Jason Preston’s posterous

I am a writer, a speaker, and an event organizer. Find me on Twitter: @jason_preston, or by email: j at jason-preston.com.

Lamebook

I think the "hell yeah about to go have some fun" really makes this one work.

Lamebook is my new favorite alternative to Facebook.

The bullshit complaints about Tweetie 2

The whole ‘it’s a completely new app’ argument seems like utter bullshit to me.  It is still a Twitter app for **** sake.  A slew of new features and functionality does not, to me, make it a different app.  I don’t see anything that says this is not just a very much beefed-up, improved version of an existing app – it has the exact same ultimate purpose of making it easy and effective to use Twitter on the iPhone.

Ummm...it's a completely re-written app for $3. How is this not a fair deal?

Everybody's got to eat, and it irks me when innovators like Loren Brichter catch flak for putting their skin in the game and expecting to get paid.

The vacation stress cycle

Found it on Twitter via @kevinurie

Adobe CS is losing it's mojo

Each release of the Adobe apps I use (and used to so depend on) feels less stable, more bloated, and — easy as this was to overlook for a REALLY long time — increasingly less Mac-like. Or at least less OS X-like. They feel like sketches of OS X applications, drawn from memory.

This is something that my boss (http://stevebroback.com) has been complaining about for a long time. He's actually downgraded his photoshop to CS.

Found via Gruber (daringfireball.net)

Event coverage from #140tc

Loving the news coverage from The Twitter Conference:

And of course the shots from our official photographer:

Prepping in L.A.

Checked in to the Hotel Angeleno in Los Angeles. Made it to Fry's today for last minute electronics - getting prepped and pumped for #140tc, starts Tuesday.

Little Girl Fires Daddy's Foul Ball Back!!!

This is so damn cute.

Zune gets smart DJ

Looks like Microsoft finally jumped on the "pandora" bandwagon. Which is awesome. My Zune setup at home just got a whole lot awesomer. 

Distraction Free Writing

I have always liked the idea of a text editor that hides everything else on the screen, but I am also a cheap bastard and I don’t like paying for software that isn’t, strictly, necessary.

 So I’ve never bought WriteRoom.

 I’m trying out an application called myTexts right now which is fantastic. I love the interface (that hides itself), and I really like the distraction-free screen. I think I’ll find it easier to write this way.

 That still doesn’t give me anything to write *about* - but that’s a whole different animal.

2009 U.S. Open Tennis Men's Singles Final Live Blog

7:25: For the second set in a row, DP blows a 4-3 led on his serve. Federer breaks back to even the set at four. Once again, Darth Federer sucks the life out of his opponent.

LOL