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>The theft has shaken Mojra’s trust in the TSA.
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TSA Agent at D/FW Airport Suspected of Stealing iPads
Jason Whitely: >The theft has shaken Mojra’s trust in the TSA. “You can grope me, but you touch my iPad and it’s on.”
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Quote of the Day: Chuck Skoda
“Traditional PCs require that you come to them on their terms, overcoming numerous physical and intellectual abstractions. The iPad was the first computer built to meet you on your terms.” — Chuck Skoda
“Traditional PCs require that you come to them on their terms, overcoming numerous physical and intellectual abstractions. The iPad was the first computer built to meet you on your terms.” -
‘Information Does Not Want to Be Free’
Andy Weissman commenting on the ‘information wants to be free’ mantra: >Information (content) does not want to be free. Instead, information just wants to be distributed friction-free. That’s a big difference, and also the massive opportunity that should be at the center right now. Worth a full read.
Andy Weissman commenting on the ‘information wants to be free’ mantra:
>Information (content) does not want to be free. Instead, information just wants to be distributed friction-free. That’s a big difference, and also the massive opportunity that should be at the center right now.Worth a full read.
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The New Definition of Incompetence
I feel like we should take this entire article about the TSA and use it as the definition for ‘incompetence’.
I feel like we should take this entire article about the TSA and use it as the definition for ‘incompetence’.
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‘Gone Google? Got Concerns? We Have Alternatives’
Frank X. Shaw has posted on the Microsoft blog a list of Microsoft alternatives to Google — in case you are concerned about Google’s motives. Two things: 1. It should strike you as awesome that Microsoft did this, because think back 10 years and try to imagine them being this snarky. I love this post.…
Frank X. Shaw has posted on the Microsoft blog a list of Microsoft alternatives to Google — in case you are concerned about Google’s motives. Two things:
1. It should strike you as awesome that Microsoft did this, because think back 10 years and try to imagine them being this snarky. I love this post. Not because it is helpful, just because Microsoft seems to be everything that Google didn’t want to be, but now somehow Microsoft is looking better than Google.
2. Holy crap Hotmail has “hundreds of millions” of users.You may not want to switch from Google to Microsoft, but you have to hand it to Microsoft that this is a pretty great post. The people reading the Microsoft blog are likely the people willing to switch to Microsoft.
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You Don’t Say?
[Cameron Kaine, for *Seeking Alpha*, posted yesterday](http://seekingalpha.com/article/325282-amazon-determined-to-continue-its-assault-on-apple): >With many investors (including yours truly) ready to proclaim retail and technology giant Amazon (AMZN) as the No. 1 contender to Apple (AAPL), this makes its upcoming earnings announcement on Tuesday all the more interesting. and: >It was an instant success and was termed the “iPad killer” –…
[Cameron Kaine, for *Seeking Alpha*, posted yesterday](http://seekingalpha.com/article/325282-amazon-determined-to-continue-its-assault-on-apple):
>With many investors (including yours truly) ready to proclaim retail and technology giant Amazon (AMZN) as the No. 1 contender to Apple (AAPL), this makes its upcoming earnings announcement on Tuesday all the more interesting.
and:
>It was an instant success and was termed the “iPad killer” – much to the dismay of Apple investors.
[Today, Stu Woo and John Letzing for the *Wall Street Journal* reports](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204740904577195371567545142.html):
>The Seattle-based e-commerce giant on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter revenue of $17.43 billion, up 35% from a year earlier. But profit plunged 57% to $177 million as the company continued to spend on warehouses, technology and its Kindle electronic devices. Amazon’s operating expenses rose 38% in the quarter from a year earlier, exceeding its 35% revenue increase.
Sounds like Amazon is really challenging Apple’s top spot…
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Apple’s Greatness, and Its Shame
Andrew Winston: >But would anybody in their right mind be disappointed with $16.5 billion in quarterly cash flow instead of $17.5 billion? Yes, Wall Street. But then again you did qualify that with “right mind”. This is an incredibly over simplified view of the problem — paying more for manufacturing doesn’t solve the core issue.…
Andrew Winston:
>But would anybody in their right mind be disappointed with $16.5 billion in quarterly cash flow instead of $17.5 billion?Yes, Wall Street. But then again you did qualify that with “right mind”.
This is an incredibly over simplified view of the problem — paying more for manufacturing doesn’t solve the core issue. The core issue is that such poor labor standards are acceptable in China.
