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  How mo’ can you go? And by “mo”, I mean mobile. After testing the iPad in various situations, I decided to sell my MacBook today. Now, before you chastise me for going off the deep end, bear in mind that I also have a desktop computer. That can handle “work” without issue. For everything else, I’m discovering that the [...]

  4 months on
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  How mo’ can you go? And by “mo”, I mean mobile. After testing the iPad in various situations, I decided to sell my MacBook today. Now, before you chastise me for going off the deep end, bear in mind that I also have a desktop computer. That can handle “work” without issue. For everything else, I’m discovering that the [...]

  4 months on
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  Crisis or epiphany? My quarter-life something I’m in a bit of a funk right now.  There’s really no tiptoeing around that fact.  I could list the reasons why and that list would run a mile long, but it inevitably comes down to one thing. I miss freedom.  And I miss the uncertainty that freedom brings, because sometimes, uncertainty is the catalyst for your [...]

  5 months on
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  I’d own a Kindle today if… …it had Google Reader.  Why not just a feed reader?  I’ll explain. If I had to estimate, I’d say that about two-thirds of the reading I do takes place inside Google Reader.  And not just my own subscriptions, but also the content shared by others.  I get a lot of value from those shared posts because, [...]

  6 months on
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  The old Abuzz Before the Abuzz iPhone app, there was another Abuzz – a community site run by The New York Times.  You can check out a snapshot of the old site here, courtesy of the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. Two things come to mind: I will never get to own the Abuzz domain – The New York Times still has it [...]

  7 months on
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  Back to the drawing board I launched Abuzz last Thursday and heard lots of nice things from those who downloaded it.  From the bottom of my heart, I thank each and every one of you. :)  The app was born out of my own need for it.  I actually went into the App Store one day looking for something like [...]

  7 months on
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  What I’d charge if I ran Hulu Rumor has it that Hulu wants to squeeze more than just ad dollars out of its service.  It just so happens that I love kicking these ideas around in my head.  Put the two together and, well… here you have it. If I ran Hulu, I’d charge $4.99 a month to subscribe to a show with [...]

  7 months on
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  Abuzz has arrived! For the past three months, there has been one constant in my life: my Abuzz project. I played with what I felt was the final version about two weeks ago and ultimately decided to hold off until a few more things were added.  The features in question were features I had planned to issue in a [...]

  7 months on
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  Go for the grand slam I’m confused as to why startups flood into new areas with little, if anything, to add. A neat little app or web service comes out and, like clockwork, it’s immediately met by a bunch of “me too’s”. What’s the point? If you come to play with something that’s only a *little* better than what is already [...]

  7 months on
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  What’s next? With Abuzz development winding down (after a small delay), I’ve been wondering what project I’ll take on next.  This isn’t to say that Abuzz won’t be improved upon and future releases won’t come out – the app will still own some of my life.  But what will own it after that? I could do another iPhone [...]

  7 months on
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  One for another Little known fact: in 2004, I moved and became a South Carolinian.  Leaving PA was something I had always wanted to do and I had no intention of returning.  Then something funny happened. A goal got in the way. I was going to put myself through college and, well, I was still considered an out-of-stater.  That means [...]

  8 months on
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