2008

Jun

“Watching nonprogrammers trying to run software companies is...”
— Joel Spolsky (in the July...
Jun 29th
Soccer! Front row seats…
Jun 29th
i don’t know what it is, but i like it. (via...
Jun 28th
“I’d rather have our colleges either be more explicitly...”
— Ben Casnocha: The Blog: Those...
Jun 27th
via www.createreject.com purchased earlier today.
Jun 26th
file under: things i love. mustard. because it makes the...
Jun 26th
TLOBF’s Southern Records Summer Treats 1. Chrome Hoof -...
Jun 26th
thenextbigsound: first sunrise. what’s sleep? we pulled our...
Jun 26th
“I truly believe that Topspin is a huge step in the right...”
— Aaron North of Jubilee (via...
Jun 26th
my to-do-list. this feels good. but there’s always...
Jun 26th
Listen Listen
fleet foxes - white winter hymnal i heart this song.
Jun 26th
Fueled by.
Jun 25th
Jun 25th
http://www.billnye.com/ bill nye:science::mr....
Jun 24th
How To Be An Alaskan Fisherman If you’re curious about...
Jun 24th
Ticketmaster spun off from IAC with lots of...
Jun 23rd
Listen Listen
Mystery Jets - Bleeding Love (Leona Lewis Cover)
Jun 23rd
“GlamRock.com is about people like you. People that...
Jun 22nd
musingsofthebrain: My exploration of music websites has led...
Jun 21st
catbird: 10 years ago, we only had 2 kinds of T-shirts to...
Jun 21st
Mars Phoenix Tweets: "We Have ICE!" | Wired...
Jun 20th
Listen Listen
the new girl talk is pretty delicious. the download/sales scheme isn’t bad either. get it.
Jun 19th
artistspaid: ‘Oldest’ computer music unveiled “I think...
Jun 18th
No-key Keyboard - Fubiz™
Jun 16th
In Google Reader you can grab a “next”...
Jun 16th
hypem: Music :) Ally’s Reader Survey
Jun 16th
artistspaid: (via bigfun) too true.
Jun 13th
Jun 13th
The question.
Jun 12th
SUCK UK - Mix Tape USB Drive
Jun 12th
i’m done with my junior year of college.
Jun 12th

Hey bands, what’s your plan for becoming...

thenextbigsound: It’s tough for unsigned bands out there. We’re building a better way. Imagine a...
Jun 12th
kevintwohy: philapple: The Progress Bar: bellissimo bar...
Jun 12th

my summer as told by emmy

her: id imagine you + tnbs people will want to be able to separate business and pleasure
her: like a mullet
her: youll want to make mullets of your lives this summer
Jun 12th
SensibleUnits.com
Jun 11th
Listen Listen
Mochipet - The Graduate
Jun 11th
Mochipet - Microphonepet I like the album art. The music...
Jun 11th

Today.

Here’s the day in bullet points. 5am: wake-up because I can’t sleep- finish packing,...
Jun 10th

iVENTURES10 starts tomorrow!

iventures10: Welcome to the official iVENTURES10 program blog. Through this blog we hope to...
Jun 10th
$12 whiteboard
Jun 9th
Lease signed at uiuc. Milkshakes!
Jun 9th
“Users love a site that’s constantly improving. In...”
— - Paul Graham I think this is...
Jun 8th
According to Autor & Levy human skills can be divided...
Jun 6th
heather-rivers: Coding Horror: A Tribute to the Windows 3.1...
Jun 6th
catbird: Topherchris, you’re my hero for the...
Jun 4th
Apparently plurk is abuzz on the interwebs. The...
Jun 2nd
“The future of social media, I hope, isn’t in more tools to...”
— Michael Arrington in response...
Jun 2nd
“Everything she knew about music didn’t come from being a...”
— Joey deVilla, describing a...
Jun 2nd
“Honestly I am not envisioning anything other than this;...”
— Fred Wilson
Jun 1st
Yesterday was Northwestern’s annual campus-wide...
Jun 1st

May

Dance Mux: I made a new muxtape
May 29th
A Tiny Fruit That Tricks the Tongue
May 29th
that’s me on the far left. someone could give me a...
May 28th
Listen Listen
Interview with the founders of Amie Street. Their dynamic pricing & rec models are...
May 24th
New York Times: Time Machine - 100 Years Ago...
May 23rd

One Year Anniversary

jakeandamir: A year ago today, we purchased JakeAndAmir.com and posted our first couple videos:...
May 23rd
This image struck me. Mostly because pandas are awesome, I...
May 22nd
The Tech Cocktail conference is on May 29th. I’m going...
May 22nd

101 Tips For Living

Read this list. I don’t agree with everything on it, but it’s entirely worth looking...
May 20th
14 tons of spilled Oreo cookies snarl Ill....
May 19th
“Don’t over-do it. An interface should not look like an...”
— same as the last quote, p....
May 18th
“The ideal is to present exactly the information the user...”
— Jakob Nielsen, Usability...
May 18th
'Why Does Everything Suck' explains how the...
May 15th

on listening to music...

music enhances experiences, making some bearable, and others spectacular. other times it simply...
May 15th
“I welcome laptops; I want students online in my class. I...”
— Ellen S. Podgor, How...
May 15th
May 12th
May 6th
“She recommends practicing a Japanese technique called...”
— Can You Become a Creature of...
May 6th
Tim Westergen, founder of Pandora, was at NU today and gave...
May 5th
(via jamtoday) I took this picture, e-mailed it to James...
May 4th
Building!
May 4th
“But as long as we’re still in college, it’s not pathetic,...”
— Brendon Boutin
May 2nd
joshuakaufman: Ray! FFFFound! (via r2witco) My first...
May 2nd
they seriously want me to write down my invoice number? did...
May 1st

Apr

Faronheit on Hype Machine is musical joy
Apr 30th
Weezer - Burndt Jamb (Live)
Apr 30th
ffffound: Atmostheory  too true. 
Apr 30th
Apr 30th
artistspaid: yvynyl: RIAA Admits Vinyl Sales Are...
Apr 29th
HP Photo Paper Looks too cool. Notcot says it was done by...
Apr 29th
Time To Pretend
Apr 29th

muxtape feature request: rss for...

