Yesterday (October 20th), we here in the South end of the San Francisco Bay Area had a moderate 5.6 earthquake (officially designated by the USGS as event nc40204628). We were fine, even if the kids were a little rattled. (I had to explain to them that earthquakes are part of living in California.) I tried to call my parents to see if they felt it, but got the dreaded “all circuits are busy” on our standard AT&T line. Not too surprising. What surprised me was that my Sprint mobile was also not working, but rather than a decent message, it…
Jeff at Coding Horror has a great topic this week: Why does software spoil?: In the software industry, the release of newer, better versions is part of the natural order. It’s a relentless march towards perfection that started with the first personal computers, and continues today. We expect software to get larger and more sophisticated over time, to track with the hardware improvements that Moore’s law has provided us for so many years. Rapid evolution is a good thing, and it’s one reason the computer industry is so exciting to work in. If you don’t like the way things are…
AdMob is an up and coming mobile advertising platform, supporting both the advertisers and publishers (including my Mobile Website list). AdMob is in a unique position given they serve millions of ads to mobile devices each day. Today they published a summary report of some metrics from September 2007: AdMob Mobile Metrics is a new report with market level data. This initial report covers the month of September and includes manufacturer, device and country-specific data on AdMob’s top four markets by impressions served: US, UK, India and South Africa. In the future, we plan to add operator data and incremental…
Stanford Tree Originally uploaded by brianc. Stanford hosted the TCU Horned Frogs on October 13, 2007. The Cardinal gave a great effort in their highest-scoring game this year, but in the end couldn’t contain the TCU offense and lost 38-36. Photoset: Stanford vs TCU