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.

My life got a little rediculous. This is pre ipad

Sat, 24 Apr 2010 15:11:47 -0400

My life got a little rediculous. This is pre ipad