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Introducing iApp100.com
31 Jul 2009Today, I’m finally able to let the cat out of the bag about a side project that I have been working on. My fellow brother in song, Brent Bierstedt and I have been working over the past several months on a better way of accessing, ranking and organizing iPhone apps. We love the iPhone and [...]
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- Tags: iApp100, iphone, iPhone Apps
Ground Speed Check
In: Links
13 Jul 2009Its Monday, you’re having trouble concentrating and that’s OK. I’m here to help. Here is a story that I found last week that I decided to save for the blogosphere just for this week. It goes back to the good old days of the SR-71 BlackBird. You know, our kick ass spy plane that started [...]
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Your iPhone Icon is Wrong.
14 Jun 2009Found this site while checking out Chris Glass’s site during the Friday LayerTennis. Too funny, too true. Why? You are not an unique snowflake so don’t try to make your icon stand out by “de-buttoning” them on the home screen. No matter how beautiful you are, you are not better than everyone else by removing [...]
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Facebook!
In: Dumb People|Links
8 Dec 2008I’ve finally given into the dark side. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to do it, but I figured it would give me a chance to reconnect with old friends. So after much reluctance, I have decided to take the Facebook leap. I’m already a LinkedIn member, but I figured that Facebook was a different [...]
Best Headline Ever
In: Links
12 Aug 2008Giant dog turd wreaks havoc at Swiss museum Need I say more?
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- Tags: dog turds, headlines, overpriced art
I’m not sure what the point of this is as the site is in German and I’m just too damn lazy to copy and paste it into a translator. But its memorizing to watch. Thanks to 37signals.com and their Signal vs Noise for pointing this one out.
The secret to making money online
In: Links
20 Apr 2008If you are a programmer, or someone in a small business, I highly recommend not only their products, but their book as well. Here is a brief talk by David Heinemeier Hansson with a brief glimpse into how 37signals does it: Share and annotate your videos with Omnisio!
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- Tags: 37signals, making money
NHL Playoff Pool
In: Links
1 Apr 2008Every year I run a NHL Playoff Pool. This year is no different. Its a free pool open to anyone that wants to join. Last year we had about 30 people from around the internet signed up. So if you are a hockey fan, point your web browsers over to nhl.usrlocal.com. Best of all, its [...]
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- Cryptogram #1 – Solution - /usr/local.com: [...] So, its been a few days, did you figure out the solution to our first cryptogram? [...] [...]
- Another Goal - /usr/local.com: [...] already stated my main 5 goals for 2010. But this morning I realized that I have developed a v [...]
- Judas wears a purple #4 - /usr/local.com: [...] written about it before, I enjoy watching number 4 play. But for the Vikings!?!?! [...] [...]
- blog.brentb.com » iTunes 8.2 Released: [...] but I want a mouse when I have 8-9 pages of Apps on my phone that I want to sort. Matt with [...]
- IgniteIT Talk - /usr/local.com: [...] a month ago I gave a lightning talk at a local IgniteIT Event. I haven’t done a lot of p [...]
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- RT @iapp100: SoundPrism is a killer iPad app. Demo: http://bit.ly/daNEMP Store Link: http://bit.ly/cq7c9X #ipad #apps #music
- iTunes10 first impressions: Logo looks odd and the max/min buttons are vertical instead of horizontal, looks like someone fucked it up.
- RT @iapp100: VMware vSphere Management App....damn sexy http://bit.ly/bgH4eZ Can't wait for this to get out in the wild! #vmware #ipad
- Averaging 10+ hour days, no significant progress on projects. This week isn't going as planned. #workinglate
- the vmware view client is for the iPad.