Category: General Tech
URI.LV⇢
This looks like a great service for tracking RSS subscribers if you’re moving away from FeedBurner, and since you can pass your own URL through it, turning it off when it goes under because its free shouldn’t be a big problem.
An Inside Job⇢
What if Luke Skywalker had help from inside the Empire?
Samsung Hosts Drama Showcase⇢
Drang, on DST⇢
The Good Doctor:
I like Daylight Saving Time, and the advantages it brings more than make up for the slight disruption in my schedule. In fact, the most annoying thing to me about the DST changeovers is hearing people complain about them. The “lost hour of sleep” is especially rich. Who are these hothouse flowers who always get exactly the same amount of sleep except for that terrible day in March? To hear them talk, you’d think they never stay up late watching a movie or reading a book. Only prisoners have such regimented lives.
Pusheen Raising Money for The National Children’s Cancer Society⇢
Memes to the rescue!
Pinboard Adds Privacy Lock for Anti-Social Users⇢
As someone with zero public bookmarks on the service, but almost 11,000 private ones, I’m excited.
Evernote Issues Service-wide Password Reset⇢
Dave Engberg at Evernote:
While our password encryption measures are robust, we are taking additional steps to ensure that your personal data remains secure. This means that, in an abundance of caution, we are requiring all users to reset their Evernote account passwords. Please create a new password by signing into your account on evernote.com.
Good on Evernote.
On Smartphone Widgets⇢
HTC’s Drew Bamford, writing about the work that went in to Sense 4:
During our research, a few consistent patterns emerged:
-Most people don’t differentiate between apps and widgets.
-Widgets aren’t widely used – weather, clock and music are the most used and after that, fewer than 10% of customers use any other widgets.
-Most of you don’t modify your home screens much. In fact, after the first month of use, approximately 80% of you don’t change your home screens any more.
The New Smart Alec⇢
I love my backpack, but Tom Bihn has released a new version that’s even better.
On Samsung and Blind iPhone Users⇢
Shame on you, Samsung.
On Deadlines⇢
Adam Savage:
I’ve learned over decades of building that a deadline is a potent tool for problem-solving. This is counterintuitive, because complaining about deadlines is a near-universal pastime.
[…]
We’re conditioned to believe that the deadline is working against us. But I’m not so sure.