Quoted: If you read my original iPhone review, then you know that I was pretty impressed with Apple's first generation cell phone. My first impressions were nothing short of stellar. The original iPhone wasn't perfect, and I pointed out a few flaws in the first iteration. Since that review, Apple has addressed some of the flaws via software updates. Here

Quoted: Yesterday, I found a nifty tool for FriendFeed, which allows one to get a detailed view of their FriendFeed "universe". It is called FriendVenn. Some would call it a social graph of sorts, but in essence, it details the relationships between you and your FriendFeed followers. To run the tool, you must input your FriendFeed username and password (NOT

Quoted: Ah yes, the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). That conference that all console gamers look forward to. It has a history of providing us with insight into upcoming gaming titles, new features, and new hardware. Over time the conference has lost it's glitter and mass appeal. Last year's E3 had it's moments, but overall, it wasn't all that impressive.

Quoted: Today, the blogosphere got a taste of what a lot of us black live streamers experience all too often: anonymous cowards. These individuals choose to hide behind their anonymity, and flood corresponding chat rooms with all kinds of racial slurs. Unfortunately, Louis Gray had to witness such an event: This afternoon, I caught a video broadcast with

Quoted: Twitter's architectural problems are well known. Many of us in the social networking scene have never been so focused on what's under the hood of a particular service. While I do have a great deal of performance testing and tuning experience, I have never seen it pushed so hard in the social web. Not to my surprise, a new Twitter competitor arose

Quoted: One of the conversations that stemmed from our "Twit-Out" a few months ago was, "Can we save Twitter with open-source?" My response was the following: I agree that Twitter could use some help, but I don't know if opening the source is the main solution. I do believe, a healthy dose of stiff competition encourages innovation. [...] Today, I joined

Quoted: As a podcaster, I'm always looking for ways to enhance the experience for my listeners. The community not only wants to consume the content I produce, but many feel the need to contribute their thoughts and feedback. With the evolution of FriendFeed as the one stop shop for discussion surrounding the social web, it only makes sense to try to utilize

Quoted: My favorite game at the moment, Team Fortress 2 (TF2), is scheduled to be updated today. As I suggested in my TF2 video (sadly, my server is no more), the PC version is so much better than its console counterpart. Today's patch is one reason why. The medic class has already received an update which includes new achievements which unlocks new weapons.