Scott Beale
Scott Beale founded Laughing Squid in 1995 in San Francisco and is currently based in New York City. When not running the blog, Scott can be found posting on Bluesky and sharing photos on Instagram.
Craig Newmark on Charlie Rose
Last month my old friend Craig Newmark, the “Craig” behind craigslist, was a guest on the Charlie Rose show. Craig was also featured in Charlie’s…
This Just In, Abe Vigoda Is Still Alive
photo by Ulvis Alberts via IMDB While we were at Gnomedex last weekend, Laughing Squid support ninja Jason Laskodi accidentally discovered the Twitter profile for…
Cat Themed Twitter Error Messages Have Returned
Twitter’s original update & error messages were LOLcats. Then as the LOLcat meme exploded, Twitter switched to a bird illustration, sometimes shown upside down. Now…
Pigs On Parade, Celebrating 100 Years of Pike Place Market
While in Seattle for Gnomedex I came across Pigs On Parade, a series of 100 pig sculptures, each made by a different artist and sponsored…
VMware Fusion, Unparalleled Windows Virtualization
I just installed VMware Fusion 1.0, a new desktop virtualization program that allows you to seamlessly run multiple operation systems on your Intel-based Mac. I…
Oakland Crimespotting, An Interactive Map of Crimes
Oakland Crimespotting is an beautifully designed interactive tool to help people map and understand crimes in Oakland (Oakland’s crime rate is one of the highest…
Whitehat SEO Tips For Bloggers by Matt Cutts
A few weeks back at WordCamp 2007, I finally had a chance to meet Matt Cutts, a really great guy who is probably the most…
Arse Elektronika 2007 Conference
Arse Elektronika 2007 is a conference being organized by monochrom. Or should we say pr0nnovation? The event takes place October 5-7 in San Francisco and…
Facebook Launches Amazing New iPhone Application
Facebook has just launched their new iPhone app and it is amazing. It’s one of the best applications I’ve seen on the iPhone so far…
Adidas Adicolor, Seven Short Films About Color
Last year the German athletic apparel company adidas created an innovative ad campaign for the revival of their Adicolor shoe line. They invited filmmakers to…