I remember reading an interview with the head of M&A at Google ( at the time ) where he was asked a series of questions about what made the companies successful that Google had targeted for acquisition. One of the first points he talked about was the fact that it was extremely rare that a […]
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Update On My GoogleVoice Voicemail Experiment
A few weeks ago, I ported my mobile phone voicemail to GoogleVoice. After a few hiccups getting started, I am now comfortably settled in to using this as my only source for voicemail. What I like about it: 1. I love that regardless of what number I give out ( and I am now only […]
Do You Think Craig Newmark Cares?
I was reading some news this morning, and came across this post about Craigslist blocking Yahoo Pipes, and indirectly a mash-up for a company called Flippity. There are cries abounding in all the major technology news sources. How could Craigslist block someone trying to use their data in new ways? Isn’t that what the web […]
Me, Too
I spent Monday night of this week at a small gathering of technologists, investors, and marketers in San Jose, CA. There were folks in the room from LinkedIn, Google, Facebook and other organizations, all there to discuss how to better collaborate around Christian philanthropy. It was a lively discussion, lasting about four hours, and there […]
Getting Hit By A Bus
Inevitably, if you work long enough, you will hear this phrase uttered in the context of some possible crisis. “We need to make sure we are covered in case Joe gets hit by a bus!” Everyone in the room nods their heads, furrows their brow, and thinks earnestly about the possibility of Joe coming to […]
Getting Twitter Updates Via Google Voice
This morning I was doing some testing on an application I am building for work, and wanted to set up my Twitter account to forward my SMS messages to my Google Voice account. The setup for Twitter’s mobile integration requires that you send a text message to Twitter’s short code to get things rolling. I […]
Ala Carte TV
I was online the other night chatting with a good friend of mine, when he pinged me a link to a UStream channel that featured Jacory Harris broadcasting live from his apartment in Miami. Jacory Harris is the quarterback for the Miami Hurricanes in the case that you do not follow sports. I really could […]
Oh, How I Love Slingbox
A few years ago, I was at the VON conference in Northern California. I don’t remember the exact circumstances now, but somehow I walked away with a Slingbox in some sort of give away. In the course of my move about two years ago, it found its way into a box and did not find […]
Minimalist Gmail – Get rid of the clutter
I have recently downloaded and installed the Firefox extension from Matt Constantine, Minimalist Gmail. If you don’t like the clutter of the Gmail interface ( with the chat window, the Google logo at the top, all sorts of buttons you never use ), I highly recommend this plugin. I have been using it for about […]
Google Voice – The Joy Continues ( Mostly )
I have really been getting a lot of use out of Google Voice since I last posted about moving your mobile voice mail to Google Voice. I have started moving all of my voice traffic onto this number, and most importantly, have found a hot new desktop application that makes it so simple to dial […]