Working creatively with APIs is one of the things that makes software development fun. APIs exist mainly to allow third parties to add functionality to software that the original authors don’t have the time, interest, or creativity to do on their own. […]
In the UN’s list of oppressed peoples, Condominium Developers are somewhere below adorable kittens. Yet I recently found my politically inactive self speaking in favor of San Francisco’s 7 Hills Developers at a recent Board of Supervisors meeting. About three blocks from […]
According to appaholic, SpotDJ is currently the fastest growing app on Facebook! We’ve been so busy building the new SpotDJ that we haven’t even blogged about it, but it’s a huge leap forward for us. We believe we’re the only Facebook app […]
When we wrote the User Profile feature for SpotDJ, we decided we wanted something a little more interesting than just filling in your username and password. We came up with the idea of presenting the user with three questions, randomly selected from […]
Turns out that the method of integrating online chat and television that I co-invented as a Microsoft intern was approved late last year and nobody told me: http://www.google.com/patents?id=F0R9AAAAEBAJ&dq=kleper&ie=ISO-8859-1 My favorite part of the patent application (which I didn’t write) was the sample […]
Ever listen to a song and realize that when you were a kid, you totally misinterpreted the lyrics? In 4th Grade, I was really into the Beastie Boys because my friend Arthur was really into the Beastie Boys. But rap was new […]
Back in January, when I expressed my frustration over the lack of a Third Party API for the iPhone, everyone seemed certain that Apple had confirmed this as a fact. Now everyone seems certain that the iPhone runs a full version of […]
Okay, so maybe it’s only the second most “Newly Popular” pirated book, but still — we’ve got more seeds and leechers than the first episode of “The Tudors.” And we’re trouncing other books in our category — Suck it, Professional ASP NET […]
Some time in late 2001, my then-girlfriend-now-wife offered me a ride home from work and never showed up. As it started to get late, I began walking home, assuming I’d see her on the way. As I came over a hill, I […]
As an allergy sufferer, I’ve never had a traditional pet. But I did have something better — my pet hermit crab, Jessie. Jessie’s crabitat was a gift from my wife about two years ago. And while he’s been through a few roommates […]