John Erik Metcalf

Nov 26

[Blog] Twitter updates, hackathons, YCombinator -

My last post got me thinking about passively digesting information and how that concept can abstracts all the way out to hackers and creating great products.

Passively digesting information can…

 Titanic times five: Oasis of the Seas aims to leave cruise rivals in huge wake | 				Travel | 				guardian.co.uk
(6300 passengers * USD$1050 per seven day jaunt)* twice per month (24) = $6,300,105,024
Is that right? my 24 number has got to be wrong…

Titanic times five: Oasis of the Seas aims to leave cruise rivals in huge wake | Travel | guardian.co.uk

(6300 passengers * USD$1050 per seven day jaunt)* twice per month (24) = $6,300,105,024

Is that right? my 24 number has got to be wrong…

Some excerpts from danah boyd. Information flow. -

Our bodies are programmed to consume fat and sugars because they’re rare in nature. Thus, when they come around, we should grab them. In the same way, were biologically programmed to be attentive…

Nov 23

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Pretty sure my iPhone is a goner.

I have 16 days left on my original one year hardware warranty from Apple, but since that’s only valid in the America (*fail*) I guess what I’m going to do is buy…

Trying to fix my dropped iPhone -

I uploaded a YouTube video: white screen of death. it’s no the number 1 connector. i think the lcd is out. sucks.

Nov 22

Melissa is here visiting me from HK. Yay… -

Melissa is here visiting me from HK. Yay! We’ll be sure and do a YouTube video tomorrow (I’m writing this so we will remember). Today we went to the 798 District and looked at modern Chinese art….

Nov 18

Just signed up for a Guided account with… -

Just signed up for a Guided account with @ChinesePod.

I’ll be using it to keep up my Chinese skills while I’m back in the US for a month or so. Seems like a very cool service.

Been watching @Melissa and @davemcclure… -

Been watching @Melissa and @davemcclure’s tweets all day from the Cyberport Venture Capital Forum in Hong Kong. Not good for staying focused on studying Chinese.

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Nov 17

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Nov 16

I really want to make an iPhone app that… -

I really want to make an iPhone app that helps people create sentences in Chinese.

Here’s the minimum viable product:

  • 1. Search for a word or phrase like you would in any Chinese dictionary app.
  • 2. Save it.