May 2010
These Lost Dharma Posters Are Your New Smartphone... →
Artist Neil Richards has created a set of 10 posters, one for each Dharma station on and off (and really off) the Island. They’re an awkward dimension for your desktop, but work…
Confirmed: Palm's Matias Duarte joins Google as... →
This is awesome news for the Android platform.
David, Travis Wear transferring to UCLA Bruins -... →
Awesome transfer pick up by Howland and the Bruins!
DesignAday: Back to Basics: Grouping →
When laying out a user interface, like elements should be grouped together. For example, a set of drawing tools should be collocated, rather than being interspersed with buttons for printing, exporting, and searching. Groups should be separated by space. There may also be a visual separator, such…
HTC Incredible camera vs iPhone 3gs
bijan:
For many folks, the mobile phone has become the primary camera. I know I take a ton of pics with my phone.
A few weeks ago, my brother and I were hanging out in the Boston Public Gardens. We happened to take a similar photo of our kids. I used my iPhone and my brother used the HTC Incredible.
This is hardly a scientific comparison but the difference is quite noticeable.
iPhone 3gs:
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The Future of Apple's Curated Computing →
“It started with Apple’s tight control on the iPhone app market, the approvals process, and the well-manicured app store. Now, Apple is not only dictating what applications may or may not run on the iPhone or iPad, but they are also dictatingthe language in which apps must be written. Their justification for all of this is “for the good of the user”, but it might just be...
Facebook Privacy: A Bewildering Tangle of Options... →
This is crazy.
This might not be normal.
As I sit here, downing Cokes (Coke Zero nowadays, just say no to diabetes), eating Kettle chips (thanks Kat!), with two laptops open (one for work, and the other I am setting up to be a media server) along with my desktop playing Pandora (Van Halen if you’re interested) and jailbreaking my iPhone, it just occurred to me: this might not be considered normal behavior. And I am okay with that.
Apple v HTC, Nokia v Apple, HTC v Apple, etc.
This is rent seeking at its finest. It’s also why software patents suck and never, ever adds overall value or wealth.
Valve unveils surprise in Steam for Mac's arrival... →
I am happy my Mac friends will finally get the awesomeness of Steam on Wednesday (more computer gamers, better developer/publisher support).
But I think a lot of people will be in for a surprise when they realize just how much power and hardware you need to play games at the highest quality. A lot of people will be disappointed, especially the majority of customers who have the lower end iMac.
I...
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Value Over... →
The One Where Nate Silver Creates VORJ:
I love and appreciate what Nate Silver is doing with his life and so should you.
“What we can essentially do is calculate each woman’s VORJ — Value Over Replacement Justice. (The reference comes a statistic called VORP — Value Over Replacement Player — that was developed by my colleagues at Baseball Prospectus.) We’ll...
Bill Simmons: NBA playoffs, Round 2 awards - ESPN →
Seriously Utah fans, Fisher asked for a release, a pay cut and a move to save the life of his daughter who had cancer. I don’t think you can get any more bad karma than holding a vendetta against a really stand up, good guy.
“THE JOHN TERRY/WAYNE BRIDGE AWARD FOR “MOST UNCOMFORTABLY BITTER SUBPLOT”
To Jazz fans for their continuing enmity toward Derek Fisher, who asked...
“The hero of the Times Square bomb attempt was an immigrant. A Muslim. Senegalese...”
– Some Assembly Required (via AZspot) (via marco) (via javierjulio) (via togishi) (via fillup)
“Flash on Android demo crashes twice. Speaker says “What site would you like to...”
– Jeff Croft, On the Android Flash demo at FlashCamp Seattle (via davidkaneda)
Once again, David, we come away with different things of focus from the same article. You opt for the news cycle sound bite, while I feel the most important part of this article was the last two paragraphs:
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Design Decisions: New Basecamp blank slates -... →
“The blank slate is a screen you see when a data-rich app has no data. For example, if you’re using a tool to manage your projects, but you don’t have any projects in the system yet, you’d be looking at a blank slate. It’s important that the application designer consider this state carefully — you don’t want people staring at an empty screen. A blank slate should help someone get...
iPad Usability: First Findings From User Testing... →
I fall into these inconsistent design traps all the time. Even though I’ve been using an iPhone for 2 years now. Sometimes, I just have no clue where I’m supposed to go or what I am supposed to do.
