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More Twitter Ramblings

November 26th, 2006

Whenever I spend some time thinking about why I don’t like something, I inevitably stumble upon some way it can work for me.

After my last post regarding Twitter, it occurred to me that I could enter the update feeds of friends into Gmail’s Web Clip bar.

This eliminates the interruptions that occur when the updates come [...]

Making MOO MiniCards

October 26th, 2006

Jason’s Goldman’s post on MOO Flickr MiniCards reminded me that I wanted to get some for handing out when I met new folks here in NZ.

Making the cards is very easy. You pick your photos, then position them within a cropping outline. It’s low weight creativity. And a lot of fun.

There are a number [...]

Here in New Zealand, Internet service is often times slow (thanks to lower available speeds and that pesky distance thing). There are also caps on the total amount of bytes you can transfer in a month. While I enjoy visiting friends sites, It can become a costly test of patience.

As a result, I’m getting [...]

Sketching out a better web calendar

April 4th, 2006

The problems I have with 30 Boxes are a direct result of their decision to go with a single Monthly view. This keeps things simple, but eliminates the common Weekly and Daily views. Traditionally these views are used to display more information than will fit in a Monthly setup. Without them that information is pushed [...]

The new switching cost?

March 16th, 2006

Ma.gnolia has a compelling case for switching away from Del.icio.us. Their app is well thought out, with a variety of interesting features. All of which are surrounded by a beautiful design.

I went as far as importing in all my old links. The process took less than 5 minutes. It really couldn’t have gone better.

Yet I [...]

30 Boxes doesn’t do it for me

March 13th, 2006

I’m starting to feel like the only person that doesn’t like 30 Boxes. Nik Cubrilovic recently wrote a post entitled 30 Boxes Ready To Take Out Online Calendar Space, for Techcrunch. His conclusion:

It was a combination of the nice interface, usability and these simple features that have made 30 Boxes my default calendar now.

That last [...]

Measure Map aquired by Google

February 14th, 2006

Bringing Measure Map to Google is an exciting validation of the user experience work I’ve been doing with my partners at Adaptive Path for years. By opening up the app to more bloggers through Google, we hope to help even more people become passionate about their blogs. – Jeff Veen on the Official Google Blog

Congratulations [...]