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Birdfeed for the iPhone OS is released!!

My friend Buzz Anderson’s Twitter application Birdfeed was released this afternoon by Apple.

I’ve had the great fortune of being able to help test this the past few months, and even with all the other great iPhone Twitter clients out there, I keep going back to using his.

Best Twitter so far on Birdfeed?

@erikprice: Birdfeed is, without question, the Helen Hunt’s rain-soaked breasts of iPhone Twitter clients.

If you complain about the price of $4.99 – just think, it’s about the price of a good loaf of bread – and I guarantee you’ll be supported for a long time on that $4.99.

Del Oro theater in downtown Grass Valley

Del Oro theater in downtown Grass Valley, originally uploaded by Lucien W. Dupont.

Pretty good picture for the iPhone.

Busy

I mentioned a few posts ago that I’ve been busy. With what you ask?

• Being a father to a wonder 10 month old daughter.
• Exploring iPhone development

Yes, that can take up a ton of time.. well, all my free time.

The Art of the Title Sequence

A blog that takes my love of the end credits to a whole new level:

The Art of the Title Sequence

Steve Jobs Liver Transplant

There’s been confirmation today that Steve Jobs did get a liver transplant, and he was pretty sick when he got it.

From the press release:

He received a liver transplant because he
was the patient with the highest MELD score (Model for End-Stage Liver Disease) of his blood type and, therefore, the sickest patient on the waiting list at the time a donor organ became available.

From Wikipedia:

In interpreting the MELD Score in hospitalized patients, the 3 month mortality is:
40 or more - 100% mortality
30-39 - 83% mortality
20-29 - 76% mortality
10-19 - 27% mortality
<10 - 4% mortality

Take that for what you read into it - but I pray that Steve gets better, not so that he can go back to Apple and make the stock go up, but so he can live a long life with his wife and family. Those of you who have gone through losing a loved one will understand. Pray for him and his family please.

Magazine/Book stack

Magazine/Book stack, originally uploaded by Lucien W. Dupont.

Life has been busy.. this is my reading stack, backed up from like September of last year.

No Kosher Meals At WWDC 2009

Which, for me isn’t a big deal at all – I had only signed up for it years ago to try the food.

But I wanted to say – wow, what a great conversation – the lady who called was genuinely happy about me coming, and excited for next week. And she’d happily turn off that flag for me in my account.

A pleasant change from faceless application rejections (of which I have not yet experienced).

Ignore sunk costs

Ignore sunk costs

(Via Seth’s Blog.)

This is one of the hardest concepts to understand and put into practice – I remember many great discussions in my MBA classes where people were reminded not to consider those sunk costs when making decisions, or analyzing a company’s decision.

Think about your personal life. How often have you said “well, we better do this because we’ve already paid for it”. Perhaps that isn’t the wisest course of action.

Embrace the Constraints « carpeaqua

Embrace the Constraints « carpeaqua

A great blog post by Justin on thinking about what your next application needs, but also what it doesn’t need. Worth the read.

Random Find Last Saturday – Grass Valley Car Show

A random find from last Saturday – the 24th Annual Grass Valley Car show. Enjoy the pictures!

The set

A sampling: