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There maybe no perfect laptops, but there are near perfect setups.
The rumors of the 12” Retina MacBook Air reached a new level of stupidity. People writing about the computer as if it were real. As if it was the messiah coming to save them from wasting $5,000 on a retina iMac. Many proclaimed it would be the perfect laptop.
Which is just silly, because it’s not even real. Not yet at least.
Really great video showing one of the best pieces of travel gear out there.
Really great video showing one of the best pieces of travel gear out there.
Michael Lopp: It’s a business and there are good fiscally responsible reasons as well as culturally ones to move to an open space, but who is doing the math on productivity? Who understands the compounding productivity interest earned with each consecutive uninterrupted minute of work? It is there in those hard to capture collective minutes…
Michael Lopp:
It’s a business and there are good fiscally responsible reasons as well as culturally ones to move to an open space, but who is doing the math on productivity? Who understands the compounding productivity interest earned with each consecutive uninterrupted minute of work? It is there in those hard to capture collective minutes where your best work is happening.
Seems to me like remote working solves all of this. Just saying…
The lens does matter, but it’s just one part of the overall system.
Josh Ginter has a fantastic post outlining the value of good lenses for any camera system. It’s a good read and you should go through it if you are just getting into photography.
There are a couple of things that I wanted to weigh in on though, that Josh doesn’t get wrong, but that I differ in opinion on.
A rather interesting approach to a modern Address Book. I would love to be able to launch into a specific service from within the iOS Address Book. One of my favorite features of Slack is that I call click on a persons profile picture and see a popup which allows me to call them with…
A rather interesting approach to a modern Address Book. I would love to be able to launch into a specific service from within the iOS Address Book. One of my favorite features of Slack is that I call click on a persons profile picture and see a popup which allows me to call them with Skype. So handy.
Good post from Stephen, and I am linking to him because his thoughts on the protruding camera lens on the iPhones 6 at the end is spot on. One point I disagree with him on is the iPhone camera being ‘good enough’ — it’s down right a better camera that my Fuji in many respects.…
Good post from Stephen, and I am linking to him because his thoughts on the protruding camera lens on the iPhones 6 at the end is spot on.
One point I disagree with him on is the iPhone camera being ‘good enough’ — it’s down right a better camera that my Fuji in many respects. Better macro, better fast action, better video, etc.
Like many things in life, that which looks best, hurts the most.
If you are a design oriented nerd you’ve likely run into a
the same conflict I run into it everyday, where ergonomics is constantly in direct opposition with a beautiful desk. The knowledge you possess tells you how things should be positioned on your desk and this positioning is never really how you want your desk to look.
Your monitor needs to be at this height, so that it is ergonomic, and your desk at this height, which all means your desk is always lower than your display. And now you need a stand for that.
I currently have a White/Silver iPhone 6. It is a Verizon phone, 64GB, with AppleCare. I’m looking to trade for a 6 plus. Specifically the 6+ needs to be at least 64GB, preferably one of the white models, on Verizon, with AppleCare. I’m willing to make up for the price difference on the trade as…
I currently have a White/Silver iPhone 6. It is a Verizon phone, 64GB, with AppleCare. I’m looking to trade for a 6 plus.
Specifically the 6+ needs to be at least 64GB, preferably one of the white models, on Verizon, with AppleCare.
I’m willing to make up for the price difference on the trade as follows (assumes AppleCare is already linked to device):
Anyone interested? Priority to people nearby me. If we are doing shipping that’s fine too, we would each pay our own shipping with comparable speed of shipping. (I don’t want to use my 5S for very long.)
My phone is in near perfect condition with only two light scratches on the front. Only visible when the screen is off.
M.G. Siegler: I suspect this new MacBook will be the last laptop I end up buying. Again, that doesn’t mean the MacBook is dying anytime soon, but I believe this will be the pinnacle of the product. We’ll get spec bumps for years to come. But it will be the long, slow fade we just…
M.G. Siegler:
I suspect this new MacBook will be the last laptop I end up buying. Again, that doesn’t mean the MacBook is dying anytime soon, but I believe this will be the pinnacle of the product. We’ll get spec bumps for years to come. But it will be the long, slow fade we just witnessed with the iPod.
Just a reminder that I have started a photo a day project, pretty fun stuff.
Just a reminder that I have started a photo a day project, pretty fun stuff.
Garrett Murray comparing the X100T to the plethora of other cameras he has used of late: It fits better in my hands and it still takes amazingly unique photos. I picked up the X100T before the holidays and it has been an amazing tool.
Garrett Murray comparing the X100T to the plethora of other cameras he has used of late:
It fits better in my hands and it still takes amazingly unique photos.
I picked up the X100T before the holidays and it has been an amazing tool.
Sometimes finding the best, is really the worst.
In part, because I am a nerd, I have a page on my blog where I list things that I’ve found to be the best. I pursue buying the best things in the aspects of my life where I’ve found that I use something very often, or need a new item to replace an old, or broken one. I try many options so that I may eventually say, with some sense of expert confidence, that this is ‘the best’.
Of course it’s likely only the best if you are me, after all, who’s to say what is the best weather app, radar app, PDF reader, or knife? Not me. It’s all subjective, and we could debate this all day, but it doesn’t matter.
I saw this Mac preference pane app in action today, and I was blown away. I am not at my Mac, but this is something I plan on installing the moment I get home. You can create custom gestures to do all sorts of things, such as: Three finger tap to close tab. Three finger…
I saw this Mac preference pane app in action today, and I was blown away. I am not at my Mac, but this is something I plan on installing the moment I get home.
You can create custom gestures to do all sorts of things, such as:
And so much more. Very cool tool.
When you need a small desk and hides away, you could do a lot worse for $40.
When I started at MartianCraft (a remote work company) I started at a time when my wife and I had just turned our home office into a playroom for our kids. Whoops. There are few co-working spaces available around me, and those that are, are above my budget for such a space (without offering a very good space).
Speaking of my photoblog, I posted a little thing about photo stitching without Photoshop.
Speaking of my photoblog, I posted a little thing about photo stitching without Photoshop.
For 2015 I have started a photo a day project over on my photography site/blog. Follow along if you want, subscribe to the RSS if that's your thing.
For 2015 I have started a photo a day project over on my photography site/blog. Follow along if you want, subscribe to the RSS if that's your thing.
Jeffrey Zeldman: If we keep throwing only young, mostly white, mostly upper middle class people at the engine that makes our digital world go, we’ll keep getting camera and reminder and hookup apps—things that make an already privileged life even smoother—and we’ll keep producing features that sound like a good idea to everyone in the…
Jeffrey Zeldman:
If we keep throwing only young, mostly white, mostly upper middle class people at the engine that makes our digital world go, we’ll keep getting camera and reminder and hookup apps—things that make an already privileged life even smoother—and we’ll keep producing features that sound like a good idea to everyone in the room, until they unexpectedly stab someone in the heart.
Matt Mullenweg: In a region that prides itself on disruption and working from first principles, San Francisco’s scaling problem is pretty humorous if you look at it from the outside: otherwise smart and inventive founders continue to set up offices and try to hire or move people in the most overheated environment since there were…
Matt Mullenweg:
In a region that prides itself on disruption and working from first principles, San Francisco’s scaling problem is pretty humorous if you look at it from the outside: otherwise smart and inventive founders continue to set up offices and try to hire or move people in the most overheated environment since there were carphones in Cadillac Allantes.