Today’s iPhone isn’t a reading device
Here’s how the browser on my desktop works.
I click on a link and immediately start reading the text on the screen.
When I click on a link in Safari on the iPhone, before I can read anything, I have to futz with the display resolution of the browser to make the [...]
Archive for June, 2007
29 Jun
Scripting News for 6/30/2007
29 Jun
Scripting News for 6/29/2007
Phone-to-twittergram breakthrough!
Roger Strickland has a bare-bones phone to Twittergram system working.
I just called his service on my Blackberry, recorded a Twittergram, and it was posted through the web service.
Yehi!!
The number to call is 888-281-3613. Don’t talk too long (remember the 200K limit). Hang up when you’re done.
Awesome!!
Others are working in this area as [...]
28 Jun
Scripting News for 6/28/2007
Today’s stuffff
nytimesriver.com is updating again. Anything you can do to help build word of mouth would be much appreciated!
A Morning Coffee Notes podcast where I discuss where twittergram.com is at.
Scoble & Son are first in line at the Apple store in Palo Alto. Oh the humanity.
Scoble: “Drop by and make fun of me.”
Nik [...]
27 Jun
Scripting News for 6/27/2007
Twittergrams, Day 5
We reach a new milestone today, now, in addition to a web service that developers can hook into, there’s now a web app, that anyone can use to upload a small 200K or less MP3 to the TwitterGram service.
http://twittergram.com/
Enter your Twitter username and password, a title for your gram, and choose the [...]
26 Jun
Scripting News for 6/26/2007
Tonight’s message
Find out about tonight’s dinner by listening to my latest TwitterGram.
Always a quickie, guaranteed to be 200K or less. A bite-size podcast.
BTW, the blogger whose name escaped me is Berkeley neighbor Scott Rosenberg.
Does Peter have an iPhone? We’ll let you know.
You can spy on the festivities through the KitchenCam!
River of [...]
25 Jun
Scripting News for 6/25/2007
Web service docs
The TwitterGram web service is up and running.
Documentation with sample code is up too.
Questions, comments are welcome, as are client apps.
Lots of stuff remains to be done. A web browser user interface, RSS feed, press tour.
Paulo Fierro has a Twit O’Gram player.
TwitterGrams, Day 3
Tom Simonite at New Scientist has mixed feelings [...]
24 Jun
Scripting News for 6/24/2007
I give up
I don’t identify as a consumer. Why not get it over with and refer to me as a parasite.
Will Linked-in open up?
Apparently Linked-in is considering its options as a platform with an API. The reason: Facebook, newly open to developers, is stealing its thunder. It would be cool if they just implemented an [...]
23 Jun
Scripting News for 6/23/2007
Twitter meets podcasting?
The other day I was thinking about other kinds of Twitters. The thing we like about Twitter is that you can’t post a book-length story about what’s going on right now, you can only do a 140-character synopsis — “I just got on BART” or “Driving to NoobCamp.” It’s one of those Worse [...]
22 Jun
Scripting News for 6/22/2007
Did Microsoft pay star writers?
Valleywag has a story that Federated Media is paying “star writers” to recite a Microsoft marketing slogan.
I sent emails to several of the writers and Microsoft PR. I also asked John Battelle, the founder of Federated Media, if this is true. He said: “As usual, it’s a bit more naunced.”
I have [...]
21 Jun
Scripting News for 6/21/2007
Dell Hell
I was thinking of getting an inexpensive Dell desktop for a home server, but after reading this review of their customer service, I was reminded why sticking with Apple is probably the best bet.
Today’s links
Todd Cochrane: AT&T’s Secret $10 DSL.
Get my most recent trivia on Twitter.
Gets to the point
An idea for a conference [...]
