November 2011
4 posts
Does my site look drupally in this? | Acquia →
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A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design →
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Nation's Students To Give American Education... →
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October 2011
14 posts
Carrying Stones
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Carrying Stones is your source for updates.
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BPS Research Digest: Steve Jobs' gift to cognitive... →
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Writing In The Margins
Another great meta-post about writing in the same vein as my recent find from Andy Ihnatko. This excerpt is by Michael Schechter:
Writing In The Margins: So often we think of writing as this pristine thing. Something precious, something that requires a special place and a special time. This is crap. Writing is getting words out of your head and on to some media. No matter what, no matter how, no...
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Says it all…
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iPhone 4S First Weekend Sales Top Four Million
Apple - Press Info - iPhone 4S First Weekend Sales Top Four Million: “iPhone 4S is off to a great start with more than four million sold in its first weekend—the most ever for a phone and more than double the iPhone 4 launch during its first three days,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “iPhone 4S is a hit with customers around the world, and...
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THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS WRITERS’ BLOCK
Ihnatko is so good. Writers, read this article. Here’s a piece of it for you.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS WRITERS’ BLOCK. – Andy Ihnatko’s Celestial Waste of Bandwidth (BETA):
As a writer, you are never “blocked.”
Here, let me say it again, with more markup tags:
As a writer, you are never “blocked.”
The fact that you’re not actually writing doesn’t mean that you’re...
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plucky tree: the last time I saw Steve Jobs
Great story. We have all heard that Steve could be, uhm, challenging to work for. These stories about his humanness are great to read.
plucky tree: the last time I saw Steve Jobs: The father turned to Steve as he passed close by and asked, “Excuse me, sir, would you mind taking our photo?”
Steve paused for a moment as an iPhone was extended to him, realizing that they didn’t...
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Apple's 1987 Knowledge Navigator
This is so accurate it’s creepy.
Apple’s 1987 Knowledge Navigator, Only One Month Late - Waxy.org: So, 24 years ago, Apple predicted a complex natural-language voice assistant built into a touchscreen Apple device, and was less than a month off.
Spooky Abandoned Victorian Houses Made from LEGO... →
LEGO!
September 2011
5 posts
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The Ihnatko Corollary
I hereby dub this the Ihnatko Corollary of Internet Security.
A personal VPN won’t save you from the Internet, but it doesn’t hurt - Chicago Sun-Times: Always assume that you know nothing, and that anything you do on the Internet will inevitably end in tears. Because that’s probably closest to the truth.
(Via his own column at the Chicago Sun-Times)
In other news, Andy and Dan Benjamin...
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Theo Jansen's Strandbeest
This video showing off Jansen’s “kinetic sculptures” is from Wallace & Gromit’s World of Invention Episode 1 Preview on BBC One.
Very cool. People are smart.
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Walden - Chapter 2
Watching Dead Poets Society for the 1,336,865,623th time. Thanks Dish.
Walden - Chapter 2: I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise...
August 2011
3 posts
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Note-taking in OmniFocus
Eddie writes smart stuff as this headslapper proves (again). Really smart way to use OmniFocus that I now plan to put into action immediately.
Note-taking in OmniFocus: I’ve always been a believer in minimizing the number of inboxes I have to juggle. The inbox in OmniFocus is one of the best all-purpose inboxes I’ve ever had the pleasure of juggling.
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13-Year-Old Makes Solar Power Breakthrough by...
Fascinating picture of inherent genius.
13-Year-Old Makes Solar Power Breakthrough by Harnessing the Fibonacci Sequence | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World: While most 13-year-olds spend their free time playing video games or cruising Facebook, one 7th grader was trekking through the woods uncovering a mystery of science.
July 2011
7 posts
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Text Editors in The Lord of the Rings — Crooked...
Of course the writer Kieran Healy is helping us make this leap, but these descriptions seem incredibly apt.
Text Editors in The Lord of the Rings — Crooked Timber: Prompted by a passing thought about TextMate, I thought I’d make a comprehensive, accurate, unbiased, and irrefutable survey of text editors by way of comparison to locations in The Lord of the Rings.
10 top Pages tips and tricks
Yes, a list of “Tips and Tricks”. If you can find the article amid the obnoxious advertising you may find some good tips for Apple Pages.
In Depth: Work smarter and quicker with Apple iWork’s Pages
Pages is Apple’s word processing and page layout app, part of the iWork productivity suite for the Mac.
It’s extremely easy to use but is also very powerful -...
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The Crucible: A Sobering Look At Apple
This should be the standard for online journalism.
The Crucible: A Sobering Look At Apple: BYTE strives for authority above all, in keeping with the highest journalistic standards. That standard was not met here.
Because the Internet has a lasting memory, and in the spirit of transparency, we’ve decided to keep this column up, strike through its content (as seen below), and issue this...
I’m Busy : James Shelley
James preaches the truth. I count myself among the guilty here. Who among us cannot?
I’m Busy : James Shelley: Too often I describe myself as being “busy” — but really I am just using the word as a synonym for “distracted.”
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Seth's Blog: The arrogance of willful ignorance
So true. Seth Godin is so good he can take a bad pitch and knock it out of the park every time.
Seth’s Blog: The arrogance of willful ignorance: If you’re doing important work (and I’m hoping you are), then you owe it to your audience or your customers or your co-workers to learn everything you can. Feel free to ignore what you learn, but at least learn it.
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Is Quicken for Mac Compatible with Mac OS 10.7...
