Pinboard (guardiantech) https://pinboard.in/u:guardiantech/public/ recent bookmarks from guardiantech Silicon Valley arts and crafts instructor gets $6m >> Valleywag 2013-06-27T17:10:26+00:00 http://valleywag.gawker.com/silicon-valley-arts-and-crafts-instructor-gets-6-milli-585326306 guardiantechBrit + Co. sprung from Brit's ego, like Athena from the head of tie-dye Zeus, and basically organizes a panoply of DIY—the golden term—crafts projects. That is, essentially, her entire "startup" is an aggregation of recipes and elbow macaroni assemblages that other people came up with, formatted on a high-design website. Think Julia Allison's brain after a weekend of reading old magazines and a dozen strawberry jargaritas. It's hardly, in the traditional sense of the word, a "business," in that it doesn't try very hard to "make money." That doesn't matter. Brit is a sparkly brand. She's also married to Valley fixture and Path kingpin Dave Morin.

Basic principles of capitalism notwithstanding, here are the ideas that Brit + Co's new investors say are worth (at least) $6.3m. You will howl, though whether with pleasure or pain is hard to predict. This is actually a two-for-one link: follow the one near the end about Dave Morin. It's eye-opening.]]> path siliconvalley vc https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:guardiantech/b:71940f146c1e/ The antisocial network: Path texts my entire phonebook at 6am >> Branded3 2013-04-30T21:30:15+00:00 http://www.branded3.com/blogs/the-antisocial-network-path-texts-my-entire-phonebook-at-6am/ guardiantech6am: When I rolled out of bed this morning the first I knew about what had happened was when my dad told me he’d received two text messages (one on his mobile, one on his work phone – neither of which are smartphones) about some pictures I wanted to share with him. While telling him that I’m not exactly sure what he was talking about my house phone rang – my mum uttered the usual exclamation of: “who could be ringing at this time?” as I answered.

It was my grandparents. The first thought that crossed my mind was that there must be some kind of emergency, because it isn’t generally socially acceptable to ring people at 6am if there isn’t one.

Not exactly an emergency – they wanted to know about the photos I apparently have to share with them (I  don’t have any photos to share with them), which must be important because they got a phone call about them on their house phone at 6am.

Try explaining to your grandparents down the line that they couldn’t download Path to their landline even if they wanted to (they don’t want to). Classy, Path. (Which said the messages are a feature, not a bug. Some feature.)]]> path interface https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:guardiantech/b:b10ec23c46e4/ Path’s Dave Morin on Circa, Mailbox, and the secret app he invented to talk to his assistant >> Vanity Fair 2013-03-27T13:11:38+00:00 http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/my-phone/2013/03/dave-morin-path-facebook-apple?mbid=social_retweet guardiantechRingtone?: None.

“I don’t use a ring of any kind on my phone. This is so that I am always on offense and never defense.” And that's before we get on to the custom walnut-back case.]]> path absurd charlesarthur interview startup https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:guardiantech/b:6c576fe76899/ What do Path's privacy violations mean for Android? | The Download Blog - Download.com 2012-02-16T08:19:56+00:00 http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-57378858-12/what-do-paths-privacy-violations-mean-for-android/ guardiantechCould this happen on Android is a fairly cut-and-dry question. The answer is no, as in, a snowball's chance. No, nien, nyet, non. Why it can't happen on Android still only hints at the bigger problem.]]> privacy path android joshhalliday https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:guardiantech/b:36666fdac698/ Path's Privacy Issues and the UK's Data Protection Act >> Forbes 2012-02-08T22:10:24+00:00 http://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2012/02/08/paths-privacy-issues-and-the-uks-data-protection-act/ guardiantech path privacy joshhalliday https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:guardiantech/b:d68a1e00c840/ We are sorry >> Path 2012-02-08T22:07:59+00:00 http://blog.path.com/post/17274932484/we-are-sorry guardiantechWe care deeply about your privacy and about creating a trusted place for you to share life with your close friends and family. As we continue to expand and grow we will make some mistakes along the way. We commit to you that we will continue to be transparent and always serve you, our users, first.]]> path privacy joshhalliday https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:guardiantech/b:7bdc1a319deb/ Path 2 Uploads Address Book, But Says It Will Be Opt-In Soon 2012-02-08T08:46:37+00:00 http://thenextweb.com/apps/2012/02/07/path-2-uploads-your-address-book-but-says-that-its-for-friend-matching-and-will-be-opt-in-soon/ guardiantechDeveloper Arun Thampi was doing a bit of hacking around with Path 2, trying to get a version of it running on OS X as an experiment, when he discovered that the app actually uploads your entire address book when it is launched. This obviously raised concerns about what the app is doing with that information and, in fact, why it needs it at all.]]> path privacy contacts joshhalliday https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:guardiantech/b:c4e725cebfc7/ Path uploads your entire iPhone address book to its servers >> Mclov.in 2012-02-08T08:45:57+00:00 http://mclov.in/2012/02/08/path-uploads-your-entire-address-book-to-their-servers.html guardiantech path contacts privacy joshhalliday https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:guardiantech/b:a03a458882c0/