July 2010
Coda Notes for Safari: Now Available! →
At long last! Coda Notes, a fun Safari Extension we introduced at this year’s WWDC, is now officially available for download!
To recap, the idea is this: Coda is a great tool…
iMac or Mac Pro? →
Marco compares his Mac Pro with his wife’s iMac:
While the Mac Pro costs a lot more up front, high-performance users also get a lot more value and versatility over its lifespan, which is likely…
Fish in a barrel →
Apple came out with updated Mac Pros and iMacs today. I’m an iMac man myself, so that’s what I checked out. Looks nice! Of course, The League of Internet Commenters is busy finding flaws and…
Are you there God particle? It's me, Fermilab. →
By further isolating where the Higgs boson isn’t, scientists are finally closing in on the discovery of the so-called God particle…or proving that it doesn’t exist at all. Its mass — in the…
V Pomparkour Ladder Sport →
I favorited a YouTube video: Pompakour is an awesome new sport that’s a mash up of parkour and ladders. Check out these guys do some crazy stunts and tricks.
Tomas Bartko - Icon and web design →
Tomas Bartko - Icon and web design: Some very nice desktop pictures here. (via Prettify)
Free Webinar with Jason Fried of 37signals →
Free Webinar with Jason Fried of 37signals: The good folks at Brazen Careerist are hosting an online session with Jason Fried tomorrow. It should prove to be informative. I really enjoyed reading
Boarding Pass/Fail →
This project has been up for quite a while but I’m only coming across it now: Tyler Thompson undertakes a hypothetical redesign of flight boarding passes. His original proposal is quite…
dwineman: Bradley kicked at the banister railing... →
dwineman:
Bradley kicked at the banister railing at the top of the stairs and stomped off to his room, flung himself onto his bed. So unfair, he fumed. Bethany gets all the cool games….
Not going into orbit, just looking for clean... →
Yesterday I spent some time perusing the washer / dryer options at Home Depot. I guess I have never stopped to take notice of advertisements or TV commercials touting the latest & greatest. Home…
Magic Trackpad in action →
Nice video from 9to5 Mac.
What’s New in Microsoft Office for Mac 2011... →
What’s New in Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 [VIDEO]: Still not what we believe in.
Related Update: Here’s a fun search. Especially for the new visitors.
Parkour with ladders →
No idea if this is an actual thing outside of advertising New Zealand energy drinks; this article indicates that a few circus folk dreamt it up (hello, red flag). Welcome to 2010, when…
Our “Apple-like” Strategy →
If you are anything like us, you like two things: 1) Apple; and 2) learning from other great companies & entrepreneurs. So when we came across this post about Apple’s recent success (and their…
A cleaner YouTube →
Apple launched the Safari Extensions Gallery today, and I’ve been playing around with a few. A Cleaner YouTube is a real gem, as it strips YouTube of all the visual clutter and presents the…
Lifework - Herman Miller – Inspiration: Graphic... →
Lifework - Herman Miller – Inspiration: Graphic Designer Theo Rosendorf:
I’m not even sure where to begin with the massive level of ninja-level cool on full display here. First, look at that…
No Cleaning Cloth →
Simon Beckerman on the iPad’s lack of a screen cleaning cloth:
Apple includes a microfiber cleaning cloth with every computer they sell, but not with the iPad.
Interesting thought, and a flaw…
Introducing Campfire for iPhone →
A year or so ago the folks at Overcommitted introduced Ember, an excellent native iPhone app for Campfire. Ember let you chat, view transcripts, jump between rooms, share pictures in a Campfire…
TrackRecord is a simple time monitoring app for... →
TrackRecord is a new time monitoring app for Mac OS X that integrates with Basecamp. Features include: idle time tracking, time filtering, timer log, collapsable project view, and drag-and-drop…
I talked a bit about this when I appeared on The... →
I talked a bit about this when I appeared on The Bro Show last week, but I believe that this is the “next big thing” after the “next big thing”. I have been watching this every few days since…
How-To: Give Your Old iPhone New Life With Prepaid... →
How-To: Give Your Old iPhone New Life With Prepaid Data and Minutes: Somewhat fiddley but interesting way to use last years model.
Yahoo Japan to Adopt Google’s Search Engine →
Reuters: Yahoo Japan, Japan’s biggest Internet portal operator, said on Tuesday it will adopt U.S. rival Google Inc’s search engine and advertisement delivery system and provide Google with its…
Of Mice and Magic →
You may have heard already but, along with some new iMacs (Win), Mac Pros (Big Win), 27inch Cinema Display (Lickable), Apple released a brand new product – The Magic Trackpad.
Now,…
Tweaking the user experience page by page →
When we are not designing themes here at Woo Headquarters we are tweaking and improving the process of delivering those themes to you. At least that’s what we were doing last week.
