September 2009
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Sometimes I really contribute
This morning I was browsing when I discovered that Josef Richter introduced a way to recreate the GMail experience with a Helvetica focus: Helvetimail. This is in addition to other developers’ work on recreating popular sites with beautiful, minimalist experiences including Helvetical, Helvetwitter, and Helvetireader.
I immediately got to work. As an avid Mailplane user I wanted to ensure I...
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WatchNorah Jones was the surprise performance at the Apple Media Event. Mom’s jealous.
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Lack of Prufreading
One of my least favorite recurring themes in the blogosphere is whether or not blogs will overtake newspapers in terms of quality, accuracy, speed, etc. This comes up every few months, and the same people always have the same nonsense to say. Yes, in some ways blogs are definitely dominating. However, the one thing that blogs consistently lack is respect for the reader.
What does that mean?
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How to Make Mint.com Relevant
I have been using Mint.com for a while now. It’s a compelling product, but I usually find it difficult to learn anything useful about my habits. The charts and tables are always skewed by unusually large and rare transactions like rent and bills. Fortunately, a co-worker showed me how to hide these anomalies using tags and preferences.
If you’re like me and you want to see a more...
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