Tag: what-i-saw

  • What I saw this week #45: June 30, 2017

    As the summer heat rises in our hemisphere it seems that the river of content online dries up to a slow trickle. I wonder if that means I should expect more from our friends Down Under during these months? Here are a few things that caught my attention: Mars on Google Maps – Google has…

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  • What I saw this week #44: June 21, 2017

    First day of summer! I’m off my schedule. I know. Sorry. Video: Mixed Reality – THEORIZ – RnD test 002 – Realtime AR used to create art. We’ll be seeing a lot more of this. Rafter – A group of turkeys is called a rafter. Putting the social in social media – A nice write-up…

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  • What I saw this week #43: June 9, 2017

    I know, I know. I’ve missed a few. You’ll get over it. Paleobiology Navigator – "PBDB Navigator allows users to explore the Paleobiology Database through space, time, and taxonomy." If you know me at all you know that this literally burns hours and hours and hours of my time. In a good way. The Stratolaunch…

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  • What I saw this week #42: May 19, 2017

    Video: The Infinite Now – Armand Dijcks, whom I met in Hawaii many years ago, released these hauntingly beautiful animated cinemagraphs from photos by Ray Collins scored by André Heuvelman and Jeroen van Vliet. Photographs of Films – Jason Shulman does long exposure photography of entire films. Very cool. The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance – Netflix is creating…

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  • What I saw this week #41: May 12, 2017

    Minecraft: Microsoft is continuing to make good on their acquisition of Minecraft. Most recently they’ve created their own currency in the platform and launched an educational version. /sessions: A bunch of videos on front-end development. Artemis: Andy Weir, writer of The Martian (which I loved), has a new book coming out. Tokio Myers: I like…

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  • What I saw this week #40: April 28, 2017

    This has been a week full of client meetings so I did less reading on the web than usual. But, here are a few things that come to me as I sit here writing this post on a warm, gorgeous Friday evening. Amazon’s Quarterly report – Amazon is killing it on so many fronts. It…

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  • What I saw this week #39: April 21, 2017

    I missed last week. I have no excuse. Waxy.org – I already mentioned this but Andy Baio didn’t just return to blogging – he blew in with Hurricane force winds. Kottke.org – Speaking of .org blogs, Jason Kottke’s online property is being managed this week by Tim Carmody and he’s pulling an interesting yarn regarding the…

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  • What I saw this week #38: April 7, 2017

    Don’t forget, you can see all posts in this series by skimming through the what-i-saw tag. Now, onto this week’s links. Video: Puffer fish artist – Absolutely incredible stuff from such a small little fish. Andy Baio is back – Not only is he blogging again but Upcoming has re-launched. Stripe Atlas – The program is…

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  • What I saw this week #37: March 31, 2017

    Chrome still won’t show me more than two days of browsing history. Unfortunately this week I relied on this bug being fixed. So, for next week I’ll keep better track of URLs with Simplenote. Animation: Comet 41P – Just sliding in front of M108 like nothing. Video playlist: Making Minimalism – Matt D’Avella is sharing…

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  • What I saw this week #36: March 24, 2017

    Chrome v57 is really cramping my style. It only shows me the last few days of browsing history. I hope they fix this issue soon. So, this week is a little light as a result. Sorry. Bullet Journal – I’ve been meaning to try this for a few years and so starting on Monday I…

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  • What I saw this week #35: March 17, 2017

    I took two weeks off for travel/vacation (and didn’t read much online during that time) so this list will likely be a bit all over the place and sparse. Dunbar’s Number – I’ve read about this a few times. Caterina Fake, co-founder of Flickr and other things, reminded me of it in her TOI post this…

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  • What I saw this week #34: February 24, 2017

    Video: Ratchet Face – From a longer performance by Tom Thum who you may remember from this TEDx presentation. Amazing stuff. Video: Neil deGrasse Tyson on JRE – Joe Rogan had Tyson on his podcast. Two hours of nerding out and Rogan keeps up fairly well. Developer Tea – I stumbled across this podcast this…

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  • What I saw this week #33: February 17, 2017

    Oristand – Want to try a standing desk? This is a pretty inexpensive and portable way to try it. Houdiniopoly – A local Houdini Museum is creating a boardgame and kickstarted the idea. They’ve already met their goal. Video: MSFT’s hardware testing center – Cool behind-the-scenes look at one of Microsoft’s facilities. Drones over Dubai…

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  • What I saw this week #32: February 13, 2017

    I missed publishing this on Friday so I’m publishing it today. Roper Game Prototype – Mary Rose Cook showing off again. Maja Kuczyńska wind freestyle – Humans shouldn’t be able to move like this. VSauce – I scour YouTube daily for new subscriptions. I’m always amazed that I can stumble across a previously unknown channel…

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  • What I saw this week #31: February 3, 2017

