Fatburger to Open on Bleecker
by jpreardon on October 30, 2007
Eater breaks the news that Fatburger is opening a store in Manhattan. Yes, you read that correctly, Fatburger! As far as I knew, this was a tiny chain that stayed close to home in the Los Angeles area. Man, was (…)
Favorite Mac Applications
by jpreardon on October 29, 2007
Now that Leopard has been released, I’m going to order a new Macbook. Sorry PowerBook G4, you’ve served me well for many years, but its time for an upgrade. As part of the upgrade, I took a quick inventory of (…)
Evidence Based Scheduling
by jpreardon on October 26, 2007
Joel Spolsky explains Evidence Based Scheduling (EBS), in detail, at Joel on Software. EBS, which is included in the latest version of Fogbugz, predicts ship dates based on individual developers’ historical accuracy in making estimates. Nice.
Leopard Day
by jpreardon on October 26, 2007
So it’s Leopard Day. The official release is at 18:00 EDT, but mail order copies of Leopard have started arriving on desks around the world. There will be a sharp drop in productivity today as Mac fans upgrade their operating (…)
Navigating the Cardboard City
by jpreardon on October 25, 2007
The view of Manhattan in UpNext looks much like an impressively large collection of Puzz-3D models. Nevertheless, it’s pretty damn cool. If you check it out for yourself, prepare to spend some of your productive time flying (virtually) through the (…)
GMail Supports IMAP
by jpreardon on October 24, 2007
If you like GMail, but want to use a different mail client from time to time, you’ll be happy to know that GMail has added IMAP support. To get started, just enable IMAP in your GMail settings and follow the (…)
Three Cups of Tea
by jpreardon on October 23, 2007
I just finished reading Three Cups of Tea. It is the story of Greg Mortenson’s transformation from a part-time mountaineer to a full-time doer of good. Mortenson’s humanitarian efforts began by building a school for a remote mountain village in (…)
Burger Alert
by jpreardon on October 23, 2007
The previously mentioned Five Guys Burger chain continues their friendly invasion of New York City. Come this Thursday, they will have landed in the belly of the beast–if you consider that belly to be somewhere near West 55th. Midtown Lunch (…)
Web Design Survey Results
by jpreardon on October 19, 2007
A List Apart has released the results of their web design survey: In April 2007, A List Apart and An Event Apart conducted a survey of people who make websites. Close to 33,000 web professionals answered the survey’s 37 questions, (…)
Running Slashdot
by jpreardon on October 19, 2007
As part of their 10th anniversary, Slashdot is refreshing their FAQ to reflect their current hardware and software setup. If you are interested in what it takes to run a high volume web site, you might want to check out (…)