Category: Site News

Value and worth are something we nerds spend a lot of time assessing. We make lists, compare specs and plan out entire projects in our heads and in software like OmniFocus before making choices. We make decisions on not only price, but feature sets and the enjoyment or productivity we will derive from it.

In this age of self-publishing, value and worth have taken somewhat of a hit. People don’t want to pay more than a buck — or two, at the most — for an app. We have come to expect free WiFi and ad-free RSS feeds.

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I was invited co-guest with Dave Caolo on this week’s Bro Show. We chatted about Steve Jobs’ resignation, iTunes Match and the HP Touchpad.

Oh, and Dave had to leave halfway through the show. What a slacker.

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I am happy to announce that I am a new member of the excellent Read & Trust network.

Read & Trust aims to be the best resource for readers who are looking for more writers like the ones they love. Some of the biggest names in this space are present on the Read and Trust membership page, including Shawn Blanc, Ben Brooks and others.

I have become friends with many of these guys over the last few years, and I am honored to have Forkbombr listed alongside their work.

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I was fortunate to once again join Myke and Terry on the always-great Bro Show podcast. This week, we talked about Lion, iPhone 5 rumors and the 13” MacBook Pro.

Be sure to stick around to the end. We included some bonus material this week.

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Josh and I were tired of talking about the same old news and rumors, so we just chatted for a bit on this week’s show. Bobby Ghosal, founder of FLUD dropped by for a bit at the end, too.

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I’ve been experimenting with different options for uploading video to Tumblr. The service’s built-in video player with play Flash on the desktop, and H.264 for iOS devices, but it will not play H.264 for those of you who don’t have Flash installed on your Mac.

Vimeo Plus looked like a great option, but it doesn’t play nice with Tumblr.

Moving forward, I’ll be posting videos for Tap to Focus to YouTube, then embedding them within Tumblr’s dashboard. That way, they will play in Flash, or in H.264 for iOS devices.

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I’ve launched a new side project, named Tap to Focus. It’s a tumblelog full of short, hopefully adorable — or at least odd — videos shot with my iPhone 4.

Sadly, Tumblr’s video player is Flash only on the desktop. Sorry about that. See update.

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Myke and Terry were kind enough to invite me to be on this week’s episode of The Bro Show.

This time around, we discussed in-app purchasing, Lodsys, the Apple/Twitter relationship, WWDC and more. Be sure to stick around to the end for a special announcement by yours truly.

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And yes, we rewind and talk about eWorld.

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I’m proud to announce that Forkbombr has joined the excellent Carbon Ads network.

Carbon delivers high-quality, relevant ads on some of the best websites in our corner of the Internet. Needless to say, I’m excited and honored to be a member of such a fine fraternity.

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Over the last few weeks, I’ve made a few changes here on the site, and I wanted to share them with you.

New Host

My old host simply wasn’t cutting the site’s growing traffic. After weeks of research, I decided to move Forkbombr to MediaTemple.

The move went fairly well. I collected my theme and plugins, and then exported my WordPress database from the old host. I moved my static files to the new server, installed a fresh copy of WordPress, and re-imported my posts. I had to re-enable my plugins and change some settings, but after a few hours, everything was in place.

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On today’s episode of Enough, Patrick and Myke ask me about Notification Badge Anxiety Disorder.

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