Giving Foxconn more money just means that Foxconn makes more money.
Apple could demand that it be passed along to the employees, but let’s be honest because that is going to require a lot of double checks.
Back to the above quote — while $16.5 billion and $17.5 billion are still huge numbers, Wall Street tends to *not* reward declining numbers. So yeah, there would be disappointment — especially so if Wall Street were to find out that Cook just decided he would like to make *less* money.
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Use Launch Center to Go Directly to Adding a New Task in OmniFocus
Just as the title says, you can enter a URL scheme in App Cubby’s [Launch Center](http://appcubby.com/launch-center/) which takes you directly into OmniFocus’ Quick Entry screen. It’s dead simple [given this forum post](http://forums.omnigroup.com/showthread.php?t=23210&highlight=iPhone+quick+entry). ### Steps 1. In Launch Center tap `Add New Launch…` 2. Tap `Launch Website/App` 3. Enter a title of your choosing. 4. For…
Just as the title says, you can enter a URL scheme in App Cubby’s [Launch Center](http://appcubby.com/launch-center/) which takes you directly into OmniFocus’ Quick Entry screen.
It’s dead simple [given this forum post](http://forums.omnigroup.com/showthread.php?t=23210&highlight=iPhone+quick+entry).
### Steps
1. In Launch Center tap `Add New Launch…`
2. Tap `Launch Website/App`
3. Enter a title of your choosing.
4. For the URL field type: `omnifocus:///add`
5. Tap done.Works like a charm. This has moved Launch Center to my home screen.
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App Cubby’s Launch Center
Not much tech news invaded Macworld, but Launch Center did manage to get talked about quite a bit. I had a chance to download and toy with it while I was down at Macworld and I think it is one of those apps like Keyboard Maestro: it can be really good if you put in…
Not much tech news invaded Macworld, but Launch Center did manage to get talked about quite a bit. I had a chance to download and toy with it while I was down at Macworld and I think it is one of those apps like Keyboard Maestro: it can be really good if you put in the time.
Right now I only have three actions in it: Call wife, Flashlight, and New Tweet. Those three actions though eliminated the need for one app (flashlight) and makes two other “common” actions very easy. Right now it is a page 2 app for me, but it may just usurp Instapaper for page 1. ((No offense Instapaper, I just don’t use you that much on my iPhone.))
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‘Culture of Arrogance’
Paul Robert Lloyd on Facebook: >Over time, I found it became less valuable; a utility for procrastination. As the company sought rapid growth, the design moved away from encouraging users to create close personal networks, towards openly sharing every aspect of their lives, with everybody and often unknowingly. True, but this bit is pretty scathing:…
Paul Robert Lloyd on Facebook:
>Over time, I found it became less valuable; a utility for procrastination. As the company sought rapid growth, the design moved away from encouraging users to create close personal networks, towards openly sharing every aspect of their lives, with everybody and often unknowingly.True, but this bit is pretty scathing:
>Much like producing advertising campaigns for cigarette companies, **working for Facebook has become an ethically questionable career move**.
Ouch. Even given how much I hate Facebook — I can’t agree with that last quote. I do however think that Lloyd is right in saying that Facebook has become rather arrogant — so too has Google, Apple, Microsoft, and RIM.
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‘No Longer Loving Google’
Nelson Minar on Google’s “Don’t be evil” mantra: >But I think Google as an organization has moved on; they’re focussed now on market position, not making the world better. Which makes me sad. Minar doesn’t think Google is disregarding their mantra, but I do. I think his above statement is actually pretty accurate because Google…
Nelson Minar on Google’s “Don’t be evil” mantra:
>But I think Google as an organization has moved on; they’re focussed now on market position, not making the world better. Which makes me sad.
Minar doesn’t think Google is disregarding their mantra, but I do. I think his above statement is actually pretty accurate because Google does seem to have ‘moved on’ and I think that while it may not be fair to say the company has been “evil” — it is fair to say they are trending towards that line.
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Introducing the Updated Ristretto
Great update. It addresses my biggest complaint: the open front pouch that used to let all my stuff spill out. Very nice.
Great update. It addresses my biggest complaint: the open front pouch that used to let all my stuff spill out. Very nice.
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The State of Apple | Macworld
This was a great talk by Jason Snell, Andy Ihnatko, and John Gruber.
This was a great talk by Jason Snell, Andy Ihnatko, and John Gruber.
