March 2009
48 posts
New blog post: Web Applications and Society - http://awe.sm/1X6
Web Applications and Society →
I heard this great quote from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales in a podcast a year ago. The table discussion at last week’s Startup2Startup dinner made me think of it again. Unless you are…
Wow… The moon looks huge so low in the sky tonight.
Re: The hat… It is a very cool gift that @jonathant brought me from Columbia. Thanks man! http://awe.sm/1OY #famery
That was the first quake I’ve felt in a while… http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Quakes/nc40234037.html
Finally got some pictures uploaded from the awesome Austin Nights Brass Band show at the New Orleans Party. http://awe.sm/1F3 #sxsw
Man this has just been an amazing week… About to take a break from our various awesome projects to see Monsters vs Aliens with the kids.
Just met @micropat from Add To Any when dropped by the Nerd Cave with @jhstrauss. http://awe.sm/fO Now off to Startup2Startup.
Testing new share features on Famery… Feel free to ignore. http://awe.sm/bg #famery
That’s a hell of a way to celebrate selling your company! http://awe.sm/b6 #famery
Great post from @iankennedy on The Premium Upsell… You should check it out. http://awe.sm/b3
RT @famery: @mager Thanks for the awesome ZDNet post on Famery: Track the Twitterazzi with Famery http://awe.sm/ar
RT @famery: Just launched on Famery: Sighting Comments with Twitter integration. (Thanks @cloudspace crew is kicking major ass on this!)
So it’s official, Casa de Sampson is now the Nerd Cave. Thanks @jhstrauss. :-) http://awe.sm/a7 #famery
New Blog Post: Why Don’t Media Companies Get It?? http://awe.sm/a0 #authors guild #amazon kindle #audio
Why Don’t Media Companies Get It?? →
Why is this happening again? Why does every media industry feel compelled to make the same dumb mistakes? It’s like these companies are waving, Ms. Creative Destruction please come over here and…
OH: Her husband is a pastor so their playboy style gratto is totally going to waste. #I <3 SF.
Heading to El Rio.
This is just too cool… @timdjr did a guest post on how he tracks fantasy baseball players using Zentact. http://awe.sm/ZW #fantasy sports
Heading to El Rio in the Mission tonight at 6:30p for drinks and bar shuffleboard with @bbalfour and some SF crew. Feel free to join us.
Trying out Drafty… Thanks for the invite @shellen.
Just noticed that Rail 2.3 was officially released a few days ago… Awesome!
Finished a great lunch with @jhong in Burlingame… Now at Philz (the original) for coffee with Mikkel from @polarrose.
Just entered the last few business cards I received at SxSW in Zentact… Nice!
Just bought tickets for White Denim at Bottom of the Hill in SF on April 2nd. They were just too awesome at SxSW to miss. Who’s in?
Famed @bryce over a great lunch at the Fog City Diner: http://awe.sm/Wy #famery
Back in SF after an awesome time hangin’ with cool people and kicking off Famery.com at SxSW. Glad to be home with the fam. #sxsw
Note to self: Don’t book a hotel room for the last night of SxSW… For two years you have stayed out partying until your flight home. #sxsw
At the New Orleans party at Lucky Lounge (209 W 5th)… Get here people. #sxsw
Nope. Over in front of the upstairs bar.
Oops… Left off the @lenn0x in that last Tweet.
Coolest thing ever… I recorded a video with him about Famery on AWS. :-)
In non-SxSW news… Looks like Eddie Izzard is now on Twitter — too cool: http://twitter.com/eddieizzard
There are three sightings me on Famery that I didn’t know were taken… Too damn funny/cool. http://famery.com
RT @awesm Getting ready for the super secret @awesm after-hours tonight for our followers at #sxsw.
Finally having my first BBQ in Auatin. Loving me some Iron Works.
New plan… Heading to Dirty Dog with @rahmin and co… Come join.
Damn Rex! Thanks for the awesome post on Famery: http://tinyurl.com/cfve8q
Famery, putting the paparazzi to shame! →
Great post on Famery!
From here to there, for there to here, SF geeks are everywhere. I must be in Austin. #sxsw
Fastest time ever through security at SFO… Upgraded to 1st Class. May start flying more on Saturday.
Crazy/Awesome Two Weeks →
Wow! I just realized it has already been two weeks since my last day at Yahoo!
In the last two weeks I have:
Connected with tons of old & new friends in the startup world.
Helped …
New Blog Post: Crazy/Awesome Two Weeks [since leaving Yahoo!] http://awe.sm/Se #famery #zentact #unclasses
SxSW peeps: Famery launching soon! Email your picts to add@famery.com. Subject = title. Use @twitternames and #tags as first line of email.
Holy crap… I just taught the @johnsampson something new in CSS. First time in 5+ years. +1 for pair programming.
RT @iankennedy: @lenn0x Dugg! http://tinyurl.com/aso2zw
Sphinx →
Free open-source SQL full-text search engine
“Don’t fight the internet.”
– Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google