It takes time for a holy shit to sink in and become a real holy shit, but the holy shit experience is so few and far between that when you even get a whiff of one, you pay attention. I’m likely the last person to discover Quicksilver, but I’ve been using it all damned day… more
Robert D. Hof writes eloquently and intelligently about the Next Big Thing. Three things of note: I was surprised that he discovered and identified the smart mob emergence as the only interesting development in the last few months. I agree — there was a small holy shit moment when I first read about smart mobs.… more
I am in a total readers funk. Since the beginning of the year, I’ve been rereading old favorites and I’m beginning to find the “been here, done that” experience to be dull. So, I’m looking for suggestions for some holy shit-like reads. I’ve been on an American history kick for a year or so, but… more
Everyone in the Silicon Valley, whether they know it or not, is waiting for the “next big thing”. We’re sitting at our desks in our obscenely large, yet safe companies tapping our fingers on the desk waiting… waiting for something… waiting for that something new that, right now, is struggling to find it’s way out… more
Eliza demonstrated a potential holy shit the other day when she sent the following message showed up in a chat window… “Click to see my video”. Being a regular surfer of the Internet, I immediately thought, “Cool, porn.” When I clicked on the link, I was surprised to see a small window appear with Eliza… more
There has been a small buzz anti-buzz building against the 17″ with the folks I hang out with they’re commenting on the fact that “it’s WAY too big?”, “the 15″ inch is the sweet spot”, or “it’s going to bend’n’twist”. Every single one of these people are a) full of crap, b) totally wrong, and… more
Project number two for the Xmas break was goofing around with various pieces of Mac OS X software which had been sent my way, but I’d had no time to play with. Here are first impressions after roughly a half-a-day of usage: iPulse (Icon Factory): This what happens when a bunch of very talented visual… more
There are currently three ideas which whenever someone brings them up, I�m always interested in hearing about.
The discussion generated by the original HOLY SHIT LIST has been far more interesting than the first post. Of particular obvious note, people’s lists varied based on their relative age. GO FIGURE. Whereas one person found Doom to be of particular significance, another would point at Ultima Online as being the seminal gaming event in… more
I’ve starting a HOLY SHIT list. This is list of technologies/software/hardware that blew my mind when I first understood them. You know what I’m talking about, it’s those HOLY SHIT moments where the unlimited potential of a “thing” just spills out of it. I have two litmus tests for this type of realization. It’s either… more
