Creator of Clippy

I’ve lived through this story and I’m still surprised by many facets of it.

June 11, 2023 · 1 min · 14 words · Christopher Hicks

"LinkedIn is better on the app" is the subject of the email.

I keep getting these emails from linked-in and I can’t help but wonder: why are you neglecting your website that much? Why is the app that much better? Is it really better? They don’t make it apparent how. Do they not care about people using the web version anymore? Does Microsoft really feel the primary audience is mobile and not people that sit in front of their computers all day? Why should we believe that linked-in is going to continue investing in the app when we’ve seen folks like StackOverflow create apps and then abandon them? ...

April 22, 2022 · 1 min · 99 words · Christopher Hicks

Great coverage for McD Tech Labs

First, The Economist covers my new job in the first month. Now, we have Wired . covering this as well. That’s my two favorite magazines of all time. I’m not sure how the Smithsonian’s Air & Space or Make will get in on this, but either could be the hat trick!

November 30, 2020 · 1 min · 51 words · Christopher Hicks

Try Personal Capital.

Try Personal Capital If you are past the point where CreditKarma is giving you helpful information then it is time to move onto these guys. You get a complete view of your status across all of your accounts. It is great to search for transactions across banks and credit vendors. Their support has been excellent.

October 24, 2018 · 1 min · 55 words · Christopher Hicks

Cake Board is a LEGO-friendly breadboard

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/252587878/cake-board-new-lego-friendly-solderless-breadboard evolves the breadboard in some intersting ways.

September 22, 2014 · 1 min · 8 words · Christopher Hicks

Defunct linked-in 2013-11-11

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November 11, 2013 · 1 min · word · Christopher Hicks

VCs Should Give Honest Feedback & Why They Often Don’t

I shared https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20130926170235-7298-vcs-should-give-honest-feedback-why-they-often-don-t/ by Hunter Walk.

September 27, 2013 · 1 min · 6 words · Christopher Hicks

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Had His Top Execs Read These Three Books

I shared https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20130925133311-291225-amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-had-his-top-execs-read-these-three-books/ by Jon Fortt, CNBC Anchor.

September 26, 2013 · 1 min · 8 words · Christopher Hicks

Miley Cyrus’ Best Career Move. Ever.

I shared https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20130903113711-5670386-miley-cyrus-best-career-move-ever/ by Jonah Berger.

September 4, 2013 · 1 min · 6 words · Christopher Hicks

Defunct linked-in 2013-08-08 19:29:37

Poignant and hilarious. (Not sure what this was in reference to.)

August 8, 2013 · 1 min · 11 words · Christopher Hicks