5 Unofficial Twitter Rules

1) Pick a decent icon

First let's take a look at some examples. Here are some good icons:



Here are some bad icons:



Can you see the difference? First of all, twitter is about what YOU are doing. Lets see you! I doesn't necesarily have to be just a shot of your face, …

5 OFFICIAL Twitter Rules

I realized that my unofficial rules I posted yesterday were pretty lenient, so I've decided to post the official rules, that I'll personally be policing!

1) Get a great icon

Here are some more examples of bad icons:



Here's the only good one i've ever seen:



I don't …

Ustream.tv

I've been playing with ustream.tv a lot recently. I'm really loving this service. In fact, I love it so much, I've set up a piece of pixelspread based entirely around the broadcast service. If you head over to live.pixelspread.com you can see what I'm doing all the …

Ustream.tv Interview with Co-Founder

I recently got a chance to ask Brad Hunstable, the Co-Founder of Ustream.tv, a few questions about the site.

What inspired the creation of Ustream.tv?

We started Ustream.tv because we didn't think there was a good live video solution for the average user. There …

Virb Public Launch

You don?t need a beta invite from me anymore, because you can now go to virb.com, and sign up by yourself. They are only taking so many people per day, so hurry on up! I?m officially done with myspace. Today is a good day.

More to do with Twitter

I?ve been playing with Twitter a lot recently, so I thought I?d post some tools and sites I?ve been using with Twitter.

The first is a great Twitter mashup I stumbled across today. It?s called Twittervision from Twittermap.com. It allows you to watch people update …

BitTorrent for OS X

When XTorrent came out, it immediately became my favorite torrent client for the mac. This was however before they charged $15.89 for a license! Now, I don?t have a problem paying for software, especially when the price is reasonable, but for a torrent client? Let?s be …

The Twitter ZombieAttack

It?s been a little while since my last update, so I thought I?d write a little bit about what I?ve been up to. For those on Twitter, I?m hoping you?ve heard something about my current project ZombieAttack. My friend, Greg, and I came up with the idea of creating a work …

A Few Questions with Shaun Inman

I recently asked Shaun Inman, creator of Mint, a few questions about design and the web.

What are your thoughts on Paul Rand?s point that a logo ?cannot survive unless it is designed with the utmost simplicity and restraint??

While I think the statement is a little …

Never lose your job to a computer

I was having a conversation with someone the other day about technology vs. mankind. Basically this person?s gripe was that technology is taking over our lives and machines are taking human jobs. I?ve heard it many times before, but I felt like I finally needed to …

iminlikewithyou: flirting 2.0

I?m In Like With You. Take a few seconds to get used to the name. It took me the better half of a day to remember exactly what it was called, but now that it?s starting to grow on me, so is the site.

I received a beta invite for this web 2.0 flirting site the other …