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May 2011

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December 2010

1 post

October 2010

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September 2010

1 post

“In my next life I want to live my life backwards. You start out dead and get...”

– Woody Allen

March 2010

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February 2010

1 post

The worlds are colliding

mrgan: Epic knowledge dropped by stevenf tonight: In the New World, computers are task-centric. We are reading email, browsing the web, playing a game, but not all at once. Applications are sandboxed, then moats dug around the sandboxes, and then barbed wire placed around the moats. As a direct result, New World computers do not need virus scanners, their batteries last longer, and they...

January 2010

1 post

TaskPaper for iPhone preview

Go Jesse! I can’t wait for this. You had me at the screencast hogbaysoftware: My goal was to port TaskPaper for Mac’s “paper” design to the iPhone. This turned out to be a lot harder then I expected. It’s easy to display lists on the iPhone. But when it’s time to edit something the normal iPhone design is to show a new view, or enter a specific editing mode. That works well for many...

November 2009

1 post

Pie Guy - a free web game for your iPhone

mrgan: (This post uses formatting and features not visible in the Tumblr Dashboard. If anything below doesn’t make sense or looks plain ugly, consider viewing the post on my website. I love the Dashboard, I hate the Dashboard.) The Bits There’s no better home for a fast-paced, goofy arcade game than your pocket. Remember the original joy of gaming - you know, before the distraction of...

September 2009

6 posts

I'm Too Old for Skateboarding - Philadelphia, PA :... →

Awesome, inspirational read. Time to spend some money on a ‘commuter’ setup. (via Instapaper)

“Adding <base href=”http://ax.itunes.apple.com”> inside <head> is a...”

– iTunes 9, now with more WebKit — Will Norris

Mac OS X, now HDTV-ready with 10.6 →

Nice touch. Connect a mac with a displayport to an HDTV with an HDMI adapter and get 720p, 1080i, and 1080p as resolution options in Display Preferences

August 2009

3 posts

OS X Tip: 1-Click saving of PDF Receipts

Spurred on by this tweet, which was indeed news to me too, I went further down the rabbit hole to Shawn Blanc’s site which ultimately led me to a 2-year old post on Mac OSX Hints However, after trying the example, it (or I) failed miserably. The light at the end of the tunnel however came from one of the comments in the Mac OSX Hints article: “I just put an alias called...

“My job is so fucking unbelievable. I’ll try to sum it up by first telling...”

– http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/97jht/i_hate_my_job

July 2009

1 post

May 2009

1 post

April 2009

4 posts

davidkaneda: Design Considerations for Touch UI (via Cameron Moll)

“Think more, design less. Many desperate acts of design (including gradients,...”

– -Ellen Lupton, Thinking with Type (via http://badassideas.com/adviceforwebdesigners/)

Iconaholic blog » Blog Archive » Custom Dropbox... →

March 2009

8 posts

Get to iframe contents with jQuery

$('#iframeID').contents().find('#someID').html();

iPhone 3.0 Predictions

As you’re no doubt aware if you follow the happenings in and around planet Apple you’ll know that at 5pm (GMT) the next version of software for the iPhone will be announced, not released, but announced. Who knows when it will drop but I’m hoping it will be around June time, to, with any luck, coincide with the release of updated hardware. My 1st gen is looking a little long in...

“The first mp3 player that talks to you”

– New iPod Shuffle launched today with VoiceOver technology that announces track information, playlist, and other metadata as a means of navigating your music collection. Smart. New headphones are bundled which make all this possible via an inline clicker (the actual Shuffle no longer has any face...

TED Talk: Pattie Maes from MIT demonstrates ‘wearable tech’, innovative new ways to interact with your environment. One step closer to the Minority Report UI!