Zite’s Amazing Followup (& the App is Free)

One of my favorite iPad apps is called Zite. As a self-proclaimed news-n-information junkie, I’m always on the hunt for better and more powerful ways to stay on top of trends. In the past I’ve trolled my 300+ RSS feeds in Google Reader, but increasingly am using “aggregation” apps like Zite to do the heavy lifting for me. It’s a bonus that skimming/reading/trolling for news and information with an app like Zite is A LOT more enjoyable than in a simple news reader.

I was having challenges with one aspect of Zite though: for some reason articles I was saving to Instapaper for later (or offline) reading weren’t being saved. Since remembering where a piece of news or info came from is increasingly difficult in today’s “drinking from a firehose of information” world, this non-saving was a deal-killer for me with Zite.

Figuring that support for a free app like Zite would be either marginally or non-responsive to my concern, was I ever pleasantly surprised with what took place!   [Read more...]

My Valentine

I am officially the “luckiest guy in the world” that this woman agreed to marry me and be my partner in life. She bore our children, has put up with my idiosyncracies, and been incredibly supportive of me no matter what. Her seeking nature has opened up my mind in ways I never expected.

This is my favorite photo from our wedding, standing outside Westminster Presbyterian in downtown Minneapolis moments after we got hitched (is the pressure-release evident? Was to us!).

My pal, Pete Gisselbeck, not only drove our “limo” (his Dad’s Lincoln Town Car) but he was an accomplished amateur photographer and grabbed lots of keeper shots that night…like this one. He also took a bunch of pictures, made a little photo album, and placed hilarious (but sometimes derogatory and nasty) captions underneath them. Therefore I couldn’t show them to my tiny, petite and darlingly straight-laced Grandma afterwards!

Happy Valentine’s Day Michelle Lamb.