Tom Creighton
Got home and @michelleprosek had škvarky for me. Best.
“It’s powerful but lightweight. Like a psychic baby.”
This is the best advice for everything, ever: http://sivers.org/hellyeah
Recipe for a great band: filter-brew Sly Stone through bristly UK electro-pop, decant into Leeds.
New blog post: 5 Time-Saving Photoshop Tips. http://bit.ly/aepHLk – BP (via @factor_e)
Has anyone done a breakdown on the profitability of platforms vs. services? Would you rather be Twitter or Basecamp?
The iPad interface is the spiritual successor of Microsoft Bob: humanized UI/UX.
Microsoft Bob: “… just give me this duck to always be there and tell me what to do.” http://tr.im/TKRz
Koenigseggs have dihedral synchro-helix actuation doors, NOT scissor doors. Think of the embarrassment if you messed that up.
I think I’ll write a Southern Ontario cookbook. It’ll be called ‘Gelatinous Food Artifacts’.
Your clients are just as busy as you are. Stop using technical jargon and say what you mean.
New Blog Post: Thinking about the Process – with Videogames http://tr.im/Tgbi (via @factor_e)
On games: Less Talk, More Rock: http://www.boingboing.net/features/morerock.html
@colethorsen I’m planning to go. Probably just for NXNEi, though.
Security is great, but a unique password for each site just means I’ll use the ‘Forgot your password’ link every single time.
All ideas are obvious in hindsight.
@brundle_fly Red for extra speed. Related: those cards look great.
@brundle_fly What were you driving, a jet?
The design of some older computing tech is so weird and singular that it looks fresh again.
Note to self: less content consumption, more content production.
I like the industrial design of the Boxee box (http://www.boxee.tv/box), but there’s no way that’ll fit in my TV unit.
Happily, services like Tumblr have made it easier to explore an idea than ever before. Case in point: http://tr.im/S84B
Some rather lovely illustrations: http://robertsamuelhanson.com
“Without you, today’s emotions would be the scurf of yesterday’s.”
Just made an office-wide decision to speak Shyriiwook for the rest of the afternoon.
Sell ice cream, not cream and ice: http://tr.im/RWQ6
By deleting my inane tweets, I’m making myself look more erudite and witty. Revisionist autobiography.
I just experienced the video for Lady Gaga’s ‘Telephone’. It sure is … a video.
@Fusion I like it – I already trust Fusion ads to be valuable, getting humour delivery as well is a net win.
@serial_consign He’s rocking it, though. He’s like, HELLZ YEAH I’ve got an eyepatch. What of it?
How to Retire at 25: http://www.petermichaud.com/essays/how-i-retired-at-age-25/
Next time I’m in Manhattan, nuts to culture, it’s all about eating fancy food.
As important as building new user-centric features is the refusal to build edge case features.
Little known fact: the senior viking lexicographer was known as the Elder Futhark. #nerdjokes
Thunderbird 3 has the best e-mail search ever.
@RyanMcGreal Familiar interface is great. But then there’s things like package managers, etc. Unfamiliarity! Linux needs to educate users.
@RyanMcGreal e.g., Gnome vs KDE. Even as a quasi-experienced computer user, I don’t understand this at all.
@RyanMcGreal In my (limited) experience Linux seems to expect a more ‘under the hood’ approach to using the OS, anathema to everyday users.
@RyanMcGreal I suspect Linux on the desktop continues not to happen due to the deep ‘how things work’ differences compared to Win/OSX.
New blog post featuring cool tech by @foldingfanatic! Read it here: http://bit.ly/8ZtDpt – JH (via @factor_e)
Why aren’t there game-like interactions at the supermarket to make me eat healthier? See also: http://tr.im/RdSd
Tron Legacy: http://www.program-glitch-esc.net/ Nerding out now.
@adriandz Congratulations!
The Tron Legacy trailer in front of Alice in Wonderland was more interesting than the movie itself.
@autoblot I’m interested by the whole idea of QRcodes. Tiny pieces of information you could embed anywhere! Lots of possibilities.
Famous Players’ online ticketing system is highly flawed. I think I may have just thrown away $30.
“You have successfully terminated the session!” “Logged out” is just too mundane, I guess.
I’m going to start releasing my tweets as cassingles for indie cred.
20 (More) Reality-Checking Questions for Would-Be Entrepreneurs http://bit.ly/coMViV (via @MichelleProsek)
I’m happy I wasn’t responsible for naming the Airframe Structure Support Boeing Advisory Group.
@jordanclaire Are you aware of this? http://www.edovia.com/numpad/
Wise words on entrepreneurship – make it personal: http://tr.im/QjCB
The internet has lowered the practical costs of information to zilch. We’re now paying for expertise, curation, and convenience.