December 2009
36 posts
Mail’s Email Aliases, and Complexity Hidden →
Still reeling from the shock of having to read documentation on an Apple product, I wondered as to their motivation. If I were a betting man, I’d say they hid the feature because 99% of Mail users aren’t ever going to use it. By hiding it they’re reducing complexity for millions of people, and forcing mere thousands to spend a few seconds Googling the answer. Sure it adds up to a lot of seconds,...
The Speculative Prehistory of the iPhone →
A reminder to take any rumors of an Applet tablet computer with speculation.
The Impossible Bronco Playoff Scenarios
Denver clinches a playoff spot if one of these highly-unlikely scenarios plays out:
1) DEN win + NYJ loss or tie + BAL loss or tie
2) DEN win + NYJ loss or tie + PIT loss or tie
3) DEN win + NYJ loss or tie + HOU win
4) DEN win + BAL loss or tie + PIT loss or tie
5) DEN win + BAL loss or tie + HOU win
6) PIT loss + BAL loss + HOU loss + JAC loss
7) PIT loss + BAL loss + HOU loss +...
I Do Love a Snappy Comeback →
The story is mildly interesting. But the comments sure make for some good reading.
WatchThis is an example of why the entire sports-watching world outside of Philadelphia hates Philly fans.
Whoa.
mrgan:
If you put your iPhone in a regular ziplock bag, you can still use it. As in, you can tap the screen all you want and it’ll respond just fine.
I honestly had no idea that this worked - my mind is blown. This means I can use my iPhone when I walk in the rain. I can read recipes off it in an oily, wet kitchen.
The kitchen would be the best place for this. I usually resort to using my...
Behind You! →
Google’s Crummy Search Results for Appliances →
Thanks SEO assholes. Thanks.
Texting more popular than calling in the US,... →
Of course the major carriers knew this already. Everyone knows that texts take a fraction of the bandwidth as voice.
One button to merge all duplicate Google contacts →
This feature has been needed for quite some time.
Someone tell the Photoshop team that Fireworks... →
adobegripes:
Why must Adobe keep investing time in trying to make Photoshop a UI design tool… I know some misguided designers like to make their UIs in Photoshop but they’re wrong to do so, its a horrible tedious tool for UI design.
The problem with being a know-it-all is when you go off and say something with all the surety in the world, you come off looking like an asshole when someone can...
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My Favorite iPhone Apps
Google Reader is, without a doubt, my favorite iPhone application. And it’s not even a native iPhone application, it’s a web application that works beautifully on any phone with a good mobile browser like my iPhone or the Motorola Droid or HTC Hero. And that’s good news because I’m really anxious for Android to mature to the point where I can leave my iPhone and AT&T...
Google employees given HTC-made Google Phones, →
All of this is rumor of course but if AT&T lands a “Google Phone” even after their bad press, it shows how difficult Verizon must be to work with.
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Making Good Bad by Cutting Corners
Joby, the makers of Gorillapod, created an iPhone app that bests the built-in iPhone camera in almost every way. I would happily replace the built-in camera app on my home screen with the Gorillacam app if weren’t for that eye sore of an icon they created.
The reason this bothers me so much is that it makes the app look cheap. Like one of those gold-digger developers who are just rushing...
Inside Look at Birth of the iPod →
“There was no discussion of (digital rights management),” Knauss said. “Their belief was DRM would hurt sales when they rolled out the music store. They specifically wanted no DRM in the original iPod.”
It’s so amazing to me that a company could have such a clear vision of where they want to be in years down the road. So many companies claim to have vision and...
“There are 2 types of people in this world. Those who are me and those who...”
– me
Preview All added to albums in iTunes →
Shared by Chris About freaking time.
On ‘Conspicuous Compassion.’
merlin:
But, if you believe for one minute that publicly agreeing with an echo chamber is changing anyone’s mind, behavior, or outlook, you need to stand up, locate your disused front door, walk the **** through it, and then go spend a full (unwired) day doing something to actually help another person.
“Publicly agreeing with an echo chamber.” Genius way of stating that.
Bogus 'Black Screen of Death' Story →
When the news is always-on, 24-hour-coverage, this is going to happen. Every news outlet lives on advertising revenue and they need to be the group that “breaks” the big story so you’ll go to their site and they can get paid. Every person should be weary of any headline they read on any news site or channel, regardless of the brand name. CNN is just as guilty as PC World or...
Confused school district fires sysadmin for... →
Shared by Chris
Some of the least-educated people work in education.
“…Completing her transformation into the worst-possible stereotype of a school district superintendent, Birdwell’s even got…
Pushing Your Buttons With Practical CSS3 →
Pushing Your Buttons With Practical CSS3 (via @smashingmag) -
CSS3 is the partially implemented sequel to the CSS2 spec we all know and love. It’s already…
Obese Students Forced To Take Fitness Class To... →
I can not, in any way, agree with this. This is none of the school’s business.
iPhone Death Watch →
“Apple is slated to come out with a new phone… And it will largely fail…. Sales for the phone will skyrocket initially. However, things will calm down, and the Apple phone will take its place on the shelves with the random video cameras, cell phones, wireless routers and other would-be hits… When the iPod emerged in late 2001, it solved some major problems with MP3 players. Unfortunately for...
Google Dumps Gears for HTML5 →
In this age of technology it seems unreal that HTML4 has been around for over 10 years now. HTML5 needs to finalize.