May 2012
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I Feel Sorry for Android Developers
I had no idea that Android was so heavily fragmented until I read this article on Ars Technica. There are close to 4,000 Android ROMs in circulation. It is pure insanity.
One developer can do business with nearly 4,000 distinct Android ROMs, according to data posted by the creators of OpenSignalMaps on Tuesday. While the Android platform provides a lot of flexibility to consumers,...
April 2012
16 posts
Listen
Gets me every time.
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“If it takes really long [to explain], then there’s probably a problem with the...”
– Simple link sharing seems like such an obvious feature. But isn’t that what Dropbox always does? No fancy smoke and mirrors. Beautiful.
I would expect Dropbox to bump up their free tier to 5GB or make some pricing adjustments after the entry of new players into their space. Then again Google...
How 10 Popular Tech Companies Got Their Names →
electronics-geek:
Motorola, Sony, Google - You might be surprised to find out how some of these global names originated
Cisco was kind of obvious. Never really thought about that one.
A System For Preserving Food The Ancient Way:... →
Metroline: A VS2010 Color Scheme →
I just installed this theme on Visual Studio 2010. It’s very different from what I’m used to but so far I like it. I adjusted the comments to be a neon green so they stand out more. I guess it’s something new to look at for a while!
Check out more themes at http://studiostyl.es/
Twitter’s “Innovator’s Patent Agreement” →
marco:
The Innovator’s Patent Agreement is a well-intentioned gesture. But that’s all it is.
Very good point!
Tumblr+Spotify = Awesome.
March 2012
5 posts
“Michael Margolis clarified the UI and the elements Steve Jobs took issue with:...”
– New Apple TV Uses Designs “Tossed Out 5 Years Ago” by Steve Jobs (via thenextweb)
February 2012
11 posts
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Why Netflix Is Smart
I wasn’t surprised to read that Netflix claims 50 to 60 percent of their traffic is from users streaming TV shows as opposed to movies (or 80% depending who you ask). The reality is that Netflix has always had a horrible online streaming catalog. Most of the time when I login to watch a movie I can never find it and I usually end up renting it from iTunes. However, they have an amazing...
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The 40 yard dashes at the NFL Combine of Robert Griffin III (4.41), Cam Newton (4.59) and Andrew Luck (4.67) combined into one .gif so that you can see how they measure up against each other.
Luck is an awful lot faster than I thought
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“The graffiti artist who took Facebook stock instead of cash for painting the...”
– Not bad for some graffiti huh?
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Boarding Pass Usability
This recent blog post from Delta shows off their new boarding pass design. It’s nice to see an airline paying attention to the usability of the boarding pass. Those things are a mess. This design is very clean and easy to read. The gate, time, and seat immediately jump out at me.
Apparently the white space will facilitate the consolidation of up to four flights on a single boarding pass...
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“Facebook has become the largest platform for display advertising on the Web in...”
– Wow, that’s insane. This is according to comScore so I’m not sure how accurate that number is.
January 2012
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Exit Through The Gift Shop
I watched this on Netflix last night. It’s a Banksy documentary featuring Thierry Guetta, a French “filmmaker” turned “street artist”. Lots of great art throughout the film.
I’m beginning to partially buy into the theory that this is all a creation of Banksy and is his ultimate art piece. You have to see it to understand the conspiracy theory.
Highly...
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My Permissions
I found a really great site today that helps check what applications have access to your social network accounts. I was surprised at the amount of applications that had full access to my Google and Facebook accounts. At MyPermissions.org I was able to quickly access all of the different permission pages that are usually buried very deep. No registration necessary, just start clicking the icons to...
December 2011
2 posts
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Pinball Archive: Videos →
By far the most comprehensive set of videos showing game play for tons of pinball machines. These are all filmed at the PAPA headquarters in Carnegie, PA.
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iOS: A visual history →
Perhaps the most remarkable thing about iOS is how similar the OS as it exists today is to the OS as it existed 2007, yet the number and breadth of features that Apple has baked in since then is mind boggling. Far from suffering from the “feature creep” that typically bogs down operating systems over time, iOS has managed to stay relatively snappy and is more internally consistent...
August 2011
7 posts
Spin! →
A progress spinner with no images. Nice.
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America the Story of Us →
I’ve been watching this on Netflix lately. Awesome series.
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Is the Desktop Having an Identity Crisis?
Good read on what Apple and Microsoft are doing to their desktop operating system roadmaps.
Both new operating systems reflect a tectonic shift in personal computing. They incorporate elements from mobile operating systems alongside more conventional desktop features. But demos of both operating systems suggest that users could face a confusing mishmash of design ideas and interaction methods.
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Online Regular Expression Builder →
I find myself using regular expressions more and more these days. Here is a neat tool that helps you build and validate them on the fly.
Warning: It’s 100% flash.