Monthly Archive for October, 2007

Rant: 1.1.1 iPhone Update

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Eric Marden
on October 5, 2007
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I am so sick of the misinformed iPhone-bashing articles and blog posts coming out because of the 1.1.1 iPhone update.  There is plenty to beat them up on, but the points surrounding the iPhone 1.1.1 firmware update are starting to get out of hand (i.e. they aren’t based on the facts).

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Free Ruby on Rails Book from Sitepoint

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Eric Marden
on October 4, 2007
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Patrick Lenz’s “Build Your Own Ruby on Rails Web Applications” eBook is being given away in exchange for your email address at: http://rails.sitepoint.com/

Getting Things Done

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Eric Marden
on October 4, 2007
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Wired has an excellent write up on David Allen, the author of ‘Getting Things Done‘. If you haven’t looked at the productivity hack that is GTD, you don’t know what you’re missing.

Living in the Long Tail

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Eric Marden
on October 4, 2007
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By now, we have all heard of Chris Anderson’s Long Tail theory. As someone who has promoted independent music, used to own a record label, and who still does a spot of music making himself - The Long Tail has been a particular interest of mine since the original article was published October 2004. I’ve been processing the concept ever since.

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Google Maps - Public Transit features

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Eric Marden
on October 4, 2007
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Google Maps is starting to integrate Public Transit features. You can pick to ‘Drive There’ or ‘Take Public Transit’ when getting directions. Works for your city if you have decent public transportation.