February 2012
20 posts
We, the Web Kids →
Piotr Czerski, (translated by Marta Szreder):
Our view of the social structure is different from yours: society is a network, not a hierarchy. We are used to being able to start a dialogue with anyone, be it a professor or a pop star, and we do not need any special qualifications related to social status.
My geekness probably helps me relate to this manifesto more than it should. However,...
Scott Adams on The Right Priority →
The way I approach the problem of multiple priorities is by focusing on just one main goal: energy. I make choices that maximize my personal energy because that makes it easier to manage all of the other priorities.
Interesting.
LinkedOut →
LinkedOut lets you export LinkedIn profiles for you or any of your connections as clean PDF resumes.
This may stand against everything I practice, since I can spend hours tweaking my resume design.
However, it’s not like it has helped a lot recently, so maybe extreme pragmatism and simplicity can be more useful.
Entypo Pictograms →
Entypo is a set of 100 carefully crafted pictograms available as an OpenType font, vector EPS and web font. All released for free under the Creative Commons license CC BY-SA.
I tend to do a lot of quick & dirty presentations nowadays, and a white background with simple icons from the Noun Project makes 10 minutes of work look like an hour.
These pictograms also look great, and to have...
QUOTE.fm →
The best way to discover, read and share great texts that have the power to convey ideas, provoke emotions or change your entire life. It’s all about texts truly worth reading.
Think twitter for stuff you highlight online.
I’ve signed up for lots of similar services, but QUOTE.fm is the first one I see myself sticking with. It has a nice, clean design, the bookmarklet is fast...
“This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are...”
– Gary Provost, 100 Ways to Improve Your Writing (Mentor)
/via LettersOfNote
Written? Kitten! →
Displays a cute kitten photo every 100/200/500/1000 words.
I have about a dozen writing apps, but positive reinforcement never seemed so productive.
Mac OS X Messages Beta →
Bla bla bla, new Mac OS X coming, bla bla, excited, bla.
You can try out the Messages Mac beta now, it seems as stable as iChat:
When you install Messages, it replaces iChat. But iChat services will continue to work. And Messages brings iMessage to the Mac — just like on iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch running iOS 5.
Friends without iPhone’s can now join the fun. Friends without...
Who The Devil Should One Vote For In The Venezuela... →
Miguel Octavio:
I have many friends who are involved in Capriles’ campaign. They are all competent, devoted, hard working and I am sure many of them will occupy positions in a Capriles administration. That alone gives me some comfort in the future of a possible Capriles presidency.
+1.
This insignificant blog doesn’t exist in a vacuum. I’m voting for Capriles in the...
Reading Along the Way
Before moving to Norway, my pal @FedericoA gave me a book called Out Stealing Horses, by Per Petterson. Although hardly my style of novel, it was surprisingly enlightening in helping me grok aspects of norwegians that I would most likely have missed otherwise.
Since then I have always tried to read something about places I’m visiting. While I’d love for this to be an intellectual...
Spectacle for Mac →
Spectacle is a simple utility that allows you to easily organize your windows without using a mouse.
I’ve been using Cinch for some time, but its mouse based and the animations sometimes get in the way.
Spectacle is similar to Divvy, but free and much simpler to set-up.
The Ihnatko Almanac #17: Proof of Life
Andy...
Top Five Regrets of the Dying →
Susie Steiner, Guardian.co.uk:
There was no mention of more sex or bungee jumps.
Anecdote is not evidence, but these are some good anecdotes.
/via @DoLectures
The Two Things →
For every subject, there are really only two things you really need to know. Everything else is the application of those two things, or just not important.
As flawed a concept as probably true. Insightful Two Things for many topics.
/via swissmiss
