There are few things I’d like to see changed, but overall, it’s a great release. I especially love all of the keyboard shortcuts.
Category: General Tech
Inside Pixar
The New York Times had a great video up of the inside of Pixar. Magical.
The HP Veer
You wanted a small smartphone? Well, you’ve got it in HP’s Veer, the very first webOS-based device to bear the HP name alone without Palm’s alongside. It’s also the first phone to use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 7230 processor at 800MHz. Other headline specs include a 2.6-inch 320 x 400 display, 5 megapixel EDoF camera, HSPA+ support, 8GB of storage, an accelerometer, proximity and light sensors (as usual), Touchstone compatibility, and mobile hotspot support.
On Nokia
Nokia CEO Stephen Elop in a company-wide memo:
The first iPhone shipped in 2007, and we still don’t have a product that is close to their experience. Android came on the scene just over 2 years ago, and this week they took our leadership position in smartphone volumes. Unbelievable.
He’s outlined the problems — but where is the solution?
Shawn Blanc’s Desk
This beast makes my 16.5 square-foot desk look tiny.
‘And His Name is Alfred’
Ian Hines got me hooked on Alfred, but Susan Pigott just talked me into buying the power pack.
‘Erupting with Distractions’
Dave Caolo, on why the library is a better place to work than Starbucks:
Starbucks is erupting with distractions. The first is the music. I like to listen to music when I work, but it’s got to be instrumental. If a song has lyrics, I’ll pay attention to them. Don’t get me wrong, the music at these places is great, but not while I’m concentrating. On the other hand, the library is as quiet as…well, a library.
Keyboard Snobs
Ben Brooks called me a keyboard snob this morning. While he meant it as a compliment, he’s right. I’m a snob when it comes to my keyboards. It’s a gift … and a curse.1
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I’ve been watching Monk on Netflix. Obviously, its filtering into my brain. ↩︎
Send Instapaper Reading Log to Readability
Now, you can support publishers automatically from Instapaper: simply link your Readability account in Instapaper’s Account screen. Instapaper will notify Readability whenever you save articles, and they’ll be included in the publisher calculations for your Readability account.
You’ll be directly supporting the sites that you save to Instapaper, automatically.
You can contribute whatever you want, starting at $5 per month. What are you waiting for?
I just linked mine — it took about 15 seconds. This lets me continue to use Instapaper,1 and support the sites I love. This is great news.
On Using Transmit as a Tabbed Finder
Update: It seems that Robert Handrow was a genius back in June.
Simplenote Gains Lists and Dropbox Support
As I mentioned the other day, I’ve simplified by moving to PlainText + Dropbox + Notational Velocity, but this new Lists feature has me re-thinking that.
Re: Repeating Tasks in iOS
Ben Brooks, on the new Things for iPhone update:
What should be telling though is that I didn’t know what the repeating task interface looked like for OmniFocus on the iPhone, nor did I know that Things didn’t have one.
I tend to think that people just don’t really need to set that many repeating tasks on their iPhones.
I live by repeating tasks. I use them for bills, server maintenance and more. Having them on my phone is vital, since I don’t spend all day at my computer. The ability to create them on the go is vital to me, and (coupled with OTA sync) makes OmniFocus a more attractive product.