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“We greatly value our independence and in all cases, we’ve fended the suitors off and chosen to remain independent. Fiercely independent. We have a ton of things we want to accomplish here and working for some conglomerate or having bean-counting investors breathing down our necks simply isn’t the way for us to achieve them. The proposed Facebook acquisition of Instagram fueled a lot of ridiculousness in the industry and the the number of zeroes that’ve come-up in these negotiations has been insane. These offers have been tempting… extremely tempting in some particular cases. Now I know how that old-timey chap felt with the snake and the apple or whatever”

- John Casasanta

Well, that’s one way to write a blog post about something good.

haseman:

Attn: Android users. We’re incredibly excited to announce the launch of the new Tumblr app!

Apart from a totally new, beautiful interface, updates include:

— More responsive, faster-loading dashboard and blogs

— Better photo browsing and animated gif support when you tap an image

— Notifications for multiple blogs live in one place

— Tumblr Radar!

If your phone isn’t set to auto-update the app, be sure to download the update in the Google Play market.

Love this new update. And Chris - the Nyan cat is just playing to the choir, man.

After playing with Path for about 20 minutes total this morning - the only quibbles I have are 1) there’s no forgot password flow and 2) the like/social signal area has the same container as comments - makes for a jolting (and sad) field when there’s only one emoticon.

Really, that’s all I got. Kind of drawn to the design choices from the Path team today.

Typical Sunday morning, or, “Hey ma, look what I made and uploaded all from my “phone”!”

Interesting concept. Tag. You’re it. serenastyle: rocketboomtech: Wake Up World is the world’s first social alarm clock. The recently-developed iPhone app, which costs $0.99, supplies you with a username and secret code upon registering. You then share your secret code with other Wake Up World users, who can send you videos which appear at the time you set your alarm to “wake” you. One of the clever aspects of this app is that it’s inherently social and offers a built-in incentive for people to recommend the app to their loved ones, friends, or even strangers (chatroulette-style) for shared and surprising experiences. (via Wake Up World: The World’s First Social Alarm Clock - PSFK)

Interesting concept. Tag. You’re it.

serenastyle:

rocketboomtech:

Wake Up World is the world’s first social alarm clock. The recently-developed iPhone app, which costs $0.99, supplies you with a username and secret code upon registering. You then share your secret code with other Wake Up World users, who can send you videos which appear at the time you set your alarm to “wake” you. One of the clever aspects of this app is that it’s inherently social and offers a built-in incentive for people to recommend the app to their loved ones, friends, or even strangers (chatroulette-style) for shared and surprising experiences. (via Wake Up World: The World’s First Social Alarm Clock - PSFK)

Shoutout to my fiancee who’s thinking about content, pricing, print distribution and mobile technology.  It’s an interesting intersection of market forces, especially in the travel industry.  From the TechCrunch article:

Lonely Planet is out to prove that all “new” is not correct and that perhaps the most progressive mind will borrow solutions or elements from old and new media and find ways to synthesize disparate parts.

It’s a tough task, and I’m not envious of anyone in old media trying to transform into something totally innovative.

I use this

Taking a page from waferbaby’s The Set Up, here’s what I use almost daily:

Hardware: I only have one laptop, a 2008 15 in. Macbook Pro hooked up to a 24” HP monitor at work.  It’s enough of a workhorse for me and although I should know better, I hate switching contexts between home and work (music, photos, etc.). I’m trying a Magic Mouse which is hugely useful for gestures, but I’m finding that it hurts my hand because it’s so thin.  I also always have my iPhone 3G, waiting for an upgrade in June 2010.   I also have a pair Sony noise canceling headphones at work.

I play around with a couple of cameras: a Canon G9, mostly for video stuff or when I am going out without my messenger bag, a Canon Rebel Ti with the kit lens, a 50 mm 2F/1.8 lens for portraits and a Tamron 28-75mm F/2.8 lens as a default for general city walkabouts.  Also in heavy rotation is the Lomo wide angle Jelly camera and my Polaroid (Business edition) and of course, the iPhone.

At home, I have a Dell 22” monitor next to a JBL On Stage micro speaker where I dock my iPhone.  Mostly I watch TV on my laptop, but the 32” Samsung is good enough for my small living room.  I don’t have a DVD player since I can hook up my laptop to the TV.  I do have a SlingBox to watch my shows while I travel overseas. Rounding out my domestic activities is a Roomba to help me clean.

Software: There’s the stuff I”m learning — Adobe Fireworks, Dreamweaver and Photoshop for all the ideas in my head that needs design and prototyping.  Aperture is used a bunch for photo-editing, but I may switch back to Photoshop again.  I also love iMovie, having not learned Final Cut yet.  Tweetdeck has given way to Tweetie on the iphone.   Word and Powerpoint have given ways to Google Docs and Keynote.  I still use Excel for project management and the occasional spreadsheet.  Twiki is huge.  Entourage is mandatory for work, and I sync it up to my iPhone.  PandoraBoy gives me access to one of my favorite web services and Skitch is the one product management tool I can’t function without.  iTunes, of course, but I dabble with the Amazon mp3 downloader from time to  time.  I upload images using the Flickr Uploadr and dabble in Final Draft occasionally.  I truly love Adium for its synthesis, and I’ve finally settled on Firefox as my default browser.

Web Services: I use a lot but here are the things I love.  Tumblr for self-expression, Flickr for most of the underlying media to other services, Facebook for socializing, Twitter for broadcasting, Dropbox for file storage, Gmail/Gchat for communicating, Flavors.me for branding, Google Reader to keep up, LinkedIn for career, Google Docs for planning and semi-work, Foursquare for location play, Yelp for restaurant reviews, Animoto for slideshows, Vimeo for video, Mint for personal finance, eTrade for brokerage services, CityCar Share for transportation, Tripit for travel planning, Paypal for payment, Amazon for retail, Zappos for shoes, Pandora for music inspiration, Lala for another listen and Netflix for movies.

iPhone apps: I have 137 apps and counting.  I used to purchase a bunch of games, but now I’ve transitioned towards a few content creation/consumption apps. Here are some that are on constant rotation: CameraKit, Hipstamatic, Pano, Quad Camera and Camera Bag for processing photos; Tweetie, Facebook, Foursquare, Pandora, and Flickit are my main web services apps; iFitness and Lose It are for the gym.  NextBus for public transport and TaxiMagic for weekends.  I use Shazam from time to time when I’m driving with the radio on, and Fring for emergencies that need instant messaging. Then there are a bunch of Lonely Planet city guides and language apps.  Games include Table Tennis, HoldEm, Tap Tap, Madden NFL, RSoccer10 and TS Tennis.  Yelp and MenuPages are also useful most days.

Things I subscribe to: Lots. Mainly around tech, travel, local events and civic news.

Things I used a lot in 2008 but not so much any more: Flock, Safari, Chrome, Microsoft Office, Delicious, Upcoming, Skype, Tweetdeck, uTorrent, Hulu, iPhoto, Dopplr, Wordpress, Typepad, last.fm, Facebook apps and Facebook pages.