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So nice to see Meg back again. Even with all of the disclaimers, her voice has been missed in my online life and it will be a pleasure to hear it again no matter the frequency.
Category: thought
For an iPhone, By an iPhone
New (to me at least) project by Shawn Blanc. How am I going to, with a clear mind, use my own iPhone photos now?
Jenny Lewis “See Fernando” on Vimeo (via Hicks)is
Well, now, this is fun.
(Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)
Simplenote icon rants will get you everywhere…
Just got this in the Inbox from Brandon Harjer:
Shortly after reading the Daring Fireball posting of your comment about the Simplenote icon, I went to the App Store to see for myself and I noticed the attached. Incidentally, I doubt it was a coincidence, because the top of the description had a Gruber quote from his post yesterday.
White Box on Vimeo (via Rands)
All of life should be this beautiful.
(Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)
Daring Fireball: Simplenote
“I’ve tried a slew of iPhone note editing apps, and not only is Simplenote my favorite, it might be my favorite third-party iPhone app, period. It’s that good.”
Gruber gives the love to Simplenote. I have also been using it for a while for all of the same reasons Gruber mentions here. It is fast, minimalist and just plain works.
That said, I do have to take issue with one little thing that I don’t like about Simplenote. I hate the icon. Seriously, it has the most unattractive icon of any app I’ve seen for the iPhone. Even worse that the original Wine Guide icon that looked like a lady’s crotch. It actually has caused me to come close to deleting the app on several occasions. I certainly don’t have it on my iPhone’s home page. Yes, it is that bad.
Picky, I know…
Update
Against advice to the contrary, I am starting a fund to get some money to an icon designer who can:
a. Design a kick-ass icon for Simplenote and…
b. Get the developers to use it.
Kick-assedness will be decided by me in consultation with people of taste and class, distinction. The person who does that gets the pot. I’m putting in a fifty to start the ball rolling. You can donate below:
Nevis | Ten by Twenty ™
“This strong, angular typeface is ideal for headings. It features 96 of the most commonly used glyphs (characters)”
Very nice indeed. (via Dan Benjamin)
Her Morning Elegance / Oren Lavie (via Sia)
Simply beautiful video.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Trent Reznor’s advice to young artists…
Trent Reznor’s advice to young artists…
“Forget thinking you are going to make any real money from record sales. Make your record cheaply (but great) and GIVE IT AWAY. As an artist you want as many people as possible to hear your work. Word of mouth is the only true marketing that matters.”
This is just the tip of the iceberg. There’s even more good advice here. This is not just good advice for musicians but for authors as well. (via Powazek)
For no particular reason… My current desktop.
Update: Because several people have asked, GeekTool is what I am using to display the data on the desktop. I am using icalBuddy to to give command line access to iCal and display Today’s events. Can’t remember where I got the Desktop picture from. Had it for a while.
Also updated the click-through on the photo to take you to a larger size.