Archive for March, 2009
Monday, March 9th, 2009
Penny Arcade nails it.
I keep hearing new Kindle owners say the same thing; they've done much more reading since their Kindle arrived. Well yeah, of course you're reading more. You have a new toy, and that's all it does. I did a lot of baking right after I got my ...
Posted in Books, Technology |
Saturday, March 7th, 2009
Brent Simmons is looking for the perfect version control system, and has this complaint about Git:
When I’m finished working on my laptop and I commit my changes, they’re not available on my desktop. I have to take the extra step of pushing the changes.
And then, back at my desktop, I ...
Posted in Design, Software, Technology |
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
From PCWorld, Eric Schmidt on Twitter:
Schmidt praised Twitter as another way to communicate online, but he also called the service "a poor man's e-mail" and wondered whether it will remain a standalone service or become a feature of e-mail systems.
Spoken like someone who has no idea what Twitter is or ...
Posted in Google, Social, Twitter, Web |
Sunday, March 1st, 2009
Alex King and I put this together for his Carrington presentation at WordCamp Denver (which was awesome, by the way). It's supposed to be a joke, but with the recent death of the Rocky Mountain News, I'm seriously considering turning it into something real.
Posted in Design, Web |
Sunday, March 1st, 2009
Corey Gilmore breaks down one of those god-awful long URLs. In 2009, there is no excuse for this. It was barely excusable in 2001.
Posted in Design, Web |