A quick look at IA Writer Pro
Writer Pro took the web by storm the last few days. One thing that bothered me was how "reviews" I was reading from people that A) had never used it, and B)…
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Buffer opens up on their salaries
Recently the Buffer team opened up on how they structure their employee compensation. Recently, we also made the decision to apply our ideas around transparency to compensation. We hope this might help…
Katie cancelled
I've never seen a single episode of Katie Couric's daytime show Katie. And I don't know why I'm posting about this at all. But I found it intriguing that less than a…
Suggestions for tech podcasts
Nick Heer has a few thoughts regarding the hoopla around tech podcasts of late. He also has a few suggestions for how a tech podcast, that he'd enjoy, should be structured: By…
The Death of the Blog, Again, Again
I love that this topic is being discussed on blogs. John Scalzi wrote a really, really great post in response to Jason Kottke's "The blog is dead" piece. He makes a particularly…
The Science of the Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
J. Kenji López-Alt exhausted 32 pounds of flour in 100 tests to make 1,536 chocolate chip cookies until he got it just right: For the past few months, I've had chocolate chip…
Bitcoin, Magical Thinking, and Political Ideology
A must-read from Alex Payne, Bitcoin, Magical Thinking, and Political Ideology. Here is what he says is the general view of Bitcoin among many (including me): Most charitably, Bitcoin is regarded as a…
It is time, once again, to shake things up on Twitter
In February of this year I completely cleared out the accounts I follow on Twitter, moved those I wanted to continue following into a bunch of lists, and started over. Why? Because…
The blog isn’t dead. It is just sleeping.
Jason Kottke, writing for Nieman Journalism Lab: The design metaphor at the heart of the blog format is on the wane as well. Ina piece at The Atlantic, Alexis Madrigal says that…
Flowhub
Flowhub is "peer-to-peer full-stack visual programming for your fingers". In other words, you can build applications and services by tapping and dragging and pinching rather than by typing and typing and typing….
Why it is quiet when it snows
Why is it so quiet when it snows? Duncan Geere writes about exactly that in The silence of snowfall. I recall one of my high school teachers saying "I've never heard something…
What do you want?
If you could have anything (whether or not it actually exists does not matter) what would it be? Dustin Curtis wrote up some of the things he'd like and a few of…
Instagram plays defense and releases Instagram Direct
The war for our attention rages on. Allow me to propose a timeline for how Instagram Direct, a feature inside of Instagram 5.0 that allows users to share photos with one or…
The Public Domain Review
The Public Domain Review is "a not-for-profit project dedicated to showcasing the most interesting and unusual out-of-copyright works available online." You'll have to excuse me while I catch up on the last…
What Spotify really announced today
There is a bunch of news outlets saying that Spotify has now made streaming music free on mobile devices but that isn't exactly accurate. Until this most recent announcement non-premium Spotify users could…
After iOS 7 icons
This Tumblog is making the rounds; After iOS 7 icons. Essentially it is a gallery of app icons showing what they looked like before and after their iOS 7 updates. I know many…
Paprika, recipe manager for iOS and Mac
Shawn Blanc's The Sweet Setup continues to prove its worth. This time Steven Owens sticks his neck out to say that Paprika is simply the best recipe manager for iPhone, iPad and…
UnBRELLA
Just when you thought there wasn't any room for improvement on the umbrella comes UnBRELLA from designer Hiroshi Kajimoto who spent a decade on the redesign. Spoon & Tamago: Why exactly would you…
HD 106906 b
So there is a planet that is so far away from its host Star that it has astronomers rethinking the very way that solar systems are formed. It has been dubbed HD…
The Brilliant Hack That Brought Foursquare Back From the Dead
Ryan Tate, for Wired's piece on Foursquare: Whether the new Foursquare is as useful to the general public as it has been for its initial testers remains to be seen. But in…
The Information
Jessica Lessin, ex-WSJ reporter, has launched The Information after collaboratively reporting via her own WordPress-powered personal blog for several months. Why? She writes. Technology news needs a reboot. There are more stories…
Three weeks with two iPads
Shawn Blanc has had both the iPad Air and iPad Mini for three weeks. He goes through and tries to answer all of the questions anyone could possibly have if they are…
Replacing waiters with tablets
It seems a few restaurant chains have begun using tablets instead of waiters for ordering your drinks and food and for accepting your payment. Ben Brooks: I am all for this, in…
Riposte, an App.net client for iPhone
Madhur Dutta declares Riposte the best App.net client for iPhone on The Sweet Setup: At first glance, both Felix and Riposte pack quite a punch. But after testing both the apps thoroughly,…
A month of generosity by Chris Lema
Chris Lema is writing about generosity every day on his blog for all of December. He's half way through the first week. Here is a quick recap of what he's covered so…
Advice for new bloggers
Jim Wang, blogger and investor in my company Plain, recently published a great blog post asking 78 bloggers, yes 78 bloggers, what they would tell someone who is just starting out. Before…
Chris Gonzales, On Working from Home
Chris Gonzales answers Shawn Blanc's question about working remotely on Twitter in longform on his blog. I'm glad he did. The funny thing I've noticed is that it seems like each pro…
My interview on The Way Station
On App.net I asked if anyone had a podcast that I could be a guest on. And, wouldn't you know it Noah Read had one and graciously invited me to be a…
The \”Anyone But Richard M Stallman\” license
Instant classic. If you've ever read the Richard Stallman rider then you'll know that Stallman is a man that may not have much of a sense of humor. I doubt he'll like…
Creatively, for Creative People
Jason Schuller has started an email newsletter for creative people called Creatively. It is full of great links from inspiring sites, applications, articles, and videos. I was really proud to have my…