I did it! On September 4, 2011, I ran the 13.1 miles of the Swanzey Covered Bridges Half-Marathon! I came in at about 2 hours, 27 minutes for an average of 11:16 per mile. More on that in a moment, but I thought I’d mention that one driver for me to do this particular race was because the first time I recorded a run on my iPhone was September 7th, 2010. Here it was… 1.6 miles! And a year later here I am at 13.1. I’m admittedly pleased with how that has worked out! In truth, though, I had been…
Sep 07
Video: What’s New in Voxeo Prophecy 11 and VoiceObjects 11?
Want to know the newest ways to build communications apps using Voxeo products? Want to know about IPv6, wideband audio, fax support and large-scale management of servers? In a recent Voxeo Developer Jam Session, I explained what is new in…
Sep 06
John Battelle On The Importance of Aggregating The Digital Content We Post In Walled Gardens
As we spread our digital content across the Internet, through separate services that we do NOT control, such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Quora, how do we aggregate all that information somewhere where we DO control the content? So as…
Sep 06
Skype Now Using "@SkypeSupport" on Twitter
Given that last week I received two more phone calls from people looking to speak with Skype, I was very pleased to learn that Skype has recently started providing a support channel via Twitter – @SkypeSupport. Sure, it’s not a…
Sep 06
Want To Help Guide Git’s Development? Take the 2011 Git Users’s Survey!
Do you use the git version control system? If so, do you wish it worked a bit differently? Or did you find it hard to use in some way? If you don’t, did you try to start using it and found it difficult to understand?
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Sep 02
Running The Swanzey Covered Bridges Half-Marathon On Sunday…
I went and did it… continuing my running adventure, I went ahead and signed up for the Swanzey Covered Bridges Half-Marathon, a.k.a. "Elijah’s Race", this Sunday, September 4th, 2011. (UPDATE: The website hosting provider experienced a server crash and is still trying to get the site back up – meanwhile a cached version of the site is available.) I’ve never run 13.1 miles. In fact, if I’m honest about it, I’d never even thought about running 13.1 miles until recently. But here I go! Farthest I’ve run is 11.28 miles and when I was done I still had "gas in…
Aug 30
Why The "Nym Wars" Matter – Preserving Pseudonymity On An Open Internet
There’s an identity war going on out on the Internet right now… there are multiple aspects to it… but the key is that: it is a battle for control of YOUR identity! Think of any website you’ve visited lately that…
Aug 29
Happy Birthday, Skype! Celebrating 8 Years of Disruption
It was 8 years ago today that the first public beta version of Skype was released… and so began the amazing journey of a product/service that has truly disrupted the telecommunications industry. The Wikipedia page on Skype has a good…
Aug 29
The Hellacious Purgatory of Waiting
Waiting sucks. There is no other way to say it. More polite phrasings simply do not convey the correct emphasis. Waiting sucks. And now… we wait. Two weeks ago we visited my wife’s oncologist to learn what would be the treatment options for her breast cancer now that the mastectomy was done. Naively, we thought based on what we had heard after the operation that all we would really be talking about was whether or not it made sense for her to start taking a hormone drug, Tamoxifen, for the next five years. There are some various medical history issues…
Aug 26
Can You Help With Data Collection For Hurricane Irene Crisis Response?
With Hurricane Irene bearing down on the East Coast of the US and expected to make landfall within the next 24-48 hours, many volunteer efforts are underway to be in position to help the regions that may be effected… including…
