Short Review ATV2 may lack support for playing any video codecs other than mp4’s, and any apps/expandability, but it’s bloody good at what it does do. It’s tiny, inexpensive, silent and doesn’t even get warm. It streams far smoother than I expected it to. I absolutely love it, and may have to get another one for another room. Long Review Yeah, I couldn’t resist. I got an Apple TV 2 as well. … Read the rest here
An Open Letter to Carol Bartz, CEO Yahoo Inc. : Thomas Hawk: In your letter to your employees you say, it
Boxee have released a Box update for the v1 firmware, fixing one of the big issues I and many others had – an option prioritise local files over online content. If it’s your first time starting the Box, you’ll now get this question on the way in: If it’s not, you can make the switch in Settings. Now when you go to Movies or Shows it displays your files by default. It now calls them ‘Local Movies’ which is an improvement over ‘Movies Files’, but I’d still prefer simply ‘Movies’. This update also adds nice features such as an alphabetical scrollbar, more sorting options and the option to set hourly scans of your media sources is back. So I can tick those of the ‘missing from the Boxee Beta’ list: Priority to Local Content More regular scanning of media sources A stylish UI Setting to change the background image (if we can just change that muddy default background image it would go a long way to helping the UI) Full screen online videos Missing Apps (Last.FM, Vimeo etc.) It sounds as if the last two are coming in the next update (out before the end of the year), which just leaves the question of the interface, and whether there will be any improvements there… Read the rest here
24 ways: An Introduction to CSS 3-D Transforms : Really thorough and fairly technical. If you
It’s well past time for me to spend a few minutes reflecting on An Event Apart in 2010. In two words: absocrazifreakiperfluously staggerblasticating . [I totally stole those .
Apple Names Flipboard iPad App of the Year : Deservedly, in my opinion. That and the NY Times app are about the only two that I use nearly every day. (Although for the record, I liked the simplicity and stability of the first-version NYT app, not the latest.) … Read the rest here
Impatient Nation: I Can
Design Swap: Phil Coffman vs. Jesse Bennett-Chamberlain : A sort of Layer Tennis -like collaboration on a design (this one appropriately titled
Which Video DSLR to Buy? : Nobody does video DSLR reviews like Philip Bloom. Always extensive, and always with extraordinary sample videos. (Related, I
Helvetica vs. Arial App : Hint: The tail on the
24 ways: Golden Spirals : While the tutorial has no real practical application, the closing paragraph sums up why you should give it a read nonetheless: [This] has been a good excuse to play with proportions, positioning and the immediate child selector, as well as new CSS3 features such as border-radius and RGBA colours. If you are not already designing with golden proportions, then perhaps this will inspire you to begin. … Read the rest here
GOOD: Holiday Gift Guide 2010 : This list is probably unlike most others you
TweetMag Screenshots : I use Flipboard almost daily to flip through content posted by those I follow on Twitter. It
Drew McLellan’s annual advent calendar for web geeks kicks off yet again. This year’s articles will also be printed by Five Simple Steps , with proceeds going to UNICEF . … Read the rest here
The 24 Ways Annual 2010 : From the folks at Five Simple Steps: This year
iPad Sketch Elements (.ai) : Chris Tanner, Teehan+Lax: The iPad GUI PSD has been very helpful for designers / developers in mocking up their apps, although in some cases it
Gifts for Geeks 2010 : Sarah Parmenter
After using the Boxee Box for a few days, I had the itch to restore it to the factory version of 0.9 and see how that performed. The process was surprisingly easy, with the exception of issues connecting to my N wifi network. It didn’t like either a 2.5ghz connection, or a 5ghz, and would only connect to G. Once past that, I got to experience what the Boxee Box could’ve been. The interface looked fantastic, my local content was more important again, music and photos were back in the main menu and there were all the apps that were missing. Online videos played full screen, meaning the BBC iPlayer was usable again. … Read the rest here
This is a feature of the iPhone Dropbox app that I use all the time, but keep coming across people who haven’t found it yet, so it’s worth a post! The scenario is: you take a photo and want to get it on your desktop quickly . You don’t want to plug in the iPhone, open iPhoto or Image Capture and download them. In your Dropbox app, click the camera icon bottom centre and choose ‘existing photo or video’ (or ‘New Photo or Video’ if you haven’t taken a photo yet), choose the item, and you’re done. You can bung it in anywhere you like, but as my work folders sit in Dropbox, it means I can drop it in the relevant project folder, or a public album in ‘Photos’. By the time you open Dropbox on your desktop, it’s already there! Tagged: dropbox , iphone , productivity … Read the rest here