Archive for June 2009

Potrero Hill, One Month In

In Personal on 26 June 2009 with no comments

I’ve been getting to know my temporary neighborhood of Potrero Hill for about a month now. Overall, it ain’t bad. Having grown up in flat swampland, this “hill” is no joke. It’s almost a workout getting up and over to 18th street and back. The climb has its advantages, though, like fantastic views of downtown [...]

Will Twitter Bring a Browser to the Xbox 360?

In Consumer Electronics, Software, Web on 24 June 2009 with no comments

At this past E3, Microsoft announced plans to integrate both Twitter and Facebook into the Xbox 360′s New Xbox Experience (NXE) dashboard. Smart move. Preceded by the computer and the mobile phone, the living room TV is quickly becoming the “third screen” to the web and the 360 has become a popular method of getting [...]

Changing up my Tumblog with SlimTwitter

In Personal, Software, Web on 5 June 2009 with no comments

As of today, I’m no longer importing all of my Twitter activity to my Tumblog. I made the change after realizing that, through a haphazard spaghetti of crisscrossing RSS feeds, I had configured my Tumblr and Twitter content to match almost 1:1. While I liked the visually appealing, life-stream effect it created on Tumblr, I [...]