Tag Archive: connections

The best conference Schwag isn’t in a bag


Attending conferences is fun.  Bringing home gift schwag makes it even more fun. Witness above just a few items you might find in that bag they hand out. I admit to loving new tees, a branded bottle opener, and especially little creatures. Stuff though tends to get lost, tarnished or forgotten. Often in just days….

31 Days of iPad Day 29


The case arrived a few days ago. Having seen one before I received it, I knew what the material was like as well as how it sits in different positions. Things to note about the case: there is no screen cover – the glass remains exposed it’s rubber of some sort and sliding the iPad…

Twitter Turning Off Basic Authentication


hi all.you’re going to be hearing a lot from me over the next 9 weeks. our plan is to turn off basic authorization on the API by june 30, 2010 — developers will have to switch over to OAuth by that time. between now and then, there will be a *lot* of information coming along…

Amazing Penguin Poker Picture


It’s less amazing if you know the effort behind it.  This picture started with a simple idea, me and the three penguins playing poker. Seems simple enough right? It was until the idea of the big penguin showing Aces came to me. The trick then was how to stage it. First thought on putting up…

Start with one – Social Networking 101


Listen to the 2 minute audio above. It’s great advice. Most folks joining Twitter or Facebook today, they’re advised to follow a bunch of folks. Likely these aren’t folks they are not only direct contacts with in the physical world, but not even a friend of a friend. This sounds like fun until that newbie…

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