30 Jul

http://log.maniacalrage.net/post/869103364/louis-c-k-everythings-amazing-and-nobodys

29 Jul

Future of Self Service Banking

Reinventing the ATM.

29 Jul

28 Jul

Idea - Daypack

For a while now I have wanted to make iPhone apps. I have actually already created two, but they will not be released. They are not up to my standards, mostly because of API limitations or speed concerns.

However, there is one app that I think could be a great challenge while also being something I would use daily. The idea: an app for Basecamp.

Daypack would be everything one needs to access and deal with Basecamp while away from the computer.

There are already plenty of Basecamp iPhone apps out there now and all of them suck. Most are slow, unorganized, and just don't make using Basecamp easier than the regular website.

The two areas that I want to focus on are: speed and IA. If those two problems ever got solved (to some definition of solved), then I would focus on search, but that might never happen.

As I work on this idea in what little spare time I have, I want to post all my ideas, sketches, comps, and anything else on this blog. If it ever materializes as a real app then I will release it for sale in the store.

Over the next few days I will try to detail my current progress with the IA and my ideas to make it hecka fast.

If you're interested in helping or have any feedback or even want to tell me what a bad idea this is: always feel free to contact me.

7 Jul

I needed a quick way to grab the path from the front most finder window.

alias cf=copy_finder_window_path
function copy_finder_window_path() {
osascript <<END
tell application "Finder"
  set the_folder to (the target of the front window) as alias
  set the_path to (get POSIX path of the_folder)
  set the clipboard to the_path as text
end tell
END
}

alias gf="cf && cd \`pbpaste\` && clear && pwd"
7 Jul

The Helvetica Killer

A new typeface that is supposed to "fix" Helvetica and make it even better? I am interested.

After reviewing zoomed in specimens of the typeface, I don't like the character they added. The way the lowercase f and t curl a bit, the way the s seems more playful. And yet, they take away the uniqueness of the a and the R. Weird.

It actually seems further away from what I would want it to be.

(Note: the article body on the CR site is set in Helvetica Neue, the already improved Helvetica.)

6 Jul

2 Jul

Pogo Sketch

I think I really need one of these. I might even be able to set it up to make my trackpad a really small tablet.

2 Jul

Essential VIM

2 Jul

http://blog.businessofsoftware.org/2010/05/kathy-sierra-at-business-of-software-2009.html