May 2009 – Chad Kohalyk

in internet on May 30, 2009 May 30, 2009

Earlier this week Google announced its upcoming communications platform Wave. I watched the entire 80 minute developer preview video today and was intrigued and impressed. I signed up for beta access right away. It is…

Japanese Twitter user numbers by Nielsen

in internet on May 27, 2009 May 27, 2009

Netratings, a web ad market analysis firm owned by Nielsen, has compiled country data from a Nielsen report last month revealing the number of Twitter users in Japan compared to the US and UK. There…

Illustrated Star Wars Alphabet

in hilarity on May 27, 2009 May 27, 2009

“A” is for Ackbar… Illustrated Star Wars Alphabet

in hilarity on May 25, 2009 May 25, 2009

Now there’s a hoopy frood who really knows where his towel is.

in hilarity on May 25, 2009 May 25, 2009

Now there’s a hoopy frood who really knows where his towel is.

Andrew Sullivan misunderstands the “long tail”

in economics music on May 24, 2009 May 24, 2009

A new British study finds that the most pirated pop songs on the internet are those that already top the charts. Instead of giving rise to a “long tail” where small indie acts broaden their…

in hilarity on May 23, 2009 May 23, 2009

Like yourmonkeycalled I too enjoyed taking The Deck Ad Network Readership Survey.

in hilarity on May 23, 2009 May 23, 2009

Like yourmonkeycalled I too enjoyed taking The Deck Ad Network Readership Survey.

MOSA

in apple Japan on May 20, 2009 May 20, 2009

An NPO supporting Macintosh software developers in Japan. Other than ADC this seems to be the only place Japanese devs can get support. MOSA

iPhone’s disappointing lack of effect on keitai UX

in Japan tech on May 19, 2009 May 19, 2009

Softbank and DoCoMo have released their summer lineup of mobile phones, one year after the initial release of the iPhone. I was truly optimistic. When the iPhone hit Japan last year I was excited at…