Author Archives: Dave

Safari Reader — One of my favorite features in iOS 5

By Dave | Published: October 11, 2011

  This piece was originally posted on gdgt. Check it out, here. Been using various iOS 5 betas (and now the GM) for awhile now. One of my favorite features (besides proper notifications, of course) is Safari Reader. Basically, it strips away all the cruft from a webpage and simply displays the content you want [...]

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I played with a Nikon D3x this weekend! Holy awesome.

By Dave | Published: October 11, 2011

  This piece was originally posted on gdgt. Check it out, here. A friend of mine (see Marcie Lynn Photography) rented a Nikon D3x this weekend for a photo shoot. She took it along on a wine tasting trip a number of us went on, and I had a chance to play around with it. [...]

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Awesome seats for Fleet Week 2011

By Dave | Published: October 10, 2011

My friend Scott and I took the afternoon off this past Friday to check out the Blue Angels practicing over San Francisco. We somehow found ourselves on a boat and ended up having front row seats to the practice. It was incredible! If you need some proper theme music, may I suggest the Top Gun [...]

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Thanks for showing us the future, Steve

By Dave | Published: October 5, 2011

Steve Jobs, September 9th, 2009 by Dave Schumaker There’s little that I can add or say about Steve Jobs that hasn’t already been covered by more eloquent writers elsewhere. I feel fortunate that I was able to see him in person on a number of occasions, showing off some of his most beloved inventions. His [...]

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Panel discussion on community management

By Dave | Published: August 3, 2011

Last night, I went to a panel discussion on community management. It was pretty fascinating to hear how others use different tools and metrics to measure community influence and engage their users. I put together a story on Storify using tweets from the event. If you’re interested in community management, it might be something worth [...]

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Dinosaur down!

By Dave | Published: July 28, 2011

One of our cats, Tosh, decided to smite our dinosaur plants while we were sleeping last night. I guess we shouldn’t be surprised. I mean, they’ve chopped down their cat tree at one point.

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It’s Monday, but it isn’t…

By Dave | Published: July 19, 2011

I’ve been messing around with the ridiculously cheesy (but pretty fun) Songify app on the iPhone which auto-tunes spoken word and applies it to a backing musical track. I thought I’d make my own musical debut. Rebecca Black, watch out! It’s Monday. (Only it isn’t, because I’m dumb and recorded this song this morning — [...]

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Hey, it’s been awhile!

By Dave | Published: July 19, 2011

I should post some more updates soon. It’s been pretty hectic lately with travels to New York City, Yosemite, Austin, and soon, Seattle.

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Summer in Central Park.

By Dave | Published: June 19, 2011

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Moving to Oakland

By Dave | Published: June 1, 2011

It’s official. After living in San Francisco for the last seven and a half years, I’m moving! More specifically, Kerry and I are moving to Oakland. There are a number of reasons: easier commutes for both of us (seriously! BART > Muni), cheaper, and the apartment we’re moving into is just fabulous. Don’t worry, I [...]

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