“The iPad etched-screen aesthetic does look good. No visual distractions or nerdy buttons. The penalty for this beauty is the re-emergence of a usability problem we haven’t seen...
Joe Posnanski » Perfection →
Amazing, amazing game.
“Braden pointed to the sky, to his mother. He was mobbed by his teammates. He then went into foul ground and hugged his grandmother for a long time. The same grandmother who had kept him from jail. The same grandmother who would laugh and tell the media “Stick it, A-Rod.” Yes, baseball fans will always remember the Mother’s Day Perfect Game.
It’s hard to remember...
Facebook, Zynga, and buyer-supplier hold up |... →
“The way Facebook now seems to be holding up Zynga – requiring Zynga to use their payments system – is particularly clever. First, payments are still very much a “utility like” feature, and arguably one that benefits the platform, so it doesn’t come across as flagrant hold up. It is also clever because – assuming Facebook has insight into Zynga’s profitability – Facebook can charge...
REVIEW: Iron Man 2
Short review: Don’t waste two hours of your life and ~$10 to see this movie.
I will sum it up for you here, in my four pillars of a good summer movie. To pass my low, low, low standards for a summer popcorn flick, you have to do at least one of these right.
Plot: For summer flicks, I don’t expect a lot. The only thing I expect is a simple story that makes sense. Good v bad. Guy...
DesignAday: From Animation to Web Application →
Thanks for the kind words and glad you like our work here at JibJab so much!
If you know JibJab, it’s probably because of their political animation parody titled This Land, which featured President George W. Bush and Senator Kerry back in 2004. Or, it could be one of many other such animated shorts they have produced. What you may not know is that they have turned…
LukeW | Muscle Memory & Multiple Devices →
This happens to me ALL the time. I also have this problem with Safari. Going back and forth between Safari on iPhone and iPad, I am always looking in the wrong place for the functional buttons. And when I get used to them on one device and move back to the other, I am confused all over again. It’s a constant relearning and acclimation process with these two devices.
What's really wrong with baseball - SweetSpot Blog... →
Rob Neyer strikes again:
“Spectator sports, the popular ones anyway, are all about movement. During a football play, 22 players are moving. Basketball is at its best when all 10 players are moving. I don’t know anything about hockey or football or mixed martial arts, but I’m guessing they, too, are at their best when they’re at their most dynamic.
And then there’s...
Steak 'n Shake: The Quintessential American... →
This burger looks classically fantastic. I need it. Too bad they have no chains anywhere near California.
Don't tase me, City of Bro. Love - SweetSpot Blog... →
Rob Neyer nails it:
“Actually, I find it worse than unsettling. I find this disturbing and revolting. The Tasering, yes. But even more, the defense of the Tasering.
What happens next time? Will fans be cheering? I don’t have a great imagination, but it’s easy for me to imagine the chants … Tase-him! Tase-him! ”
WatchReally good and genuine interview of Conan on 60 Minutes.
thedailywhat:
In Case You Missed It of the Day: Conan O’Brien speaks with 60 Minutes correspondent Steve Kroft — his first interview since his very-public breakup with NBC — criticizing carefully so as to not run afoul of his non-disparagement agreement.
Money: “Jay’s got The Tonight Show. I have a beard and an inflatable bat. And I’m...
Newsweek: In Which We Revise and Extend Our... →
I absolutely love you right now, Newsweek.
Re that last post, perhaps a more thoughtful response is in order. Our biggest problem with this is not that it’s obnoxious but that it’s so perfectly wrong, and in no way representative of reality. Point by point:
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The gambling metaphor is one of the main problems here. A healthy market…
Drobo FS w/5 x 2TB Western Digital HD →
Uh, I need this for my home network. Stat.
What? The price? Oh, just ignore that for now.