Paul Constant Reviews Twitter – Features – The Stranger, Seattle’s Only Newspaper
Really interesting piece that is made more interesting by the fact that it was written in “tweets”.
Category: thought
Amazon bought Zappos
We plan to continue to run Zappos the way we have always run Zappos — continuing to do what we believe is best for our brand, our culture, and our business. From a practical point of view, it will be as if we are switching out our current shareholders and board of directors for a new one, even though the technical legal structure may be different.
Wow. This is a pretty big deal if you like buying shoes on the internet.
I love Zappos. I wear the same pair of shoes every day, and when they wear out, I just order the same ones again.
I second that wow.
Heavenly clouds – guardian.co.uk
Heavenly clouds – guardian.co.uk
Indeed.
megnut.com — a blog by meg hourihan since 1999
megnut.com — a blog by meg hourihan since 1999
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.
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: