When you let it be itself, everything on the Internet belongs to everything else. The walls tech people try to raise, to convince investors that there’s dollar value there, are fake. They don’t hold anything behind them that has any lasting value. The only things that stand a chance are things that flow. And for that, the walls get in the way.
Month: August 2012
Current iPhone screen
Because these things are fun to log every now and then. Lift is my new favorite in the bunch.
When I switched to webOS from my old iPhone, it felt like I was using the future. The inductive charging and reliance on cloud accounts for contacts, calendars, and email permitted me to be have a truly cord-free phone.
I totally agree with Ian here. I loved using my Palm Pre and webOS was so much fun to interact with. The hardware was a weak point but over time I figured that would be solved. It’s truly a shame Palm couldn’t make it in the marketplace.
Design Tip: Never Use Black. Neat post with some great illustrations of why pure black doesn’t work well for interface elements.
Cathedral Lakes, Yosemite National Park
A couple weeks ago I spent a week at my parents house in California. First day there we hiked to Cathedral Lakes and back which I hadn’t done since I was a little kid. Great 8 mile hike up through a forest and ending in a gorgeous alpine lake.
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- The view from halfway up the trail.
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- This was behind us as we walked to the lake. Made me think of the White Tower of Gondor.
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- There’s nothing like a meadow in the high country of Yosemite.
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- Cathedral Lake. Not as cold as you might imagine for being at about 10,000 feet.
Amsterdam Meetup
I was in Amsterdam with my team at Automattic from July 13th through the 20th. We had a great time, ate well, saw quite a bit of the city, and finished some fun projects.
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- Gorgeous stained-glass ceiling in one of the places we ate lunch.
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- The stables at the royal family’s summer residence.
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- More of the stables at the royal family’s summer residence.
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- The main part of the royal family’s summer residence.
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- My favorite sign from the trip.
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- The gardens at the royal residence were amazing. I wish it had been better weather to explore them in.
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- I have no clue what the heck this sign means.
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- Sad boat. 🙁
Status
Just updated to WP for iOS 3.1. Pretty solid improvement in things. I love that I can use post formats in the app now.
Everywhere at Once: Chef Geoff Tracy’s Data-Driven Empire. Geoff Tracy and his brother use a set of 800 standards to measure the performance of their restaurants. A couple examples:
Did Elizabeth bring your Pinot Gris within three minutes of the time you ordered it? Were your appetizers delivered within seven minutes, entrées within ten, desserts within seven? Were these plates described at the table before they were set in front of you? Were napkins refolded when you went to the restroom? Was non-bottled water referred to as “ice water” (correct) or “water” (incorrect)?
Fire
Working in the Mission today and can clearly see the fire in Richmond. Apparently the Chevron refinery is burning.