Think of this like a personal, self-hosted, version of Day One. It’s really nice, and really neat. In particular I like that I can have different projects to organize.
Right off the bat I created a “shots” project to save snapshots of the kids that I like, and a “thoughts” project to save snippets of things I am wondering about.
Very neat, very simple to install.
Alex Mayyasi:
It seems counterintuitive, but it’s a formula Americans should love: Raise speed limits, make roads safer.
Interesting read on how speed limits are set. I’d also point out that people perceive driving faster as more dangerous so a couple factors of faster speed limits could also come into play:
I’m a fan all around of faster speed limits.
Glad this exists, I get a lot of questions everyday about how to do just this.
After talking with CJ Chilvers on my podcast I couldn’t help but to keep thinking about the mantra that he puts forth for photographers of all skill levels to follow. Chilvers’ overall philosophy can best be distilled down to: worry less about what you use to take pictures, and more about what is in your pictures. And even at that: try your best to always tell a compelling story.
And I agree with him, well in principle, because when it comes to practicing his mantra it is a whole different ballgame.
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Tim Carmody on OKCupid fuckery:
You can't on one hand tell us to pay no attention when you change these things on us, and with the other insist that this is what we've really wanted to do all along. I mean, fuck me over, but don't tell me that I really wanted you to fuck me over all along.
This week I am joined by Bradley Chambers as we talk about iPads. In education, in offices, and how the App Store is changing for good and bad.
This week we are sponsored by: Delight is in the Details and Begin app.
I like to think that there was once a point in time, in this country or the world, where humanity prevailed — and I also like to think that the ‘majority-rule’ screwed it all up by trying to be ‘fair’ to everyone.
Microsoft Word, perhaps, best characterizes this when it comes to software. Because at one point Word was a really good program, which was both powerful and easy to use and understand.
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Nate Barham on Begin:
Begin sees its list (rightly) in a different way. There are things that need doing today, and you’ll be reminded of those at the start of your day (or your decided time). From there, it’s your responsibility to return to the app and check those items off as the day goes on.
Ok, we’ve been over this before, but we will keep going over it until people listen up.
Assigning a numerical “score” to any product review is misleading at best, and downright bullshit most of the time.
The Verge in their review of the Amazon Fire Phone ((No link because: The Verge)) gave the device a score of 5.9 — they then go on to show the breakdown of that score over eight categories.
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Today Jared Sinclair stirred up quite a frenzy by way of blog post about the sales of his RSS app, Unread (which is fantastic). Jared Sinclair:
Despite all of these circumstances, Unread still only earned $42K in sales ($21K after taxes and expenses) and is on a course that doesn’t promise much growth. I conclude from all this that anyone who wants to make a satisfying living as an independent app developer should seriously consider only building apps based on sustainable revenue models.
His post was eye opening in how little a very popular app makes in the App Store these days. And he is not alone as he was joined by a chorus of other developers talking about what they make, and/or how to make money, as a ‘indie’ developer.
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MG Siegler:
I’ve been thinking about this recently when wondering why I like to write on my iPad so much more than my computer. It’s not that the iPad is “better” for writing, it’s that it’s decidedly less distracting. Yes, you still have access to Twitter, Facebook, and the like.
Read the entire post, I'm right there with him. Now all I need to do is figure out how to use this setup comfortably at my office.
The Fourth of July is one of the best holidays in America, and my absolute favorite (and among adults one of the more favored too). Most people around the world know it as our Independence Day, but to me it’s the most family centric of all holidays. There’s very little stress because (for a change) there’s really no gift giving — and it’s a well accepted holiday throughout the country. It’s not uncommon for many stores to close.
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Michael Lopp recently wrote a piece titled Hacking on Mtrek where he says:
My version of hacking at the time was, “Oh shit, how am I going to write this code in a language I don’t know against a codebase I don’t understand quickly enough that this guy who I respect doesn’t think I’m an idiot?”
Lopp’s article is a fantastic read which mimics my learning of code closely. I’ve never taken any computing courses (outside of typing when I was in like 4/5th grade), but I have written plenty of WordPress themes, and am known for my massive CSS files that serve what are otherwise straightforward and simple sites.
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I’ve long struggled with developing the journaling habit, but I love this method from Jasdev Singh:
I also set out with the goal of attaching an image to each day that passed. While this seems hard, I’ve found that screenshots are an easy way accomplish this. Small digital moments make great memories.
This week I am joined by CJ Chilvers to talk about the ideas behind ‘A Lesser Photographer’. We explore why gear and techniques don’t do anything to help with the ultimate goal of photography: telling stories.
Thanks to my sponsors: Presentations Field Guide, and Antetype (be sure to click through to get the discount code on the latter).
Maria Konnikova:
The researchers found that each trait was moderately heritable: about forty-six per cent of the tendency to procrastinate, and forty-nine per cent of the tendency toward impulsiveness, was attributable to genes. But the estimated genetic correlation between the two traits was one—that is, perfect—or at least as close to perfect as you can get. What’s more, Friedman’s team found that both traits could, in turn, be linked to goal-management ability: the same shared genetic variation overlapped substantially (at sixty-eight per cent) with a tendency toward goal failure.
So basically if you are prone to procrastination you are like impulsive as well. I do like the advice near the end:
“The problem with a goal we’re avoiding is that we’ve already built into our minds how awful it’s going to be,” he [Steel] said. “So it’s like diving into a cold pool: the first few seconds are terrible, but soon it feels great.” So, set the goal of working on a task for a short time, and then reassess.
In other words just getting started, and using realistic goals is a massive help.