Tonight I had my first legitimate Apple Maps outrage. We needed to get to 1233 SE Stark St in Portland. In Google Maps, if you search for 1233 SE Stark St, you get this: It’s a pushpin in the right location, titled “1233 SE Stark St”. In Apple Maps, you get this: If you’re paying [...]
So we found out today that LinkedIn’s iOS apps have been sending calendar data in plaintext in order to support a new feature – giving you background information on the people you’re meeting that day. Which, on its own, is potentially a pretty useful feature, and a nice way of bringing to life the more [...]
Optimism, pessimism, fuck that; we’re going to make it happen. As God is my bloody witness, I’m hell-bent on making it work. – Elon Musk interviewed by Wired in August 2008.
I’m in New York for a friend’s wedding and it’s one of those occasions where I’ll break out the DSLR for some nice(r) photographs. The thing this time has been to get a replacement 50mm f1.8 lens because the one I have, fantastic as it has been, has decided to separate itself into two substantially [...]
This is an auto-posted collection of my public links from Twitter and Pinboard.in for May 6th from 16:26 to 06:51: What Do Animals Think? | Animal Intelligence | DISCOVER Magazine – Temple Grandin thinks animals may think like autistic humans. Wittgenstein, Ludwig [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy] – "So if a lion could speak, Wittgenstein says, we [...]
This is an auto-posted collection of my public links from Twitter and Pinboard.in for May 5th from 00:34 to 22:13: Watch A Stunning Video Of Humanity’s Effect On Earth | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation – The Anthropocene: defining a new global epoch. Grim yet stunning representation of humanity's effect on our world (500) [...]
It’s named Tûranor, from the Lord of the Rings novels. PlanetSolar completes first solar-powered boat trip around the globe | The Verge.
This is an auto-posted collection of my public links from Twitter and Pinboard.in for May 2nd from 13:22 to 19:49: Glowing Fiber Optics Visualize Human Curiosity In Real Time | Co.Design: business + innovation + design – BEAUTIFUL. Facebook’s numbers by Dustin Curtis – Facebook by the numbers, going off their May 3rd S-1 filing. [...]
This is an auto-posted collection of my public links on Pinboard.in for May 1st from 17:47 to 00:40: Kate Aronowitz, Facebook’s Design Director, On Crafting A Design-Led Organization | Co.Design: business + innovation + design – These are the designers who Facebook are hiring: "[...] designers who are "builders." They’re people, Aronowitz explains, who already [...]
This is an auto-posted collection of my public links on Pinboard.in for May 1st from 06:37 to 16:25: Kinect+SLR Filmmaking Workshop at Hangar Barcelona on Vimeo – Kinect new aesthetic filmmaking is spreading. Anyone have this after owning a Fitbit Ultra? – gdgt – Comparison of FitBit vs Nike+ Fuelband: "However (just as I hypothesized!), [...]