KitCam
As I mentioned on Twitter, if you have an iPhone you should check out KitCam. Fantastic, well-designed, and complete camera replacement application. /via Mike Rundle on Twitter.
Blog
Longer-form posts and essays.
Writing helps me think more clearly. This archive is longer posts; quick updates now live in notes.
Topics: AI, blogging, photography, programming, projects, Signboard
Well, I got her a mini
Me, not even a month ago: I’ve already made a deal with myself not to buy any more products, from Apple or any other company, that do not include a retina-quality display. And. Unlike John, Eliza and I will be waiting for an iPad mini that has a Retina Display. Well, I got her a mini. And it…
Startups should have a financial plan
Tom Tunguz, of Redpoint, on financial planning for startups: The financial plan is a concise summary of the way a companyis likely to be managed. It’s helpful for the board to help validate the plan compared to other startups' plans. The plan is also a great way to level set the management team on the plan for the business….
Foursquare’s \”Recently Opened\” feature
Foursquare: Break out of your weekly routine, try a new place, and don’t forget to leave a tip for your friends! The new feature is a bit buried. But when you find it, it can be pretty useful.
You Just Have To Do Something
Jonathan Moore recounts the day he saved his son's life, then makes this point: When we are presented with moments of crisis, large decisions or new opportunities often we find ourselves crippled by the lack of knowledge. We justify inaction with our insecurities in not knowing the right way to move forward. Or we trap ourselves in an…
Being a Design-Driven Culture
Cap Watkins from Etsy says it isn't all about look-and-feel: Being design-driven means treating design as a partner (and a leader) in the product creation process. Look at your feature roadmap right now. Are there major initiatives and ideas that were generated directly from your designer or design team? If yes, was design in the room when the…
Mario using only CSS
My friend Chris Coleman took the time, as CSS geeks tend to do, to create Mario using only CSS.
The usability of Windows 8
Jakob Nielsen: The UI is littered withswipe ambiguity, where similar (or identical) gestures have different outcomes depending on subtle details in how they're activated or executed. For example, start swiping from the right to the left and you will either scroll the screen horizontally or reveal the charm bar, depending on exactly where your finger first touched the…
MG Siegler on the Surface
MG Siegler reviews the Surface for AOL TechCrunch: After using it for over a week now, it’s hard to come up with a lot of nice things to say about the Surface. Don’t get me wrong, there are some solid things here. But by and large, it’s a strange, buggy, and clunky product that I simply can’t imagine…
Flickr’s new EXIF widget
Sorry, I don't like the word widget either. But, credit where due, Flickr has a new way to display EXIF information. Check out the sidebar of this photo. I like it. Hey, at least someone is doing something over there, right?
Disconnected Saturdays
Buster Benson disconnects on Saturdays. I do something similar every Tuesday night. Doing it for an entire day would be interesting though.
The drain of technology on technology professionals
Stephen Hackett, who is giving up his iPhone for a feature-phone for a year in an attempt to bring some balance to his digital life: I think there is a sizable percentage of nerds out there who realize the weight that technology has on our lives, and are uncomfortable with it at times. Yes, there is. I'm one…
Soundslice
Soundslice: Soundslice lets you sync tabs with video so you can see (and hear!) them in real time. Gone are the days of ASCII art approximations. I don't play guitar but I know something awesome when I see it. /via Jason Fried on Twitter.
Some thoughts and musings about making things for the web
The Oatmeal at his best. /via Everyone.
A short Microsoft Surface review
Me, in June: Actual judgements about the hardware aside (since, unsurprisingly, these aren’t yet on the market) this looks like the best work to come out of Microsoft since the Xbox 360. This isn’t me grading on a curve either. I’m not giving them extra points for finally making something that looks like it could be good. I’m…
App.net’s new API feature: Stream Marker
App.net has a new API feature called Stream Marker.Dalton Caldwell: Multiple times a day, I switch between my laptop and my phone. It’s frustrating that I have to ask myself “have I seen this post?” as I scroll through My Stream. Today we’re adding support for Stream Markers to the API. This will allows clients to sync where…
Travel Channel makes fake commercial using Bourdain footage and audio
Anthony Bourdain, who has it in his contract with Travel Channel that he must explicitly approve all uses of his name/face, etc: So it came as a shock and a disappointment to turn on the TV for the last two episodes of my show, and see that someone had taken footage that me and my creative team had…
The Incident: The Music
Cabel Sasser is one talented dude. Side note: Perfect use of Soundcloud.
Free up CPU by removing video files from your Mac’s desktop
Good tip from Rob LeFebvre on Cult of Mac: You might notice that your hard disk is constantly spinning on your Mac. If you check Activity Monitor, you might find out that the CPU is also being used up by the Finder, which typically doesn’t use a lot of CPU. Turns out that the culprit could, in fact,…
Apple’s Blue Sky
Stan Schroeder for Mashable: Apple has launched an initiative called “Blue Sky,” which encourages employees to devote some of their time to personal pet projects. I hope this is true. And I have absolutely no inside dirt at Apple anymore so this could have always been the case. But if not, this could help out with the potential innovation…
Would Apple ever bring back Forstall?
Michael Lopp: In my years at Apple, the Caffe Macs chatter about Forstall was that he was the only legit successor to Jobs because he displayed a variety of Jobsian characteristics. Comparing anyone to Steve Jobs is a tall order but Lopp does a good job in his most recent piece about innovation being a product of disruption…
The four seasons of your Startup
Wayne Barz: I spend a lot of time with start up companies. To be specific, I spend more time with start up companies than I spend with my wife. That is actually true and explains why despite 22 years of marriage, I think I understand start up companies better than I understand women. With that in mind,…
George Steinmetz Aerial Photography
PDN: Steinmetz photographs from a motorized paraglider which he describes as a “flying lawn chair”. Using the slowest and quietest powered aircraft in the world, he is not only able to take off and land without an airfield or government permission but is also likely to land in someone’s yard and be invited in for tea, becoming the…
Follow me on Instagram. Or, why web profiles are a big deal for Instagram.
Instagram recently released web profiles for all users. Of course, your Twitter stream has probably been full of people linking to theirs recently*. Oh, here is mine. You may have seen so many people mention their Instagram web profile that you're sick of it. But don't underestimate the importance of this feature to Instagram's growth. Think about how…