Archives for the 'projects' Category
Neural Dystonia
I have this phenomenon that happens to me a lot when I’m coding. I’ll be typing the same word many times in a row, and after a long time of looking at it and typing it, the word starts to look really odd to me, and I wonder if perhaps it is misspelled. It […]
bad Popularity Dialer
Oops, the FCC gave us a citation.
We’re figuring out what makes sense (and what’s legal!), and the dialer should be up again soon.
Thank you, Jason Fried
Steven was speaking in Rhode Island yesterday to a group that included Jason Fried, the co-creator of Rails. Here’s a picture of him giving me encouragement.*
* Christian and I work together very closely on outside.in, and the co-nickname that we were given is “the Chronic”. I think I started this when I christened […]
Popularity Dialer on DailyCandy tomorrow
The Popularity Dialer is going to be featured on DailyCandy’s Everywhere edition tomorrow. I just had a nice phone call with editor Jean to confirm the types of calls and how it works.
Update:
Yep, it ran today. Popularity Dialer in DailyCandy. Here’s a screenshot:
outside.in in NY Times
A bunch of Park Slope-related articles in the NY Times this weekend, including one article that mentioned outside.in several times. Neighborhood blogging is certainly heating up.
Steven Johnson also blogged about Park Slope in the Times.
Popularity Dialer on KROQ part 2 — with text moos
Be sure to listen for the text moos.
I just got the mp3 of the interview that Jenny and I did on KROQ a few weeks ago. I wanted to write more about what the experience was like but it has been such a hassle getting this mp3 uploaded correctly due to trouble with the […]
Popularity Dialer Redux
This makes me more excited than when I discovered there was a Popularity Dialer Typosquatter (at popularitydAIler.com): The British TV station Channel 4 created a spoof video using the audio from the Female Popularity Dial. Here it is:
Bearduary: The Movie
Ever heard of the Hirsute Hustler?
Continuing this week’s theme, here’s a video I helped produce with Sai in March of 2006.
Video Week
I have Youtube videos in three of my last four posts. There are a couple other videos coming up, too, so I’ve dubbed this week video week. Stay tuned.
Popularity Dialer Video
Jenny and Sai made this video about the Popularity Dialer in the spring. I finally put it up on Youtube last week so it would be up there for our KROQ interview. Check it out. The music’s great.
