Heyo I’m Henry Balanon! This is my personal blog. I post about things that interest me. I create iPhone apps for my company Bickbot. I wrote for GigaOm’s TheAppleBlog. I photograph and write about food at TwoHungryDudes.com. Follow me on Twitter. Stalk me on Facebook. Check out my iPhone app company at Bickbot. Email me at henry@bickbot.com. var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-7633174-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}Tumblr (3.0; @balanon)http://balanon.com/<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6dn4k6wLw1qzsx5so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>We’re doing a podcast here at @urbane_space. Talking geo-location services like 4sq.</p>http://balanon.com/post/880061362http://balanon.com/post/880061362Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:31:32 -0400<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://balanon.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/877858764/tumblr_l6c1bck8HC1qzptwg&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>Katy Perry and Genesis song mashup.  Totally awesome.  (via @sarahschneider)</p>http://balanon.com/post/877858764http://balanon.com/post/877858764Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:47:27 -0400<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6a91lUhj51qzsx5so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This is my favorite photo from the last Detroit Yelp Elite event a few days ago.  It’s raining 1 dollar bills ya’ll.  Rest of photos:  <a href="http://bit.ly/adw8U9"><a href="http://bit.ly/adw8U9">http://bit.ly/adw8U9</a></a></p>http://balanon.com/post/871860454http://balanon.com/post/871860454Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:34:33 -0400<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l67zjdmWO91qzsx5so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I am tempted to jump in and drive away like they do in the movies.</p>http://balanon.com/post/866153413http://balanon.com/post/866153413Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:14:03 -0400<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l603ht1aS91qb3qryo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>We are a Fortune 500 Company, not a Lemonade Stand.</p> <p>via @<a href="http://jessicanow.com/post/850616468/this-made-me-snarf-the-water-i-was-drinking">jessicanow</a></p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote></blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://balanon.com/post/850657158http://balanon.com/post/850657158Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:23:58 -0400“If your clients still want your bid to compare “apples to apples”, you haven’t communicated your orangeness.”<br/><br/> - <em>via @charliecurve</em>http://balanon.com/post/837465510http://balanon.com/post/837465510Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:36:04 -0400<p>2 gnats.  1 ice cream cone.  Zero flies.</p>http://balanon.com/post/833094261http://balanon.com/post/833094261Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:32:21 -0400<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5tid2YhSI1qzsx5so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Boxed water is better.  via @VerdeLifestyles</p>http://balanon.com/post/832916683http://balanon.com/post/832916683Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:36:38 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5kspnLHU81qz6pqio1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>People capable of making enough money to never work again are the same people who will never quit working.</p> <p>- Chris Dixon (via @shaunan)</p>http://balanon.com/post/815364357http://balanon.com/post/815364357Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:45:25 -0400“Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy if both are frozen.”<br/><br/> - <em>via @be_jesse</em>http://balanon.com/post/810886565http://balanon.com/post/810886565Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:41:59 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5h3ejFlEb1qzsx5so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My RedHead Windscreen from @iamKalaniPrince came in.  The demo video of this thing is at <a href="http://vimeo.com/5198377.">http://vimeo.com/5198377.</a>  Get one at http://redheadwindscreens.com/.  </p>http://balanon.com/post/804378674http://balanon.com/post/804378674Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:42:19 -0400<object id="flashObj" width="400" height="247" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0"><param name="movie" value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/63890987001?isVid=1&isUI=1" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" value="videoId=111305076001&linkBaseURL=http%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2010%2F07%2F09%2Ftechcrunch-tv-speaking-of-detroit-featuring-jay-and-scott-adelson%2F&playerID=63890987001&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" /><param name="base" value="http://admin.brightcove.com" /><param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="swLiveConnect" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/63890987001?isVid=1&isUI=1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashvars="videoId=111305076001&linkBaseURL=http%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2010%2F07%2F09%2Ftechcrunch-tv-speaking-of-detroit-featuring-jay-and-scott-adelson%2F&playerID=63890987001&&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="400" height="247" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" swliveconnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Jay Adelson - Speaking of Detroit with Techcrunch TV</p> <p>via <a href="http://drintelmann.tumblr.com/post/798684459">drintelmann</a></p>http://balanon.com/post/799969317http://balanon.com/post/799969317Sun, 11 Jul 2010 21:32:19 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5czmyzEMf1qzsx5so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Closest I’ve been at a Tigers game. Row 1. Hello 3rd base guy. Thanks @HMacdonald.</p>http://balanon.com/post/794876262http://balanon.com/post/794876262Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:30:33 -0400<a href="http://charliecurve.com/fun/balanonsleep.jpg">I have my own line of sleep shirts. Thanks @CharlieCurve!</a>http://balanon.com/post/791999735http://balanon.com/post/791999735Fri, 09 Jul 2010 23:08:01 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l53jz5U17j1qzsx5so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>There’s a famous adult shop in Tampa Bay, FL called The Todd.  Their t-shirts only come in XL.</p>http://balanon.com/post/773538820http://balanon.com/post/773538820Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:13:53 -0400<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4w7za8Gdm1qzsx5so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My outdoor office with @davebenjamin.</p>http://balanon.com/post/758564212http://balanon.com/post/758564212Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:11:34 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l40xywab2f1qzsx5so1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Just had a @bickbot team meeting.  Smile!</p>http://balanon.com/post/698716978http://balanon.com/post/698716978Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:49:44 -0400“When natural user interfaces resort to non-obvious gestures, they essentially regress into a really pretty, modern version of the quaint old command line interface.”<br/><br/> - <em>Lukas Mathis with a few great suggestions for implementing complex, gesture-based, user experiences. (via <a href="http://www.davidkaneda.com/">davidkaneda</a>)</em>http://balanon.com/post/657256955http://balanon.com/post/657256955Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:20:09 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l32vcrgW6D1qzsx5so1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Our @detroitspartans email list has hit a special milestone today.  Can you figure it out from the pic?  <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet">Answer here.</a></p>http://balanon.com/post/637454538http://balanon.com/post/637454538Thu, 27 May 2010 08:14:51 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2xlih0oiX1qzsx5so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>It’s @charliecurve about to get sniped by @sclarkwxyz.  </p>http://balanon.com/post/628459302http://balanon.com/post/628459302Mon, 24 May 2010 11:54:16 -0400