Oct
4th
Thu 4th
Guys: put me on you
channel. I will not let you down.
I am Jakob Lodwick, founder of Vimeo.
This site is on Tumblr, the blog service for busy people.
I maintain this site for people who are interested in my personal and professional life. It is not intended for a wider audience, though anyone is welcome to read it or write about it.
You can email me at [my first name dot my last name] @gmail. If I don't know you in real life, I would appreciate an attached photo.
Here are some of my friends who have good tumblogs:
Andrea Allen
Andrew Pile
Dalas verdugo
David Karp
Eric Lodwick
Josh Mohrer
Marco Arment
Buy Viagra Online
Patrick Moberg
Reggie Watts
William Cotton
I'm not listing friends with regular blogs, because there is a difference. A tumblog is so easy that the author usually posts little private mental details. Regular blogs are usually too thought-out to give you an intimate connection to the person.
This is an ad for
"coffee-infused tequila". Would you believe I live in NYC2007?
Good Advice
- Vimeo user: Some guy just stole my video- I need to know quick how to
- turn off the 'download the quicktime video' function on my video.
- dalas verdugo: it's on the right side of the video page, privacy
- settings
- Vimeo user: Oh- I see. Thank you!
- dalas verdugo: no problem
- Vimeo user: And Vimeo is great- Far better than YouTube. Go big with it.
The CH originals
guys are on a roll. It looks like a film!
Ricky answers some FAQ about my life I had no idea
Ricky knew me so well. He wrote this article without my knowledge, but I
approve of it. It is accurate.
Design chat with
Sox and Justin. Candid, as I like it.
Fresh hot Two Boots
pizza rules.
A kid's-eye view of laptop design (CNET) This isn't
such a bad idea: big buttons for specific functions. If we evolve that,
it will probably be in the interface, not on the keyboard, initially. It
would have to be in a personalized software environment: I don't want a
"Kitten" button, but someone who does want one probably really wants one. (via aatw)
The
key to economic growth lies not just in the ability to attract the
creative class, but to translate that underlying advantage into creative
economic outcomes.
— Richard
Florida
my FriendFeed profile I think this
is it -- the first good solution to the "I have all these friends on all
these different sites" problem. I like the small doses of character,
like calling this one feature "imaginary friends":
You can keep track of your friends that don't use FriendFeed by creating "imaginary friends." For example, if you know your friend's Flickr username, you can create an imaginary friend with that Flickr account, and you will get notified every time your friend publishes a photo.
You can keep track of your friends that don't use FriendFeed by creating "imaginary friends." For example, if you know your friend's Flickr username, you can create an imaginary friend with that Flickr account, and you will get notified every time your friend publishes a photo.
Amidst our
differences, we mustn't forget what holds us all together: monotheism.
Ricky's "SNL Fallacy" post getting reblogged a lot
Ricky's original post was part of a back-and-forth email exchange we're having. My retort is that the crap will always outweigh the gold, but the proportions vary with time. I bet the typical half-hour of television is worse in 2007 than in 1950.
Also, Ricky, don't misquote me! I didn't say "a dark age of pop culture", I said, "a cultural dark ages."
Take A Penny
Do prices ending in ".99" make you uncomfortable? When you see a mop that costs $9.99, do you think, "they are trying to trick me"?
I feel like they're trying to trick me, and that also, they think I am less intelligent than I actually am. (Someone who would fall for that trick probably isn't very smart.) Statistically, they may be correct; maybe most people fall for it.
It's so much simpler to price things honestly. When I see a one-dollar price tag, it doesn't need to be translated the way .99 does. It puts less stress on my mind, and lets me focus on the concretes of the cost/benefit analysis that occurs continuously and automatically when I'm shopping.
Would I pay a one cent dignity tax? Is it worth one penny to feel good about my purchases?
- Download this song: $0.99
- Download the song: 99 cents
- Download this song for slightly less than a dollar
- Download the song for $1
- Download the song for a dollar
When you're in
middle school, it's a "clique". When you're in the real world, it's an
"industry".
Oct
3rd
Wed 3rd
The H word
dalas said:
I really hate the word "hipster," because it seems like a very childish word that adults came up with. Why is anyone who graduated High School still referring to people in a way that suggests they are part of some group clique? Didn't you notice that the real world isn't like that?
I don't exactly hate "hipster", but I recognize its uselessness. It has no clear meaning and is therefore more of a sound than a word. Observers make the sound in reference to genuinely cutting-edge people with innovative style, but also poseurs who wear what the innovators wore two years ago, and dozens of other 'types' of people.
Maybe the best definition is someone who is cooler than the person who's using the word? Can you think of any consistent definition -- is there a common denominator in ALL uses of the word? Email me.