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Chinese
WordPress in simplified Chinese. Looks complicated to me. (Thanks, I’m here all week…)
Meetup?
Tantek and I will be at Rockin’ Java on Haight @ Shrader from 8 PM till about 10. If anyone is interested swing by and say hi.
Pattern Recognition
Good with faces? Help me identify these people from the Supernova dinner in the comments to this post. Pictures can be referred to as #1, #2, etc.
A lot of very interesting people were there. Please leave comments on this entry and not the pictures themselves. Thanks. 🙂
Photos
Pictures from Upper Haight, Google, a long drive, and the Supernova dinner. These desperately need captioning.
Second
The photos are up from my second day in San Francisco, including the WaSP mini-conference/party. There are a few funny ones but the ones from today are really great, I just need to finish a few up.
Screen Savers?
Someone told me WordPress was on TechTV today. Anyone catch it?
Tantek’s New Digs
Tantek gives notice to Microsoft, and will be at Technorati. I got to talk a good amount tonight with Kevin Marks and David Sifry. Technorati has had some growing pains lately, but I can finally understand why they’re expanding so rapidly: Dave is an incredibly charasmatic ambassador for their genuinely interesting technology. Add in a good team, and it’s a recipe for success.
Gallery: 6-24-2004
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Why WordPress?
Why WordPress? An oldie but a goodie.
Take the Caltrain
I forgot to post this before, so here it is.
I’m on the Caltrain going to Mountain View for lunch, and I’m taking advantage of the much-needed downtime to listen to some music, enjoy the scenery, reply to email, and catch up on writing. Being offline has been productive, and I’m wondering if I should recreate the effect at home by turning off my wireless for an hour or two every day. Something about the constant stream of stimuli when I’m online can be very tiring.
The party/conference last night was an amazing success. I had no idea so many people were going to be there, and Tantek’s house (which we spent a fair amount of time getting ready) was great for the after-party. The conversations were fascinating, and I got a chance to talk a bit with people I knew but had never gotten to sit with before, like Anil. Also met some new faces like Zack and [INSERT NAMES HERE]. Pictures should be up soon and I’ll aside them when they are. Captioning pictures when every single person has a URI can be tedious. 😉
Usually when I listen to music in headphones I’m stationary, so moving around with them is a novel experience. It’s like having a personal soundtrack to the Matt Movie. This must be the attraction of iPods.
Friendly Comments
Kitten’s Friendly Comments 1.0, allows you to whitelist friends and moderate everyoneelse. Haven’t tried it myself yet, but how can you not like a name like that?
Gallery: 6-23-2004
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Webmonkey
Is WebMonkey back? Does it matter?
First Photos
Photos from my first day in SF are up, there were some others but with any luck they’ll never see the light of day.
Gallery: 6-22-2004
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Molly
Netcraft on WP
Netcraft on WordPress and blogging software shift, however the best reason to use WP isn’t that it’s free, it’s that it works better. Hat tip: Simon.
In San Francisco
And the weather is gorgeous! Rode the BART from the airport, and it was the most comfortable public transporation I’ve ever been on. The Muni was about the same as any other subway/train thing I’ve been on, except every third person had white iPod earphones on and a Powerbook in their lap. I’m sitting in Crepes on Cole and it’s a very nice place, the food smells great and the music is good. Very cozy. Can’t wait for Tantek to get here so we can eat. What amazes me right now is the number of people just walking around. Lots of babies, lots of dogs. Lots of people holding dogs like babies. It would be easy to sit here and people watch all day. What’s funny is in the back of my mind I half expect every face that walks by to belong to a web celebrity, like at SxSW.