512 Pixels

Thomas Brand:

At this time the iPhone is the most popular camera on Flickr, and it may be the most popular camera in the world. But Apple wasn’t always a huge success in photography. Starting back in 1994 Apple released the first line of digital cameras aimed at consumers, and failed miserably at gaining brand recognition or marketshare. Just like the Newton MessagePads, released at the same time, Apple’s QuickTake line of digital cameras were a series of products developed before their time.

Make it stop.

I’m using Marcelo Somers’ helpful script to keep a local copy of my Pinboard bookmarks. I don’t use ifttt.com, but having my Pinboard bookmarks as an XML file in my Dropbox sure feels good. (I’m just manually firing the curl command at this point. I’ll get around to automating it with CRON at some point.)

If you aren’t using Pinboard — or if you are, but haven’t paid for the archiving — you really are missing out on a great web service.

Holy crap.

Watts Martin:

I speak of it in the past tense because, as you may not know, MacRabbit has decided that there will be no standalone CSSEdit 3, and instead we should all shift to use Espresso, their all around web editor.

What a shame. I’ve used CSSEdit for years, and really like it.

Jonathan S. Geller:

I have been told that Sprint will be getting the iPhone 5 — yes the real iPhone 5, not the iPhone 4S — as an exclusive. And it will be a 4G WiMAX device. AT&T and Verizon would launch the iPhone 4S and get the iPhone 5 some time in the first quarter of next year as an LTE device. Globally, the iPhone 5 might be available as a 4G HSPA+ device.

This rumor was so outlandish, I had it in OmniFocus today to re-post it.

“Device and content choice key to Apple iTV success.” No shit, Sherlock.

Myke Hurley:

We want to put together an awards show for 2011 that features awards for your favourite shows, episodes, hosts, etc for the network. We have created a questionnaire for you – our adoring fans – to complete to tell us your favourite things about the network this year.

Go here to vote, but don’t vote for Brett Kelly. Seriously, I’ll disown you.

This little machine deserves a lot more credit than it gets.

Creating in OmniGraffle: a five-step introduction attempt in less than 140 words.

Desired outcome: a new mockup of WebsiteThing.

1. Start it up. Download OmniGraffle here. Choose “Blank” from the template window.
2. Frame it. Stencils→Software→Konigi Wireframes. Designing for an iPhone? Drag out the iPhone browser. Lock object in place with ⌘+L.
3. Build it. Check out what else the Konigi stencil offers: position placeholders, buttons, and forms on your canvas. Turn on Snap to Grid (Arrange→Grid→Snap to Grid) for quick alignment.
4. Fine-tune it. Replace Konigi elements with real copy or graphics if ready. Add labels for the benefit of others.
5. Share it. Email, show off to colleagues via AirPlay, and more.

It’s all possible on the iPad, too. If you’d like, explore a bit more.

Devir Kahan:

If we are only reading things that interest us, we’ll never find anything new. We’ll never try something a little bit outside of our comfort zone, and we’ll never grow as humans.

I think he’s right.

I think I’m going to join David Sparks on this challenge.