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Announcing Jitter

by Eric on April 1, 2009

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Microblogging is so 2008. Want to get right to the point? Then try picoblogging, where the name of the game is all about character. One character.

That’s right. I’m excited to announce my new start-up venture, Jitter, where you can send 1-character messages at random intervals. Your friends can subscribe to see what letter you think is most interesting right now.

We’re currently in α testing with a limited number of subscribers and have received our first round of venture funding ($1) from X Associates.

While we’re not yet ready to accept subscribers into our public beta program, we are excited to share this hot-off-the-presses screen shot from our web site.

jitter

Exciting, huh? One character. It’s the future.

P.S. We’ll be announcing details of our developer program shortly. Please note that you will need to be fluent in APL to write Jitter plug-ins.

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New Northern Gardener Article

October 18, 2008

Those of you in and around Minnesota might want to wander down to your local bookstore in the next couple weeks so you can pick up a copy of Northern Gardener magazine. The September-October issue carries a new six-page article on landscaping technique written by my mother and photographed by yours truly.

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PhotoCalc: A Nifty iPhone App for Photographers

August 14, 2008

Adair Systems has released a handy little calculator for photographers. I’ve just downloaded it and I can already tell it will be very handy.

In addition to the calculators you might expect (exposure calculator, depth-of-field, and flash exposure), it can also tell you sunrise and sunset for your current location on any date (assuming you have [...]

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iPhone App Store Gotcha: Syncing a Phone with Multiple Machines

July 15, 2008

As mentioned in yesterday’s post, I’ve been experimenting with downloading apps on my iPhone. Mostly it’s a good experience, although I’m looking forward to the apps maturing a bit.
I got burned today by iTunes’ handling of downloaded apps and I thought I should share it with those of you who use multiple machines.
I have two [...]

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iPhone 3G: First Thoughts

July 14, 2008

A friend and I went to the Apple Store in Seattle on Friday morning thinking we could pick up one of the spiffy new iPhones. Us and many hundred other folks. Rick and I looked at each other and decided we weren’t that hard core.
Rick is now off vacationing with his family in Wyoming (a [...]

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