elifoner.comTumblr (3.0; @eli)http://stream.elifoner.com/<a href="http://stuntbox.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fstuntbox.com%2Fblog%2F2010%2F03%2Fopen-for-business%2F&seed_title=Open+for+Business">Open for Business</a>: <p><img src="http://stuntbox.com/wp-content/open-for-bidness.jpg" alt="" title="open-for-bidness"/></p> <p>Stuntbox, my sometimes hobbyhorse, is now Stuntbox, LLC. I am officially in the design consulting business. </p> <p>It started about two years ago, as a faint but undeniable itch, somewhere in the…</p>http://stream.elifoner.com/post/442286450http://stream.elifoner.com/post/442286450Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:36:57 -0500<a href="http://minimalmac.com/post/441935673">Practical Opacity</a>: <a href="http://practicalopacity.com/" target="_blank">Practical Opacity</a>: <p>I think it is finally time to take the wraps off another project I have been working on…</p> <p><a href="http://practicalopacity.com/" target="_blank">Practical Opacity</a></p> <p>Think of it as “Minimal Social Media”. In this age where Radical…</p>http://stream.elifoner.com/post/442286443http://stream.elifoner.com/post/442286443Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:36:57 -0500<a href="http://code.google.com/p/html5media/">Html5media — JavaScript to Enable ‘video’ Element for All Browsers</a>: <p>Speaking of HTML5 video and Flash, Dave Hall has released a new GPL-licensed JavaScript project that lets you embed videos in HTML using the simple HTML5 <code><video></code> element; for browsers that don’t…</p>http://stream.elifoner.com/post/442286447http://stream.elifoner.com/post/442286447Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:36:57 -0500<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/37signals/products/~3/Ao6N1SAJ-kQ/design-studio-uses-basecamp-to-bring-together-collaborators-in-london-and-italy.html">Design studio uses Basecamp to bring together collaborators in London and Italy</a>: <div> <p><a href="http://www.wired.co.uk/wired-magazine/archive/2010/04/features/work-smarter-37signals.aspx" target="_blank">Work Smarter: 37signals</a> is a WIRED UK profile of 37signals. Along the way it mentions how design studio <a href="http://tinker.it/" target="_blank">Tinker.it!</a> uses Basecamp.</p> <blockquote>“Basecamp really helped us communicate in the early days of…</blockquote> </div>http://stream.elifoner.com/post/442100918http://stream.elifoner.com/post/442100918Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:59:47 -0500<a href="http://www.iphonejd.com/iphone_jd/2010/03/blue-marble.html">Blue Marble</a>: <p>Jeff Richardson on the story behind the photo that serves as the iPhone’s default wallpaper.</p> <div> <a title="Permanent link to ‘Blue Marble’" href="http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/03/10/blue-marble" target="_blank"> ★ </a> </div>http://stream.elifoner.com/post/442100922http://stream.elifoner.com/post/442100922Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:59:47 -0500<a href="http://blog.mozilla.com/dmandelin/2010/02/26/starting-jagermonkey/">JägerMonkey</a>: <p>Mozilla’s next-generation JavaScript engine is based partly on WebKit’s, and sounds like a very clever design overall.</p> <div> <a title="Permanent link to ‘JägerMonkey’" href="http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/03/10/jagermonkey" target="_blank"> ★ </a> </div>http://stream.elifoner.com/post/441341774http://stream.elifoner.com/post/441341774Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:41:04 -0500<a href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2010/03/whats-in-the-david-foster-wallace-archive.html">‘If You Were to See a Viking Today, It’s Best That You Go Some Other Way’</a>: <p>“What’s in the David Foster Wallace Archive?”, from Meredith Blake at The New Yorker:</p> <blockquote> <p>For Wallace scholars, the real jewel in the crown might be a battered, taped-together copy of Pam Cook’s “The…</p> </blockquote>http://stream.elifoner.com/post/441341769http://stream.elifoner.com/post/441341769Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:41:04 -0500<a href="http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/03/amazons_1-click_patent_confirmed_following_re-exam.html">Amazon’s One-Click Patent Confirmed Following Re-Exam</a>: <p>Four years.</p> <div> <a title="Permanent link to ‘Amazon’s One-Click Patent Confirmed Following Re-Exam’" href="http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/03/10/one-click" target="_blank"> ★ </a> </div>http://stream.elifoner.com/post/441341770http://stream.elifoner.com/post/441341770Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:41:04 -0500<a href="http://minimalmac.com/post/440304129">Simple Desktops</a>: <a href="http://simpledesktops.com/" target="_blank">Simple Desktops</a>: <p>I have actually <a href="http://minimalmac.com/post/228208540/simple-desktops" target="_blank">linked to this site before</a> (Oct. 19 2009 to be exact), but people keep pinging me about it every time <a href="http://www.cultofmac.com/the-simplest-simple-desktops/33062?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+cultofmac%2FbFow+%28Cult+of+Mac%29" target="_blank">any other blog mentions it</a> so I’ll link to it again.</p>http://stream.elifoner.com/post/441341775http://stream.elifoner.com/post/441341775Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:41:04 -0500<a href="http://fireland.tumblr.com/post/436229498/danger-xing">Chained Up in the Dungeon of Emperor Xing</a>: <p>If you’re not hooked by the end of the second paragraph you might as well stop there.</p> <div> <a title="Permanent link to ‘Chained Up in the Dungeon of Emperor Xing’" href="http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/03/10/xing" target="_blank"> ★ </a> </div>http://stream.elifoner.com/post/441341771http://stream.elifoner.com/post/441341771Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:41:04 -0500<a href="http://technologizer.com/2010/03/08/the-secret-origin-of-windows/">The Secret Origin of Windows</a>: <p>First-hand report from Tandy Trower, the product manager at Microsoft who shipped Windows 1.0 and 2.0. Great stuff.</p> <div> <a title="Permanent link to ‘The Secret Origin of Windows’" href="http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/03/10/trower" target="_blank"> ★ </a> </div>http://stream.elifoner.com/post/441341766http://stream.elifoner.com/post/441341766Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:41:04 -0500<a href="http://jimray.tumblr.com/post/439144861">Google Maps has added bike directions and they look awesome....