http://www.deepgreencrystals.com/ Martin Tobias musings... en-us Copyright 2009 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:26:40 -0800 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:55:39 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=4.21-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss It has been awhile since I have posted about the new features we have been building at Kashless.org.  The Krew has been heads down for the last two months.  I have been saving up.  Over the weekend we released all... http://www.deepgreencrystals.com/archives/2009/07/new-features-ov.html http://www.deepgreencrystals.com/archives/2009/07/new-features-ov.html ReCommerce Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:26:40 -0800 CraigsList has what is called a “user moderated” system. Users can flag listings in any number of categories, the results being the listing gets removed. Their site boasts “millions of inappropriate listings removed every month”.  It further claims that “98%... http://www.deepgreencrystals.com/archives/2009/06/frustrated-by-c.html http://www.deepgreencrystals.com/archives/2009/06/frustrated-by-c.html ReCommerce Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:46:40 -0800 They are separate businesses.  Very interesting conclusion statement… Simplicity, he suggested, has been a reason that Kindle books now account for 35 percent of the sales of all titles that are available in both Kindle and paper formats. “We humans do more... http://www.deepgreencrystals.com/archives/2009/06/bezos-on-kindle.html http://www.deepgreencrystals.com/archives/2009/06/bezos-on-kindle.html Entrepreneurship Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:32:04 -0800 About time.... http://www.deepgreencrystals.com/archives/2009/06/watch-the-new-r.html http://www.deepgreencrystals.com/archives/2009/06/watch-the-new-r.html Clean and Green (energy) Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:01:07 -0800 Plenty of blame to go around.  This Oregonian story captures the lowlights of the story.  Industry did it’s part in building the biofuel plants including my part at Imperium Renewables.  But the lack of consistent government policy, lack of enforcement... http://www.deepgreencrystals.com/archives/2009/06/the-sad-story-o.html http://www.deepgreencrystals.com/archives/2009/06/the-sad-story-o.html Clean and Green (energy) Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:21:49 -0800 I installed because i had heard it had good performance and crashed less.  FAIL. Windows 7 is no faster than 64 bit Vista that I had on my Dell XPS M1530 It broke Chrome (twice) It broke all my printers... http://www.deepgreencrystals.com/archives/2009/05/windows-7-rc-qu.html http://www.deepgreencrystals.com/archives/2009/05/windows-7-rc-qu.html Microsoft Thu, 28 May 2009 12:33:03 -0800 thanks Kelly.... http://www.deepgreencrystals.com/archives/2009/05/reading-my-inte.html http://www.deepgreencrystals.com/archives/2009/05/reading-my-inte.html Martin Personal Mon, 11 May 2009 10:07:25 -0800 More proof (if anyone needed it) that Oil prices have been and continue to be manipulated.  I know the affects of being a small player in the oil game all too well.  Read this SNS Oil vs Technology SNS Oil... http://www.deepgreencrystals.com/archives/2009/05/reading-mark-an.html http://www.deepgreencrystals.com/archives/2009/05/reading-mark-an.html Sat, 09 May 2009 08:58:38 -0800 Seattle Weekly has a well written thought piece on the hubbub around Craig’slist and the many “killers” recently in the news.     While I agree with Craig and the EFF that web services are tools and good services can... http://www.deepgreencrystals.com/archives/2009/05/craigslist-decl.html http://www.deepgreencrystals.com/archives/2009/05/craigslist-decl.html Next generation marketplaces Fri, 08 May 2009 09:56:25 -0800 Well, we have a pretty high bar and a great team.  The job descriptions on-line are broad on purpose.  I have been doing allot interviews and code screenings lately and (with Troy’s help) have decided to explicitly publish five specific... http://www.deepgreencrystals.com/archives/2009/05/what-is-kashles.html http://www.deepgreencrystals.com/archives/2009/05/what-is-kashles.html Martin Personal Wed, 06 May 2009 17:54:24 -0800 Barely two months after the Kindle 2.0 comes Kindle DX!  doh!  a couple hundred bucks more but i like the larger screen. Now I want the new one.  Gawd I am a gadget nerd.  Anyone want a Kindle 2.0?  Hey,... http://www.deepgreencrystals.com/archives/2009/05/life-on-the-ble.html http://www.deepgreencrystals.com/archives/2009/05/life-on-the-ble.html Guide to Gadgets Wed, 06 May 2009 13:51:15 -0800 Today in the development meeting at Kashless.org we were discussion our \TALK feature.  Basically the user support forums.  A skinned implementation of Vanilla forums.  When initially setting up the site I added discussion forums because everyone else had them. Also... http://www.deepgreencrystals.com/archives/2009/05/sometimes-less.html http://www.deepgreencrystals.com/archives/2009/05/sometimes-less.html ReCommerce Tue, 05 May 2009 20:56:11 -0800 Phone rang half an hour ago with a 212 number. I thought it was some pals from NYC so I answered. Nope, NPR Marketplace producer asking what I thought of the relaunch of Prosper. Hummm. What do I think? Well... http://www.deepgreencrystals.com/archives/2009/05/prosper-is-back.html http://www.deepgreencrystals.com/archives/2009/05/prosper-is-back.html Next generation marketplaces Mon, 04 May 2009 11:18:00 -0800 Craig’s list grew 11.69% in uniques last month despite the CLK.  It is a bit surprising. But maybe it proves the old adage that any PR is good PR.... http://www.deepgreencrystals.com/archives/2009/05/cl-grows-despit.html http://www.deepgreencrystals.com/archives/2009/05/cl-grows-despit.html ReCommerce Fri, 01 May 2009 10:31:46 -0800 Jordan, our new designer is really sprucing things up!  And now with Gravatar support ya know!... http://www.deepgreencrystals.com/archives/2009/05/sneak-peak-at-n.html http://www.deepgreencrystals.com/archives/2009/05/sneak-peak-at-n.html ReCommerce Fri, 01 May 2009 10:26:26 -0800