May 2008
33 posts
Revisiting Alltop →
When I first looked at Alltop back in February, my thought was that, although this service is nicely implemented, it’s something I would never use.
Three months later, I took a look at the site…
Would You Like That With or Without the Space? →
So this is what it’s come to. Three or four years of reading the blogs of web designers and other assorted nerds and geeks—and yes, there is a difference—has brought on this fascination with certain…
A List Apart: Articles: The Trouble With EM ’n EN... →
GTD Overview Part 5 - Research\Info Management →
Notice: The entire GTD Overview series can be found here.
In this, the last segment of my GTD Overview series, the focus will be on what to do with the non-actionable ’stuff’ that comes your…
Great Moments by Design - Leopard To-Do →
With the update to Things last week, I have to use this weeks great moment to applaud Apple. The changes they made to the underlying to-do’s for iCal for Leopard have made task management so much…
How We Write →
When you start writing—for yourself or someone else—and you know other people will be reading, you pay more attention to the details. And if you’ve been out of school for some time, it can be hard…
Three Years and Counting →
Almost three and a half years ago, I was just starting on designing my first website. During an impromptu surfing of the web a research session, I happened upon the blog of Jon Hicks. Thus was my…
Dan Rodney - Mac OS X Keyboard Shortcuts →
Apple Keyboard Symbols | New Mac User →
Description of the command, shift and alt\option key symbols - since I can never remember which symbol is which key.
Great Moments by Design - OS X Special Keys →
This great moment by design is brought to you by my poor typing skills. True.
When designing the new Macbook keyboard layouts, somebody at Apple decided it would be a good idea to place the Eject…
Daring Fireball: Examining the Consistency of Your... →
OS X GUI commentary
GUIdebook > Articles > Interview with John Gruber →
Probing the Hive Mind - An Interview With Dan... →
A couple of months back, I was giving Dan Benjamin a hard time on Twitter, claiming that someone replaced his avatar with a caricature of Cabel Sasser (of Panic fame). Dan replied, …
Great Moments by Design - iTunes and Podcasts →
iTunes has long been my software of choice for music. In recent years, the application has been developed to work with more than just music files. Podcasts, movies, games, audiobooks and television…
macosxhints.com - Create separators for Safari's... →
Spring Disconnections →
The snow is gone. Grass shoots are poking through. The pleasant gifts from your neighbor’s dog are almost gone.
Spring has arrived, and with it comes the desire to get off the computer and go…
Pogue on Time Capsule →
David Pogue gives a short, fairly non-technical review of Time Capsule today at the Times.
He really focuses on the simplicity of an always-on, wireless backup device that the user never needs to…
Not So Great Moments by Design →
When I logged on to my Macbook this evening, I was prompted with the following dialogue from the Last.FM application:
Without paying too much attention, I proceeded to update. Once the…
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WHEREWEDOWHATWEDO →
Times →
Ian Beck posted a short review of the recently released Times feed reader application on his blog today.
The gist of his summary is that he has purchased Times and has a new reading routine that…
Great Moments by Design - Yojimbo Spotlight... →
Today’s installment comes courtesy of a third party application for OS X. Yojimbo by Barebones Software is an organizer app that gives you a place to store various types of information. Here’s a…
How the ‘Web’ is Changing Corporate America →
I’ve been on parental leave for the last two months. During this time, I’ve been able to step back and reflect on how much things have changed in my industry recently.
The last ten years have seen…