An interesting demographic study into the two behemoths of social networking. Some thoughts: I had no idea that twitter was so big amongst college students. Also twitter’s status as a platform for social interaction (rather than just a front end) is evident in that 52% of users  post to their twitter everyday, despite only 27% [...]

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Came across this song by the Decemberists which is about an old Japanese tale. Thought it was a good song (NPR picked the album as #1 in 2006) and even better story behind. Story is included below the player. “It’s a story about a peasant in rural Japan who finds a wounded crane on an [...]

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Now that it’s officially cool to be a geek, let me share some of my recent nerdy indulgences: Dataspora is a blog devoted to data mining trends and technologies. These topics are increasingly important now that so much data is accessible for analysis. One day, socially awkward data scientists and statisticians will become smooth operators [...]

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Courtesy of the “thumbs-up” songs from the Funkrocks Indie Rock Pandora Station. Moth’s Wings by Passion Pit 11-19-2010 In A Perfect World by Octoberman 11-19-2010 Help I’m Alive by Metric 11-11-2010 Librarian (Live 2009) by My Morning Jacket 11-10-2010 Don’t Look Back by Kasey Anderson 11-10-2010 Sol Solis by Moving Mountains 11-10-2010 Angeles by Peter [...]

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To end the Skateboarding related post drought, here is a video released by Gravis  Shoes featuring Dylan Rieder. It’s long…but damn. He’s got really clean style, which seems to have flowed into the design of his pro shoe. This is one of the most unusual skate shoes I’ve ever seen, but for some reason, I like ‘em. [...]

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In an earlier post, Think More. Design Less, I shared some products that smacked of great design. Recently I came across the documentary, Objectified, which is an in depth look at the design process for consumer goods. It even touches on  some of the products that were mention in my earlier post. From concept to [...]

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Recently I had an interesting discussion with a friend about their coworker who is engaging in a number of borderline unacceptable behaviors. It led to a funny argument about whether this person’s actions were odd or just flat-out wrong. Here are the charges: – Washing his face in the company kitchen sink It’s all good [...]

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Move over Hipstamatic. There is a new photo application for the iPhone. Instagram launched last week and it has created an addictive way to add digital effects to new and previously taken pictures AND share them across various social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Foursquare. Did I mention that, unlike Hipstamatic, Instagram is currently [...]

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When the funkrocks site redesign was happening, I mentioned the Facebook “Like” button would be added to each post. It’s surprisingly easy to implement for WordPress. We used the JavaScript SDK implementation. You can also install the “Like” button using the iframe code which can be configured here. In order to use the JavaScript, you will [...]

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Let me start by saying that Daytrotter Sessions cover way more than folk music. I just couldn’t resist the catchy title. These are live recordings done at the Horseshack in Rock City, Illinois and are made available on the Daytrotter website. Some of the best indie bands that you have never heard of recorded cut down, “mostly” acoustic sets here. As they put it on their site

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