You start your day, grab a coffee and update Bob. Then you swing by your manager’s office and update him. He’s like, “Oh. Em. Gee.” (He thinks that’s cool).
Now you’ve got to update his boss.
You get back three conversations later and tell Janice what happened. You try to ignore the guy listening over the cubicle wall… but then you update him so he doesn’t spread the wrong story.
For years, those who’ve wanted to teach themselves programming have been caught between the trusted content found in books and the ease of use with online materials. Now, O’Reilly Media and Inkling have teamed up to reimagine the world’s most trusted technological resources for iPad, iPhone, and the web.
From embedded coding sandboxes to notes with web links, syntax highlighting, and more, books in the Animal series, Missing Manual series, and others are amplified with Inkling-only features not found in any other e-book version. Copy-and-paste bits of code as you go on your laptop, or drill down into the logic behind the syntax when reading on your iPad or iPhone.
Great ideas need to be captured immediately. Scratch for iPhone cuts through the barriers of note taking and gives you a clean slate to get your idea down fast. You don’t have to come up with a title or navigate a long list of notes. Just open Scratch, type, and worry about it later. Scratch remembers everything so you don’t have to.
Once you’re ready to work with the note, Scratch gives you the options you need to move the text where it belongs: Dropbox, email, your favorite text editor or just about anywhere else.
Finding the perfect weather app isn’t easy. Most apps rely on free information; providing the bare minimum and accuracy that leaves much to be desired. They lure you in with fancy effects and a flashy interface, distracting you from what matters most — the weather forecast. WeatherSnitch throws these tired gimmicks to the wayside. Focusing on highly detailed, highly reliable weather forecasts and an interface void of any ads, clutter and other convoluted features that get in the way.
Watching a movie in the post-DVD world is a mess. Blu-Ray startup times are measured in dozens of minutes. Digital is faster, but good luck finding your movie. If you find it, you’d better not get interrupted because you’ve got 24 hours to watch it!
There has to be a better way.
muvichip is the first global, solid-state, movie distribution media that can be used anywhere and on any device that has a USB port, and, when paired up with the muvifi or muvifi+ streaming device, you can watch a movie on ANY device. Studios are excited to distribute their movies on muvichip, and national stores want to stock it.
Thanks to Harvest for sponsoring the 512 Pixels RSS feed this week! — SH
Harvest is a painless time tracking tool for creative professionals available anywhere you find yourself working. Track time via the web, desktop or your mobile device. Within seconds, turn your billable hours into an invoice. Get started with a free 30 day trial today.
Checkmark is the fastest way to create location- or time-based reminders for iPhone.
In just a few seconds you can create new reminders — it only takes 3 taps! You can watch this little movie we made to see it in action.
In only 3 taps you can remind yourself to:
You can even add a timer to location-based reminders so the alert goes off when you’re ready to get it done — like 15 minutes after you arrive home.
Thanks to Squarespace for sponsoring the 512 Pixels RSS feed this week! — SH
Design a visually rich website with magazine-quality layouts that scales to any screen size – all without touching a line of code. Squarespace 6 is a revolutionary new website creation platform with over 50 new features. Squarespace’s breakthrough LayoutEngine technology allows anyone to create visually-rich pages with any configuration of text, images, or blocks by dragging items exactly where you want them.
Thanks to Global Delight for sponsoring the 512 Pixels RSS feed this week! — SH
Boom is a volume booster app for your Mac.
It increases the system audio volume to produce better-quality audio from the built-in speakers. The system-wide graphic equalizer can further enhance your Mac’s audio quality.
Boom won the Macworld Best of Show award for its simplicity, elegancy and well-crafted user interface. It is priced at $6.99 and can be purchased from the Global Delight Online Store or through the Mac App Store. There’s also a free 7-day trial.
Thanks to Igloo Software for once again sponsoring the 512 Pixels RSS feed!
Igloo Software is giving away a Das Keyboard to readers this month.
You want your business to be run by superstars. It’s easy to identify them when you’re small; when you grow, knowing who’s contributing to your business’ success relies on the honesty of managers.
Igloo’s social analytics give you a wealth of insight about the people, content and conversations in your community. Powered by MicroStrategy’s world-class business intelligence platform, you can analyze everything from who’s contributing content to who’s influencing process.
Thanks to The Theme Foundry for sponsoring the RSS feed this week! — SH
The Theme Foundry has been building handcrafted premium WordPress themes since 2008. I’ve used several of their themes in the past for clients and have been impressed at how well they are designed — both in looks an in terms of how they work, which is just as important.
Earlier this month they released Avid — a responsive, retina-optimized WordPress theme for photographers. Visit the live demo of Avid to see it in action or purchase it now for $68.
Thanks to Harvest for sponsoring the 512 Pixels RSS feed this week! — SH
We’re halfway through 2012. You can’t buy that time back, but you can start tracking it wisely. Use Harvest to log your billable hours, and see where your business spends its time. Start a timer effortlessly from your desktop, web browser, or iPhone. Get insight into your projects with powerful, visual time reports. Turn your hours into a professional invoice in seconds. Try Harvest absolutely free for 30 days, and get back on track towards a productive finish to the year.