December 2011
6 posts
This Is Not True of All Animals: The New Curator →
More about (and against) curation here: http://whowritesforyou.com/2011/12/12/more-about-and-against-curation/
drewcoffman:
My favorite blogger Stephen Hackett recently wrote an article about the misattribution of the title “curator” to bloggers known for gathering links around the web and sitting them in front of the reader. His article brings to light an interesting fact - “curation” is...
“Culled, selected, but not curated. You don’t curate life, you live it.
...”
– Simplicity - Matt Gemmell
(via Shawn Blanc)
What we believe in.
(via minimalmac)
Surprised? No. Not in New York.
themonkeysyouordered:
They look surprised to see alligators riding the subway.
Don't Be A Free User (Pinboard Blog) →
Frack’n incredible idea.
minimalmac:
What if a little site you love doesn’t have a business model? Yell at the developers! Explain that you are tired of good projects folding and are willing to pay cash American dollar to prevent that from happening. It doesn’t take prohibitive per-user revenue to put a project in the black. It just requires a number greater than zero.
So, today I...
November 2011
1 post
The Random Post: Winter Stew →
Needs bacon. ;)
OK, sounds great, even without the bacon.
patrickrhone:
1 small onion chopped 2tsp Olive Oil 8 cloves of garlic, minced 3 lbs of seasonal long storage root veggies (carrots, turnips, parsnips, rutabagas. celeriac, sunchokes) 6 cups of vegetable stock 3/4 cup of half-n-half
— Saute onions in oil — Add chopped roots and garlic; sauté for ten…
September 2011
1 post
1 tag
August 2011
2 posts
WatchSalesforce CEO Mark Benioff “gifted” the trademark “App Store” and the Url to Steve Jobs
holloway:
Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff on Steve Jobs. I won’t spoil it for you, but it’s an awesome story.
July 2011
2 posts
“Tools exist outside time. And as any craftsman knows, select the right tool for...”
– Randy Murray – Tom’s Phone (via minimalmac)
May 2011
2 posts
“I sense a theme emerging:
There is, after all, a kind of happiness in...”
– Freedom by Jonathan Franzen (via bohemea)
AaronMahnke: Courage and Failure →
It takes a special kind of courage to put something that you’ve made, something that you’ve created, out there for the world to see. Aaron does a good job of talking about just what that means.
aaronmahnke:
I don’t know anyone who loves to fail. They exist, sure. But I think we tend to call those people defeatists, or fatalists, or something else that invokes a depressive notion....
April 2011
1 post
A Dream Of Small Gods
You know that you’re a writer with your dreams come in short story format.
A Dream Of Small Gods We stood waste deep in the drowned house and looked out at the unbound river. “It’s calling,” the god said. “It’s coming.” I did not turn to look at her, but heard her turn to the acolytes. “Go,” she said. And they left. Theirs was a...
March 2011
2 posts
Enough — Don’t worry. Do. →
Patrick is a brave and wise man. There’s much to learn from his very personal story of living with bi-polar disorder.
minimalmac:
Today’s episode of Enough is a deeply personal one. With all of the talk lately about bi-polar vs. bi-winning, I thought it would be important to share my story of living with manic-depression (bi-polar disorder) and how I use the Buddhist practice of...
A gift from the interwebs
Sometimes the interwebs offer up little gifts like this. Thank you.
bemoreinlife:
Then, my friend, Colby, and I went to see the play Grimaldi King of the Clowns right after because her boyfriend is the lead actor (and because neither of us would pass up a chance to see ANY play). It was easily one of the best plays I have ever seen. As far as production goes it would probably be the most...
February 2011
2 posts
Minimal Mac: The Future is Now! – Music That... →
The future is already here – it’s just not evenly distributed.
—William Gibson
minimalmac:
We live in the future. You know that, right? To show you the proof, I’m going to start regularly posting examples starting with this one:
I started out listening to the new Radiohead album this morning in the shower on my iPhone plugged into the auxiliary jack of my Tivoli radio which...
The Log: Sleep, An Experiment →
To round out your experiment, I recommend following your 2 weeks of 5 hours per night with 2 weeks of 8 hours per night. During the entire test period, make journal entries at the beginning and the end of the day. I’d also recommend having other people rate your mood and mental acuity at the beginning of the experiment and at designated points while ongoing.