Not that I use it any more, but Quicken is broken in Mac OS X Lion. I received an email notifying users of “Quicken for Mac 2005, 2006, or 2007.” It appears Quicken Essentials is ready for Lion.
Is Quicken for Mac Compatible with Mac OS 10.7 Lion? - Quicken® Support: Will Quicken for Mac work on the new Mac operating system, Lion (Mac OS X 10.7)?
Currently, Quicken for Mac 2005,...
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Lion allows resizing of windows from any side...
I look forward to this long-needed improvement. Much appreciated.
Lion allows resizing of windows from any side or… | Finer Things in Mac: Lion allows resizing of windows from any side or corner.
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June 2011
8 posts
Being human. →
Look failure in the eye, dust yourself off, and seek out your next failure. No, this isn’t a bad thing. You don’t learn from a life free of mistakes. You must fail to succeed.
If today sucks, if it is the hardest day you’ve ever had to endure in your entire life, hang in there. Someone’s life might depend on it tomorrow or next week. Your next tweet or blog post could change...
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TidBITS Networking: The Future is Disposable
Rich Mogull details the evolution of user data and explains why iCloud will change the way we manage it.
TidBITS Networking: The Future is Disposable: This is why iCloud and the Mac App Store are so interesting. Apple is creating the early pieces we need to move past the current limitations. With the Mac App Store we need only a username and password to pull down the latest versions of our apps...
Fact Is, Students Have Never Known History : NPR →
Bingo.
Since the ’70s, the U.S. has typically placed in the bottom quartile in worldwide math and science rankings.
“We have the biggest economy in the world, the most productive workers, the most inventors, the most patents, the greatest universities. How could all of this success have come from kids who were in the bottom quartile in the international assessments?” [Dianne] Ravitch...
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Minimal Output : James Shelley
James makes a great point…
Minimal Output : James Shelley: It seems that we have a lot to say about minimalism these days.
…and leaves his readers with Solomon’s wisdom.
Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue. —Proverbs 17:28
N.B. - Don’t you think Solomon would have loved Twitter?
(Via James Shelley)
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Google Apps update alerts: Search all your email...
Google Apps update alerts: Search all your email on iOS devices: Search all your email on iOS devices
Released on 6/17/2011
You can now search all messages in your Gmail account with the addition of server search for Google Sync enabled iOS devices.
Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education
I usually gloss over these Google Apps update notifications,...
Typography Insight - New ways of learning &...
Typography Insight - New ways of learning & teaching typefaces:
Typography Insight is an iPad application that introduces new methods for learning and teaching typefaces. The project stemmed from my love for typography and evolving mobile platforms. It was inspired by my own experience in typography classes whilst attending design school.
Do you know the difference between font &...
May 2011
13 posts
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Logical punctuation?
This is the second time I recall following links to this article in recent weeks. As a writer with OCD tendencies, it disturbs me. For now, I’m sticking with the AP Style I used for years.
Logical punctuation: Should we start placing commas outside quotation marks? - By Ben Yagoda - Slate Magazine: For at least two centuries, it has been standard practice in the United States to place...
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Like Hammers - kung fu grippe
Merlin nails it again.
Like Hammers - kung fu grippe: I LOVE full-screen writing and I LOVE full-screen (ugh: “distraction-free”) writing apps. I not only use one or another of these almost every day, but (not to seem immodest), I’d like to think that I’ve had a role, how ever small, in encouraging a LOT of people in general—and writers in particular—to explore any tool usage that keeps them...
“Apps begin at v1.0, they don’t end there!”
– http://twitter.com/kcase/statuses/73399897281413120
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Whats high school for?
Seth Godin asks What’s high school for?:
Perhaps we could endeavor to teach our future the following:
- How to focus intently on a problem until it’s solved.
- The benefit of postponing short-term satisfaction in exchange for long-term success.
- How to read critically.
A good list. He proceeds to list about 10 more items worth thinking about.
(Via Seth’s Blog)
One line at a time #1
I appreciate Eddie’s style of wit. To wit:
One line at a time #1: What’s this? It’s the start of an unscheduled, random, indefinite series of single-sentence tips on doing stuff better. Contradictorily, but necessarily, this first one has extra sentences.
(Via practically efficient)
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None of Us Could be Any of Us Without All of Us
I subscribe to James Shelley’s RSS feed for his website where he recently said None of Us Could be Any of Us Without All of Us:
The leader of the future is the one who inspires people to recognize and embrace their interdependency.
James Shelley goes on to say:
No, the interdependent leader simply acknowledges and praises the fact that none of us could be any of us without all of...
"The Information Sage" by Joshua Yaffa [Send Me a... →
I find this article about Edward Tufte fascinating, mainly because I can learn so much from him. Fascinating.
Tufte spent a few hours with Devaney looking at sketches of some of the displays the board was preparing. Devaney showed Tufte a prototype of Recovery.gov, the site that catalogs all the projects funded with federal stimulus money around the country. Thinking about it now, Devaney...
"Recommended Reading" from Ben Brooks
I love every one of these posts and I hope you do too.
Ben Brooks has begun to curate a list of “Greatest Hits” from other writers he enjoys. It’s a good list and worth investing a bit of your time. After all, Ben has done all of the legwork for you.
via The Brooks Review
OmniOutliner for iPad: First Screenshots! →
Ken Case looks eager to share OmniOutliner for iPad. From the description and screenshots he should be. Gorgeous! I’m looking forward to it.
Well, we just finalized our App Store description and screenshots, so I’d like to share those with you now: