I’ve always been very intrigued by status pages at various places. They can be such a wealth of information, or such a despot of things I already know (yep, I knew iCloud was down). In the past I’ve toyed with having a page that told you when my site was up or down, but really: why? You already know if it is down, and whether there is a status page to confirm it or not is completely irrelevant to the situation at hand.
Month: February 2015
-
Fcc Votes for Net Neutrality, a Ban on Paid Fast Lanes
Jon Brodkin:
The Federal Communications Commission today voted to enforce net neutrality rules that prevent Internet providers—including cellular carriers—from blocking or throttling traffic or giving priority to Web services in exchange for payment.
Boom.
-
The Dangers of Misinformation
Marcus Zarra:
The first thing we should do, as responsible people who have the willingness to share information is to ask ourselves, should this information be shared?
-
Why Standing Doesn’t Work
Rishabh R. Dassani:
If you take nothing else from this three-part series, I want you to sit less than you sleep (<7 hours), and use that as the sole metric for sitting less and living a healthier/less-sedentary lifestyle.
-
Relevance Engine
I will plus one this.
-
Accessibility Showdown: iPhone 6 vs. iPhone 6 Plus
Great post from Steven Aquino, talking about the oft over looked importance of accessibility on devices. This time he tackles the iPhone 6 plus, and brings up some really good points about the physical size of the device.
-
Welcome to 1984
Won't be long before devices are touted as having “no listening and seeing devices” in them.
-
Disintegrating Baddies
Over at my “day job” we are creating one hell of a game. I know nothing about how these games are made, but Jeff LaMarche wrote a huge post showing you how to disintegrate bad guys. Amazing stuff to see the level of work that goes into just one thing like this.
It's more of a tutorial, so if you aren't a game developer you likely just appreciate some of the videos and screenshots.
-
The Paper Method
Near the beginning of this year I found that my note taking system wasn’t working anymore and was in need of an overhaul, or at least rethinking things. At the time my system was to take all notes on my iPad or iPhone (either with a stylus, or in a note app) and I was pretty adamant about how much better that is/was. I still think that digital notes hold far more advantages to analog, but some changes in the way I worked necessitated a change for me.
-
The Canon AE-1 Program
Álvaro Serrano:
If you feel like feature creep is getting the better of you, the AE-1 Program is how you fight back. It was enjoyed by millions of people years ago, and it continues to be a landmark in photography for many film enthusiasts around the world.
-
Wishlists on The Newsprint
I liked this post because I do something similar, though not all in OmniFocus.
For me I keep all goals in OmniFocus, at different ‘elevations’ according to the GTD methods. But for material goods I store everything in Pinboard using tags like:
to-buygift-ideabagcamera. That way I can quickly see everything and if I have some money that I want to spend on something I can filter things around and make a pick.I’ve also found that by keeping things in Pinboard that way I don’t feel the need to buy it right away. My brain knows it is somewhere where I will not forget about it.
-
The iPhone 6 Versus the iPhone 6 Plus
When the iPhones 6 and 6+ came out I thought that big iPhone was pretty silly. While I didn’t get it at the time, but I was intrigued by it. There had to be a reason for a larger-large screen iPhone, but I couldn’t comprehend that reason. I did the paper mock up print outs to see, and that made me even less sure of why such a large device would be made.
-
Lenovo Installs Adware on Customer Laptops and Compromises All SSL
Marc Rogers:
A pretty shocking thing came to light this evening – Lenovo is installing adware that uses a “man-in-the-middle” attack to break secure connections on affected laptops in order to access sensitive data and inject advertising. As if that wasn’t bad enough they installed a weak certificate into the system in a way that means affected users cannot trust any secure connections they make – TO ANY SITE.
-
Alto’s Adventure
I’ve had the privilege of testing this game for a while now, and I really love it. The visuals are stunning and it is good fun. Dusk mode is nearly impossible, as I always have trouble seeing in dusk times — but man, good game.
-
What We Want Next
Marco Arment in summary of his post on declining blog traffic across the board:
If we want it to get better, we need to start pushing back against the trend, modernizing blogs, and building what we want to come next.
This makes no sense. ‘Modernizing blogs’ and ‘building what we want to come next’? I don’t even know what he is meaning here.
Blog traffic only matters if you have an ad on your site. If you have members paying, well traffic doesn’t matter any more.
When members pay you, all that matters is the one part that should matter: content.
-
Darkroom for iPhone
I posted about this the other day, when the app came out, but Darkroom is a new iPhone photo editing app and it is awesome. I dropped the ball on posting about this when it came out as I lost track of time, but I’ve been testing this app for what seems like a very long time and want to show it the love it deserves.
-
The Analog Aspect
Mike Bates:
Since then I’ve realized that, at least for me, there’s something slightly magical about putting pen to paper. I’m able to get my thoughts out by hand so much more easily than if I’m typing them. Somehow pressing a key is so much less organic, creative, and romantic than writing out the letters with one’s pen. The visceral reaction I get from looking over a handwritten outline now is very different from looking at the same result in a typed form.
-
Newsletter Issue 1
Since you can’t see the archived issues (for now) here’s the first one to give you a taste.
-
My Newsletter
I created a newsletter on Revue, because Revue looked really cool to use. Also, here’s the thing, I read about a lot of stuff and try a lot of stuff, but don’t have the time, or enough words, to post about it here.
So that’s what this newsletter is: the stuff I didn’t get to throughout the week. Lots of links, really short commentary.
Hit the link and sign up.
-
Darkroom
I’ve been beta testing this app for a while and it’s my favorite way to edit photos on my iPhone. Less filters than VSCO, but a much better workflow and much easier to use. Go download it.