July 2010
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June 2010
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“If we were starting this whole office thing today, it’s inconceivable...”
– Seth Godin — ‘Goodbye to the Office’.
Serafinowicz: Five Reasons I Love Apple & Five... →
Yes.
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“As any experienced meditator knows, the mind has a mind of its own. Left free to...”
– Tony Schwartz — ‘The Death of Depth: Less and Less of More and More’.
May 2010
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Ashes →
A native iPad app for my favourite news reader, Fever. I really can’t wait to try this out — it seems like one of the things the iPad was born to do well.
isitsunshine.com →
An impressive implementation of weather conditions overlaid on Google Maps.
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April 2010
3 posts
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“To see a file on your hard drive spring to life with posters, fan art, and rich...”
– Plex’s Elan Feingold — ‘The Road to Alexandria’.
View Safari Source in TextMate Applescript →
This works a treat, and makes up for Safari’s rubbish “View Source”.
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March 2010
1 post
Quietube →
A simple but effective little site plus bookmarklet for viewing YouTube (and a few other video services) video, without all the comments, ads and other junk. As their slogan says, “Videos without the distractions”. Nicely done.
February 2010
5 posts
Hg Init →
A very well written, easily digestible Mercurial tutorial by Joel Spolsky — just ignore the Windows command prompt.
Fucking Windows →
Internet perfection.
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WatchA little spur-of-the-moment clip I took a few weeks back landing at Manchester Airport. The airport was closed for several hours that morning due to, as you’ll see, what seemed to be very localised snow. Pretty much everywhere other than directly around the airport was clear.
The (fantastic) soundtrack is “Girls” by Death in Vegas, from their album “Scorpio Rising”.
ScreenSharingMenulet →
Simple but excellent little app which allows quick access to other computers via Screen Sharing right from your menu bar.
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January 2010
20 posts
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WatchA pretty incredible, and beautifully both articulated and presented, concept video from a research project initiated by Swedish publisher Bonnier, “which aims to capture the essence of magazine reading, which people have been enjoying for decades”. I think they have done a great job, and it will be fascinating to see what parallels there are from next week’s announcements from...
First-Person Tetris →
A pretty impressive take on Tetris, although the title is misleading. Don’t forget to arm yourself with motion-sickness pills.
The Take-Away Shows →
A growing collection of low-key performances from a great collection of artists, kind of similar in format to the Black Cab Sessions, which I also recommend.
Inklet →
Neat application which, combined with a Pogo Sketch pen, turns a Macbook trackpad into a tablet.
Whenever a link on your website opens in a new... →
It’s true. Save the pandas.
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TNEF's Enough →
Josh Jacob’s little app which will extract files from those ridiculous winmail.dat attachments Microsoft Outlook/Exchange insists on mangling files into.
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“This is the age of the empowered, cynical, skeptical, hype-resistant customer....”
– Gerry McGovern —Why we love the Web.
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My Favourite Albums Of 2009 →
I collected tracks from my favourite 10(-ish) albums from last year over the last few days here. I hope there’s something new for you. As always, I fully expect to find a ton of albums I didn’t know about in time — suggestions welcome.
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The Cave Singers — Summer Light
At just...
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The Wooden Birds — The Other One
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Alberta Cross — Taking Control
I’d...
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Miike Snow — Silvia
I’m not really...
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The Boxer Rebellion — Soviets
What I...
WideMail for Snow Leopard - Public Beta →
WideMail is (at last!) available for Snow Leopard in Beta form. I’ve had no issues with it as yet.
Gorillapod →
An impressive looking range of portable alternatives to traditional tripods, their aim being to flexibly grip many types of surfaces.
December 2009
10 posts
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The Rural Alberta Advantage — Drain The...
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Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man
A late...
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White Lies — Fifty On Our Foreheads
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The Appleseed Cast — Raise the Sails
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Dark Mean — Lullaby
Despite being a)...
Airlock →
Neat little app which will unlock your Mac whenever your iPhone or iPod Touch is near it. Nice idea.
Please Scroll →
“There is no page fold”. Amen.
When can I use... →
An excellent resource for compatibility information for features in HTML5, CSS3, SVG and other upcoming web technologies in the various leading browsers.
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November 2009
7 posts
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“I don’t understand why you don’t just adopt the Webkit rendering...”
– Seriously. Jon Buda — Commenting on IE9’s ‘Early Look’
SoundSource →
The tiny little application I’ve always wanted without even realising it. Rogue Amoeba’s SoundSource allows quick switching of audio out sources from the menubar, and - best of all - automatically detects when headphones are connected to Mac Pros and switches sources accordingly. Brilliant.
