Archive For December, 2010

Steve Jobs on Marketing

By | December 14, 2010

This clip is a little old and a little rough, but it’s a must-watch for anyone who’s interested in Marketing or Branding. This was recorded when Steve introduced the Think Different campaign. YouTube Link

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Request Files from Non-Tech-Savvy Clients with Dropbox and AirDropper

By | December 14, 2010

Dropbox is an awesome web-based service for syncing and sharing files, but despite how good it is, I’ve never really found a way to get it into my workflow. I’m an independent freelance designer / developer, and I only use one computer, so I don’t need the ability to sync files across multiple machines. I [...]

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3DD: A 3-D Celebration of Breasts

By | December 13, 2010

Oh, I totally want this book! It’s called, 3DD, and as the name implies it’s a 3D book of nudes, or more specifically, boobs. Here’s a blurb from the author: “The temptation was to write a long piece justifying our creation of 3DD. We could have thrown in some academic analysis on the prominent role [...]

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Schedule Your Time Machine Backups with TimeMachineEditor

By | December 10, 2010

One of the most useful pieces of Mac software I’ve ever come across is, TimeMachineEditor. As the name implies, it allows you to edit the interval in which your Time Machine backups occur. It’s free, and it’s super easy to use! Time Machine works very well for automatically backing up your Mac, but if you’re backing [...]

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San Francisco Typographic Map

By | December 10, 2010

Axis Maps is custom cartography company located in Hewitt, Texas. Among a variety of other services, they’ve also made some super-cool maps made entirely of type. They’ve had typographic maps for Boston and Chicago, and they just recently released one for San Francisco. It looks very cool! The map is available through Zazzle.com. There’s four sizes [...]

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Apple “Switch” still Relevant

By | December 8, 2010

My wife was in Phoenix recently visiting her parents. She sent me this email (she has a Macbook): So I was printing out my boarding card… I plugged dad’s printer into my computer… and he said “oh, oh you will need a driver” and I replied “really???, well let me try.” I checked my control [...]

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My Favorite Safari 5 Extensions

By | December 8, 2010

One of the best features to come with Safari 5 is the addition of Extensions. If you’re unfamiliar with Safari Extensions, they basically add functionality – either to Safari itself, or to specific websites. Here’s a list of some of my favorite extensions: Lucidica: Restyles and simplifies Google Reader. Pure Reader: Similar to Lucidica, but [...]

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Add-On Numeric Keypad for Wireless Apple Keyboad

By | December 7, 2010

There’s no word on pricing or availability yet, but apparently LMP is coming out with a numeric keypad that attaches to the side of a standard Apple wireless keyboard. I want this! I recently switched from Apple’s wired keyboard to their wireless version. I had to debate on it for quite a while before making [...]

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