December 2010
17 posts
“There must be more to life than having everything.”
– Maurice Sendak
Skype’s New App Brings Video Chat To The iPhone,... →
This includes the iPhone 3G and works over the 3G network in addition to WiFi.
The Lost Art of Letter Writing →
When was the last time you wrote a letter to a loved one or friend?
Another great read from Tammy Strobel at Rowdy Kittens.
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Neat Notational Velocity Tip
Select multiple PDF attachments in Mail, drag to “Notational Velocity” icon, and presto! 1 note per PDF w/ full, stripped plaintext. Handy.
– Adam King
Handy indeed… and works with any PDF.
Sony Is Optimistic About Google TV Despite... →
Just like they’ve been optimistic about all of their other products not called “Walkman” or “Playstation”.
Give them credit for being optimistic even after not having a hit product for about 8 years or so.
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More on MarkdownNote
I recently posted on the great iPad app MarkdownNote.
It’s most redeeming quality is that it is a simple, minimal and elegant markdown app with essential text editing features (including Text Expander support) and one of the better preview options of any of the Markdown apps out there.
With the recent addition of Dropbox sync support, the app is nearly perfect and I wanted to offer a...
“What are you working on? If someone asks you that, are you excited to tell them...”
– Seth Godin (via azspot)
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MarkdownNote for iPad
When it comes to Markdown apps for ipad, there are just a handful and they are all fairly young apps. I see a lot of posts and ads for Edito. It is certainly one of the better choices but I personally think it’s too ugly to use. I’ve tried others (even paid) only to be disappointed. Ultimately, I liked the simplicity of MarkdownNote. I downloaded it several months ago despite the lack of DropBox...
“…I worked harder, earned more, spent more, to have more, only to owe more....”
– Lessons from Less | zen habits
A great guest post from the wonderful blog Be More With Less.
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“There’s something in what you have to say, but I haven’t got time to...”
– Dean Martin
Apple’s Mac App Store to Open on January 6 →
“The App Store revolutionized mobile apps,” Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs said. “We hope to do the same for PC apps with the Mac App Store by making finding and buying PC apps easy and fun. We can’t wait to get started on January 6.”
“Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles.”
– Charlie Chaplin (via kari-shma)
