Dale Larson - Latest Comments

Re: Who can build your iPhone app?

Jda284 — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:34:26 -0000

I've gone through 3 different developers. The first was India (they were horrible and would not recommend building iPhone apps overseas), the second was a freelancer in NY who was good but didn't understand deadlines, and the third is a company based in Alaska (last place you would expect iOS developers) and they're amazing and I'm still using them now. If your friend is still looking for someone I can get him in touch with them.

Re: First AT&T 3G MicroCell Review (tested at two homes in San Francisco)

Frusted_in_SF — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 13:30:13 -0000

AT&T is not providing a cellular service. It is absolute robbery and a regulatory body really should investigate, especially in regards to the cancellation fee, which I believe will be increasing, due to the anticipated rush of cancellations when Verizon picks up the iPhone. It's unbelievable that my cellular service has retreated to what it was like before this century.

Re: Who can build your iPhone app?

Dale Larson — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 13:38:07 -0000

ReadWriteWeb posted a roundup of thirty mobile app builder DIY tools, hopefully they'll add more information about each: http://www.readwriteweb.com/mo...

Re: Win dinner with Fail Whale creator and Walls360.com co-founder Yiying Lu

Dale Larson — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 00:38:01 -0000

DocPop, we wish you'd been here to be stuck in the elevator with us for an hour between dinner and the art show -- it was a night filled with excitement! We'll have to have you and Unwoman over another time, and are looking forward to it!

Re: Win dinner with Fail Whale creator and Walls360.com co-founder Yiying Lu

DocPop — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 14:35:14 -0000

I'd love to see you guys at the art show and maybe even get to enjoy dinner together.

I would make a fantastic house guest because I clean up well and I once read a "how to book" on conversation. I could maybe even serenade y'all with a couple of app songs.

Re: Trouble for Social and Location Networks means Opportunity for new Startups

Dale Larson — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 12:35:17 -0000

Jon: So glad this post could serve as such a powerful reminder, I'd love to hear more details of what it means to you and how buUuk does/might tackle the problem. (And thanks again for coffee in Singapore a year ago!)

Re: Trouble for Social and Location Networks means Opportunity for new Startups

Jon — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 11:21:00 -0000

Thanks Dale, you just reminded me why we built buUuk, and I needed reminding.

Re: Canon SX30IS: test shots of the Blue Angels at Fleet Week San Francisco 2010

Zoobie — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 20:17:39 -0000

I haven't tried out the SX30 yet, but in other Canon point and shoots there has always been a "Review" setting where you can choose to not show the picture you just took.

Re: Dear Foursquare: You just don’t understand my feelings anymore

Dale Larson — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 14:01:31 -0000

Robert's latest post mentions a couple of these issues in an interesting context: http://scobleizer.com/2010/...

Re: CREDO Wireless: your phone bill support progressive causes

Micklowenthal — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:12:16 -0000

I want to leave my email service at Yahoo which is obviously tainted and has an agenda of right wing politics. Any suggestions?

Re: Jobs announces Mac App Store?

Dale Larson — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:36:09 -0000

It's about time! It's been too long that most software has to be a web page. The new announcement from Apple today, in Dave Morin's words is "the best thing to happen to desktop software in 20 years."

For all the positive growth and change brought by the web, it has also cut off many possibile motivations to develop software and ways to get it into users hands. Thank goodness developers can once again sell their work directly ratehr than selling ad space and subscriptions. The OS X App Store may have as much impact on desktop software as iPhone has had on mobile software.

Re: What comes after The Social Network?

Dale Larson — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 15:59:20 -0000

http://www.scribd.com/doc/538697/Mark-Zuckerbergs-Online-Diary

http://www.fastcompany.com/1693257/the-social-network-facebook-mark-zuckerberg

Sorkin responds on the issue of misogyny in The Social Network: http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2010/10/aaron-sorkin-responds-to-commenter-in.html

Re: What comes after The Social Network?

Dale Larson — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:42:15 -0000

http://larrycheng.com/2009/... is really interesting as a first-hand personal account.

http://techcrunch.com/2010/... Trent seems to agree with the idea that someone could easily execute on a better Facebook. The network effect that got us here could just as easily get us elsewhere...

Re: Dear Foursquare: You just don’t understand my feelings anymore

Dale Larson — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:53:14 -0000

Thanks, Laura. I'd love to hear your ideas to make it more relevant -- I think how social networks deal with context and groups and the real depth of our connections (as opposed to the binary friend/follow or not) is the biggest challenge they all face. But if your app or startup that is going to solve this, then maybe what I really want to hear is your pitch!

