Is Google Being Evil?

Friday, October 12th, 2007

I've been loosely following the news and associated backlash about the Google "trademarks team's" decision to block a series of anti-MoveOn.org ads applied for by a company that does marketing for Republican Sen. Susan Collins’ re-election campaign. I have no idea whether these ads actually violate Google's policy or not, ...

API Madness

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

I am a big fan of APIs and the snazzy mashups they make possible. In case you are unfamiliar with what an API is, go here. In the past I've played around with several APIs (mostly using Perl) including Google Maps', Yelp's, and Digg's. Today an article surfaced on the front ...

Road Warrior

Friday, March 24th, 2006

"Everything is scriptable. Yes, everything."-Damon Even my living room wall. ;) In my apartment, I have a big map of the United States mounted on corkboard with a bunch of push-pins stuck in it. Each push-pin represents a destination I've traveled to for work. Over the past 3 years, I have built ...