Samsung’s 18.5 inch USB-powered monitor is pretty cool
6/01/10 •
It’s the biggest monitor powered from USB thus far… and will hit stores next year.
I think this is pretty cool. Engadget thinks so too.
Obviously it’s rather energy efficient.
But would you buy one with the upper limit on its lifespan at 30,000 hours? (For perspective, that’s like keeping it on every moment for just over three [...]
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Enviable user adoption at FourSquare
5/26/10
Wow. Just wow.
Wired has published its second article about FourSquare… and by the looks of the graph, its user adoption is spectacular.
I’m sure it could happen in Korea, too, given how quickly something can become popular in a homogeneous culture as this.
Our Tweetmix beta service is up and running
5/21/10
Please check it out at tweetmix.net and we’d be happy to hear your impressions.
Every country is good at something
5/20/10
A (comic?) list of what your nation is #1 at.
Commiserations to the US for being #1 at serial killers.
Canada is fruit juice drinkers (?????) I mean, I like juice, but….
And South Korea makes a lot of sense … web users!! That’s great news for us at Userstory Lab!
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Presentations, Twitter by email, and more
5/20/10
First off, I really appreciate everyone who reads and participates on this blog.
Sorry about the lack of posts recently. I’ve been super busy recently with a couple of work-related presentations — one that is coming up on the 30th is for Geeks on a Plane, Seoul.
In any case, since tomorrow is a national holiday here [...]
Finding the hottest issues in Korea, using Twitter and Tweetmix
5/14/10
On Userstory Lab’s corporate blog for our Tweetmix service, we have an interesting look at how people get their “trend on” via Twitter.
I don’t have time to translate the whole thing, but if you read Korean, here is the post in full.
Basically, it’s a run down of how our service takes popular tweets and trends [...]
Another reason to anticipate Android 2.2 (Froyo)
5/13/10
?Reports are coming out that Froyo (2.2) is 400+% faster than Eclair (2.1). Given the performance issues on the hardware up until now, this is good news.
I spent a weekend using a Motoroi phone with 2.1. It was underwhelming to say the least… both the hardware and OS. So I still haven’t decided which way [...]
