Joe plans to spend this evening drinking Belgian beer, eating German sausages, and watching Chinese fireworks in celebration of America's independence. Happy Birthday, USA.
Sears Tower Unveils 103rd Floor Glass Balconies
“The balconies are suspended 1,353 feet in the air and jut out four feet from the building’s 103rd floor Skydeck. Their transparent walls, floor and ceiling leave visitors with the impression they’re floating over the city.” (via The Associated Press) - http://joelaz.com/post...
Joe couldn't really understand what Palin was saying in her press conference between all the hokey analogies and "you betcha's", but wishes her all the best in her new role as point guard for the Mavericks.
ha! love this list of songs most often deleted from people's last.fm listening history (ie. guilty pleasure songs): http://playground.last.fm/unwante...
's funny, automated, often foul-mouthed Twitter bot @BestAt added it's 300,000th follower sometime last night. That's equal to the population of Pittsburgh, PA: http://twitter.com/BestAt.
"Nice work, this is great. A few things that would make it extra awesome: * option to pick multiple photos at once for upload * expanded view from dashboard by default for those of us with the"Show full size photos" setting in our preferences * some sort of icon or text in the dashboard that indicates that it's a photo set rather than just one small photo"
- Joe Lazarus
had an idea last night for a cool music mashup that's simple to make if i knew some javascript. i'll figure it out.. slowly. frustrating
"No, you need to listen to at least 5 artists the prior week in order for the top 5 artists feed to work. Try waiting till next week after you have listened to several bands."
- Joe Lazarus
Comcast Doppelganger
Back in November, a friend sent me a screen shot of this Comcast ad saying that the guy looked like me. Today, I noticed the same ad on my LinkedIn profile. Being stalked by my evil Comcast twin. - http://joelaz.com/post...
"In addition to the native categories you listed, I'm interested in the idea of my smart phone as an internet gateway for "dumb", cheap, bluetooth-enabled sensors and devices. The Nike+ iPhone app is an early example of this. It doesn't make sense today for your running shoes to be fully-featured, internet connected gadgets on their own. Instead, you have a cheap, dumb sensor in your shoe that simply transmits data to your phone, then your phone does the more complex work of getting that data onto the web and providing an interface for the experience. I can picture a ton of other businesses emerging from this idea of dumb sensors plus smart phones. I might wear a wristwatch that transmits my heart rate to the web. My car might send maintenance updates to the web via my phone's internet connection. Retail merchants might transmit data and offers to / from my phone when I walk into their stores. I see lots of business opportunities in this area."
- Joe Lazarus
"Fred, you made a comment during the Q portion that deep technology innovation is a requirement for any platform. I'm curious... what do you see as Twitter's most innovative technology?"
- Joe Lazarus