February 2012
1 post
tommy's tenacious tumblr: What I've Learned About... →
tmac721:
Going to Harvard means I have the very unique opportunity to be around a lot of smart people. Now, when I say “smart people,” I don’t mean that guy who always wins trivia night. I mean, blazingly intelligent individuals who are regarded as the pre-eminent scholars in their field. It’s pretty…
December 2011
5 posts
Great Panel on the Science of Sharing →
Beyond and MBooth put on a great event last night at the Box SF space.
The first part of the evening detailed the findings of the study by Beyond and M Booth which examined how…
Photo: VIP pre-game →
Looking down from the 57th Floor →
Can’t believe how much time I spend in midtown these days. I used to be a strictly below 14th street kind of guy
November 2011
7 posts
Why I’m not interested in a Kindle Fire →
The Kindle, and really the Kindle apps, have completely changed my reading habits. I was stuck in a rut of not reading (technically not finishing) many books – and I had a Kindle device collecting…
Tesla S at GigaOM RoadMap Conference →
Budapest Photo Gallery →
Click on any thumbnail below to see the new full screen carousel experience. This photo gallery feature is something we worked on (one of 12 projects) during our company meetup / hackathon in…
Reblog: Time-Lapse Video of 47,000 People Running... →
Reblogged from: Raanan Bar-Cohen:
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October 2011
17 posts
Video: The Nest Learning Thermostat →
Saw an interview with Tony Fadell, CEO of Nest on Bloomberg TV this evening. Fadell is an ex Apple guy who had a lot to do w/ the iPod and iPhone product lines.
I’ve heard about Nest, but hadn’t…
Budapest →
Reblog: The Return of My Unsolicited Annual Plug... →
Nice post from John Scalzi:
Today marks the third anniversary of Whatever’s association with WordPress.com, via its VIP hosting service, and the best compliment I can think to give WordPress.com…
Must watch timelapse video: Landscapes Volume Two →
Insanely good, and take the advise of the person behind it:
PLEASE WATCH IN HD FULL SCREEN w/SOUND. It is a much better viewing experience. Hopefully you have a 1080P monitor and good connection….
Retro MacOS WP.com Theme Enabled →
My colleagues worked overnight on making this theme available to all of WordPress.com, and I just enabled here on raanan.com:
Yesterday one of the tributes I noticed was the website Boing Boing…
Steve Jobs, 1955 – 2011 →
At a 2005 commencement address at Stanford University, Jobs shared the philosophy that drove him.
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life,” Jobs said. “Don’t be trapped…
Reblog: Siri-ous Mind Blowing: Video Evidence Of... →
Reblogged from: TechCrunch:
As you may be aware, Apple held it’s big iPhone 5, er 4S, event in Cupertino today, and while the iCinco failed to make an appearance…
Video: Rendering Synthetic Objects into Legacy... →
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Wow! “@igorclark: inserting CG elements into 2D photos, in 3D space: j.mp/qtstTm – brain-melting stuff…
September 2011
9 posts
Video: Each of us, All of us – Cory Booker at... →
Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, discusses the lessons he learned from his father’s experience as someone who grew up poor and was helped by a “conspiracy of love” around him, and how he…
Poll: Extended Car Warranty – Worth it ? →
I have a used car, and the manufacturers warranty is expiring shortly. Trying to figure out if it’s worth buying the extended warranty. Seems to come out around $1000 for each 15K miles for the top…
Reading: The Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerbergs of... →
“Successful people aren’t any different from you and me,” he continues. “They’re not inherently more brilliant. The difference is they had the wisdom to get their hands dirty and be part of the…
Why don’t we take much vacation in the U.S ? A... →
On this labor day holiday, saw a tweet from Bill Maher that caught my eye:
Follow @billmaher@billmaher Bill Maher
Worth remembering on Labor Day Americans get…
August 2011
8 posts
On Installing OS X Lion — Living in the Future →
Way back in October of 2007, I wrote on this blog a post titled Waiting for Mac OS X Leopard: Why no digital download option ?, in which I asked:
In today’s world of broadband and on-demand user…
Reblogged and WP.com VIP Powered: LA Times blogs... →
three and a half years ago all the blogs in total got 3 million.
no blogs had a million …
one year later framework and hero complex each attracted over 10 million pageviews
the only two blogs…
Photo: Code is Poetry →
Thanks to Rion Austin @ the20 !
Tagged: rion, the20, wine
Quick thoughts on airbnb →
There has been a ton written about airbnb lately around a ransacking of an apartment.
For me, I’ve been reading up on it, and also happen to be staying in a house and now apartment that I…
July 2011
21 posts
Photos: Kinneret view from an English style home →
My temporary home office for a couple of days: