It’s been an interesting few weeks. After announcing my resignation from Delicious Monster, I’ve been hard at work with LP. We’ve been hacking at it for a while now, waiting for the SDK. Now that we’ve got it, we’re playing for keeps. I’ve been wearing my project manager pants most of the time, so I haven’t been able to put the hours into exploring I’d like. I guess being the boss gives you both more and less freedom.
I’ve also been approached for several projects. Some major, major projects, some fun little projects, and one project that involved nothing more than laughing at some jokes and setting up a web site. The short answer to the question everybody’s asking is this: I will consider interesting projects to keep things liquid until LP debuts.
I attended a class for Obama delegates.
The training included a rundown of how upper-level delegates are selected. Apparently the competition is fierce, with full-fledged campaigning and fundraising, just like running for office. Getting to Denver requires a considerable amount of merit — demonstrated with volunteer karma —combined with luck, as the party tends to prefer under-represented groups.
A Japanese-American engineer from Seattle isn’t such a rare thing, but I feel like most knowledge workers are too busy inventing the future to get involved in the political process. I suspect for as common as we are, we’re poorly represented. If I turn out to be wrong, and if there are those with greater merit who’ve felt Obama’s call to action more keenly, so be it. As I said before, I’ll do what I must while I can.
Finally, I’d like to share some links.
United Lemur represented on the iPhone SDK in articles for eWeek and Boing Boing. I also participated in the MacSB podcast. The show was supposed to be about bundles, but broke down to be about 30 minutes on the SDK, 30 minutes on bundles, and 30 minutes on charity. If you feel like listening to me prattle on but you don’t have the full 90 minutes, fast-forward to about an hour in.
While I’m on the subject of links, my friend Marcus Zarra, recently of Cocoa is my Girlfriend, has released his long-awaited application. iWeb Buddy makes it possible to add all sorts of web gadgetry to your iWeb site, despite iWeb’s impenetrable file format. I know firsthand how hard it is to work with iWeb, so let’s all give Marcus a hearty congratulations.
I’ve finally gotten around to checking out Jott. The basic idea is simple: you call a number and record a message, which is then transcribed and emailed to you. This free service makes taking little notes a breeze, since I can talk faster than I can type, but I can read faster than I can listen. You can sign up for all kinds of web services (including Mentat!) so you surf the web via phone call. The possibilities are intriguing.
Then there’s the Mac Nose. If you haven’t seen the site, it’s sort of like Crazy Apple Rumors, except instead of parodying rumor sites, it parodies tabloids. As the name implies, the Mac Nose sniffs out stories about Mac celebrities. So far Brent Simmons, Lucas Newman, John Gruber, and Rogue Amoeba have been featured. With the exception of some kind of brouhaha over the tastefulness of a Photoshop job, it’s been pretty funny stuff. Definitely worth a look.
With that, it’s back to the grindstone. This schedule isn’t going to overload itself.
A Japanese-American engineer from Seattle isn’t such a rare thing, but ... I suspect for as common as we are, we’re poorly represented
Monday, March 17, 2008
Busiest Vacation Ever
