I don’t usually get this excited by any single article. You must read “subcompact publishing” by Craig Mod. It’s about way more than publishing. Personally, I love to read. Love to stay on top of things. At the same time, I’m growing increasingly frustrated at sucky journalism. Looks like there’s a light at the end of the tunnel, and I’m going to do what I can to support it. Just read the article.
Posts from the “Cool Software” Category
Sometimes you just have to believe in something. This whole Apple, pay for software once and expect unlimited upgrades doesn’t feel sustainable to me. For a major update, I feel we should pay an upgrade fee. Day One is a journalling app for iOS and Mac that recently had a huge update. You can read a great review here. Like Shawn (author of the review), I purchased Day One originally because it was freaking gorgeous. I had no intention of journalling, but I wanted to see where they went with this app. The new update is astoundingly beautiful. You should check it out. But, wait… I emailed the guys responsible for Day One, and offered to make a donation since I can’t pay for the upgrade.…
Categories: Cool Software
Now that I’m back with an iPhone, I find I have a usable mobile platform for doing cool stuff. I started using video with my students in the last few months as I recovered from elbow injuries, and found it to be quite useful. In particular, I like to take very focused short bits of video to help students see what I see in their technique. Turns out there’s an awesome iPhone app for doing just this… this app will take video, let you annotate it graphically, and then share it with the students. You can even slow down or speed up the video to make your point. It’s really cool. If you coach, martial arts or anything, you’d be silly not to try…
Categories: Cool Software
Well, have you? Like everyone else, I had a system. I had two passwords (for my personal stuff… more at work), and there were just a couple of variations on the theme to allow for site-specific requirements (like sites that required a capital letter in there, or something). I had two passwords — one for very secure information (like bank accounts and email), the other for everything else (like social media sites). Then, the Gawker security breach occurred compromising my “everything else” password. Following a mad dash to change passwords everywhere, I’m officially overwhelmed. Since then I’ve clicked on “I’ve forgotten my password” more than ever before combined! Can you feel me? I’ve remember to change some, but not all. Variations on a theme mean that I…
Categories: Cool Software, Technology
Design is really important, and I think SimpleGeo nails it on their landing page. Their font, their graph paper, the sophisticated icons… Cool vibe. Though, vibe doesn’t mean anything without good product. And, though I’ve not tried it out, it seems they’ve got great industry acknowledgements from ReadWriteWeb, TechCrunch, and others. What I really like about these guys is that they’ve got a broad set of tools to support their market. They’ve given developers a choice, and a single family of tools with which to create a solution. Let’s the app developer visionary do what they need, without concern that the tools themselves will impose limits to their vision. From a style perspective, I find it interesting to note that they have “get an API…
Categories: Cool Software