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‘People Are Spouting Nonsense About Chinese Manufacturing’
Tim Worstall: >Boycotting Apple for better Foxconn wages and conditions is like having sex for virginity. Entirely counter-productive and exactly the wrong thing to be doing. Sounds about right to me.
Tim Worstall:
>Boycotting Apple for better Foxconn wages and conditions is like having sex for virginity. Entirely counter-productive and exactly the wrong thing to be doing.Sounds about right to me.
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‘Book References in the Digital Age’
Chuck Skoda: >How do we reference locations in electronic books? Historically, it’s been easy to throw out a page number, and many people were likely to have the same edition as you or at least one with the same page layout.
Chuck Skoda:
>How do we reference locations in electronic books? Historically, it’s been easy to throw out a page number, and many people were likely to have the same edition as you or at least one with the same page layout. -
iFixit Thirsty Bag
Georgia for iMore: >Inside the iFixit Thirsty Bag you’ll find two “molecular sieve packets”. Each of these contains powerful liquid absorption material that, according to iFixit, can reduce the atmospheric humidity to 1% RH and suck up pretty much all liquid inside your device over night. Sounds like a fantastic piece of emergency kit to…
Georgia for iMore:
>Inside the iFixit Thirsty Bag you’ll find two “molecular sieve packets”. Each of these contains powerful liquid absorption material that, according to iFixit, can reduce the atmospheric humidity to 1% RH and suck up pretty much all liquid inside your device over night.Sounds like a fantastic piece of emergency kit to keep in your house and for $6.95 it seems like you can’t go wrong. ((I ordered 2.))
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Quote of the Day: Jason Kottke
“I have a Kindle that I use to collect dust.” — Jason Kottke
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Déjà Vu
Déjà Vu is your visual memory. Use the app by taking pictures of things you would like to remember. For example, products you see in a magazine, recipes you read in a cooking book, wine labels in a restaurant, Newspaper article, DVDs, CDs or event flyers. Each picture is a visual memo. A regular camera…
Déjà Vu is your visual memory. Use the app by taking pictures of things you would like to remember. For example, products you see in a magazine, recipes you read in a cooking book, wine labels in a restaurant, Newspaper article, DVDs, CDs or event flyers. Each picture is a visual memo. A regular camera app doesn’t distinguish those photos of stuff from “regular“ photos. Déjà Vu helps people organize and structure their visual memos in an easy and effective way. It does this by a tailored interface for tagging and categorization and integration of image recognition technology.
Features
* Quick shot camera (allows faster picture taking)
* Image recognition integrated
* Syncs with cloud account
* Easy search (find your visual memos by keywords and tags)
* Map location (locate your visual memos on a map)
* Available on iPhone and WebFree for up to 30 visual memos/month. [Learn more at Kooaba](http://click.syndicateads.net/2012/01/DejaVu/brooksreview.html).
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‘The Friction in Frictionless Sharing’
Nick Bradbury on Facebook’s frictionless sharing and why it adds more friction: >Because in the past the user only had to decide whether to share something they just read, but now they have to think about every single article before they even read it. *If I read this article, then everyone will know I read…
Nick Bradbury on Facebook’s frictionless sharing and why it adds more friction:
>Because in the past the user only had to decide whether to share something they just read, but now they have to think about every single article before they even read it. *If I read this article, then everyone will know I read it, and do I really want people to know I read it?*Good point and I think it applies to far more than just Facebook. It’s the same as all the auto-tweet and auto-Facebook-update junk that iOS apps love baking in. Too often these apps default to sharing with all services possible, far too often.
Look no further than someone you follow on Instagram that also automatically posts every picture to Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, and Flickr — that’s not just tiring, it’s annoying.
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Adding a Custom DuckDuckGo Search Bar to Your Site
While at Macworld my buddy Pat Dryburgh told me that he updated the DuckDuckGo search field on the bottom of this site. We just pushed the changes today and it looks fantastic. Actually, the search field just looks like it always did. Pat just posted about how you add the very same to your site,…
While at Macworld my buddy Pat Dryburgh told me that he updated the DuckDuckGo search field on the bottom of this site. We just pushed the changes today and it looks fantastic.
Actually, the search field just looks like it always did.
Pat just posted about how you add the very same to your site, so be sure to hit the link if you don’t want the iFrame option that I was using. You can also see some of the [params](https://duckduckgo.com/params.html) he set to match link colors to the theme of this site.