Home » Archive

Facebook

Written By: Sol Young on December 12, 2008 Comments

Age Demographics from Quantcast – Twitter.com

On Wednesday my wife and I were out at Flavor by Thai Pepper, enjoying some insanely good food and drink. Two conversations took place in adjacent booths, too loud to ignore.

In the booth behind Galina a group of late-twenty-somethings laughed loudly about replacing the contents of…

more→
Written By: Sol Young on September 1, 2008 Comments

Useful links:

I finally went for a bike ride to see PrivĂ© in person. What I found was better than imagined, even after reading Michael Klein’s enticing description and having high expectations.

During my drop-in visit I met Kevin…

more→
Written By: Sol Young on August 12, 2008 Comments

The 2,000 follower limit, it would seem, was put in place to prevent mass following and spam on Twitter. This was pretty frustrating for me since I fell in to their beyond-the-limit zone (I followed over 6,000 people because I loved the information, but couldn’t add any more).…

more→
Written By: Sol Young on July 22, 2008 Comments

Center City Philadelphia, by air  -Sol Young

Alvin Ashcraft (@alashcraft) put out the idea to create a Facebook group around the geek dinner concept; so I ran with it. The Facebook group is Philly Geek Dinner. Sign up there (or here, here, or just show…

more→
Written By: Sol Young on July 21, 2008 Comments

Link to today’s run

I love running. I skip wearing headphones or listening to music because I love hearing the world race past me. Things that interfere with the actual experience of being there aren’t interesting to me.

Nike+ on an iPod (a music player first and foremost) thankfully has the option to do…

more→
Written By: Sol Young on June 25, 2008 Comments

Steven Hodson, in a post over on Mashable, describes security risks and the waste of information that mobile phone GPS use brings (when pinpointing and announcing our locations). He poses some extremely valid points in regards to announcing one’s geolocation via Twitter, Brightkite, or FriendFeed…

more→
Written By: Sol Young on June 22, 2008 Comments

BlackBerry 8800 GPS

Most smartphones slated for release over the next 12-months include a GPS receiver, built in. After that, it will be a marked failure to not include a GPS in a phone. The functionality that comes with GPS is outstanding – mapping, directions, location based experiences, etc. We’re about to enter an age of advancement…

more→
Written By: Sol Young on April 1, 2008 Comments

I’m used to the speed of the flow and it’s slow. It’s time to open it up and look for five-figures…

Useful link: flow entries

Follow me on Twitter: sol

Open it up

I read the flow of XMPP Twitter traffic with breakfast and in the evenings. I then scan it when checking…

more→
Written By: Sol Young on March 9, 2008 Comments

Yahoo! Security Support

Most of you know I rarely go out of my way to publicly voice such a negative opinion as I’m about to issue. Especially against a company for which: a) I hold stock, and b) I believe is one of the best large companies in Silicon Valley.

Today I signed up for Yahoo!

more→
Written By: Sol Young on March 7, 2008 Comments

LeBron JamesMark ZuckerbergYesterday while snagging a bagel at the VMware seminar there was something interesting on the restaurant’s TV. ESPN posed the question, “Which 23-year-old has a better life: LeBron James or Mark Zuckerberg?”

Answering the question is like answering, “what would you do if you won a million dollars?” It’s just plain fun to think about…

more→
  Copyright ©2009 Sol Young, All rights reserved.| Powered by WordPress| WPElegance2Col theme by Techblissonline.com