Archive for January, 2007



Hey! Valleywag finally posted something that warranted having it in my feed reader.
Orkut Büyükkökten, creator of the Google social network that bears his name, dashes into CEO Eric Schmidt’s office and says, “We have a million Brazilian users!”
Eric says, “Keep up the good work.”
After Orkut leaves, Eric calls VP Marissa Mayer and asks, “How many is [...]

John Nack, Adobe’s Photoshop product manager, recently compiled a list of 10 guides, one article, and one Photoshop action commissioned by Adobe.

The Role of Working Spaces in Adobe Applications
A Raw Workflow in the Real World: The March of the Yellow Penguins
Preparing Images for Delivery
Digital Image Integrity
Calibrating the Digital Darkroom Environment
Black and White Conversion Tutorial
Black and White Conversion Action
About [...]

Dave Winer (who appears to have given up implying that he invented RSS, as long as nobody else can have invented it either) recently made a surprising mention of the movie Idiocracy.
Do I dare admit that I’ve seen the great movie Idiocracy? Nahhh. I haven’t seen it. But if I had, I would say the funniest part is [...]