Watching Bitcoin Eat Itself in One Afternoon
Bitcoin spiked to $266 on Mt. Gox and then crashed to around $105 in a matter of hours, and I spent way too much of yesterday watching it happen.
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The Day Mt. Gox Choked and I Remembered I Own Some Bitcoin
Bitcoin spiked past $260 on Mt. Gox today before the exchange's engine buckled and the price halved within the hour, which sent me digging for a mining wallet I forgot I had since 2011.
Three Weeks Into the Great RSS Migration
Three and a half weeks after the Google Reader shutdown announcement, a look at where the migration actually went (Feedly, NewsBlur, and why I ended up paying $24 a year for a one-person RSS reader).
The Bitcoin Chart Everyone Keeps Sending Me
Bitcoin just cracked $140 and suddenly everyone from my forum buddies to my own dad is emailing me screenshots of the price chart.
Amazon Buys Goodreads, So I Backed Up My Library
Amazon bought Goodreads last week, and instead of feeling reassured by the "will operate independently" line, I spent an evening exporting my whole library just in case.
A Fake Nose and a Real Thirty Million Dollars
On April Fools morning, skipping the fake Google product jokes to talk about the actually interesting story from last week: a 17-year-old selling his news-summarizing app to Yahoo.
Bitcoin Just Crossed a Billion Dollars
Bitcoin's market cap crossed a billion dollars this week, right as Cyprus reopened its banks under capital controls. A personal take on why the "digital gold" framing bugs me.
Amazon Buys Goodreads, and Now I'm Nervous
Amazon announced yesterday it's buying Goodreads, and after watching Google kill Reader two weeks ago, I've already started exporting my shelf data just in case.
Yahoo Bought Summly and I Already Miss It
Yahoo bought the teenager's news-summarizing app this week for around $30 million. Here's why I'm already bracing for Summly to quietly disappear, Delicious-style.
Yahoo, Summly, and a 17-Year-Old's $30 Million Tuesday
Yahoo bought the news app Summly from its 17-year-old founder for around $30 million, and it's got me thinking about what acqui-hires actually buy — plus a side rant about my ongoing, unsuccessful search for a Google Reader replacement.
Yahoo Just Paid $30 Million for a Teenager's Summarizing App
Yahoo bought Nick D'Aloisio's news-summarizing app Summly for around $30 million today. Some thoughts on a 17-year-old's payday and Yahoo's habit of swallowing small startups whole.
I Went and Played With a BlackBerry Z10 on Launch Day
The BlackBerry Z10 finally hit AT&T stores this week for $199.99 on contract. I went and played with one on my lunch break and have thoughts, mostly about the app store being a ghost town.