Re: Canon SX30IS: test shots of the Blue Angels at Fleet Week San Francisco 2010

Laura Larson — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 20:59:55 -0000

Hi Dale, I tried to photograph the Blue Angels this afternoon from our roof and didn't do as well as you did yesterday at Fort Mason Marina. I basically got two acceptable shots out of 68 -- although that's really not bad because (1) I'm really picky (2) I'm very inexperienced with photographing subjects that move and (3) I've never used a Canon camera before.

I did photograph the Blue Angels once before, with my Nikon D6000 DSLR. I had a LOT of focusing problems with it that the Canon seemed to not bother me with.

One thing I don't like about the Canon is that when you're shooting through the viewfinder, it displays the shot you just took for a couple of seconds. I'm fine with it doing that on the screen, but when I'm tracking a fighter jet I just want the picture snapped and the viewfinder clear so I can keep following my subject. I wonder if there's a setting for that...I'll have to look in the owner's manual.

It was pretty easy and fun to work with the Canon SX30IS, but I'd like to use it some more under my "usual" conditions (travel photography of non-moving or slowly moving subjects) to decide how I really feel. The Canon made me miss my old Nikon DSLR -- there's something about that sleek "snick" of the shutter closing that makes me really "feel" like I've taken a picture. It also wasn't as fast as my Leica D-Lux 4 -- but then the Leica only has about a 2.5x optical zoom so it would have been useless today anyway.

Thanks for letting me try it, and cheers to you for getting three really good pictures yesterday!

Re: Dear Foursquare: You just don’t understand my feelings anymore

lauralovesart — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 17:44:33 -0000

Hey Dale, I certainly understand your feelings...and i agree...somehow Foursquare has become less fun...im still using it...but it's feeling more like a chore...without as much benefit...i do have some ideas on how to make it relevant...but...im saving that for my own app! ;)

Re: Canon SX30IS: test shots of the Blue Angels at Fleet Week San Francisco 2010

Dale Larson — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 10:19:12 -0000

Thanks, Robert, glad you liked them!

Re: Canon SX30IS: test shots of the Blue Angels at Fleet Week San Francisco 2010

Dale Larson — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 10:18:49 -0000

What are you shooting with now?

Re: Canon SX30IS: test shots of the Blue Angels at Fleet Week San Francisco 2010

Michael Sinz — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 01:16:47 -0000

Nice shots. I always did like Canon cameras. That is what I have been running with since the early 1970's (albeit they were all 35mm film cameras, but still Canon)

Re: Canon SX30IS: test shots of the Blue Angels at Fleet Week San Francisco 2010

Robbrownstein17 — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 21:17:11 -0000

great shots

Re: What comes after The Social Network?

Dale Larson — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 22:29:20 -0000

John Hagel writes an interesting and insightful piece here: http://edgeperspectives.typ...

Re: What comes after The Social Network?

Dale Larson — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 18:00:23 -0000

A few other good links:

TechCrunch's fireside chat with Facebook's initial VC, Peter Thiel, from last week: http://techcrunch.com/2010/...

ValleyWag's note at the time Saverin's lawsuit was settled: http://gawker.com/5143256/f...

Pete Cashmore of Mashable.com on Why Zuckerberg should like the Facebook movie: http://edition.cnn.com/2010...

Re: Back to NASA KSC for Space Shuttle Launch STS-133

NealWiser — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:20:53 -0000

Enjoy the trip. I was the STS-129 Tweetup last year and it's an awesome time (assuming the shuttle launches on schedule). Can't got this time which is a shame, I've been reading your blog for a while and would have been fun to meet you.

Re: Comparing high-speed Internet in San Francisco: AT&T U-Verse vs. Comcast Extreme vs. Speakeasy DSL

Dale Larson — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:17:48 -0000

Wow, William, it's great to hear that there is a real alternative. In fact, that sounds so good that I'm likely to cancel the Comcast order... I'd much rather pay $50/mo. for 20Mbps with POTS included since that's 2.5 times my current bandwidth for the same price. I guess that's what they were alluding to when they said they expected my U-Verse to be upgradable sometime in the future. A shame AT&T doesn't offer it here yet (and that their service people are so bumbling).

Re: Comparing high-speed Internet in San Francisco: AT&T U-Verse vs. Comcast Extreme vs. Speakeasy DSL

William Pietri — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:45:40 -0000

Sonic.net now has an ADSL2 service, which they call "Fusion Broadband". I just ordered it for a new office, and it's supposedly 20 Mb/s for $50, or 40 Mb/s for $100. And they've just started throwing in a free POTS line (not VOIP, a real land line) for free. We're not in the new office for another week or two, but friends like Sonic, so I have hope.