Cross Bridge
A nice bridge downriver from Hellertown.
Blog
Posts, notes, and things worth sharing.
Longer thoughts, quick observations, photographs, and links. All in one place, newest first.
The truth is, we don’t know how long it takes.
This can be applied to just about anything; none of us know how long it will take us to get something done. This is especially true with writing software but lets think…
Being able to follow a recipe doesn’t make you a chef
It is easy to fall into the trap of being a copy cat. From infancy we're trained to become copy cats. Write your alphabet like this, wash your clothes like this, get…
Central Park
Board Room with a view.
Midtown
At least it isn't raining.
Pow
Pow is an open source, zero-configuration Rack server for Mac OS X. If you do web development on the Mac you will want to give this a gander.
View from Top of the 80’s
I had a lunch meeting at Top of the 80's in Hazelton. The place has quite the view.
Georgify makes Hacker News readable in Chrome
Fan of Hacker News? Use Chrome? Georgify does a nice job of making Hacker News much more readable.
The lesser known, consistent, keyboard shortcuts for Alfred’s iTunes Miniplayer
I use the iTunes Miniplayer in Alfred (of which I have a Powerpack license and highly recommend that you do too) pretty extensively. One gripe that I had with the Miniplayer was…
Hoping they get Multitouch Multitasking Gestures right in iPad
I recently chirped on Twitter that I would love to see Multitouch Multitasking Gestures on iPad ship by default. As it stands you have to turn Development Mode on using Xcode in…
How I write on iPad
I'm often asked how I write my posts on iPad. What applications do I use? Do I use an external keyboard? How do I get images onto iPad to include in posts?…
Help fund the documentary about RAD
Can you believe it has been 25 years since RAD? I loved that movie as a kid. Now Marc Dewey is trying to make a documentary about RAD. Help him fund it…
How to set post slugs using WordPress for iOS using Slugger
Justin Blanton finds that his Slugger WordPress plugin, which he adapted from my own Slugger plugin back in early 2007, is still useful today when publishing from WordPress for iOS on either…
Keep up with the filming of The Hobbit
[ad#Adsense: Horiz 468] The Hobbit: Part 1 is coming in 2012 but it is being filmed right now. How can you keep up with the news? Here are a few resources I've…
Wayne Barz on Color’s funding and the new bubble
Wayne Barz, a man I hold in high regard and (full disclaimer) I get to work with on Viddler from time-to-time at Ben Franklin TechVentures, has a brand new blog entitled Techonomic…
When will the Internet finally become commodified?
Just when I thought the Internet was already a commodity I visit Atlantic City where people are nickel and dime'd to death – literally. I suppose it shouldn't be very surprising to…
Caesar’s
From the Boardwalk.
Borgata
From our room in Harrah's Resort. Taken with Instagram.
Explore the side streets
ATLANTIC CITY In any tourist-driven areas the side streets are where the best places are. Where the cabbies, cooks, and old timers hang out. Eliza and I are in Atlantic City for…
Want to get more done? Make things easy on yourself.
"I could never be disciplined enough to do that everyday." There are a million-and-one tips on how to get things done. Books, applications, methods, processes, workflows. Nearly a year ago I postulated…
WordPress for iOS 2.7.1. Two key updates.
Even though there is yet to be an announcement on the Wordpress for iOS blog, 2.7.1 has been released on the App Store and it comes with two key updates (at least…
How the Internet is affecting my attention span and how I’m planning on fixing it
We've all heard it before – and at this point I'm sure we've all experienced it – the Internet is having a profound effect on my attention span. From the first days…
A few photos of iPad 2
A snowy view
This is what I woke to this morning. Beautiful but unwelcome.
I think I need a haircut. And a neck.
iPad 2's infinitely useful PhotoBooth application.
New Browser releases make me nauseous
You know that feeling you get when two of your friends ask you to do something different on the same day? That feeling in your stomach when you don't know which one…
Historical video: The early days of Viddler
Yesterday Robert Scoble re-published a video from the days of PodTech, the video podcasting network, that took us down memory lane at Twitter HQ. Robert quipped that he was happy that he…
I interviewed Gregg Pollack for the Viddler blog
Hot off the presses; I interviewed Gregg Pollack over on the Viddler blog. Gregg is from EnvyLabs, the Rails 3 Screencasts, Rails for Zombies and now Code School. All of these projects…
Why you should never ask permission to clean up code
"Can I take some time to clean up this code? It is horrendous." The answer should always be yes to this question. However, often times we find ourselves up against walls in…