Pageview journalism
Jim Dalrymple at The Loop: We aren’t focused on pageviews, but rather posting things that interest us. Of course, the hope is that they’ll interest you as well. This is an interesting…
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Viddler, now with multi-user sign on
The Viddler Blog: Decide who can access your dashboard, setup their own Viddler username and password, and choose what they will have access to in your account. Select who can view and/or…
Why Twitter introduced photo filters
Matthew Panzarino: As photos and other media become a bigger part of Twitter’s strategy in the future, it can’t have this kind of thing completely at the mercy of a service owned…
Push notifications are the new blog comments
Craig Hockenberry opened the kimono on development of Twitteriffic 5: Personally, I find myself actively disabling notifications in most of the apps I install these days. Notifications are great when used in…
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.
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
Mario using only CSS
My friend Chris Coleman took the time, as CSS geeks tend to do, to create Mario using only CSS.
Disconnected Saturdays
Buster Benson disconnects on Saturdays. I do something similar every Tuesday night. Doing it for an entire day would be interesting though.
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,…
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….
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…
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…
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….
Some thoughts and musings about making things for the web
The Oatmeal at his best. /via Everyone.
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…
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…
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…
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 Incident: The Music
Cabel Sasser is one talented dude. Side note: Perfect use of Soundcloud.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Life is death is life
Rohan Anderson: So after breakfast we all ventured out to the front yard to say hello and goodbye to the birds. The girls loved the soft feathers and the sounds they made,…
Watercooler 1.0
Watercooler 1.0 is a Twitter and App.net client byTroy Gaul. It looks interesting but I might wait for 1.1 based on the reviews before I pick up a copy. /via John Gruber.