The last major hurdle for me is probably the second most vital.[1] I’ve been looking for a safe way out of Google Reader ever since the redesign they rolled out several months ago.
I’ve been running Shaun Inman’s Fever for over a week now and for the first time in years I have cleared my feed list completely every day for a week straight. It no longer feels like work.
Looks like Redbox is refusing the 56 day delay on Warner Bros. releases. I kind of wish Netflix would quit bending over for the studios.
After my recent break-up with Google, I've had some adjusting to do. I'm taking it one service at a time.
Search Calendar
Mail
Analytics
I don't pay a lot of attention to the analytics for this site, but I do check about once a month out of curiosity and/or ego. I don't know what to do with the information but it is interesting to see the ebb and flow of article popularity.
Two things I've linked to recently got me thinking. I really dislike most commentary on the web.
If you look through the kinds of things I link to, you'll notice there's a theme. I like people that make things and I disregard people that bitch about things others make. I love LeanCrew.com and BrettTerpstra.com because those are places that things get done. I've never read a complaint from them that was not followed by a solution.
This web app is equally impressive for being in HTML5 as it is for it's functionality. Design a schema and then output the SQL to create it. I use Toad and DBArtisan at work and they are like a salted fork in the eye.
By way of Jonathan Christopher
I’m not a huge fan of new and free web services. They do easily and often. Most of the time I’d rather build my own solution if I can. Hypocritically, I love ifttt (If This Then That) for some background syncing functions. For example I have a couple of rules syncing Pinboard.in and Instapaper.1 Whenever I tag something in Pinboard with “instapaper” it is automatically added to Instapaper.
I found another great use that I probably would not spend time developing myself.
Mind = Blown
Mac OS X Lion with CSS3:
Imagine the OS X Lion experience recreated in CSS3. That’s just what Alessio Atzeni has done, and it’s crazy detailed. Neat stuff to pick apart!
By way of Monday By Noon
Web browsers have advanced nearly to the state where a web application can feel like a desktop application. Much of this is a result of advanced JavaScript engines in modern browsers. I think we can all agree, theses changes have been good for the experience. But one particular area that is suffering is generic search.
I use DevonAgent for more sophisticated searches. It’s a surgical tool for finding a needle in a haystack.
If you're looking for the option in Google to search only images with copyright permissions, they removed it from the search results page. Now it is accessed at the advanced image search page. Getty Images is still the easiest way to find royalty-free images that I know of.
"Google, now with more clicks"
For all of you Spootnik users headed to Macworld, Lars and Rubin will be showing some new features and talking about Mailplane.
If you're an OmniFocus user, Spootnik is more than a sync service. It provides web access to your OmniFocus data (both read and write access) as well as Basecamp integration.
