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I always enjoy reading what other people are AppleScripting as it usually gives me some ideas about how to better use my Mac. I use LaunchBar as my application launcher, so Brett Terpstra’s script didn’t directly hit the sweet spot of fixing a problem I had, but it did get my thinking about what I do when I want to hide the current application.
Personally I use MobileMe, but if you are looking for a good discussion on all the solutions to sync Yojimbo across multiple Macs, this recent thread is the one to read.
I’ve got to say that I love the idea of a marketplace for short, digestible content that is only as long as it needs to be. I just downloaded two Singles in anticipation of an upcoming plane flight. Update (2011-01-28): Plane trip is completed, and I really enjoyed both of the Singles I read: Homo [...]
I’d recommend if you have anything on Delicious, you do what I did tonight and get a full XML dump of your Delicious bookmarks. It might take all of 60 seconds. Here’s how to do it.
Keith Peters compares the font rendering of a Kindle, iPad, newspaper, magazine, and a paperback book under a USB microscope. I wonder how many years before e-ink becomes indistinguishable from paper media.
Let’s be honest. “Sent from my iPhone” really means “I’m not going to bother to proofread and correct this because it would take me an extra 30 seconds.” This made me laugh out loud. So true.
Another great comic from The Oatmeal. I’ve heard this explanation a million times, but it’s amazing how injecting a little humor into it solidifies the usage rules into your brain.
Amazon’s strategy is as sensible as any I can think of for the Kindle–make it more like a book and even less like an iPad, thereby catering to all the folks who want the equivalent of a relatively cheap, highly portable digital paperback rather than the costlier do-it-all device that is Apple’s tablet. For all [...]