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An even better Spotify Alfred extension
Jeff Johns has released an update to his Spotify Alfred extension. The man’s an addict. He has Alfred extensions for Skype, Bluetooth, Caffeine, and Screen Sharing.
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Definition of Apple fanboy
Jim Dalrymple’s definition of an Apple fanboy hits home for me. Especially this particular part of the definition: "someone that loves to get the job done instead of working on their machine" When I began my switch to the Macintosh nearly a decade ago my single biggest reason that I trumpeted to friends was that […]
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Isaac Newton’s notebooks
Speaking of Isaac Newton. The Cambridge Digital Library: "Cambridge University Library holds the largest and most important collection of the scientific works of Isaac Newton (1642-1727). We present here an initial selection of Newton’s manuscripts, concentrating on his mathematical work in the 1660s. Over the next few months we will be adding further works until […]
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The Path clock scroll thingy
Hot on the heels of the Path app’s menu being reverse engineered into CSS3 and CoreAnimation is the Path app’s clock face that appears when you’re scrolling down through your timeline being reverse engineered by Florian Mielke.
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Twitvid turning into a social network?
File this under "I doubt this will work." Something must have told the Twitvid team that this is a logical direction to take Twitvid but I don’t see it. Broad category social networks have, more or less, been done and will, more than likely, stay the same as they are now for a long time. […]
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What I use an Apple TV for
I saw this link that John Gruber posted about a recent report on the habits of Apple TV owners and, at the end of it, he mentions how some of his Twitter followers use the Apple TV. He says: "And lots of DF readers on Twitter[are telling me](https://twitter.com/#!/search/gruber apple tv)they use Apple TV just for […]
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iBooks 1.5
I haven’t seen this covered much. The new iBooks has some pretty great features including fullscreen mode and a new theme for reading at night. Fantastic update.
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It’s happening. Twitter changed.
Remember when I said this yesterday? "What would happen if, say, tomorrow Twitter decided that all Twitter clients (third-party and official) had to show some fairly obtrusive ads or you’d need to pay a few dollars per month to use the service?" It turns out Twitter did change the next day. (I knew nothing of […]
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The history of Twitter for iPhone
From Tweetie 1 to Twitter 4 Jeremy Stanley gives us the history of Twitter for iPhone and some screenshots. /via Shawn Blanc.
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Twitter for iPhone, TweetDeck updated for #letsfly
In an effort to unify the experience across multiple devices and platforms Twitter has released updates of Twitter for iPhone and the Mac version of TweetDeck. I think it is a good thing for the official applications to all feel and work very much the same. However, for obvious reasons long-time users of Twitter may […]
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Don’t be a free user? I’m not so sure.
Pinboard founderMaciej Ceglowski suggests demanding to pay for services that you like that might be free. In fear that free services that are popular are not sustainable. It is a great post. But it raises some questions from me. How would paying for a service ensure it won’t sell out? Maciej suggests that free services […]
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Spring is gone.
Today’s cold snowy start made me think of how much I’ll miss times like the one pictured above. I’m already looking forward to spring.
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Twitter major redesign; Let’s Fly.
Speaking of free services making major changes; Twitter has announced a major redesign that unifies all of their UIs.
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Twitter Viewer by Aaron Swartz
Twitter Viewer is a simple service by Aaron Swartz that allows you to link to an entire conversation on Twitter. Twitter should offer this. /via John "I cut in line once" Gruber.
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Map Tales
This is great. Map Tales is a simple but great service to share just about anything using a map. Check out Jeremy Keith’s examples.
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Kitchen Dial has touch-free mode
Kitchen Dial, a simple iPhone application that converts things like quarts to cups and vice-versa, has a touch-free mode where you can tilt the iPhone in different directions to make your selection. This way you don’t have to smudge your iPhone screen with cookie dough. Instapaper ships with a tilt-scrolling feature that, rather than scrolling […]
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You’re never the focus group. You’re always the focus group.
I have a few friends that are very different from me. While they do use the Internet to look up information from time-to-time and they use their phones to pull up maps, check sports scores, and check email – they don’t use the Internet to communicate. They don’t use Twitter or Facebook – though they’ve […]
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Add yourself to LinkedIn’s \”Do Not Contact List\”
I’ve tried to delete my LinkedIn account on several occasions. But finally there is a way to remove your email account from their contact list (which is different from simply deleting your account apparently). /via Dave Semon on Twitter.
