When Apple announced the New iPad would have a better camera, my first thought was "yeah, better FaceTime video". But FaceTime is generally done with the front facing camera. I never really considered what use I would have with a better backside camera. This weekend (24 hours after getting the new device) I found out.
I was sitting and enjoying my morning coffee and reading my Instapaper queue. My adorable three year old daughter was sitting and painting with the most serious and deeply concentrated look I've ever observed and I wanted to capture it for the grandparents.
David Seah's site pointed me to this article at Slate1 about the legendary story of Why the Lucky Stiff and his campaign to teach programming through Ruby. I've superficially kept up with the saga and disappearance of Why but this is a good overview.
It's a compelling look at a supremely passionate person and their chosen art form.
I don't care for the style of the article. It is a jumble of stories intermixed with poor transitions between each.
OmniFocus for iPad received a nice update this week. Repeating tasks can now be created on the iPad.
For example, to create my reminder to take the recycling out:
I configure this repeat schedule:
Get it at the OmniGroup Web site.
There are so many things I love about this post by Stephen Wolfram.
First, this is a guy that does what he loves and loves what he does. He's all about data. He didn't just come up with a big idea to attract VC money. He is truly passionate about squeezing data until it squeals.
Second, he's as hardworking as anyone I could find, yet he consistently sits down and has dinner with his family every night.
Instant buy from Glenn Fleishman and Take Control books. Seriously, $5 is a crazy good deal.
Found my new email font.
Transmit is my FTP client of choice. Just one small example for Transmit's greatness, is that I can remotely edit a file in place with any application on my Mac. For example, I can edit a PNG file with Acorn. Changes are saved back to the server without having to do anything other than hit ⌘-S. It doesn't get much easier than that.
I was flattered to be involved with the excellent 2X4 interview series over at Lifehack.
The series focuses on Creativity and Productivity and has included many of my favorite creators on the web. If you care what a charlatan like me thinks about those two topics, you can find it here. However, I recommend starting at the archive and read all the others.
Warning: This post is egotistical and self involved. I'm a "blogger." What'd you expect?
A couple of very generous people on Twitter suggested I take sponsorships for Macdrifter.com.
@macdrifter Seconded. RT @potatowireRegarding item number one, you should set up a sponsorship program. I like to pay for good writing.
— The Mindful Bit (@themindfulbit) February 23, 2012 That's pretty awesome, right? So I got to thinking about it. I've said before that this site is a hobby.
This morning I read through a nice little article by Neven Mrgan about working in a machine shop. Maybe the article resonated with me but the next article I read during my morning coffee fit together as a theme with Neven's article.
GitHub: hosting the Internet's collaborative projects, making money, and being awfully nice about it (BoingBoing)
Circumstances in my life enabled me to work at all types of jobs. I've worked in a machine shop, changed tires on big-rigs, bussed tables, washed dishes, even retail.
