10 Jan
Posted by Harper in General at 04:40 PM
Tags: blogs, data, data portability, feeds, google reader, Opml, rss, social networks
The future is obviously data and sharing it.
The dataportability.org data portability group is pretty awesome. It has a boatload of pretty cool people who are talking about amazing stuff. I have done what i always do whenever i find a movement that i appreciate and subscribed to all of the participants blogs. Good [...]
09 Oct
Posted by Harper in Technology at 12:24 AM
Tags: awesome, bittorrent, democracy, download, p2p, rss, television, torrents
So I canceled directTV awhile back and have been struggling to figure out how to easily download the shows I want to watch. I would love to do it legally. I have looked into the itunes solution - but they don’t have all I need/want. And it won’t work for hiromi - in japan. So [...]
28 Sep
Posted by Harper in General at 03:01 AM
Tags: aggregation, blogs, family, mashup, money, rss
I started with thestoryofharper.com and then I created the site for hiromi and myself. So after writing all the cool classes to make this easy I decided to make the blogs.nata2.org site and then tonight I redid the reedbooks.org site to be an aggregate of my families blogs. fun fun.
The sites follow a pretty simple [...]
13 Sep
Posted by Harper in General at 06:33 PM
Tags: aggregation, fun, hiromi, muse, music, php, rss, website
First off - this is the most amazing music video i have ever seen. There is very little hyperbole in that statement. And since jacob has shown me that music video, i have been listening to muse like a madman. Such a funny video. Amazing.
Second - i made this website that aggregates hiromi and my [...]
Hi. My name is Harper. I am an engineer and software architect involved in social networks and the open source software. I am very happily employed as the CTO to the awesome skinnyCorp in Chicago, IL. We make some really cool stuff. This is obviously my blog. I write about everything from being a professional yoyoer to hacking the newest Internet appliance. Be sure and check out my homepage at harperreed.org. If you are so interested, my resume is located here. I love getting emails and what not so feel free to contact me through here.
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