If you’re sleeping very...
January 2011
2 posts
Seth's Blog: Texting while working →
THIS
practicalopacity:
You’re competing against people in a state of flow, people who are truly committed, people who care deeply about the outcome. You can’t merely wing it and expect to keep up with them. Setting aside all the safety valves and pleasant distractions is the first way to send yourself the message that you’re playing for keeps.
A public service announcement from Seth.
Minimal Mac: Some initial thoughts on the Mac App... →
Excellent initial analysis from Patrick.
I might have a thing or to to say about this in the near future and what it means to software publishers.
minimalmac:
1. The saying “It’s not a bargain if you don’t need it” still applies here.
2. So does “You don’t need it if you don’t need it”.
3. Do we really need another round blue icon in our Dock? Especially one that entices you to buy more...
December 2010
4 posts
Minimal Mac: The Obvious Question: Air or iPad? →
I completely agree. My Macs (iMac and Macbook Pro) are completely different things than my iPad and iPhone (which are related, but not the same).
The other day I saw this demonstrated by my 22 year old daughter. She was using her new iPad AND referring to her iPhone for additional information at the same time.
minimalmac:
I’m going to play Carnac here for a bit and answer the question that...
Minimal Mac: iPad Means Business Now Available! →
minimalmac:
iPad Means Business, the new book by tech pundit, my dear friend, and all around great guy Julio Ojeda-Zapata, is now available. If you have any interest at all about how real people are using the iPad to get real work done, I think you should order a copy. Also, I wrote one of the…
November 2010
3 posts
Everything You Need to Know About Writing... →
Great stuff - and I highly recommend King’s book “On Writing”
patrickrhone:
THAT’S RIGHT. I know it sounds like an ad for some sleazy writers’ school, but I really am going to tell you everything you need to pursue a successful and financially rewarding career writing fiction, and I really am going to do it in ten minutes, which is exactly how long it took me to learn. It...
Minimal Mac: Minimal Mac T-Shirt (Coming Soon) →
Normally I follow a simple policy about logoware: I’ll wear it if you give it to me, but I won’t pay to display your logo. But I make an exception when I want to promote a product or topic. I’ll happily purchase and wear this shirt!
minimalmac:
Soon, I will be offering for sale, for a limited time, an official Minimal Mac T-Shirt. Please bear with me for the “teaser” style...
October 2010
4 posts
MacSparky - Blog - Keyboard Shortcut for "Save as... →
That is frack’n sweet. I print to PDF as often as to physical paper.
minimalmac:
I know I’m late to the party on this one. Everyone and their second cousin twice removed linked to it a few days ago. That said, I just now had the time and reason to set this up and…
Holy mother of carp and all that is fishy is this the top of Mount Awesome! I mean, seriously, this should be built in.
Y'all be nice to my buddy Patrick, or you'll have... →
minimalmac:
Here’s the deal, and I mean this with no disrespect and tremendous gratitude for those who show up here to read…
I write this site for me. Everything you read here is as much, if not more, a note to self as it is to others.
See, I don’t have any of this stuff figured out. All I’m trying to…
What's happening to tumblr?
And a very good reason to compose and store blog content offline.
mnmal:
Well, again… the Developing software, special forces style that I had for today is gone.
Fuck it. I guess I won’t post anything today.
Happy Birthday, old friend (with emphasis on the... →
minimalmac:
He truly enjoys the iPhone as it comes out of the box. He didn’t feel the need of OTA sync in OmniFocus, tags in Simplenote 2.0 were not a big deal to him, Pastebot’s clipboard in the background using a silent track was an unknown tale. He loves his iPhone, and he doesn’t need to keep on bouncing from app to app to get his things done.
Turns out, I’m getting an iPhone 4 for my...
September 2010
2 posts
Minimal Mac: iPhone 3G is enough (with iOS 4.1... →
I agree that the 3G is enough and I planned to do the same. Until my daughter insisted that she had to replace her dying Palm Centro and it was time for her to get an iPhone. So we all upgraded - five in total.
And I sold my iPhone 3G 16 GB on eBay for $273! I have 3 8 gig models yet to sell, but for me, the upgrade was a cash positive move. We balance our bill by having the other 4...
