Besides riding to the top of here, watching these guys win an unwinnable game, and having a crap-ton of fun here, I still managed to code an extraordinary amount. Wrote a Facebook application (I’ll talk about talk about that eventually), came up with a bunch of ideas for other ones (if I feel like spending the time…), and got a large amount of work done on my main project. As usual...
Ignite is another O’Reilly-branded conference that has been “made open” in that anyone can create one in their area. Like Barcamp, it is loosely organized, more meant as a place for like-minded folk to get together, network, and brainstorm rather than really learn. BarcampDC was an incredible success… we might be looking to organize a DC one soon. If you are interested let...
In a city that already is a little bit too addicted to being connected, it’s nice to know our Mayor is ahead of the curve.
I know the answer to exactly none of these.
I’ve made significant progress, to the point I can say that I have a working alpha of Metro Times. To Check DC Metro Times on Your Cell Phone Send a text message to metro [AT] skeevisarts [DOT] com (replace AT and DOT with the appropriate symbols). In the message, include the first few characters of the Metro station. Type enough of the station’s name so that it can’t be...
Is done*. I am so 1337. *OK, fine, it’s not totally done yet. It still is missing the SMS interface. But I am waiting for emails from vendors, and my second alternative (sending SMS through e-mail) can’t be done yet because Sun’s dev website is down for maintenance. The command line interface is awesome. You can just type the first few letters of a metro station, and it’ll...
I just came up with an awesome idea. I was at a bar for a close friend’s birthday last night. I am a morning person, so I tend to go to sleep pretty early at night (usually), and thus didn’t want to be out late. And for sure, I didn’t want to leave the bar early, walk to the Metro, and find out that the next train is 18 minutes away. So I was thinking… why can’t I...
I hate Comcast.If another high speed provider were to come along, offer untouched bandwidth and decent customer service (sorry Verizon), Comcast would be finished. Hell, you could even charge triple the price.
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8.3 million. For nametags. Say what you want about the possible benefits of having it. But they have quite some competition.
What is interesting to me, however, is that this is another Boston company being funded. I think, slowly but surely, investors are funding companies in places other than the valley. I’m interested in seeing what happens here in DC.
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Attended my first (as well as DC’s first) BarCamp. It was an awesome experience. Not only did I learn a lot, but I met a great crowd of people. It was fascinating to discover a small but thriving community of similar web-heads, and would kill to do the things some of them do. Who knows, maybe I will. I decided to give a presentation about the Facebook platform. I think it went well… I...