alex chiang: web 6.0

 

Month: October, 2007

the communications-commitment continuum

From most committing to least:

face to face conversation
phone call
online chat
email
facebook message
text message
getting “poked”

Afro Samurai: Resurrection movie
Los bastardos movie full
And from an IM:

(04:04:03 PM) dana: haha, i love it
(04:04:11 PM) chizanger: so a poke is like, a really low commitment thingy that says, “remember me?”

going to mel8ourne

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w00t!
Now I’ve got something to do this February: LCA 08.

American Flight # 1055
Departs: Denver Intl Arpt (DEN) on Thu 01/24/2008 at 7:25 AM
Arrives: Los Angeles Intl (LAX), Terminal: 4, on Thu 01/24/2008 at 9:00 AM

American Flight # 7308 (Operated by: Qantas Airways)
Departs: Los Angeles Intl (LAX) on Thu 01/24/2008 at 12:50 PM
Arrives: Sydney Kingsford Smith [...]

i'm the only guy on the fucking show without a superpower

One of the few perks of being a professional computer nerd is that you get to be … well, nerdy … and no one is surprised. Usually, people are pleasantly surprised when you talk like a normal person during conversation, rather than acting like Nick Burns, the computer guy
Dragonslayer move
. A nice case of [...]

a peek behind the curtains

Waiting… download
People often think that computers are scary and hard to use, and whoever works on them must be geniuses. Much as I’d like to be thought of as a genius, sadly, it’s not true.

Suddenly psp
In the spirit of showing my dear readers and non-technical friends that I empathize with you when computers [...]

long tail of friends

Another nerd-alert. (Hm, two in a row, this isn’t boding well for general consumption –ed. (hey waitaminute, who is this –ed. guy and how did he start commenting in-line on my blog? –alex) ah, the joys of being the author and editor –ed.)
Ok, that little tourette’s episode aside, what you are looking at is a [...]

hooking up mutt and gmail

Beware — nerd-alert today.
A good mail reader is an extension of your brain. You don’t have to fight with it or wonder why it’s doing something weird. For me, the user interface also has to be fast and be able to process hundreds of messages quickly, which is one reason why I’ll never use web-based [...]