We thought it…
Minimal writing space. →
I tweaked one of the backgrounds in the resource files in Ommwriter to look like my blog, so I could see how the finished writing would look like.
I’ve got my own opinions about…
The decade in pictures →
The decade in pictures.
The Puzzle of Japanese Web Design →
Jeffrey Zeldman on The Puzzle of Japanese Web Design:
With respect to clarity, simplicity, and boldness of line, the Japanese have been a thousand years ahead of us in fine art and graphic…
Dterm is a context-aware pop-up command line for... →
[Flash 10 is required to watch video.] Dterm is a context-aware pop-up command line for OS X—think of it as a cross between Quicksilver and Visor. I’ve been using it non-stop since …
iPhone and Android Customer Satisfaction →
CNN buried the most interesting tidbit in this piece on the results of a Yankee Group survey: 77% of iPhone owners say they’ll buy another iPhone, compared to 20% of Android customers who say…
Sixpoint →
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Consumer Reports is raising serious doubts about... →
Consumer Reports is raising serious doubts about precious metals dealer and Glenn Beck fave Goldline: If you’ve spent any time listening to right wing radio or watching FOX News, you’re familiar…
White iPhone 4 Delayed Again →
Apple: White models of Apple’s new iPhone 4 have continued to be more challenging to manufacture than we originally expected, and as a result they will not be available until later this year. The…
My week seen through my Wikipedia browsing history →
San Serriffe
Manichaeism
Myrrh - surely you’ve wondered what this stuff is anyway.
Affair of the Diamond Necklace
Excalibur - turns out it both is and isn’t the sword Arthur pulls…
Dubious Innovations: The "Curation" Is... →
(Alberto Contador’s new corporate logo, via Cycle Jerk.)
Yesterday’s post, in which I pointed out that a pair of Garmin-Slipstream team bikes were being auctioned on eBay, has…
ImageNow →
Agency portfolio.
Link to the site: http://www.imagenow.ie/
The SR-71 Ground Speed Check →
I generally prefer avoiding Gizmodo when possible—the poor editing of this piece being one of the reasons—but one particular story is worth linking to for more reasons than this wonderful little…
The dark side of perfectionism →
The dark side of perfectionism.
You’ve been warned. Blanton, I’m talking to you!
The Holy Grail Of Ubiquitous Plain-Text Capture |... →
The Holy Grail Of Ubiquitous Plain-Text Capture | Lifehacker Australia: Ubiquitous capture — that is, the ability to snag any thought or idea any time and anywhere it happens to crop up — is a…
Sophos →
One of the primary entry points into the Shopos.com website is through their homepage, which funnels traffic to specific products and information. User interaction with the original homepage was…
Mathematical Beauty: Calcbot for iPhone and iPad →
Calcbot started off as an iPad only app in the beginning. It made sense to build a simple, but beautiful calculator for the iPad since there wasn’t one included with Apple’s…
Phone Disk →
Phone Disk: Phone Disk is a tiny program which runs in the system tray of your Mac. When it finds an iPod Touch or iPhone it seamlessly mounts it to your file system so you can directly access…
How to Fix Your Broken CMS: Part 1 →
Are you or your organization considering implementing a CMS? Do you have one in place already? Before you move ahead with your CMS project, you may want to take a few minutes to consider your…
Heat up your cold calls with Highrise's... →
This tweet from Refe Tuma raves about the way you can integrate Twitter with Highrise: Here’s a video showing how to set it up: Btw, you can follow 37signals on Twitter at…
Bootlegger Mini Liquor Bottle Ankle Concealer →
Sure, you can try and sneak liquor into the next ballgame or concert in a flask, but with security getting consistently more interested in what you might have hidden in… Visit …
area-22.com →
AREA-22, as a term, by definition, examines the minute and perhaps inconsequential elements of the whole, in their likeness, contrasts, and diversities which ultimately enrich and drive the…
Review: HTML5 for Web Designers →
While it went on sale back in May, A List Apart‘s first publication, HTML5 for Web Designers, only just began shipping. I have been eagerly awaiting my copy and it just…
Developer Leaves Apple, Still Works With Company... →
The developer of SproutCore, Charles Jolley, has decided to walk away from Apple and venture with his new startup company called Strobe. Charles, however, will still work in conjunction with…
The Big Bang was an explosion of space, not in... →
The Big Bang was an explosion of space, not in space.
App Store Password Caching →
Manton Reece, on how Mike Rohde got stuck with $190 worth of unintended in-app purchases: It is fairly well known that after the App Store prompts for your iTunes password, you can download…
Facebook Chat via XMPP →
Hi folks,
Just a quick announcement for everyone using Facebook Chat in Adium:
If you’re experiencing problems, we recommend switching to the official XMPP implementation of Facebook Chat due to…