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Updates from John RSS

• Why the Drudge Report is one of the best designed sites on the web
  This is a great review on the Drudge Report. DR and CL (craigslist) are good examples of low cost and efficient websites that are doing very well. They show that things don't always have to look pretty to get users/viewers. One thing to be said for both is that they are fast and simple, for the developer and user.

  01:00:12 pm on November 20, 2008 | 0 | #
  
  

• Ocarina Surges To Top Paid iPhone App Position
  I love this app. I want to buy a real Ocarina now. Although I think that the innovation of creating a truly playable instrament for the iPhone has a lot to do with it's success. The social features help but the app itself is incredible.

  04:00:06 pm on November 19, 2008 | 0 | #
  
  

• 50 Beautiful Examples Of Tilt-Shift Photography | Inspiration | Smashing Magazine
  Pretty cool

  07:00:05 pm on November 17, 2008 | 0 | #
  
  

• Facebook Destroys Lucrative Birthday Reminder Industry
  wow, the power of Facebook and other networks to literally make obselete some of the apps they host is kind of scary. I guess it's bound to happen though, why should they let the little guys make the money when they can?

  01:00:10 pm on November 17, 2008 | 0 | #
  
  

• Walmart Wants It Both Ways. We Say No.
  Mr. Arrington is one bad dude. He would never be intimidated by Corporate Titan Wal Mart

  10:00:05 am on November 14, 2008 | 0 | #
  
  

• GirlInYourShirt: $75 Buys Your Startup Marketing For A Day
  Wow, this is brilliant. This girl is going to make lots of money off this. I think this is the next million dollar homepage

  10:00:05 am on November 14, 2008 | 0 | #
  
  

• Workstir Opens Its Trustworthy Classifieds To The Public
  Wow, another great concept app

  05:00:05 pm on November 13, 2008 | 0 | #
  
  

• Talk face-to-face right from within Gmail
  Not bad! Google is doing some nice things here. The fact that it is all within gmail makes it incredible.

  01:00:15 pm on November 12, 2008 | 0 | #
  
  

• Design Patterns | Object Oriented Design
  Good reference

  04:00:06 pm on November 11, 2008 | 0 | #
  
  

• White House RSS Feeds & Podcasts
  I'm happy to discover the RSS feeds of the White House. I wish I had found these earlier so I could keep up on what President Bush had to say (via the podcasts). But I look forward to listening to President Elect Obama and getting the information about the White House from the source and not through the media. The popular media networks are an unnessary middle man in this day and age. You don't have to hear a sound bite and summary of what the President says, you can listen for yourself.

  06:00:10 pm on November 10, 2008 | 0 | #
  
  
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