Comments on: Links for the end of the summer http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/08/links-for-the-end-of-the-summer Digital Lifestyle Aggregation - helping to establish open source infrastructure Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:05:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Maria taking pictures http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/08/links-for-the-end-of-the-summer#comment-87869 Maria taking pictures Mon, 28 Aug 2006 18:09:44 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/08/links-for-the-end-of-the-summer#comment-87869 The little Chumby is very sweet indeed. I already like this awesome toy for tech. lovers. I think it can become some kind of a Teddy Bear for geeks. Thank you for sharing this story with me ! The little Chumby is very sweet indeed.
I already like this awesome toy for tech. lovers.
I think it can become some kind of a Teddy Bear for geeks.

Thank you for sharing this story with me !

]]> By: Marc’s Voice » Blog Archive » Big shout out to Ross Rader http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/08/links-for-the-end-of-the-summer#comment-87256 Marc’s Voice » Blog Archive » Big shout out to Ross Rader Sun, 27 Aug 2006 18:52:38 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/08/links-for-the-end-of-the-summer#comment-87256 [...] He’s come back to me - pushing back on ever single issue I brought up with him yesterday.  Its the perfect blogging experience.  You disagree - you got a platform to disagree with - in public. [...] [...] He’s come back to me - pushing back on ever single issue I brought up with him yesterday.  Its the perfect blogging experience.  You disagree - you got a platform to disagree with - in public. [...]

]]> By: Marc Canter http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/08/links-for-the-end-of-the-summer#comment-86828 Marc Canter Sun, 27 Aug 2006 00:11:49 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/08/links-for-the-end-of-the-summer#comment-86828 Brian- I'm not saying it doesn’t make sense to put a personal flight itinerary into Google. For Upcoming - I'm surprised you don’t see the power of being able to tell people - all around the world - where you'll be - when. So I want my itinerary automatically sent into my Upcoming cities - around the world - so all my friends who subscribe to me - will know when I'm coming to town. That's Upcoming. And as to my 'lack' of using Eventful - you obviously are looking into your member base and you don’t see my name. For that I apologize. But at no time should you take my complex life and time arrangements as anything more than my company taking off and I don’t NEED to use or have an Eventful account to know it is - and isn’t. And to that - I thik you should see where Eventful and Northwest CAN hook up together: - remember the idea of sending EVDB a city and date and you return an ad and list of events? Well Northwest can be an adervister and sponsor of that sort fo web service. - how 'bout your example of sending the city and date of your travel itinerary to Eventful and get back the coolio events happening in that city. Both of those are legitimate, powerful connections you could make to Northwest. IMHO. Good luck and keep going! Brian- I’m not saying it doesn’t make sense to put a personal flight itinerary into Google.

For Upcoming - I’m surprised you don’t see the power of being able to tell people - all around the world - where you’ll be - when. So I want my itinerary automatically sent into my Upcoming cities - around the world - so all my friends who subscribe to me - will know when I’m coming to town. That’s Upcoming.

And as to my ‘lack’ of using Eventful - you obviously are looking into your member base and you don’t see my name. For that I apologize. But at no time should you take my complex life and time arrangements as anything more than my company taking off and I don’t NEED to use or have an Eventful account to know it is - and isn’t.

And to that - I thik you should see where Eventful and Northwest CAN hook up together:

- remember the idea of sending EVDB a city and date and you return an ad and list of events? Well Northwest can be an adervister and sponsor of that sort fo web service.

- how ’bout your example of sending the city and date of your travel itinerary to Eventful and get back the coolio events happening in that city.

Both of those are legitimate, powerful connections you could make to Northwest.

IMHO.

Good luck and keep going!

]]> By: Brian http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/08/links-for-the-end-of-the-summer#comment-86825 Brian Sun, 27 Aug 2006 00:02:16 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/08/links-for-the-end-of-the-summer#comment-86825 "Northwest Airlines is supporting Google Calendar. Notch another one up for lock-in. You think anyone at Northwest is thinking about Eventful or Upcoming? I somehow doubt it." Marc, I respectfully suggest you actually try out Eventful and spend some time to understand what it is . . . and isn't. Why would Northwest Airlines be "thinking about" Eventful or Upcoming? I can't speak for Upcoming, but we're a service to help people find events that are relevant to them. Northwest is an airline. If you buy a ticket from that airline and then want to save information about your flight to whatever personal calendar tool you use, why wouldn't Northwest wanna support Google Calendar, along with Outlook and other apps? Makes abundant sense to me. But it would be weird for them to support Eventful, unless maybe they wanted to add "find out what is going on in the city you're planning on traveling to". Then, sure, they oughta check us out. :-) “Northwest Airlines is supporting Google Calendar. Notch another one up for lock-in. You think anyone at Northwest is thinking about Eventful or Upcoming? I somehow doubt it.”

Marc, I respectfully suggest you actually try out Eventful and spend some time to understand what it is . . . and isn’t. Why would Northwest Airlines be “thinking about” Eventful or Upcoming? I can’t speak for Upcoming, but we’re a service to help people find events that are relevant to them. Northwest is an airline. If you buy a ticket from that airline and then want to save information about your flight to whatever personal calendar tool you use, why wouldn’t Northwest wanna support Google Calendar, along with Outlook and other apps? Makes abundant sense to me. But it would be weird for them to support Eventful, unless maybe they wanted to add “find out what is going on in the city you’re planning on traveling to”. Then, sure, they oughta check us out. :-)

]]> By: Duane Maxwell http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/08/links-for-the-end-of-the-summer#comment-86823 Duane Maxwell Sat, 26 Aug 2006 23:56:55 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/08/links-for-the-end-of-the-summer#comment-86823 Hey Marc - You may remember me from back in the "early Mac" Levco and Gryphon Software days. Anyway, I'm the head software guy at chumby.com. The device is an ARM9 266MHz device with a 3.5" 16-bit display with a touchscreen, wifi, usb, a bend sensor and a light sensor. It runs Linux, and the source is open, including the schematics and mechanical drawings for the housing. It runs Flash 7 (the only software that's closed), although a hacker can really run anything they want on it. Cheers - Duane Maxwell Hey Marc -

You may remember me from back in the “early Mac” Levco and Gryphon Software days. Anyway, I’m the head software guy at chumby.com.

The device is an ARM9 266MHz device with a 3.5″ 16-bit display with a touchscreen, wifi, usb, a bend sensor and a light sensor. It runs Linux, and the source is open, including the schematics and mechanical drawings for the housing. It runs Flash 7 (the only software that’s closed), although a hacker can really run anything they want on it.

Cheers -

Duane Maxwell

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