As seen on SFist, SF MTA is asking for $300,000 to update the ATCS (Advanced Train Control System)—the software which runs the subway—to Windows. Great. There may be carnage, but at least we’ll have Aero.
Category Archives: General
Technology Summit
Thursday, June 19, 2008 – 2:13 pm
Yesterday was the first ever Creative Commons Technology Summit, hosted at Google. My photos and better ones taken by Joi.
I drove the Nerd Van (myself, Asheesh and the interns) to Google.
I’m still recovering (and inflicting pain—CC board meeting today) and collecting feedback, but I think it was a really successful day. We learned [...]
Getting Things Zero’d
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 – 11:18 pm
I really love task lists—especially the crossing off part—but lately they haven’t really been helping me out. Between the day job, consulting work, dating, and a more active social life than I had in Indiana, it seems like I never quite get to the crossing off part. This has become particularly clear at work where [...]
Friend Devaluation
Monday, May 5, 2008 – 10:23 am
I can’t take credit for finding it—that goes to Matt—but this video is a hilarious take on Facebook in real life.
Seeing this reminded me of something I’ve thought for quite a while: sites like Facebook, MySpace, etc all devalue the label of “friend”.
Some context: Facebook and Linked In are the only social networks [...]
Web 2.0…
Sunday, September 24, 2006 – 6:09 pm
Struggle as you may to define Web 2.0, the folks over at Tagly have figured it out.
It’s all about ripping off Flickr’s visual identity.
