As a new Pre owner, I was curious to learn to code for the Palm WebOS SDK (Mojo). Whenever I try to learn a new technology, I try to build a functional test project. So… what to build for WebOS? Since the Pre’s web browser doesn’t currently support the W3C Geolocation spec used by Flickr [...]
My Nokia N95-3 has a deliciously fast HSDPA connection, and it is automatically recognized in Mac OS X 10.5 for syncing and tethering. Only one slight problem: Apple’s included Nokia 3G modem script hasn’t been updated for 3.5G technologies such as HSDPA — if you use your phone in tethered mode via either Bluetooth or [...]
I’ve always personally been fairly ambivalent about Gmail (and web-based email in general), but a new “minor” feature they rolled out (not even warranting mention in their official “What’s new” post) is absolutely brilliant. Officially, the new feature is called Mute Thread, or “Mute” for short. Here’s how it works: THE OLD WAY: 1) You’re [...]
We’ve just posted the schedule for the “workshops portion” of Open Hack Day, part of the first of our HackDay events to be open to the public. While the rest of the schedule hasn’t been posted yet, you can be assured it’s going to be fun. Really fun. (Well, it’ll help if you’re at least [...]
Evan Williams recently posted a much-blogged article titled Pageviews Are Obsolete. This is something Cameron and I have been arguing for at Yahoo! for a long time now, but from an almost mostly different perspective (our interest is not advertising, but social metrics for measuring the success of a site in various areas). Evan primarily [...]
Random co-worker chimes in on a mailing list with a very accurate summation of Adobe (former Macromedia) Flash: “Browsing without Flash is like going to the movies without ringing cell phones and crying babies. Every once in a while you miss out on a really cool ring tone, but it’s nothing to lose sleep over.” [...]
Prompted by Tom’s post, I’ve decided to also try out this Odeo voice message for the sake of amusement. Click the icon below to use your laptop’s built in microphone to record a private voice message for me (or in the popular vernacular, PODCAST TO THE BLOGOSPHERE OMG!!!). I won’t do anything with it, but [...]
Big news from Yahoo! today: our very talented User Experience Design team is constantly slaving away to make all those fancy and complicated widgets that make building increasingly-complex web applications possible. In particular, there is one team that works on a standardized library available to all Yahoos to take advantage of when coding a site. [...]
Shopping for a new laptop today, I noticed this: del.icio.us favicon/toolbar: / lenovo.com favicon: Say what?
What social bookmarking service should I use? I had originally started with del.icio.us, but when I started working at Yahoo! I decided to start using MyWeb2.0 beta, as part of the “eat your own dog food” philosophy. In doing so, I discovered I actually liked MyWeb quite a bit, and it had unique features that [...]
Matthew Rothenberg is head of product strategy and management for Flickr. A New York City expatriate, he is currently slumming it in the SF Bay Area. For more info, visit his homepage.