    Short list this week. Video: Apple Campus flyover – Getting closer to being complete every month. Video: Matt D’Avella’s YouTube channel – Friend, former collaborator on many projects, and Director of Minimalists. ASCII weather – You can also pull this in via curl. Complete collection of Wii games – That’s a lot of Wii games. YouTube…

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  • What I saw this week #30: January 27, 2016

    Flexbugs – Described as "A community-curated list of flexbox issues and cross-browser workarounds for them." Video: Hovering a helicopter is hard – I’ve been going back through Smarter Everyday’s archive. An inverted aquarium – Mindblown fish. Tips for new drone owners – I re-read my own piece since I just picked up a Phantom 4 Pro.…

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  • What I saw this week #29: January 20, 2017

    Be sure to peruse the archive of this series of posts. Best selfie ever? – Definitely in the running. Joe Robinet – I’ve been digging Joe’s stuff on YouTube. Behind-the-scenes of Rogue One – Photos by Alex Benetel. Zuckerberg’s team – A team of a dozen people help Mark Zuckerberg capture his day for his Facebook…

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  • What I saw this week #28: January 13, 2017

    Video: What Comes Next is the Future – A documentary-style look back at the evolution of the web, and its underlying technologies that make it up, using interviews with those who have crafted and curated those technologies. Advanced Symbols in Sketch – A great tutorial by Matt D. Smith. Atom Dash – Via Lauren Pittenger…

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  • What I saw this week #27: January 6, 2017

    Welcome to 2017. Let’s get started. ichelle im – Andrew Kim (remember him?) and his wife Michelle JY Park launched something new. Slack Fund’s bots – Slack’s fund for investing in apps that integrate into Slack invested in 11 bots. Pretty neat collection. Great to see them investing in this particular way. I’ll write more…

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  • What I saw this week #26: December 30, 2016

    As we end the year I just wanted to say that I hope those of you that are reading and following the links in these posts find them useful. I’ve been referring to the archive a lot lately to send friends links to things. I try to keep the list light, fun, useful, and all…

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  • What I saw this week #25: December 23, 2016

    Product Hunt’s Best – The best products of 2016 according to Product Hunt. A second industrial revolution – Kevin Kelly makes the case that AI will bring about a second industrial revolution. I really love this perspective. Bootstrap Studio 2.5 – Another update to a fantastic app. Apple focusing on iOS – This is a…

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  • What I saw this week #24: December 16, 2016

    It was a busy week. You can catch up on the blog. But here are a few additional things that jumped out at me. New emoji in iOS 10.2 – Some very decent additions. Bartender – A small Mac utility that tidies up your menu bar. Animated Eleven – An animated Stranger Things? Yes please.…

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  • What I saw this week #23: December 7, 2016

    Since this is what-i-saw #23 let’s all watch the top 50 plays by Michael Jordan. The Modest Man Income Reports – Ever wonder what it looks like to run a blog for money? Brock from The Modest Man shares all of the numbers. Great insight. Web advent calendars – Two I’m following this month are…

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  • What I saw this week #22: December 2, 2016

    SwitchResX – A small preference pane for macOS to help you set more specific resolutions for your displays above and beyond what Apple provides by default. NEPA.js – A new meetup in Scranton, PA for people that want to learn JavaScript. Lion – A gorgeous photo by Sam Scrimshaw. Italy, Boat, Wedding – My friend…

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  • What I saw this week #21: November 25, 2016

    Light week as I spent most of my week away from the computer. curlbuilder – A simple tool to create curl commands. Bowie by Nick Runge – A small plug for my other site. On being verified – Maria Langer writes about being verified on Twitter. Instagram updates – A few new ways to share…

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  • What I saw this week #20: November 19, 2016

    I’ve been sick most of the week and terribly busy so this week’s links are coming a day late. Inside Apple Design – Nice video showing some of the people and the workshop behind Apple’s iconic products. Wilderness – A gorgeous, chill video from Alastair Humphreys – someone on my follow list. PhotoScan by Google…

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  • What I saw this week #19: November 11, 2016

    Andy Baio’s Waxy – Redesigned. Long live the blog. Developers Read 1 Star Reviews – From the Úll 2016 conference. Data Studio by Google – A tool to help you add some visualizations to your data. The Old Reader – I didn’t know this was still up and running until Danny mentioned it in E12.…

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  • What I saw this week #18: November 4, 2016

    My blog scheduled was knocked off tilt this week so this post is two days later than usual. It will be back on schedule this week. Cinemagraph GIFs – Take a still from a movie and animate just a small portion of it. I’ve seen these floating around for a few years but just now…

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  • What I saw this week #17: October 27, 2016

    This week it feels like I saw tons of great things but when I checked my list in Simplenote for this post it wasn’t as full as I thought it would be. So I need to do a better job next week of keeping track of all the great things I’ve seen. One Letter Removed…

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  • What I saw this week #16: October 21, 2016

    Lots of things funneled in from Twitter this week. And yet, at the same time, Twitter may slowly be losing grip on its ability to stay in business. Pity. Virtual Forest – VR is coming. Just watch Mark Zuckerberg’s demo recently and you’ll immediately see why a catalog like Virtual Forest is going to come…