Simple Productivity Task Of The Day: Keep It In... →
There was a 2nd part to the advice/admonition I was given. It was “or we’ll weld your zipper shut!”
Learning to USE the tool, rather than letting it become part of some obsessive/compulsive disorder, is the important part. And with ever increasing attractiveness becoming a part of these tools, we have to be mindful about simply discovering them in our hands once again.
But...
August 2010
9 posts
Minimal Mac: What's in your Simplenote? →
My Simplenote (which I use on my iPad and iPhone 4 and sync with Notational Velocity on my Mac) contains:
Client project notes for current projects
Project-based style guides for each customer
My elevator pitch
My Bio, in short and long form, so I can send it to someone on an instant
Blog post ideas and notes for First Today, Then Tomorrow.
Rain gage readings and observations of our rain...
“I used to work on a construction crew and that was our mantra. Good Times.
...”
– Myself (via mnmal)
Minimal Mac: Via: The Endangered Species →
An important contribution to the style guide of the internet.
I want to talk about something very important. Something that, I feel, has gone increasingly unnoticed – in fact abandoned in many cases – on the internet today. It’s increasing disappearance is akin to that of an endangered species. It’s so small that, when its population dwindles, people stop…
No Baggage Challenge -- Around the World with no... →
I’ve had an ideal in my head for years. Think of James Bond, traveling the world, arriving at a resort and takes a very thin bag from his car.
Of course, he had Q and MI6 backing him up …
patrickrhone:
But I also see my journey as a field-test for a more philosophical idea — that what we experience in life is more important than what we bring with us.
This is an idea that goes...
Read Your Own Blog Or Website →
An excellent expansion on my original piece. I’ll have more to say on this subject, including recommendations on that special and rare state: changing one’s mind.
patrickrhone:
Reading your own work is an important part of being and improving as a writer, but it’s critical for bloggers and website owners. You have to occasionally test yourself and make sure that you’re doing what you...
More On The Joys Of The Introvert
Penny recommended this to me:
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From Einstein’s obituary in the NYT for Emmy Noether, a world-class mathematician who made signal progress in the algebra of rings and whose work was important to him in his own work. She was a woman, and barred from university posts (at first even from universities) in her earlier years; and two years after finally getting a university post...
Minimal | Simplifying the experience →
I still miss the Duo/Duo Dock they were missed opportunities. Perhaps we’ll see it again in an iPad configuration.
minimalmac:
Apple makes it easy for people like my mother to buy a computer without feeling stupid. They make it easy by having fewer products (quality vs quantity), having products names that are easily recognizable and easy to remember (do you know what the Dell Latitude...
May 2010
2 posts
A Better Freelancer: Fully Booked – How to Retain... →
Getting to be a “regular contributor” at ABF!
by Randy Murray
Freelancers know how to deal with the lack of business – it’s our natural state. Our nightmares, however, are based on the opposite: too much work, not enough time. For independent workers and small businesses one of the worst things that can happen to you is to get way too much…
April 2010
1 post
Why I won't buy an iPad (and think you shouldn't,... →
Doctorow is too tied up in the whole “maker” ethos. Frankly, most people aren’t’ makers and very soon, consumer tech will move to the point where most objects are essentially solid state. Imagine a 20th generation iPad that is extruded like a 8.5X11 inch piece of plastic. Toss it in the recycle slot and extrude another. You can’t take it apart because it IS one part....
March 2010
5 posts
Minimal Mac: Faith in The Future →
For me, I decided to “replace” my self upgraded black Macbook (2.0 Ghz, 320GB 7200 RPM, 4GB RAM) with an… iPad (WiFi only, 64GB). I know. Crazy right?
A Better Freelancer: The Freelancers Bookshelf →
It is quite often that people ask me about freelancing, either how to get started or help where they are. In general, along with talking their ears off with info and ideas, I recommend several books that really helped me along the way. For my first contribution to this project, I wanted to tell…
A Better Freelancer: Chris Brogan: What Flying... →
LIVING IN THE CLOUDS
Did you see “Up in the Air?” Pedestrian. George knows how to navigate airports, but he’s a veritable luddite otherwise. I’m not a freelancer. I’m worse. I run a small consulting company that does work for huge Fortune 100/500 companies. And my clients are all over the…