Kevin Lipe, at The Last Revivalist:
It’s not ready for primetime yet. It crashes weirdly. Stuff breaks. But, more than anything, it feels good to know that it exists, and that it really is a major evolution of the things that made the original TextMate so good. I’m going to keep using it for real work until I run into an issue that forces me back to the old version. Time will tell how well I get along with the half-baked bundle editor, but I’m sure it’ll get better.
This week on Ungeniused, Myke and I talk about toilet paper orientation. Should the next ply drape over the top of the roll or underneath it, falling behind the roll?
This video really is great. It even includes the “bicycle for the mind” bit. Most impressively, however, is Jobs’ vision of technology becoming democratized and easy to use for everyone.
Jobs was talking about the Macintosh.
A program launching Tuesday enables users to instantly connect with a crisis counselor from the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline through Facebook’s “chat” messaging system.
If a friend spots a suicidal thought on someone’s page, he can report it to Facebook by clicking a link next to the comment. Facebook then sends an email to the person who posted the comment encouraging that user to call the hotline or click a link for a confidential chat.
This video changed my life when I first saw it in high school.
File this under “dumb hints.”
States should ban all driver use of cell phones and other portable electronic devices, except in emergencies, the National Transportation Board said Tuesday.
The recommendation, unanimously agreed to by the five-member board, applies to both hands-free and hand-held phones and significantly exceeds any existing state laws restricting texting and cellphone use behind the wheel.
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While the NTSB doesn’t have the power to impose restrictions, it’s recommendations carry significant weight with federal regulators and congressional and state lawmakers.
I wasn’t aware of the sysdiagnose command before tonight, but it looks very, very helpful.
There is no denying that you two are beautiful apps.
Stamped, your gentle color scheme with bold highlights is easy on the eyes, but highlights just the right things. You’ve got just the right feel about you.
Path, you are — without a doubt in my mind — the best-looking, funnest iOS app I’ve ever used. Seriously, every app developer should download you and user your UI and UX conventions in their own apps.
Many of you know that I do not write 512 Pixels full-time. My day job is managing the IT/Multimedia Department for a $30 million, 100,000 square-foot community center here in Memphis.
I’m constantly keeping way too many things in the air at once, and it is easy for things to fall between the cracks. Thankfully, I have OmniFocus.
OmniFocus is one of those apps that tailors to the user’s needs — it can be as simple or as complex as one needs it to be. With OmniFocus, I can keep my digital workflow closely mirrored to my workload and responsibilities. Thanks to great features like Projects, Folders and Repeating Tasks, I know my tasks are right where I left them. I know that when I put something in OmniFocus, it is safe and sound, and that the app will remind me of the task when the time comes.