http://ashponders.net/blog I am <a href="http://ashponders.net/blog/index.php/category/crazies">crazy</a>. I collect Irish Whiskey and Coffee. I ride <a href="http://ashponders.net/blog/index.php/category/bicycles">bicycles</a> through my </a>http://ashponders.net/blog/index.php/category/tempe">home town</a>. I like <a href="http://ashponders.net/blog/index.php/category/charity">charity</a>. Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:36:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I suppose this has an audience of one. This one is for Dan Pasco. riffing on a notion given to me by Chris Hanson. http://ashponders.net/blog/index.php/2008/real-artists Silverback is a new application, by Clearleft, that allows website (and regular old desktop software) developers to perform some usability testing by linking a video screen capture with a iSight capture. All you do is fire up Silverback, then sit your user down and have them interact with your application ... http://ashponders.net/blog/index.php/2008/silverback-is-giving-back Several Lemurs were found where they don't belong. The discovery was made in the Torotorofotsy wetlands of east central Madagascar, more than 400 km (240 miles) north of the isolated pockets of bamboo forest where the rest of the known populations of the species live. This is exciting, at least to ... http://ashponders.net/blog/index.php/2008/new-pocket-of-greater-bamboo-lemurs-found 37 Signals on Triplog - Essentially, before castigating our peers, perhaps we should spend a bit longer pondering the choices they've made. I got big knots in my stomach reading the comments on gruber's flickr image, and I couldn't really identify the reason at the time. I suspect it has ... http://ashponders.net/blog/index.php/2008/on-triplog-and-civility-of-our-platform United Lemur will be out in force at WWDC this year. Mike and I and the thousands of elite but anonymous developers that make up UL will all be attending. While Mike Lee will probably be busy with the crowds of adoring fans, I am not big in Japan, ... http://ashponders.net/blog/index.php/2008/united-lemur-at-wwdc Twitter has the in the case unfortunate boon of being infested with Mac dorks. As such anytime Steve Jobs so much as sneezes Twitter tends to take a nose dive. In anticipation of such, Justin and Jacqui have suggested at we all hop on Brightkite. So When Twitter dies, you can ... http://ashponders.net/blog/index.php/2008/when-twitter-explodes-at-wwdc An as yet uncontacted tribe of people in the amazon were photographed recently in an attempt by Survival International to highlight the danger they (along with the other fauna) face from illegal logging that takes place in Brazil and Peru. Gruber's first thoughts on the matter: Someone needs to let these people ... http://ashponders.net/blog/index.php/2008/uncontacted-amazon-tribe-photographed Tempe is a breeding ground for hip cool mother fuckers. It's a well established fact that I won't even bother to back up. However in a little anecdotal piece of empirical evidence, cheers to my friend Steven Reker, formerly of tempe band,Reindeer/Tiger Team, got a write-up in yesterday's New York ... http://ashponders.net/blog/index.php/2008/local-heartthrob-becomes-billy-elliot I've been holding off on posting for a while because I haven't been all that interested in technology recently. I've been drinking fantastic Irish whiskeys and some of the best coffee I've ever had. I've been buying new bikes and boots. And yet I've been mum on these things because ... http://ashponders.net/blog/index.php/2008/on-blogging-or-the-excuses-provided-by-a-boy-with-too-much-free-time I used to work at Arizona State University for the College of Education Computer Support. The job was sweet; it paid for grad school and had a hefty stipend attached. I wasn't even a grad student at the time and it wasn't really a job I was qualified for; I ... http://ashponders.net/blog/index.php/2008/face-to-face