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Jamie Oliver’s TED Prize wish: Teach every child about food
I've watched many a TED presentation; Jamie Oliver's is one of my favorites. His wish? Teach every child about food to help fight obesity and the premature death of millions. Noble, right,…
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Up and out
A photo taken while visiting Liquid Interactive's offices. Sweet digs.
Using the Smart Cover on a first-generation iPad
[ad#Adsense: Horiz 468] Already have a first-generation iPad and want to use Apple's shiny new Smart Cover? Dan Provost, from The Glif fame, has figured out how to use the Smart Cover…
Why eBooks cost more than paperbacks
Last night I grabbed the sample of a book that I was debating the purchase of from the iBooks Store on my iPad. When I read through only a few pages of…
Square is safer than a pencil
This is the sort of propaganda the world could live without. Verifone's CEO, Douglas G. Bergeron,wrote an "open letter" about Square being a potential security risk to card holders because Square could…
Watercolor portrait, in progress
I have a lot to learn but I'm never going to learn if I don't practice, practice, practice. So, here's me practicing. I hope to finish this one this week and start…
Tumblr, audience, and engagement
The success of The Watercolor Gallery thus far has been extremely gratifying. I really enjoy the effort it takes (and believe me it is an effort) to find art to feature, to…
How to create a bulleted list in Notational Velocity
[ad#Adsense: Horiz 468] Following up on my obvious love for Notational Velocity is this little nugget from Justin Blanton via Twitter. The latest build of Notational Velocity can actually handle bulleted lists…
Epic hockey goal
[ad#Adsense: Horiz 468] see more lulz pichars I'm apologizing now for linking you to Pichars and, inevitably, wasting your entire day.
The Art Of Flight trailer
[ad#Adsense: Horiz 468] These guys are thoroughly crazy. Wow. /via Devour.
The phone that becomes a laptop, Motorola’s Atrix 4G
I remember rumors of Apple building a display that would allow you to dock your iPhone into it to use it as a computer. Then you'd just undock it and be on…
The iPad apps that I use most
[ad#Adsense: Horiz 468] Since posting about the iPhone apps that I use most I've had a few requests to do the same for the iPad. So, here are the iPad apps that…
Notational Velocity mapped to a Github wiki
Now that I have Notational Velocity on the command line perhaps I need to map Notational Velocity to a Github wiki too. [ad#Adsense: Horiz 468]
How to pronounce \”Devroe\”
I thought I would follow Shawn Blanc's lead and let everyone know how to properly say my last name, Devroe. My family has always had to correct people when they take the…
\”You don’t need to be on a diet\”
I can not even begin to count how many times someone has said to me "You don't need to be on a diet." Oh, really? Because professional doctors say that I'm a…
Videos from MagicRuby in Orlando, Florida
[viddler id-dea1f56f h-405 w-640] If you couldn't attend MagicRuby in Orlando, Florida you can view some short and sweet video interviews with some of the attendees and speakers over on Viddler.
Volkswagen’s 2012 Passat commercial featuring Darth Vader
[ad#Adsense: Horiz 468] I can not tell you how much this resonates with me. I spent the better part of my childhood trying to move things using The Force.
Going a little command line crazy
[ad#Adsense: Horiz 468] I'm not sure why but I'm on a command line kick lately. Not just the Tron Legacy style for Terminal but I've now begun using iTerm2 as my Terminal…
Weigh in: February 1, 2011
A few steps backward, a few steps forward. The last two weeks have been pretty much a wash – but I'm glad that I'm back on track and headed in the right…
David Karp on Tumblr’s downtime and Tumblr does a 180
I know, my blog is turning into a Tumblr-a-thon. But I've done this before when I used to talk about Brightkite, Ma.gnolia, Wordpress, Twitter and other services that I become attached to…
Jason Fried on downtime
Given my recent spat on Tumblr about their downtime and the messaging coming from their team and investors, I thought this quote by Jason Fried of 37Signals in INC. was apropos: "Of…
37signals dropping support for OpenID on May 1, 2011
I have been a supporter of OpenID for a long time. But I agree with the decision by 37signals to drop it. What could have been never happened and, as it would…
Again, Tumblr’s investors seem only focused on Tumblr’s traffic
I've already said all I've wanted to say about why I don't think Tumblr's team and investors should be focused solely on traffic. But, it appears they still are. Bijan Sabet, partner…
Teach a friend about RSS
For the last few years I've been hearing chatter that RSS "is dead", yet, I still continue to use it every single day. So, I thought – lets turn this on its…
Weigh in: January 25, 2011
The last time I did The Diet I had a "gain week" on the second week. This time it took me 6 weeks to have a "gain week". The reasons? The excuses?…
I’m heading to Florida for MagicRuby
Not many people know how well suited Viddler's platform is for developing on top of. Kyle Slattery and I are heading to Florida in a few weeks to attend Magic Ruby to…
Apostrophe 1.5 – Now with Viddler support
As I just announced on the Viddler blog, Apostrophe – the amazing CMS built by my friends at Punk Avenue, now includes deep support for Viddler. Huzzah!
Turn an iPad into a laptop
[ad#Adsense: Horiz 468] I'm not sure I dig this (as I think it removes the entire point of an iPad) but I will give 100 points for style to the iPad Keyboard…