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Add yourself to LinkedIn’s \”Do Not Contact List\”
I’ve tried to delete my LinkedIn account on several occasions. But finally there is a way to remove your email account from their contact list (which is different from simply deleting your account apparently). /via Dave Semon on Twitter.
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Add yourself to LinkedIn’s \”Do Not Contact List\”
I’ve tried to delete my LinkedIn account on several occasions. But finally there is a way to remove your email account from their contact list (which is different from simply deleting your account apparently). /via Dave Semon on Twitter.
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Add yourself to LinkedIn’s \”Do Not Contact List\”
I’ve tried to delete my LinkedIn account on several occasions. But finally there is a way to remove your email account from their contact list (which is different from simply deleting your account apparently). /via Dave Semon on Twitter.
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Add yourself to LinkedIn’s \”Do Not Contact List\”
I’ve tried to delete my LinkedIn account on several occasions. But finally there is a way to remove your email account from their contact list (which is different from simply deleting your account apparently). /via Dave Semon on Twitter.
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Add yourself to LinkedIn’s \”Do Not Contact List\”
I’ve tried to delete my LinkedIn account on several occasions. But finally there is a way to remove your email account from their contact list (which is different from simply deleting your account apparently). /via Dave Semon on Twitter.
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Add yourself to LinkedIn’s \”Do Not Contact List\”
I’ve tried to delete my LinkedIn account on several occasions. But finally there is a way to remove your email account from their contact list (which is different from simply deleting your account apparently). /via Dave Semon on Twitter.
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Do sanity checks on your reporting
In my extremely limited experience Board meetings are generally prepared for hours or minutes before they’re held. The vast majority of the information may be collected a few days prior but a lot of little tweaks are done just before game time. This is usually for good reason. The leadership team of the company that […]
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Please leave your name after the post. Beep.
I run into this problem every single day. Every. Single. Day. Brent Simmons simply reminded me that I need to yell a little more about it. He asks: "Take a look at your weblog. How easy is it to find your name?" You’d be very surprised how hard it is to find someone’s name in […]
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The Path menu in pure CSS3 and using CoreAnimation
As I mentioned last week the new Path application for iPhone is arguably the best designed application on the iPhone currently. And when there is a great design, there are going to be those that begin to pick it apart and do neat things with it. The Path app is no different. People have begun […]
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10 steps to better blogging by Dan Frommer
I know, list posts get all the links, but this list by Dan Frommer is worthy. I’ve been blogging for a very long time and, although I don’t do it professionally, these are all good goals.
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Facebook buys Gowalla
The news is spreading that Facebook has acquired Gowalla. Many of the reports are focusing on the team being acq-hired to help with the Timeline or perhaps with Facebook’s mobile apps. But I think these angles are missing something – the fact that Gowalla’s experience could really enhance Facebook’s stickiness. Here is something I wrote […]
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Goodbye chronological. Hello realtime. Sad face.
In the good old days of the web I was able to subscribe to any site and receive updates via my feed reader for every post that the site made in the order that they were published.Even though RSS feeds typically only held a finite number of items in them the feed reader I used […]
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Path 2.0
Path is a private social networking application that allows you to create a path (comments, photos, location, etc.) and share it with a select number of people. Their most recent update is absolutely stunning. Arguably the best looking application on the iPhone at the moment. Here is a good look at their application from Geoff […]
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Reasons why you should drink on the job
I’ve always been a proponent of allowing beer or wine in the workplace. I’ve never really needed to articulate why I thought it was a good idea but I think this one reason from Liz over at KegWorks nails it: "Working late isn’t so bad – with salaried employees there’s no overtime pay as incentive […]
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Redesigning Viddler by cutting features
As I said, we’re cutting some seldom-used features over on Viddler soon. We created a quick video to show the thinking behind these changes and the upcoming redesign.