</a>: <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JN5_NBSu7Lw&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" width="400" height="336" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="never" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed><br/><br/><p>Google Maps has <a href="http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2010/03/its-time-to-bike.html" target="_blank">added bike directions</a> and they look awesome. Shows designated trails, streets with bike lanes and streets that are less busy plus there’s an algorithm for helping avoid…</p>http://stream.elifoner.com/post/440718316http://stream.elifoner.com/post/440718316Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:44:53 -0500<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/37signals/products/~3/mmx-nVUcbho/rework-a-different-kind-of-business-book-now-in-stores.html">REWORK: A different kind of business book (now in stores)</a>: <div> <p><a href="http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2196-rework-is-now-in-stores" target="_blank">The 37signals business book REWORK is now in stores.</a></p> <p><a href="http://37signals.com/rework/" target="_blank"><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/37assets/svn/front-cover-1.png" width="200" height="322" alt="front cover" style="border:none"/></a> <a href="http://37signals.com/rework/" target="_blank"><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/37assets/svn/back-cover-1.png" width="200" height="322" alt="back cover" style="border:none"/></a></p> <p>Learn more at <a href="http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2196-rework-is-now-in-stores" target="_blank">this post at Signal vs. Noise</a> or at <a href="http://37signals.com/rework/" target="_blank">the REWORK site</a>.</p> </div>http://stream.elifoner.com/post/440718329http://stream.elifoner.com/post/440718329Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:44:53 -0500<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/37signals/products/~3/iBPshiF8pCo/assigning-tasks-in-highrise.html">Assigning Tasks in Highrise</a>: <div> <p><a href="http://www.highrisehq.com" target="_blank">Highrise</a> Tasks are a great way to keep track of what’s on your plate. You can also assign tasks to other people on your team. To do that, select a user’s name from the “Who’s responsible”…</p> </div>http://stream.elifoner.com/post/440718333http://stream.elifoner.com/post/440718333Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:44:53 -0500<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/37signals/products/~3/qahQ0a6a_3Q/update-on-international-kindle-versions-of-rework.html">Update on international Kindle versions of REWORK</a>: <div> <p>A lot of people have been asking us why there isn’t an international Kindle version of <a href="http://www.37signals.com/rework" target="_blank">REWORK</a>. (The <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Rework-ebook/dp/B002MUAJ2A/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2" target="_blank">REWORK Kindle US Edition</a> is available for $9.99 at Amazon.)</p> <p>Unfortunately, there’s no simple…</p> </div>http://stream.elifoner.com/post/440718335http://stream.elifoner.com/post/440718335Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:44:53 -0500<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/37signals/products/~3/RfEfiUzDRmI/new-in-backpack-sms-events-to-your-calendar-experimental.html">New in Backpack: SMS events to your calendar (experimental)</a>: <div> <p>Last night we rolled out an experimental new feature for the <a href="http://backpackit.com" target="_blank">Backpack</a> Calendar. <strong>If you have a Plus or higher account</strong>, you can now SMS events to your Backpack Calendar. If all goes well we expect…</p> </div>http://stream.elifoner.com/post/440718326http://stream.elifoner.com/post/440718326Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:44:53 -0500<a href="http://langer.tumblr.com/post/439351295">"Now that he’s reached financial success, he said, spotters can help him elude police, whereas in the..."</a>: <p>“Now that he’s reached financial success, he said, spotters can help him elude police, whereas in the early days when he was alone or with just a few friends, he would have to use creative methods of…</p>http://stream.elifoner.com/post/440718322http://stream.elifoner.com/post/440718322Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:44:53 -0500<a href="http://jimray.tumblr.com/post/439908487">Google Apps Marketplace - eFax</a>: <a href="http://www.google.com/enterprise/marketplace/viewListing?productListingId=3430+9594206609704516136" target="_blank">Google Apps Marketplace - eFax</a>: <p>I don’t know about you, but I am pretty damn excited about the fact that eFax, <em>the</em> “premier Internet [sic] fax service” is available in the new Google web apps…</p>http://stream.elifoner.com/post/440718318http://stream.elifoner.com/post/440718318Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:44:53 -0500<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jblanton/~3/DA9tgchBVTs/life-between-buildings">For the life between buildings – some notes on the iPad</a>: <p><a href="http://www.cityofsound.com/blog/2010/02/a-machine-for-the-life-between-buildings-some-notes-on-the-ipad.html" target="_blank">For the life between buildings – some notes on the iPad</a>.</p> <blockquote> <p>I’m not advocating for multiple computers necessarily – as Apple would have it: an iMac in the living room, a Macbook Pro on the desk,…</p> </blockquote>http://stream.elifoner.com/post/440718319http://stream.elifoner.com/post/440718319Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:44:53 -0500<a href="http://5thirtyone.com/archives/2232">Google, the noun that became a verb</a>: <p align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/R7yfV6RzE30&hl=en_US&fs=1&" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="295" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></p> <p>Google. Openly embracing and sharing your info with the online giant… Or trying your best to keep your data hidden from Vader? After you watch the clip, check out this <a href="http://5thirtyone.com/archives/2220" target="_blank">infographic of…</a></p>http://stream.elifoner.com/post/439253239http://stream.elifoner.com/post/439253239Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:04:38 -0500