Category Archives: Web & Technology
Notes/Rants on web and technology-related things.
April Fools: Hulu Throwback
Written on April 1, 2011 at 9:53 am, by cct
Thank you Hulu for this trip down ghetto 90s website lane for your homepage takeover today…
To get you that nostalgic feeling, you get the load If you scroll lower you get iconic geocities and under construction logos:
Bet you today’s cyber kids will not get any of this!
-cct
iPhone 4: Day 1
Written on September 26, 2010 at 8:34 am, by cct
I finally bit the bullet and got myself an iPhone 4. It was kind of a big leap – I was upgrading from an o.g. iPhone. That’s right, the Edge network! But it was time to let go of Chaucer (my o.g. iPhone) and upgrade to Milton (my iPhone 4). Yes, I name my electronics…generally after literary figures or characters.
For Day 1, I managed to:
- Better navigate through my public transit-ness with Google Maps and GPS
- Contemplate planning a trip to San Diego
- Use/Test FaceTime with my friend Esteban
- Take photos (with both cameras!)
Twitter: Promoted Trending Topic with Toy Story 3
Written on June 18, 2010 at 3:06 pm, by cct
I don’t think Toy Story 3 needed help to be a top trending topic on Twitter, but apparently it pays to insure that it is:
Promoted Twitter Trend Topic - Toy Story 3
I had assumed an advertising model was going to run through eventually, but I hadn’t thought about promoted trending topics. Makes sense. I wonder if it costs more to also include #toystory3 hashtag as a bonus?
-cct
“Everything” Taglines: iPhone 4, PS3 Move, and Xbox Kinect (Sort of)
Written on June 18, 2010 at 1:09 pm, by cct
Everything x 3
The “summer blockbuster” seems less applicable to the movies and more to electronics lately. With the announcement (and pre-order craze) of the iPhone 4 and more information/demos/hype for the PS3 Move and Xbox Kinect coming out of E3 – you’d think that there would be some more creativity a-buzz with taglines.
Nope.
- iPhone 4 – It changes everything. Again.
- PS3 Move - It changes everything.
- XBox is a little bit more creative – deciding to allude to the fact that it “changes everything” – “You are the controller.” …which I think basically says that it changes everything.
OK Go: This Too Shall Pass (Embedded Video)
Written on January 20, 2010 at 1:33 pm, by cct
After reading the letter on Gizmodo from Damian of OK Go, I have decided to do a post where I embed this video. Major labels and corporations have this tenuous relationship with social media – clamoring for its attention while simultaneously doing crap-like things that dissuade the consumer from telling others what they like. Read the letter and learn about how you can’t embed YouTube videos. I’m a big fan of OK Go – one of the best concerts I’ve ever had in my life featured them. It was at a rinky-dink dive bar in Hollywood where they ran down to the floor and did a live recording. So here’s their latest song – This Too Shall Pass.