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This site makes, at most, 39 connections
In a recent tirade against what some are calling Shit-ass Websites (pardon my french I try to keep it clean ’round here) there has been a bit of a backlash towards websites that make an overwhelming number of connections. Also, the size of the entire page load. This site makes, at most, 39 connections and […]
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Tweetbot’s plus button
Regarding my last and Tweetbot only loading 50 tweets even in Lists. It turns out the little plus button will load the tweets in between the tweets you loaded before and the new tweets. Excellent. Though it is still limited by Twitter’s API. /tip Kyle Slattery.
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Inside the mind of the octopus
An incredibly interesting read about the mind of the octopus. "The moment the lid was off, we reached for each other. She had already oozed from the far corner of her lair, where she had been hiding, to the top of the tank to investigate her visitor. Her eight arms boiled up, twisting, slippery, to […]
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Isaac Newton
On the next rainy day do yourself a favor and dive deep into the world of Isaac Newton.
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Apophis
I’ll be in my mid-50s when Apophis becomes a really, really important page on Wikipedia.
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\”Progress isn’t always additive.\”
[John Gruber](http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/11/09/progress) on the progression of web technologies. > "Sometimes the next thing does less, and is better for it — not in every way, but overall. If we never let go of old technology, we’d be buried in complexity and crushed by outdated crap." Keep this quote in mind when the next version of […]
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\”Progress isn’t always additive.\”
[John Gruber](http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/11/09/progress) on the progression of web technologies. > "Sometimes the next thing does less, and is better for it — not in every way, but overall. If we never let go of old technology, we’d be buried in complexity and crushed by outdated crap." Keep this quote in mind when the next version of […]
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\”Progress isn’t always additive.\”
[John Gruber](http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/11/09/progress) on the progression of web technologies. > "Sometimes the next thing does less, and is better for it — not in every way, but overall. If we never let go of old technology, we’d be buried in complexity and crushed by outdated crap." Keep this quote in mind when the next version of […]
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\”Progress isn’t always additive.\”
[John Gruber](http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/11/09/progress) on the progression of web technologies. > "Sometimes the next thing does less, and is better for it — not in every way, but overall. If we never let go of old technology, we’d be buried in complexity and crushed by outdated crap." Keep this quote in mind when the next version of […]
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\”Progress isn’t always additive.\”
[John Gruber](http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/11/09/progress) on the progression of web technologies. > "Sometimes the next thing does less, and is better for it — not in every way, but overall. If we never let go of old technology, we’d be buried in complexity and crushed by outdated crap." Keep this quote in mind when the next version of […]
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\”Progress isn’t always additive.\”
[John Gruber](http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/11/09/progress) on the progression of web technologies. > "Sometimes the next thing does less, and is better for it — not in every way, but overall. If we never let go of old technology, we’d be buried in complexity and crushed by outdated crap." Keep this quote in mind when the next version of […]
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Om on writing
Happy Anniversary (sort of) to Om Malik of Gigaom for a decade of blogging. I haven’t shared much about Om on this blog save this experience from Wordcamp 2007 in San Francisco when I wasn’t feeling very well at all (travel often makes me sick). When lunch break hit, I was hurting pretty badly. So […]
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\”Progress isn’t always additive.\”
[John Gruber](http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/11/09/progress) on the progression of web technologies. > "Sometimes the next thing does less, and is better for it — not in every way, but overall. If we never let go of old technology, we’d be buried in complexity and crushed by outdated crap." Keep this quote in mind when the next version of […]
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A breakthrough in batteries
Interesting report over on the BBC on a breakthrough in batteries: "Batteries for phones and laptops could soon recharge ten times faster and hold a charge ten times larger than current technology allows." Yes, please.
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Shawn Blanc on the Kindle Touch
Shawn Blanc on the Kindle Touch: "For the past year and a half I’ve been reading books on my iPad and never felt a need for a Kindle. However, after now using the Kindle Touch for several hours a day over the past few days, I feel as if all the accolades I ever heard […]
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The Albatross
Some light reading over on Wikipedia’s albatross entry. Sporting the largest wing span in the current-living animal kingdom the albatross can live into its sixties and have the same mate its entire life.
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This happens to me all the time
xkcd strikes again. This time they’ve hit a nerve (at least for me). I can’t stand finding forum threads that would address the exact issue I’m facing only to see that it went unanswered. Ugh.
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