I wish muxtape had an RSS feed for my favorites.  I would get an update whenever one of my favorited...
Apr 28th
Getting Real: Ignore Details Early On (by...
Apr 28th
History’s 5 Best Interface Designs | Gadget Lab from...
Apr 23rd

After using Tumblr semi-regularly now...

catbird:
Apr 22nd
molluskular: this is my new art Tyler got his hands on a...
Apr 22nd
Iron & Wine
Apr 22nd

Why to Not Not Not Start a Startup: The...

this is a long post but worth the read. james really hits the nail on the head with this...
Apr 21st
“Don’t start a company and grow into it, start a...”
Apr 18th
Internet Explorer shouldn’t be this popular. Above...
Apr 15th
Google + Muxtape = A good way to find music.
Apr 14th
When I first saw Johnny Lee’s videos back in February...
Apr 14th

Soundsnap: Free and Legal Samples...

artistspaid: Soundsnap is the best platform to find and share free sound effects and loops-...
Apr 12th

never again..

…will i use stock photoshop shapes in a design. they’re tired and overused.
Apr 10th
dodeca.muxtape.com
Apr 9th
Latest Project: NSG for ASG. I had a lot of fun building...
Apr 9th
Britt Bohnet, Google Maps event Chicago
Apr 8th
Nada Surf
Apr 5th
Listen Listen
I’m going to see Nada Surf tonight. Their song Popular was, well, popular circa 1996. Their...
Apr 4th
That’s the first e-mail I ever sent from gmail. Boy...
Apr 3rd

Mar

Warch Watch
think different. because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the...
Mar 31st
Community Next Video Panel
Mar 29th
A new tumblog design. Check out the full mock-up. Thinking...
Mar 22nd
Just got my copy of The Greatest DVD Ever in the mail. Go...
Mar 21st
Wordpress 2.5 on it's way
Mar 21st

37signals & Adobe Air

I’ve been trying out the program ShifD as a make-shift to-do list in an attempt to explore...
Mar 21st
I’m enjoying these new custom engraved moleskine...
Mar 21st

i hate stumbleupon right now

while using stumbleupon just now i imported my contact list from gmail to see who i knew that was...
Mar 19th
molluskular: I made all three and will sell them for a...
Mar 19th
If anyone knows where to get a ton of polaroid 600 film for...
Mar 19th
Warch Watch
kevintwohy: Not sure why but this sorta disturbs me… it disturbs me too. but mostly because i want...
Mar 18th

Going Back

I derive an equal amount of pleasure from flipping back through the pages of this tumblelog as I do...
Mar 18th
Is your internet addiction a mental disorder?
Mar 18th
“Change (and the fortunes that go with it) is almost always...”
— Seth Godin  Seth Godin...
Mar 15th
it’s coming.
Mar 15th
tumblweed: This is just utterly ridiculous. I find this...
Mar 7th
My Internet Activity Chart.
Mar 1st

Feb

roadtosandhill: A VC: Flattered
Feb 27th
I like GTalk’s new Chat Back feature. Try it out at...
Feb 26th
Warch Watch
that’s right!
Feb 26th
Tiny Pictures Gets A Big Wad of Cash—$7 Million Series B
Feb 25th
Warch Watch
hulu: Milkshakes: Saturday Night Live
Feb 25th
“Today it’s digital technologies, not electricity, that...”
— wired
Feb 25th
(via garfieldminusgarfield)
Feb 24th
“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design...”
— Steve Jobs (via pans)
Feb 24th
I wish this made its way into facebook’s navigation. I...
Feb 24th
“Your idea for a startup name ending in “[consonant] + r”...”
— Kevin Twohy (via kevintwohy) i...
Feb 23rd
Warch Watch
Fast-forward to 2:45 to see VR tv come to life. Johnny Lee might be my new hero. Check out some of...
Feb 23rd
Ad-supported navigation
Feb 23rd
The posture of a communicator
Feb 17th
Frank Chimero: The States
Feb 16th
i certainly don’t have this many shuffles.
Feb 14th
unstuck: I’m still trying to sort out exactly who this...
Feb 14th
i would like this lamp
Feb 14th
never a good thing to see when you’re checking out(i...
Feb 14th
Will.i.am Joins Tiny Pictures Advisory Board...
Feb 14th
Warch Watch
New Pornographers Video, “Myriad Harbour,” Featuring Dan Bejar in Danimation
Feb 13th
are you a bottleneck or a boundary spanner?
Feb 12th
“A paradox of project networks is that participation in them...”
— Grabher and Powell
Feb 11th
Warch Watch
i love the iPhone, but i’m really excited to see sony’s new offerings out in the...
Feb 10th
david-hoffman.com
Feb 7th

stanford's itunes library - Reid Hoffman...

the itunes U section of itunes, specifically stanford’s section, and more specifically the...
Feb 5th
Warch Watch
creative commons video. if you’re not familiar with creative commons this is a great way to...
Feb 5th
“The Bayh-Dole Act is a significant 20th century piece of...”
— via wikipedia (i’ve been...
Feb 4th