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Huzzah! Coming soon to a #ubiquity near you. http://twitpic.com/cayjc

— July 31st, 2009 10:39 pm

Anyone know how to get non-English results (municipality names) from the Google Maps #API? #googlemaps

— July 31st, 2009 9:04 pm

RT @firefox http://twitpic.com/ca3cb - From Mozilla HQ: over 1 billion served :-)

— July 31st, 2009 8:04 pm

my webhooks/push-notification/future-of-the-web buddies #FollowFriday: @progrium @webhooks @_abi_ (and of course @HookPress) :)

— July 31st, 2009 7:28 pm

The first billion is the hard part. How long do you think it’ll take before two billion? #firefox #fxbillion

— July 31st, 2009 4:43 pm

Firefox just hit 1 billion all-time downloads!!! #firefox (via @bpung)

— July 31st, 2009 4:41 pm

Nountype Quirks: Day 2

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Today I’m continuing the process of reviewing and tweaking all of the nountypes built-in to Ubiquity. For a more respectable introduction to this endeavor, please read my blog post from a couple days ago, Judging Noun Types and my status update from yesterday, Nountype Quirks: Day 1.

Note: this blog post includes a number of graphs using HTML/CSS formatting. If you are reading this article through a feed reader or planet, I invite you to read it on my site.

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Support 1 billion Firefox downloads, add a #twibbon to your avatar now! - http://bit.ly/Fms5d

— July 30th, 2009 6:17 pm

Slowly familiarizing my mom with Wilco.

— July 30th, 2009 5:38 pm

Mama came home with a ten pound bag of potatoes. Apparently 5lbs was $2.69, 10lbs $2.99. #produceischeapinamerica

— July 30th, 2009 4:57 pm

Every year, “China aborts the equivalent of the entire state of Pennsylvania’s population.” http://tinyurl.com/nh4423 (via @craigmod)

— July 30th, 2009 3:52 pm

Nountype Quirks: Day 1

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Today I began the process of going through all of the nountypes built-in to Ubiquity using the principles and criteria I laid out yesterday—a task I’ve had in planning for a while now. As I explained yesterday, improved suggestions and scoring from the built-in nountypes could directly translate to better and smarter suggestions, resulting in a better experience for all users. Here I’ll document some of the nountype quirks I’ve discovered so far and what remedy has been implemented or is planned.

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MIT’s emergency contact form asks for “religious preference,” I guess in case I die on their campus. I entered “Buddhist/Shinto/agnostic.”

— July 29th, 2009 4:59 pm

Just realized I live in Denver right now and there’s no reason to be at my parents’ house every day. Know any web/tech people in Denver?

— July 29th, 2009 4:28 pm

If Twitter was a village of 100 people… http://tinyurl.com/l58e23 (via @akky)

— July 29th, 2009 3:16 pm
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