October 2011
16 posts
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Weekend Project: Evernote Dated Photo
Back in September Brett Kelly wrote a neat little Python/Applescript tool called Evernote Dated Photo:
When you add an image to Evernote using this app, it will set the “created” date on the note to be the same day the photo was taken.
As originally written, it could only handle adding one photo at a time to your default notebook. Brett put the project up on github, so I forked it and added...
The Importance of Mind-Wandering →
Ennui is a cognitive gift, but it must be properly unlocked. We can get better at being bored.
The Evolution of Apple Design Between 1977-2008 →
Nice pictorial of Apple’s evolution, even if it is a little dated. Obviously this is something I enjoy.
Entrepreneurs Who Go It Alone — By Choice →
An article featuring Instapaper and Pinboard? Sign me up.
Ben Brooks - The Argument for 3G MacBooks →
So it’s quite obvious that with more and more cloud enabled users, creating a seamless and “just works” Internet connection is becoming even more important to crafting a great user experience.
I agree with Ben. For now my solution is to tether my MacBook Air to my iPhone. Certainly not ideal, but it’s better than nothing.
Yuvi Zalkow - Failing As A Failed Failure →
Be a hell of a failure and see what you learn from it.
OS X and iOS are not jails →
Chris Rawson over at TUAW with a nice response to RMS:
My iPad and iPhones may be tools of a “walled garden” approach to computing, but they do what I need them to do, every time, and without me having to tweak around the guts of their code in order to coax them into doing my bidding. How is that not freedom? How is that in any way equivalent to living in a prison?
See also my my Zealots...
Brett Terpstra - QuickQuestion →
Merlin calls Brett Mr. Useful. This is something that I’ve been finding pretty useful.
Zealots
I’ve written about my distaste for FOSS zealotry before, but man when Steve died the big guns came out. In their writing about Steve Jobs’ death and how good it is that we are now rid of his influence, Richard Stallman and Eric Raymond have shown once again that they are just as tyrannical, if not more so, as they accuse Steve of being. Steve never suggested that Linux (I refuse to...
A Reserved Seat
Most people probably woke up this morning and didn’t notice any change. Their world is the same today as it was yesterday. But I am not most people. My world feels different. A little less vibrant. One of my heroes is gone.
I watched the iPhone 4S presentation on Tuesday night, almost as soon as Apple posted it. As I was watching, I couldn’t help but notice that the camera seemed to...
Andy Ihnatko - App sandboxing risks eroding the... →
Can AppleScript and Automator have any future on an operating system where every app is surrounded by an impenetrable steel shell of distrust?
If AppleScript went away or became essentially neutered I’d be pretty pissed off. It’s honestly one of my favorite features of OS X.
Dr. Drang - Why Python? →
The thing that drew me to Python wasn’t the language per se (although I do love me some significant whitespace). It was the fact that Guido and crew seemed to have their act together. I tried Ruby for a bit and I generally like it. The community, on the other hand, seemed to me to be a disorganized mess. Maybe it’s gotten better, but at this point I’m perfectly happy with Python...
