- Mini_Review: I have started using Plurk some. For the most part, I like it, but it needs an API, and other visualization options. Mobile Interface It supports more contact granularity than Twitter, and even groups. Flickr integration is decent, although they don’t link to the photo page, just the raw picture.
- Finished The Yiddish Policemen’s Union last night. I was entertained by it, but I guess I don’t connect well with Chabon’s writing style or something, it was a 3/5 for me.
- Mac OS X SVN users have a new choice today, Versions is in beta. Looks really nice, I will have to give it a shot this afternoon.
- Great Tip: Extract Icons using Preview.app
I don’t sit at the same desk anymore
So, as I think a lot of people know, Super Deluxe is being “folded into Adult Swim.” I feel like Super Deluxe was based on a fundamentally good set of ideas. I also think that we were learning as we went, and had demonstrated a great ability to learn from our audience, and make good decisions from that learning. However, companies as large as Turner make decisions that they have to make, and they make them based on a variety of reasons, not all of which are apparent or logical to someone outside the decision making process. I am sure that, for the senior management team, this was the right decision to make, and that’s their job.
I do, however, lament the fact that my amazing team of developers was dissassembled. For those of you who were on that team who might be reading this, you guys/girl were some of the finest people I have worked with in my career. I honestly felt like we could have built anything we were asked to. I wish that the senior management understood the value of keeping a development team intact, regardless of the product that they were working on. This is water under the bridge now, and I can only hope that I might teach my superiors to value development teams more in the future. Building a team, building process, and learning how to work with a large team of bright people is a challenge, and starting from scratch is a little discouraging, but I have so much learning to apply that it is also exciting.
I am working now for Turner Sports. I will be working on technology related to the NBA.com licensing deal. It’s a pretty exciting project, with agressive deadlines already, and some new technology that hasn’t even been created yet. There are going to be a lot of new faces here in the coming weeks, and I am looking forward to making the most of this opportunity to learn and do more.
Finally, to my Super Deluxe peoples, you folks are really unique interesting people as a group, and I just hope that I get to work with all of you again at some point in the future.
Wednesday Means I posted Every Other Day Post
- I can’t believe that the Ugly Doll store still has these red Kaiju Ice Bats. They only made 100.
- The Illumanati Awesome series of photographs. via
- Spreadshirt Test Lab 01: How much does that t-shirt shrink – The American Apparel T-shirt With pictures too.
- George Steinmetz takes insanely good pictures from his paraglider. Prints also available at his site. via
- I’m currently reading The History of the Hobbit, Volume 1. It’s somewhat academic, but utterly fascinating. It’s a true peek into Tolkein’s writing process.
- I know most people only use Quicksilver as an application launcher, but it’s so much more. 5 handy Quicksilver triggers is an excellent example of this.
- The Guardian tries to find out more about Pystar, the would be Mac cloner. Hilarious. The address changed?
Once a week minimum post.
- I have been trying out the Evernote beta today. As a long time user of DevonThink and Yojimbo, and someone who has tested a variety of other options, I think it’s great at the simple end. The advantage of being able to access all my notes via my phone is insane. Too many information managers. I still have a couple of invites, shoot me a note on Twitter.
- Video: Using Skitch with Evernote
- I spent some time today learning more about OpenID. This article, which is over a year old, helped me quite a bit. It’s a lot simpler than you would think, and I am going to start using it for everything.
- This video had me laughing quite a bit on Friday. “Just two men, cruising the Castro for delicious, salty nuts.”
- Rafe’s Analyzing Git piece was along the same lines as I was thinking at the time. Hoping to get a chance to do a “deep dive” on Git this week. More importantly, I discovered The Thing About Git from the article. It’s an excellent read.
- You Look Nice Today is my favorite new podcast this week. It’s definitely an acquired taste, based on me testing it in the car while Sue was with me.
Day of the Mystery Bag Links
- Haruki Murakami: On seeing the 100% perfect girl one beautiful April morning via the ever awesome Anarchaia
- Crave: MacBook Air verdict: Seminal computer, five reasons. I don’t agree that these are good enough reasons to call it a “Seminal” computer. He doesn’t even mention the multi-touch support, which is probably the legitimate argument. Again, the Duo was in this space a very long time ago.
- The Tospom: A camera that plays catch I love this idea.
- Lots of net chatter about http://pitchfork.tv/. If you like Radiohead, you must check out this Bangers and Mash video. Must.
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