iPhone 4 on a Glif, Manfrotto, GlideTrack, and Tripod : This is a little wacky and definitely looks like overkill. But it was a fun proof-of-concept to throw together. See the test video . Incidentally, you
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TikTok, LunaTik iPod Nano Watch Kits : Another runaway success on Kickstarter. $15,000 was requested, and nearly $100,000 has been raised. The real beauty of Kickstarter
I’m back in the saddle this week after returning from Build , a conference in Northern Ireland, expertly assembled by Andy McMillan . It was a great event, and a nice way to cap off a busy year of speaking. Build was my last event till 2012. I decided I need some time off to recharge, focus on some other things, not be away from the family, and take a good long while before thinking about diving into Keynote again to construct a fresh talk. … Read the rest here
Things have been, and will continue to be, quiet around here this week and part of next. I
I’m not usually the type of person to talk about who I follow or why I follow someone on a social network. And yet, here I am writing a blog post about it. Okay then… I’ve always liked Twitter . I like it’s simplicity. I also like that there’s the ability to do a one-way association by following somebody without requiring a reciprocal association… Read the rest here
My thoughts regarding Instagram as Flickr
Jason Santa Maria Go to the source
by Robin Sloan I don’t like candy. Sure, I had my Halloween hoard like any kid, and I’ve snagged a Snickers in line at the supermarket plenty of times. But really, I don’t like this stuff. It brings me no joy—and in fact, I think it symbolizes a lot of the problems with our food system today. Luckily, I think candy is a historical accident, not a food group. And I think its days are numbered. … Read the rest here
This short piece was shot and assembled last week during my first proper visit to Brooklyn
I mentioned in my last post that I was looking for volunteers to help transcribe the video of my talk at Fronteers 2010 . I didn
Close Pixelate : David Desandro
Typographic Maps by Axis Maps : How can I not link up something designed entirely with type? Created as a labor of love, these unique maps accurately depict the streets and highways, parks, neighborhoods, coastlines, and physical features of the city using nothing but type. Maps of Chicago and Boston are available for purchase starting at $14.95. /via @ paramoreredd … Read the rest here
A few days back I tweeted a request for a Textile filter for BBEdit , which is one of those things people have asked for over the years but has never actually appeared. There’s been a Markdown filter since forever, but since I find myself on Basecamp a lot for business reasons and Basecamp uses Textile I’d really prefer to stick to one syntax instead of constantly confusing myself by switching between two similar syntaxes. (And I prefer to use BBEdit because I like it a lot, know it well, and have no compelling reason to switch. Please take any thoughts of text-editor snobbery or flamewars elsewhere.) In response, the mighty Arlen Walker told me how to install Xcode, the Text::Textile module, and a short Perl script to drop into ~/Library/Application Support/BBEdit/Unix Support/Unix Filters . I did that, and it all worked, but I was unhappy with the <span class="caps"> that default Textile litters all over. I tried to disable it, failed, tweeted for help, and was contacted by the incredible Brad Choate (who wrote the Text::Textile module!). … Read the rest here
At the prompting of an inquiry from a respected software vendor, I asked The Twitters for pointers to “canonical” lists of vendor-prefixed properties, values, and selectors. Here’s what the crowd sourced at me: Microsoft
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Ultimate CSS Gradient Generator : This will look familiar to Photoshop users. /via @ bbodien … Read the rest here
Evan Williams Steps Down as Twitter CEO : The Nebraska farm-raised, co-founder of Twitter, in his own words: I am most satisfied while pushing product direction. Building things is my passion, and I