I love a good meme, not sure why, but I think it’s because of that moment when you can work a meme into everyday life. Awesome feeling, at least for me, but then again, I’m a giant dork. Memes, of the internets variety, are a lot like geek speak, and I’m pondering the idea of [...]
Photo by Marta Pocztarska from Flickr used under Creative Commons So, now it’s out in the open. Paul, our leader and founder, is leaving the team to jump into a great, new opportunity at Deutsch LA. While this is obviously a great moment for him and his family, it’s melancholy for us. We love Paul [...]
To bypass the Android setup, which you’ll be familiar with if you’ve ever booted a pristine Android device, touch each corner of the screen starting in the upper left and working clockwise. This will bypass the setup wizard. Don’t Touch that Robot! Bypass the Android Setup Tutorial | Android Phone Fans I actually found this [...]
Yeah, I know, more rumor mongering. Alas, rumors make for good discussion. Former Facebook CTO: ‘Google Me’ Is Real, And It’s Gunning For Facebook Google made its money by being excellent at fast-following. Not first in search, but ultimately, better. Not first in online advertising, but better. Not first in online productivity suite, but arguably, [...]
Sorry for the lame title. This is just a quick note about Swype, the much hyped slide-your-finger-to-type keyboard that got a lot of buzz in 2008 at the TC50. Since I saw the demo a few years ago, I’ve always been intrigued by how awesome it would be to be able to type fast on [...]
I take back everything I said in my previous post about knowing why I would fall out of love with The Dresden Files. I’ve just finished Death Masks and all the elements I was starting to get bored of have fallen by the wayside. As a writer it’s very hard to know how much to [...]
Getting tired of all the EVO/Android/iPhone love Jake’s been spewing lately? How about something a bit more dry and developery? As promised in a prior post, here’s a more technical writeup of how I built the WebCenter sharing bookmarklet. I was hesitant to write about this because it’s not like writing a bookmarklet is new [...]
At the end of a call with the team today, Paul (@ppedrazzi), Rich (@rmanalan) and Anthony (@anthonyslai) were talking about phone cases. As the red-headed stepchild on the phone, I might not have it exactly right, but it sounded like Anthony is still rocking the plastic overlay on his HTC EVO. You know that sticky, [...]
I’ve spent a few days talking about smartphones, and as I mentioned in my EVO review post, I’ve switched away from the iPhone, which I loved for three years. With the iPhone 4 on deck to wow us all with new features, I’m wondering what it would take to switch again. I’m talking about between [...]
The 80′s called and they want their movies back. With the summer line-up of movies reminding us to wax on and wax off one can start to wonder if there is anything new to look forward to this summer. The OPN Team is happy to report that – yes – there is. As Hannibal would [...]