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Invitations to Twine Private Beta

Posted on: May 28, 2008 Last updated on: May 28, 2008 Written by: Howard Yermish Categorized in: Writing

If you are looking for Web 3.0 goodness, Twine is probably a good place to start. I just started playing around with Twine while it is still in invitation only private beta.…

Time to Unplug

Posted on: May 24, 2008 Last updated on: May 24, 2008 Written by: Howard Yermish Categorized in: Writing

As this post appears on the blog, I will be in the car heading to an undisclosed campsite. I doubt that I will have cell phone reception and I highly doubt there…

Should MS Open Source Windows?

Posted on: May 23, 2008 Last updated on: May 23, 2008 Written by: Howard Yermish Categorized in: Writing

Take a few moments to read the following article from the Knowledge@Wharton site: Microsoft’s Vista: New Horizon or the End of the Road for PC Operating Systems? From the bottom of the…

Rainbow over Philadelphia

Posted on: May 23, 2008 Last updated on: May 23, 2008 Written by: Howard Yermish Categorized in: Writing

A full rainbow spans the horizon looking east over North Broad Street after a brief rain shower in the early evening of Thursday, May 22, 2008 in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Tom Mihalek)

Two weeks with BrightKite

Posted on: May 21, 2008 Last updated on: May 21, 2008 Written by: Howard Yermish Categorized in: Writing

For a little more than two weeks, I have been investigating BrightKite, a new website that brings location and photos to Twitter. Now onto my experience. After receiving my private invitation to…

Make big promises; overdeliver

Posted on: May 19, 2008 Last updated on: May 19, 2008 Written by: Howard Yermish Categorized in: Writing

Seth Godin brings us this post: Four Big Words. As he points out, over delivering is hard. Really hard. In fact, it can be hard just to deliver consistently. The key is…

iPhone's Private Internet

Posted on: May 19, 2008 Last updated on: May 19, 2008 Written by: Howard Yermish Categorized in: Writing

One of the things that is quite remarkable since the introduction of the iPhone is the version of the Internet that has been tailored for iPhone users. For those of you that…

Kudos to Apple Customer Service

Posted on: May 18, 2008 Last updated on: May 18, 2008 Written by: Howard Yermish Categorized in: Writing

Last night, I was horrified to find my iPhone cooked. Seriously, HOT to the touch and completely unresponsive. As soon as I determined that the phone wasn’t going to wake up, I…

Inquirer: What are cell phones doing to our society?

Posted on: May 18, 2008 Last updated on: May 18, 2008 Written by: Howard Yermish Categorized in: Writing

And sure enough, the morning after my iPhone was cooked, the following article appears in the Philadelphia Inquirer: What are cell phones doing to our society? One of the points that the…

Google Maps Shows Real Estate Listings

Posted on: May 18, 2008 Last updated on: May 18, 2008 Written by: Howard Yermish Categorized in: Writing

Oh, Google Maps, you sneaky dude. Did you just start showing real estate listings on your maps? Head on over to maps.google.com and do a search for your area. Then click the…