Oct 25, 2005

The Morning Drive

Grant and I have been commuting in to work together and have decided to inflict audio pain on our friends and readers in the form of a podcast. Enticing, no? Let us know what you think about The Morning Drive. Of course you can listen to this via Odeo, iTunes or even Google Reader.

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Oct 19, 2005

Taking a couple of days on

Yes on. Sure I'm not going into the office but doing chores I have been dodging for months doesn't really seem like I'm taking a day off. I'm just taking my day elsewhere. Since I embarked on the Reader project I haven't had a vacation so I'm treating myself to a trip to the pumpkin patch tomorrow with Drew's preschool class. Drew is pretty pumped about Halloween in general and we had a brief chat about it before he went to bed. You can listen to our chat on Odeo.

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Oct 14, 2005

Before there was Google Reader...

...there was Newsblogger, a joint venture of Blogger and Moreover. As you know Blogger is now owned by Google and as of this week, Moreover is owned by Verisign. Congrats to Nick Denton, David Galbraith and all the Moreover folks.

Newsblogger - circa 2000

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Oct 7, 2005

Our project launched

I've been telling friends for a little while that I haven't really been full time on Blogger for a while, that I am going full bore on something new we dreamt up. Finally, our project launched today and I can't believe I'm still awake - so tired. I'm going to bed now but I thought a quick chronology of today was in order:
  • Announced Google Reader now on Labs at Web 2.0
  • Slashdot, Metafilter and everyone and their brother visited and tried to upload all their subscriptions
  • Servers became not happy (one bad seed I suspect!)
  • Servers became happy shortly thereafter
  • Lots of blog posts complain that the service is slow but it's BETTER. We swear!
  • Lots of folks say nice things about it Reader in general
  • Problem with some OPML imports reported
  • Fix patched in to address issue
  • Keep making it better for the foreseeable future
What can I say, we are flattered at the turn out. Big shout out to the engineers on the Reader team. It's been a lot of fun, and a lot of work. Can't wait to continue! More on Reader soon, must sleep.

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Haze of love 

It’s three o’clock in the morning,
Or maybe it’s four.
I am thinking of you,
Wondering what I should do,
But I’m finally cutting through this haze.
Lyrics from Haze of Love by Cake

It's early, or late. Depending on how you look at it. I'm going to bed now so I'm calling it late.

Furthermore, I'll be at Web 2.0 tomorrow this morning. If we are friends, I recommend the 9:45am panel. See you there.

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Oct 5, 2005

Caffeine!

 
Product management without caffeine is like a week without Saturdays... or something. Posted by Picasa

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Oct 3, 2005

First dance


First dance
Originally uploaded by jasonshellen.


Congratulations to my brother Grant and his lovely bride Heather who were married this weekend. Good times!

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