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New Term Coinage: Baboop

Baboop: To encourage someone to hurry up and get to the point, after the iconic sound TiVo makes when fast-forwarding.…

A Geeky Take on the WGA Strike

So if you’re missing your Jon Stewart, you probably know that the WGA is on strike. That means, unless this…

NaBloPoMo Q&A 4: The Web Biz

Zazzy asked: I’m studying web development. Do you have any tips for crossing that hump between moderately-talented-amateur to professional (or…

Google Now in Vaporware Business?

First Google announced Open Social, which is going to solve all the problems you didn’t know you had with social…

Like Chess?

Personally, I was raised in a backgammon family. But Wikipedia says that millions of people like the chess. And if…

NaBloPoMo

NaBloPoMo = National Blog Posting Month. And I am member #4928. Which means I’ll be posting here every day for…

No Spectators

It’s difficult to remember now, but there was a time when companies looked at the internet and made a ponderous…

How to Take Halfway Decent Photos with an iPhone

Heather and I think of our cellphones more as cameras with phone attachments than phones with camera functions. So when…

DePo Clean WordPress Theme

So my dalliance with Hemingway has come to an end. No offense to Kyle Neath – it’s a really lovely…

Miss Me?

So I’m back. Why? A few reasons. I’ve got a few posts percolating in me and I need a place…


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Hi, I’m Derek. I live in San Francisco. I’m the cofounder of Fertile Medium and editor of Fray. I sometimes post things to Flickr and Twitter. My dog’s name is Bug. More.







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