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Hipster: The Dead End of Western Civilization

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:35:17 -0400

Hipster: The Dead End of Western Civilization : We’ve reached a point in our civilization where counterculture has mutated into a self-obsessed aesthetic vacuum. So while hipsterdom is the end product of all prior countercultures, it’s been stripped of its subversion and originality.

Gatlin Elms Band - All We Need (now available as a free...

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:18:27 -0400

Gatlin Elms Band - All We Need (now available as a free download)

Facebook added a nifty new feature called Phonebook

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:27:55 -0400

Facebook added a nifty new feature called Phonebook

joelaz: SMS Business Cards On Monday, I was out for drinks and...

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:11:28 -0400

joelaz:

SMS Business Cards

On Monday, I was out for drinks and met a guy who’s working on some similar stuff. He handed me his business card and asked for mine. I told him I didn’t have one on me (truth is, I haven’t had a card since I left Yahoo! and I never carried them with me then anyway). Instead, I said, “Just text joelaz to 41411”. A second later he received a text message on his phone like the one above with my name, address, email, website URL and any other contact info I wanted to share.

It took just a few seconds to create this using a simple, free service that I recently heard about from Russell Beattie called Textmarks. After learning about Textmarks in the comments of a post on Fred Wilson’s blog, it occurred to me that you could use the service for text message business cards. Here’s how to make your own:

Go to the “create” page on Textmarks.com

Pick a unique keyword for yourself (I used “joelaz”)

Enter up to 120 characters of contact info in the “Respond to keyword with text message:” field

Click the “Create” button

If you haven’t already done so, create an account on Textmarks (if you skip this step, your keyword will expire in 24 hours)

Click the “Manage” tab and then click the “Edit” button next to the keyword you created

Click “Edit” Configuration and uncheck all the boxes under “Messaging Options” and uncheck “Subscribable Textmark” (those options are for more advanced uses of Textmarks, but not needed for your SMS business cards)

Tell new friends and business contacts to “text your_keyword to 41411” (replace your_keyword, duh)

That’s it. It’s free, simple to use, environmentally friendly, and you’ll be the envy of geeks everywhere.

"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself."

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:46:47 -0400

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”

- Leo Tolstoy

Spoilt Print by Oliver Moss

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:34:00 -0400

Spoilt Print by Oliver Moss

Opentape

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:52:16 -0400

Opentape: a free way to make and host your own web mixtape

"Metephorically, web design is my art, the Internet my audience, keyboard my strings, websites my..."

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:53:33 -0400

“Metephorically, web design is my art, the Internet my audience, keyboard my strings, websites my music, and bandwith my tempo…”

- Dustin

Jon Brion - Eternal Sunshine On The Spotless Mind

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 12:24:43 -0400

Jon Brion - Eternal Sunshine On The Spotless Mind

Beautiful Losers Trailer

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 12:09:00 -0400

Beautiful Losers Trailer

First Night of Freedom Spent Alone in Dorm Room

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 01:53:48 -0400

First Night of Freedom Spent Alone in Dorm Room:

acewepeel:

After sleeping soundly for 10 hours and then not taking a shower, Melton is expected to leave his dorm room for the first time since moving in to walk directly to the building’s cafeteria. Once there, he will likely eat a breakfast of hash browns and soft-serve ice cream and meet the two guys he will hang out with for the next four years.

This is me in a week

Random Alisha has a pretty sweet Tumblr theme ported from the...

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:50:24 -0400

Random Alisha has a pretty sweet Tumblr theme ported from the Notebook Chaos Wordpress Theme.

iHologram - iPhone application

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:46:38 -0400

iHologram - iPhone application

Photosynth

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:59:01 -0400

Photosynth: is a site that stitches plain photographs together to create a pseudo-3D world.

Don't Copy a Design — Steal It

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:55:23 -0400

Don't Copy a Design — Steal It

Dear Tumblr Users, can you please stop reblogging so much.

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:27:36 -0400

Dear Tumblr Users, can you please stop reblogging so much.

Sad Realization: People still use MySpace

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:04:11 -0400

Sad Realization: People still use MySpace

Russia to cut all military ties with NATO

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:57:00 -0400

Russia to cut all military ties with NATO: reminds me of a certain time period

The Compact Disk (CD) Turns 26 and It Still Won't Die

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:22:41 -0400

The Compact Disk (CD) Turns 26 and It Still Won't Die

Is Michael Phelps A Douche?

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:35:44 -0400

Is Michael Phelps A Douche?