Feed Aggregator. Feed Reader. RSS Reader. News Reader. It’s all the same thing. You’ve probably heard the term before but there is a decent chance you don’t know what it is or how to use them. If you regularly read news and/or blogs on the internet and aren’t using an RSS Reader, you don’t know … Continue reading Feed me: An introduction to RSS→
The new Apple Watch is out. I was very surprised by a very familiar sight at the beginning of the ad… as in: most mornings this is what I see familiar. When did she shoot this? How much was she paid?
Those of you who subscribe to The MKX® (via email or RSS) or pay attention to that list of links on the website’s sidebar know that I’ve been using a service called Delicious for link sharing. I started in 2005 back when they were known as Web 2.0 pioneers “del.icio.us”. I’m stopping now. Delicious was a … Continue reading Goodbye Delicious. Hello Shaarli→
As the editor of a major technical news website (this one) I am forced to upgrade my iPhone every year so you can read my refined opinions. Let’s do it. Getting the review unit The pre-order process was rough. Not only did I have to wake up at 2 AM on a weekday in excruciating back … Continue reading The MKX® iPhone 6 review→
Readers of this blog know I am an avid RSS reader. Specifically, I’ve used Google Reader for years but now they’re closing. People panicked – but they shouldn’t. This is just as if people had panicked when Netscape Navigator died: “the end of the web!”? No. Just use a different web browser. I just moved … Continue reading Feedly→
Long time The MKX® readers know that I’m a huge fan of Google Reader. What can I say, I’m a news junkie. Some things have changed though: In 2011, Google redesigned (read: crippled) Google Reader in order to better shove Google+ down our throats. Among other things, they removed link sharing. I now use Delicious exclusively … Continue reading RIP Google Reader→
I still don’t fully “get” Twitter, and I’m not much of a user. But some people do. People who are toppling governments and stuff. Still, I decided to add a little bit of Twitter magic to The MKX® in the form of a widget sidebar (look to the right, below the Google Reader shared items). … Continue reading Twitter sidebar→
It’s been almost two years since our last redesign, which caused an uproar among our readers: violent protests outside of our headquarters, a Facebook protest group, a heated poll, and flag burning. Well, the design team of The MKX® is happy to announce a new look for our website. Among the improvements: Post-specific banner images. … Continue reading Site redesign→
I’m not fully recovered from SXSW concert overload yet but singer, composer, guitar player and former Brazilian Minister of Culture Gilberto Gil was in town so missing it wasn’t really a smart option. It was a beautiful all stings acoustic concert. No video, but you can at least hear this low quality recording. Enjoy! Update … Continue reading Gilberto Gil→
In June of 2007 I wrote a post titled “Seemingly obvious software features missing from the iPhone“. Today, iPhone OS 3.0 will be available and the iPhone 3G S is shipping, so I thought it’d be interesting to see how things stand now. Below is the original list, with the items that are now covered … Continue reading No longer missing iPhone features→