I don’t use Facebook. I’ve been the subject of ridicule and disappointment for several years because I don’t use Facebook. I’ve resisted the pleas of grandparents and friends because I don’t want to post private information about my family on a service I don’t think has earned my trust. Now I have a solution.
Glassboard is the social sharing site for people that hate Facebook. The primary goal of Glassboard is to keep information private unless explicitly shared with invited friends.
If you want accurate weather forecasts, I recommend a combination of two apps on iOS:
Week Forecast eWeather HD is my default app for planning around the weather. The interface is a little odd for the daily view but the week view is informative and accurate.
eWeather HD provides an option for two different weather services (Foreca.com and Intellicast.com). I usually check both by tapping the icon in the upper left corner.
I am one of those fortunate individuals with the uncanny ability to give a reasonably good presentation without much rehearsal. I typically hit my allotted time without much fretting. However, there’s no way to control the external factors in a presentation. Presentations start late. Hosts don’t follow a schedule. The real killer is being second in a team speaking situation. All of these factors make a presentation timer crucial.
Lightning Talk Timer Lightening Talk Timer 1 is beautiful and has a very clever UI.
I've been using the Logitech K760 keyboard for two weeks and I am very happy with it. This is not a full review of the keyboard because Dan Frakes at Macworld already did that admirably. This post is to highlight a couple unique features and talk about keyboard layouts.
Until the Apple Bluetooth keyboard, I actually despised all wireless keyboards. The major shortcoming with most wireless keyboards is that they take time to wake up and reconnect and often have a barely perceptible lag when typing.
This will be the shortest review I have done for an app. I installed Trapit for iPad because I am a big Zite user. I configured Trapit to customize my news. I received a "Daily Digest Email" from Trapit the next day. I immediately deleted Trapit because they can't be trusted with my information. Of course, the app also then required me to login to a web page and manually delete my account so that they would stop spamming me.
I’m enjoying BeerBuddy 1, primarily for its RateBeer.com integration.
Scan a barcode on a bottle:2
Within a second or two the app gets the details about the beer along with the RateBeer.com ratings and reviews.
It also provides beer check-ins like in Untappd but with less social cruft. I really like the option to record a beer that I have in my cellar rather than a beer I just drank. The downside is that the data stays in the app and there is no way to export it or save it outside of the app.
The Pythonista app for iPad is a Python interpreter for iOS.1 I have used and the Python for iOS and it is a nice facsimile of running Python on a Mac. But Pythonista is more than a Python interpreter.
Background I’ve used the Python for iOS app on my iPad. It’s a solid iOS app that does one thing well. It allows me to work with core Python modules and run them.
I purchased these headphones 1 in a pinch when I lost my Apple earbuds.2 I purchased them at “The Shack” for around $30.
The Feel They are giant. If your ears have no internal structure and are simply giant gaping holes in your head, then these will work fine. If you have what are commonly considered mammal ears, then these are likely too big for you.
I’m pretty sure this is a 1:1 image:
I've mentioned TextDrop in passing but I like it so much that I wanted to write a full review.
What it is TextDrop is a webapp for notes. It looks a bit like Simplenote or NVAlt but it works exclusively with Dropbox. There is a list of notes on the left sorted by file name, search bar at the top and text window taking up the right 2/3's of the window.
I write many posts to Macdrifter from my iPad and occasionally my iPhone. One place where both of these tools fall down, is inserting images into a post. On my Mac, I have so much automation running that I just select the image file and hit a key combo to resize the image1, upload the file to my server and grab a url to the image.
To fill the gap, I've tried some crazy stuff.
