February 2010
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"Hands-on with the Apple iPad – it does make... →
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Soft-launching the Create with Context blog →
January 2010
78 posts
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will the iPad be multiuser? e.g. different configs for different people on the same device? or will my kids ruin all my high scores?
Any good applet for the Mac that denotes Spotlight Comments somewhere inline within the Finder, maybe as a little flag on the icon?
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“Great just what the world needs, another freaking MP3 player.”
– Apple’s New Thing (iPod) - Mac Forums
Great thread from Oct 23, 2001 showing reactions to the announcement of the original iPod. Sound familiar?
Former employer discussing new alumni website: “fresh new design featuring a social networking platform”. Methinks it’ll be crickets.
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“A lot of people talk about the good old days. Bullsh-t. The good old days are right this second.” Jack LaLanne
You know you’ve birthed things into the ether when you use Google to find an old project instead of Spotlight or email search
Enjoying recycled oxygen with a faint chaser of jet fuel while sitting on tarmac in ORD, waiting for Godot Deicing to show up
RT @mcsweeneysbooks: We don’t get all the hubbub for the Apple Tablet. We’d be more excited for the Apple Gelcap.
Tomorrow, during the unveiling of The Most Amazing Thing Ever To Come From Apple (tm), I will be sitting in an aluminum tube at 30k feet :-(
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The PVRBlog Interview: Ten Questions with TiVo's... →
The artist behind our 2010 calendar, @electrobudista, is uploading his calendar images to Flickr http://bit.ly/5w3kf8 - check them out!
“I know I’ve got to get worried when you’re giving me your plans...”
– AP Mobile
But isn’t that how all great ideas are supposed to begin, on a sheet of paper?
Why doesn’t every image editing program make it drop-dead simple to type or speak a caption and embed it directly into the file metadata?
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Sometimes I think ‘Google Alerts’ should be renamed ‘Google Historical Tidbits On Stuff That Happened A Couple Of Months Ago’
She smells of hotel soap, airports, and jet fuel … *swoon*
“Let’s build a funicular,” she said, “but only if you’re so inclined.”
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@drbarnard: Touch Screen Edge Cases →
iPhone-to-iPhone (via AT&T, natch) calls in the US remind me of the analog cellphone days what with all of the dropped calls
The dark side to long-tail personalization is that everyone thinks everything should be tailored to them: c.f. iTunes free video comments
Every once in a while, while walking I put away my iPhone. Suddenly I begin to smell the earth, see the clouds, hear the city noises.
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“Since the Renaissance, many artists and architects have proportioned their works...”
– fred design » Simple rules for good typography
“Technology, increasingly, makes us all witnesses to crises. And yet, only those...”
– Steve Coll, The New Yorker
Journalists covering disasters feel “ghoulish and intrusive”, but in bearing witness they amplify the conditions borne by victims and relief workers.
(via designtumblelog)
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google street view sketches →
Man, what a fantastic idea. Love the color highlights, too.
If websites get smart, they’ll host important Flash-based functionality on the same servers as their ads, end-rounding Flash blockers
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RT @janepyle: Boarding Pass/Fail http://bit.ly/5gX8nz Interesting collection of redesign ideas for boarding passes. It’s really needed.
“But not as sad as imagining the same guy eating and washing and drying his...”
– greg.org: the making of: On Rotating The Dishes
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Periodically, my Magic Mouse punks on me, and will only move the mouse pointer a dozen or so pixels even with a gigantic swipe o’ the wrist.
I propose we combine “they’re”, “their”, and “there” into a new word: “thr” - and with one swoop, half my annoyances of the web would vanish
Reconditioning an old PB12 battery. Have it up to 2400mAh (from 584mAh yesterday) just through deep cycling. Geek swoon.
Typing my zip code in at the pump will definitely avoid fraud. I mean, if I lose my wallet, there’s *nothing* else in there with my zip.
Just sent $10 to Red Cross by texting HAITI to 90999. It was easy and fast.
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