Month: September 2007
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Google Reader adds Search. Why Competition is Good.
Just a few days after posting about the new Bloglines beta and how it was nice to re-discover their search your feeds feature, Google announced that they’ve finally added a search box to their Reader. I’m staying with Bloglines right now for the novelty of it but I’ve noticed; Things that get marked “read” don’t…
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What is a Product Manager anyway?
My 5 year old daughter just started Kindergarten this week and she asked me to explain to her exactly what I did at Yahoo so she could convey this to her class. She barely uses a computer so I was a bit challenged but then I remembered a great post by Susan Mernit that summed…
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Uniqlock – Uniqlo’s Viral Advertisement
The Japanese clothing store Uniqlo has burst onto the scene with a viral widget that features a clock interspersed with a robotic model featuring their new polo shirt. Click through to the site and explore the video in more detail as well as a cool, interactive map which features other blogs running the widget. The…
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And in other news this weekend
NBC pulls its content off of iTunes, thinks it can force Office fans to pay $4.99/episode from a site called Hulu. The gamble NBCU is making is that they can still make business decisions with their content that don’t include their customers. – Terry Heaton The talented ones will go first. Bad news for you,…
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Time Lapse Video of Bay Bridge Construction
The Bay Bridge was closed this Labor Day weekend so we stayed close to home and didn’t venture across the Bay into the city. Here’s a time lapse video of what CalTrans was up to. The bridge opened this evening, 11 hours ahead of schedule. CC Myers was the contractor on the job, the same…
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Pitching for the Yankees – “Ian-Kredible”
So I’ve been following my doppelganger’s budding baseball career ever since he first blipped up on my Technorati feed as a hot prospect for the Yankee’s draft last Summer. I’m super-pleased to see that the young Ian pretty much aced his debut as a pitcher against the Devil Rays and has earned himself another start…