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  • What I saw this week #15: October 14, 2016

    I’m noticing that a fair portion of the items I’ve made note to include in this post are videos. That isn’t all bad. If you have time this weekend perhaps you’ll watch a few of them. PowerPress Podcast – In this episode of this podcast MacKenzie Bennett and Jane Ellen talk about Anchor (which I mentioned…

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  • What I saw this week #14: October 7, 2016

    Nice blend of things things this week. An interview with Aaron Hicklin – I enjoyed this interview and the idea behind the bookstore that is curated into collections by creatives people like actors and directors. Neat idea. Photos from Rosetta – Rosetta smashed into its host comet this week and Flickr holds the photos it…

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  • What I saw this week #13: September 30, 2016

    I’m resurrecting an old series of posts that I used to publish here called "What I saw this week". In this series I’d publish a single post per week with some of the things I came across that week that I thought were interesting. It allowed me to link to interesting things without posting too…

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  • What I saw this week #12: November 17, 2013

    Late again this week. However, I did manage to get this post out the door. Here are some interesting things I saw this week. Noisli – Need some nice background noise while you work? I find myself using this every day now. I love that you can combine more than one sound too. Videos: Roadmap 2013…

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  • What I saw this week #11: November 10, 2013

    I’m still amazed at how many great things pass over my desk each week even though we’ve been so busy lately at work. I love how these posts remind me, each week, of how many interesting things there are on this web of ours. Cisco open sources H.264 – This is a geeky link for…

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  • What I saw this week #10: November 1, 2013

    It has been a busy few weeks at Plain. But even busy weeks yield interesting things online. Here are a few: Video: Slowmo iPhone 5s video on Instagram – Ryan Pernofski shares some great slow motion videos on Instagram using the new iPhone 5s. Profitless Prosperity – Fred Wilson discusses why Amazon is so valued…

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  • What I saw this week #9: October 25, 2013

    This has been an amazing week at work. I’m very much looking forward to sharing what we’re up to in the future but for now, some links. Comet ISON – Did you know there was a comet up there, right now, about to zing passed us and the sun and back out into space? Don’t…

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  • What I saw this week #8: October 18, 2013

    I’ve read less on my computer this week than many, many weeks due to travel and busy work getting in the way. So this week might be lighter than others. Our Culture of Exclusion – Ryan Funduk is sick of drink ups. It is nearly impossible to hold a meet up of any kind and…

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  • What I saw this week #7: October 11, 2013

    Fall is in full swing and the leaves are all but gone. This time of year has been torn between the desire to be outdoors, soaking up what is left of the season, and being indoors around a fireplace in my pub. There is so much awesome happening each week on the web I’m having…

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  • What I saw this week #6: October 6, 2013

    There was no link list last week because I was at the beach. And this week I’m a few days late because our team had a half-day with some festivities. My apologies. I hope this week’s video-heavy list makes up for having none last week. 575 Free Movies Online – A boat load of movies…

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  • What I saw this week #5: September 20, 2013

    Last week’s list was so rich with links that I had to hold a few back and work them into this week’s post. Some weeks there are just too many great things to link to. Photo: M2-9 "Minkowski’s Butterfly" by Hubble, Edited by Judy Schmidt. /via APOD. 10 Cultural Giants Who Died Coinless – van…

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  • The first month of Things I Saw This Week, the magazine, and onto Year 1.

    Four weeks ago I decided to follow in Om Malik and Heather Armstrong’s shoes and create a digest of some of the more interesting things I saw throughout the week. After four consecutive weeks of creating these posts, and really having a great time putting them together, I plan to complete as least 52 of…

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  • What I saw this week #4: September 13, 2013

    Vacations are weird. We work really hard before vacation so that we can, you know, go on vacation, and we work really hard after vacation. I’m doing the latter part of that this week by trying to catch up from being a week away. I’ve been successful! Now, onto this week’s links. Whisky tour of…

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  • Things I saw this week #3: September 7, 2013

    I’m vacationing on the beach in South Carolina with family so this week’s post is a day late and a little lighter than usual. I’m looking forward to getting back at it next week. Video: The new trailer for Gravity. I’m very much looking forward to this movie if for no other reason than to…

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  • Things I saw this week #2: August 30, 2013

    This has been a busy week. We’ve just turned on the sales engine at Barley and it has been interesting to go out and talk to potential new customers, resellers, and partners. Even with this busy week, though, I managed to find some interesting things on the web. Here are some of them. I’m on…

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  • What I saw this week #1: August 23, 2013

    Inspired by Om Malik’s What I’m Reading Today and Heather B. Armstrong’s Stuff I Found While Looking Around comes my own series of posts; What I saw this week.   Video: CarChat with Don Dethlefsen of The WerkShop about the 1970 BMW 3.0si Estate Wagon – If I ever have the resources to restore an old…

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