January 2012
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“Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of...”
– Steve Jobs (via justinlowery)
Apple products were never popular until they brought out the iPod, because corporate customers don’t care how things work, just that they do, usually with other outdated or poor systems they’ve made bad purchase decisions about in the past. Now that IT...
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iPhone Alarms
Just a quick thought on iPhone alarms - specifically, the complaint that they aren’t muted by the mute switch. The iPhone has always been well-equipped to deal with this type of situation. The problem stems from people using alarms as reminders, and not as alarms. If you want control over what can be muted, here it is in all its glory: you have always been able to set a reminder (first in...
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Online Community, Comments, and Curation
I’ve never really been part of any website’s commenting community. It’s not really part of how I read online. I’ve tried joining in, but in all honesty I mostly don’t have anything to say because I’m reading through a lot of content. I’ve “lurked” on many sites for many years, and I like it this way.
That doesn’t mean I don’t like...
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“It’s easy to forget that Brady is, in his heart, an underdog. While Tebow was a...”
– NFL Picks: Playing the violin for poor Tom Brady
By Bruce Arthur, National Post December 23, 2011 – 10:31 am ET
This was written after the Patriots played Denver back in December. As someone who doesn’t watch football regularly, it’s interesting how it’s bits like these that...
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Thunderbolt
I’d used Apple products almost all the way through elementary and secondary school, but the first Apple product I owned was the iPod Photo. My now-wife had bought it for me when I’d been fretting over buying an MP3 player for quite some time. As a broke college student, I was leaning towards buying a cheap, Linux-friendly creature I would’ve had to source from eBay, but kept...
“What’s the antithesis of regret? Because that’s what I feel about...”
– It’s always nice to exceed someone’s expectations. It’s an endorsement of the effort and care you’ve put in - in this case, it was something that meets someone’s needs and works better than they’d hoped for. And so I got this great quote. I don’t really know...
“Tomorrow”
– Tomorrow is very easy to reach. In fact, it comes of it’s own volition, whether or not it is wanted. Despite the combined practices of generations of humanity, procrastination does not hold it off. Nor does fervent wishing. One can only try to be prepared for it, although there is no guarantee... 