I am a web developer working at GetGlue.
I enjoy tweeting, taking pictures, and making movies.
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This is a pretty funny comparison of Apple’s new OS X Mountain Lion vs. a real mountain lion.
OS X Mountain Lion’s Messaging: Messages App combines iChat and iMessages to sync all of your conversations across AIM, Jabber, Google Talk, Yahoo! Messenger, and across all your laptops, desktops, and iPhones.
Mountain Lion: Mountain Lions are solitary animals, so they prefer not to chat with anyone.
Pretty funny.
Well I can’t say I’m not surprised. Not in my wildest dreams did I imagine that we’d be hearing about an OS X update in February, nor that it would come with the oh so obvious title of Mountain Lion.
But here we are, just two days after Valentines Day. A brand new version of OS X ready for developers to start munching on, learning its new capabilities and how to include it in their apps.
Everything about Mountain Lion seems obvious. There isn’t one curve-ball that has left me scratching my hand. It is the obvious evolution of OS X as it grows alongside iOS.
It’s wonderful that Apple has gotten around to removing a lot of OS X’s cruft. This cruft was not only outdated but also a source of confusion for new OS X users – especially when coming from iOS.
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This is something that I definitely want but would never use. I’d be way too paranoid that my iPhone would fall and break to use this thing. Still, a great idea and a great name.
The biggest news item today is from none other than that little electronics company Apple Inc. According to AllThingsD Apple is planning to launch the iPad 3 in the first week of March. This isn’t that surprising as the iPad 2 was released during the same time last year. What remains a surprise is what the iPad 3 will contain.
Current rumors point to a quad-core processor and longer battery life. I’m hoping for one more surprise that’ll make me yearn that much harder to pick one up.
Here’s a very interesting and thorough article about GetGlue, the place that keeps me busy most of my waking hours 
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Did you see Best Buy’s Super Bowl ads last night? If you haven’t, you should give them a watch. They feature the creators of Instagram, Shazam, and Square to name a few. Tastefully done and a joy to see.
I just unsubscribed from my Groupon and LivingSocial coupon e-mails. I’m sad to say that in recent memory none of the deals have been appropriate for me. More often than not the e-mails head straight to my trash bin. A few deals I let sit in my inbox for a few hours, giving myself some time to decide if I should trash it or buy it. However in the past 2-3 months all those deals end up going straight to the trash.
Throughout the entire time that I’ve subscribed to Groupon & LivingSocial I’ve purchased around 5 deals. Those 5 deals were purchased on 5 separate occasions. That means that from all the daily e-mails I’ve received only 5 have piqued my interest enough to buy. The ratio of e-mails received to deals purchased is incredibly poor.
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Sure, it may not be the real thing but this hypothetical ad for Apple Scotland’s version of Siri is very funny. 10 points for you if you can make out every word he says.
Git is one of the most powerful and effective revision control systems available. It’s lightweight and highly configurable, complimenting almost anyone’s programming workflow. Predominately you interact with git from the command line, inputting commands such as `git status` or `git commit` to manipulate your repository.
When you first learn git the CLI can be daunting and confusing. Browsing through your history of commits with `git log` is not efficient. Even after you learn a few tricks such as `git log –graph –oneline –all` it remains difficult to really explore your history.
This is why a git GUI can put the joy back into using git.
This is one of those ideas that after I saw it in action I was surprised it hasn’t been thought of sooner. Social Folders is program that you download to your computer and connect to your social networks, like Facebook or Instagram. It’ll then create a folder on your computer – like Dropbox – and fill it with all of your files that you’ve put on your Facebook account or Instagram account. They just created a video that shows the program in action. Really smart idea. Definitely check it out if you’re a big user of social websites.