Indian police are holding a pigeon under armed guard after it was caught on an alleged spying mission…
I don’t know and nether do you. What we do know is the annual suicide rate per 100,000 people in China is about 13.5, with slightly more women than men taking their own lives (the only major country where that is the case, by the way). That means the Foxconn factory, with 300,000 workers, ought to be experiencing almost 40 suicides per year, while the reported numbers are a lot less than that.
— I, Cringely » Blog Archive » Death by Foxconn - Cringely on technology
iPad + Velcro (by Jesse Rosten) (via @StevenWalling)
The Portland thunder effect on Twitter
Video of some jellyfishes that I recorded at the Oregon Coast Aquarium.
Microsoft—in a nutshell—is a company that had one successful product that we are all beholden to—that then used that capital to buy other people’s products and ruin them. They are not bad people, but they do stab their friends in the back. Also, they are a bunch of nerds, which is probably why they have never managed to produce a decent interface.
Google—in a nutshell—is a company that had one successful product that we are all beholden to—that then used that capital to buy other people’s products and ruin them. They are not bad people, but they do stab their friends in the back. Also, they are a bunch of nerds, which is probably why they have never managed to produce a decent interface.
Apple is a company that produces amazing, human-usable products. I love them for the same reason I love any such company, and I forgive them their eccentricities because their products are so amazing. They make decisions that I’m told are bad for me, yet I don’t see that reflected in their products as I use them.
Video chatting with @lilbutterfly. Thanks Google!
This blog post is long overdue and if you’ve been following me on Twitter of Facebook, this is old news for you and you can just go ahead and skip to the last paragraph.
In March I left Intel to start working at Small Society. This has been an interesting and welcome change in my life and career. I was working on really cool computer security research at Intel Labs. However, on the side, I was gaining strong interest in developing apps with Cocoa on the Mac and iPhone OS platform ever since I started working on that over a year ago.
When I started to look around for a place to work on iPhone apps, Small Society was on the top of that list. Based in Portland, they have created apps for some of the leading brands in the world, including Starbucks, Whole Foods, Zipcar and Obama ‘08. In fact the first draft of this post is being written on the iPad using the WordPress iPad app developed for Automattic by Small Society.
It’s been an interesting seven weeks since I joined and I’m thoroughly enjoying the work that I’m doing and the people I’m working with. We’ve just hired two new people this week and are looking to hire a senior Cocoa developer. Check out this job listing on Craigslist for details.
The last few months, Liz has invested her time into learning more about the skills of filmmaking. Here are a couple of short documentaries that she has created recently.
This first film, about Ignite Portland, is her solo work.
Ignite Portland, A Documentary Short from Liz Grover on Vimeo.
This second film, about sustainability, was done in collaboration with a few others.
Building Sustainability from Liz Grover on Vimeo.
You can read more about these on their Vimeo pages via the links under them or on Liz’s blog.
Oh, and Happy New Year!
Decorations at Peacock Lane in Portland