Heathbar's Crunch » Uncategorized http://blog.chrisheath.us This is my weblog. There are many like it, but this one is mine. Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:31:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 On Microblogging aka Twitter Should Federate http://blog.chrisheath.us/2009/09/18/958/on-microblogging-aka-twitter-should-federate/ http://blog.chrisheath.us/2009/09/18/958/on-microblogging-aka-twitter-should-federate/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:52:46 +0000 Chris Heath http://blog.chrisheath.us/2009/09/18/958/on-microblogging-aka-twitter-should-federate/
My response (via blog comment) to Robert Scoble's recent post found while browsing the Twitter web interface:

#8 is why you don't 'need' twitter as an rss reader – techmems's rss is all you need to stay informed about tech – for that matter, substitute mashable, thenextweb, technologizer – twitter's only 'needed' unless you want to get that info 30 seconds faster. I do think that twitter serves a purpose, but in my opinion an open and federated microblogging system is better than the twitter silo. That doesn't mean twitter should go away, but if they won't federate, then i hope they become myspace to the federated system's facebook. Now wouldn't that be nice?

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I've never had a landline (that was my own – that i paid for). I grew up with one, but when i went to college i eventually got a cell phone and never looked back – and don't really see a reason to. 

Now, that said, landlines probably will never die out totally, but for personal use the cell will eventually become ubiquitous. Landlines may go all digital (ip based) as cell has, but to me a landline only means that it's hardwired (not mobile). My work phone, for instance, is one of those fancy (for the 90's) phones with features and park pickup etc and i consider that a landline. Basically a landline is for a location and a cell will be for a person. 

I tend to prefer the use of the term mobile phone (or mobile for short) instead of the 'cell' terminology. Using an adjective that is too technical (cell) instead of a more meaningful one (mobile) muddies the waters and gets us into these semantic rat-holes.

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]]> http://blog.chrisheath.us/2009/09/07/956/late-night-cookout/feed/ 0 Panoramic pool view http://blog.chrisheath.us/2009/08/23/955/panoramic-pool-view/ http://blog.chrisheath.us/2009/08/23/955/panoramic-pool-view/#comments Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:21:14 +0000 Chris Heath http://blog.chrisheath.us/2009/08/23/955/panoramic-pool-view/ At a friend’s house today.

 Created with Autostitch.

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]]> http://blog.chrisheath.us/2009/08/19/954/at-slice-of-life/feed/ 0 A crane of some sort. http://blog.chrisheath.us/2009/08/14/952/a-crane-of-some-sort/ http://blog.chrisheath.us/2009/08/14/952/a-crane-of-some-sort/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:44:46 +0000 Chris Heath http://blog.chrisheath.us/2009/08/14/952/a-crane-of-some-sort/ This photo doesn’t really do the crane justice. Any birders out there that think it might be a Great Blue Heron? It was blue and grey…

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]]> http://blog.chrisheath.us/2009/08/14/952/a-crane-of-some-sort/feed/ 0 Panoramic AutoStitch of the Shop http://blog.chrisheath.us/2009/08/13/951/panoramic-autostitch-of-the-shop/ http://blog.chrisheath.us/2009/08/13/951/panoramic-autostitch-of-the-shop/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:15:11 +0000 Chris Heath http://blog.chrisheath.us/2009/08/13/951/panoramic-autostitch-of-the-shop/

Took these photos today to test out AutoStitch (a $1.99 iPhone app).  Seems like it works okay, but I would prefer an app that took the pictures itself, and had a level that I could follow as I pan.

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]]> http://blog.chrisheath.us/2009/08/12/950/strawberry-tiramisu/feed/ 0 Testing Google Maps with Posterous http://blog.chrisheath.us/2009/07/14/923/testing-google-maps-with-posterous-2/ http://blog.chrisheath.us/2009/07/14/923/testing-google-maps-with-posterous-2/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:24:31 +0000 Chris Heath http://blog.chrisheath.us/2009/07/14/923/testing-google-maps-with-posterous-2/
This should be a map with directions


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Testing street view of Bert’s Surf Shop


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]]> http://blog.chrisheath.us/2009/07/14/923/testing-google-maps-with-posterous-2/feed/ 0 A Flickr Set of the doubleTwist ad next to the Apple Store http://blog.chrisheath.us/2009/06/06/887/a-flickr-set-of-the-doubletwist-ad-next-to-the-apple-store/ http://blog.chrisheath.us/2009/06/06/887/a-flickr-set-of-the-doubletwist-ad-next-to-the-apple-store/#comments Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:04:18 +0000 Chris Heath http://blog.chrisheath.us/2009/06/06/887/a-flickr-set-of-the-doubletwist-ad-next-to-the-apple-store/

Techcrunch posted a story earlier today about this, and will probably update more than the one time so far. This is developing… @jonlech just posted a link from a tipster of someone (a cop?) tearing the ad down. He also mentioned that the ad would be back up on Tuesday, lamenting that it would not be up on Monday for the anticipated iPhone announcement. WWDC does go on all week though, and I bet that doubleTwist is going to get a prorated discount since the ad will have been down a couple days.


~Chris

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