• Latest books on the Kindle: On my iPhone

    It was a running gag between Don Loeb and me last year when I bought my Kindle: it’s great, he’d say. But I want to read the books on my iPhone. I laughed at him. What sane person would want to do that? It paralleled my mocking of Don’s praise for his Mac… except then…

  • iPhone and home automation

    When I buckled this summer and picked up an iPhone, I was pretty sure I was doing it mostly for the camera (image and video) and the seamless integration with a number of Google services. I haven’t been disappointed on those fronts – but it’s been the home automation on the iPhone that’s most impressed…

  • Blogger turns 10

    So… been a tad busy. Still not enough time to catch up, but here’s a glimpse into the last month or so: Blogger was targeted as part of the DDoS attack last month, and I wrote a post on Google’s Public Policy blog about our response and what’s needed moving forward. We announced the 10th…

  • Ev at Blogger’s 10th

    Fun event. Details to follow. 🙂 — Posted from my iPhone

  • Latitude for iPhone – now what?

    In case you missed the news, Google Latitude is now available on the iPhone. Just visit google.com/latitude in your browser and you’ll be able to share your location information with your friends, see where they’re at on the map, and email/call/SMS them if they’re sharing that detail with you. There’s an Android version, a Blackberry…

  • Blogger and adult content

    Last week, a Blogger user posted about her impending departure from Blogger. A Blogger “interstitial” began appearing before users could visit her site, warning of potentially objectionable content. Becky believed the interstitial to be politically motivated, and many of the commenters tended to agree with her. I tried to clarify in the comments (search on…

  • Comparing legal blogging platforms

    I originally got into blogging because I was past deadline for my nothing.but.net magazine column for the American Bar Association. Three searches in three days resulted in #1 results for John Robb’s blog – and, being me, I called John to ask him why he kept showing up at the top of my Google queries.…

  • Blogging from my iPhone

    Those who know me know how amazing my switch to a mac last year was. A 10 year thinkpad devotee, I reluctantly gave up on windows when I faced a 10 minute reboot. I haven’t looked back since – and despite a few minor quibbles, I’ve been very happy with the switch. Now it’s time…

  • Collaborative podcasting

    Several years back, I had what seemed to me a good idea for a fun hack: fill my iPod. Here’s how it works: you find an MP3 file, you tag it at del.icio.us with the tag “ricksipod”. I used the feed from del.icio.us for that tag as the source feed for a new feed in…

  • My commencement speech

    Last month I was the commencement speaker at the University of Richmond School of Law’s commencement ceremony. I graduated in the class of ’96, and was honored to be invited back to address this year’s graduating class. The transcript of the speech is here, and the video of the speech is now available on YouTube:…