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By day, I'm a product manager serving a group of fantastic engineers at Square.
By night, I fight crime and solve mysteries with a robot pal of my own creation.
By midday, I like a snack, generally a cookie.
Part of this biography isn't true (hint, I like cookies and engineering, I don't own a robot)
Category Archives: Technology
WordPress for iPhone: Thumbs up
Early verdict on the [WordPress for iPhone application](http://iphone.wordpress.org/): it’s pretty nice! I used it to draft my post [about page views](http://heisel.org/blog/2008/11/13/what-is-a-page-view/) while I was riding on the [subway](http://itsmarta.com/) home. **What’s good** * **Offline** — How cool is it to be … Continue reading
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What is a page view?
We use a lot of jargon in [newsrooms](http://www.flickr.com/photos/chicago_steph/3005686280/), and there’s even more [online](http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/21470089/). I thought I’d take an occasional stab at defining some online terms in the hopes of reaching across the aisle… of the newsroom. (Do newsrooms have aisles?) … Continue reading
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The Sunday Internet
Kottke and 43 Folders both have some great suggestions for organizing and reading RSS feeds. My system is much less thought out and not well optimized. Media — Official news outlets and frequently posted-to blogs: NYTimes, Mashable, Good Morning Silicon … Continue reading
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The link economy is dead: New York Times
Yesterday while I was looking for a link to the [Christian Science Monitor’s](http://csmonitor.com) plan to move to a primary online business, I found [this topic page on NYTimes.com](http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/c/christian_science_monitor/index.html?inline=nyt-org). There’s. Not. One. Link. To. The. Monitor’s. Web. Site. Try it yourself … Continue reading
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And now, for something completely differ^h^h^h^h^h^h magical
If you haven’t already, check out the CameraBag application for the iPhone. It allows you to apply a nifty set of features to photos on your phone. Of course, because [Django](http://www.djangoproject.com/) is awesome, and because [magical ponies](http://djangopony.com/) are even more … Continue reading
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