Happy Friday!

No surprises for me here… I think we’ll learn a lot more about Apple’s product future in 2-3 years.

Twitter needs to give us a better API for getting “favoriting” activity for a tweet.

Some very good thoughts in here.

I once started swimming after a (small) shark underwater with a disposable camera before realizing this was likely a Bad Idea. (thanks Shawn)

Filed under “things I wish I’d done years ago”.

Ben is insane.

I hadn’t seen Dave speak before – he does a damn good job.

Then I realized: I was trying to text asynchronously as though I were having an email conversation and she was using text as a form of synchronous chat. I was irritated because I wanted it to be one or the other but it’s both, and that’s why this generation of users likes it so much; you can initiate a conversation as either real-time or taking turns and then switch it up as you like.

I’m a bit out in the cold on the texting thing too… hey, get off of my lawn!

I continue to think that it’s ESPN that has to be the true pioneer here. They’re the one content provider that has the cable companies by the balls. No cable provider can afford not to offer ESPN. So ESPN has the most leeway to do what they want without fear of retribution.

That’s probably true.

In case you’re not familiar with Glassboard, here’s the deal: what Pair is to the bedroom, and Path is to the rec room, Glassboard is to the board room. (Hence “board” in the name. “Glass” refers to your phone’s screen.)

This is the first explanation of the name that I’ve seen. The name always struck me as invoking exactly the wrong mental connections (glass = open, where GlassBoard’s major selling point = privacy). The new app UI seems quite nice from my initial exploration – very Path/Facebook/Sparrow-inspired.

Disclaimer: I’m a fan and a friend of Brent Simmons.

(via The Loop)

You can look at 39 plate appearances and decide that Ichiro can’t hit with men in scoring position, or you can look at 1,500 plate appearances and realize that he can. It’s really up to you, but what kind of conclusion you draw says a lot about your understanding of how the game actually works.

The Mariners are a confusing mix of new and old school.

Most people have a goal of expanding their user base by launching apps, but I agree with Devin that this doesn’t necessarily seem to be the case here. I’ve never listened to a show live – I time-shift everything. Clearly I’m not the audience for this app.

I think one big thing here is the positioning of the app. Maybe if this was titled “5by5 Pro” (clearly targeted at power users) it might make more sense.