Twitter Archive: 2009

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2009

"What if it's a big hoax and we create a better world for nothing?" http://bit.ly/59oQWP
December 31, 2009 · 1
My Boxing Week purchase: a copy of Settlers of Catan. Hadn't played it in forever, so much fun.
December 28, 2009
Been travelling for 16 of the last 24 hours. Bus, train, plane, and now ferry. Thankfully, almost done.
December 23, 2009
iPhone and Flight Control makes a bus trip whiz by. First game I've really enjoyed playing in ages.
December 20, 2009
I'm pretty damn pleased to report that my paper on tabbed browsing has been accepted to CHI 2010. ATL here I come!
December 16, 2009
Today is the last day of my 20s. Better make it a good one!
December 12, 2009
George Monbiot on the people who are paid to convince us that climate change isn't human-caused: http://bit.ly/6FFvdj /via @Alex77
December 8, 2009 · 1
Had a delicious breakfast at the brand-new Hoof Cafe. Pancakes w/ rabbit & blueberries, poached eggs & hash, pork belly pastrami. Mmm.
December 6, 2009 · 1
I'd love this -- __noSuchMethod__ for js: http://is.gd/5cjiY. Except it should be called __doesNotUnderstand__. /via @pmuellr
December 4, 2009
Re: the awesomebar-in-editor idea, I want a drop down with functions, files, etc sorted intelligently.
December 4, 2009
My dentist (doctorren.ca) is the best! Gives you a subway token to get home from your appointment!
December 4, 2009 · 1
Idea: what if your text editor had something like Firefox's awesomebar? So much time is spent searching.
December 3, 2009
Horrible. "Alberta's tar sands operation is the world's biggest single industrial source of carbon emissions." http://bit.ly/5xK6FD
December 1, 2009
I wish Twitter was like Facebook, and there was a way to ignore all message from Four Square.
November 30, 2009 · 1
Why hasn't someone made a "web app store" iPhone app yet? Use in app purchasing to easily pay for web apps.
November 25, 2009
Some interesting thoughts & mockups from @azaaza on identity in the browser: http://bit.ly/8qN5NK
November 24, 2009 · 1 · 1
I love that the jQuery logo is based on the Devo energy dome: http://bit.ly/17gumB
November 23, 2009
The way javascript just returns "undefined" when you access non-existent variables & properties is just plain CRAZY. #awfulparts
November 22, 2009
Ok, I gotta admit...Poutini's is pretty pretty good.
November 21, 2009
Funny to think that in 2018, iPhones will seem just as ridiculous as "the wireless web" from 2000: http://bit.ly/2Ar7Lg.
November 20, 2009
Some cool ideas in the ChromeOS UX concept video: http://bit.ly/2yN887. Application tabs, that looks familiar: http://bit.ly/1ljj2B
November 19, 2009
@marknca Yeah, it's weird; I also see it in your stream (not mine), but as a plain ol' "RT". But I don't have the new retweet feature yet
November 18, 2009
I like Alexander Limi's *practical* proposal for making the web faster: http://bit.ly/1h8GtA. Simple and well though out.
November 17, 2009 · 1
Dear every IDE/text editor made in the past 10 years, Stop typing my brackets for me! You're doing it wrong. Sincerely, Pat.
November 10, 2009
Waiting for takeout at Pizzeria Libretto. Mouth is watering already.
November 8, 2009
Reviews are in for my CHI paper on tabbed browsing...3, 3.5, 3.5, 4, 4.5. Not bad. Wonder what my chances are?
November 5, 2009
Ok, so it turns out that Firebug's console.dir() is a fine replacement for the Smalltalk object inspector.
October 30, 2009
Anyone know of a good javascript equiv of Smalltalk's 'myObj inspect'? Pops up a new window to inspect the object's fields. @pmuellr?
October 30, 2009
@gvwilson BTW, was looking in the index of "JavaScript: The Good Parts" the other day, and was suprised to see "Wilson, Greg" under W ;-)
October 23, 2009
The Mozilla Labs Raindrop extension mechanism looks awesome: http://vimeo.com/7155471. A great example of what @bespin enables.
October 23, 2009
Ok, the Magic Mouse looks cool, but why are the gestures different than on the MacBook trackpads? Seems wrong.
October 20, 2009 · 1
@LKM You might be interested in an article I wrote a few years ago on the usability problems with file systems: http://bit.ly/n3vmi
October 15, 2009
Whoah. An epic (long & great) article by @LKM on hierarchies, in file systems and elsewhere: http://bit.ly/DRWei
October 15, 2009
An hour of Googling and I finally figured out how to (sanely) use objects as dictionaries in Javascript: obj.hasOwnProperty(). Sigh.
October 15, 2009
I'm liking these concepts for iPhone app switching, and an Exposé-like home screen: http://bit.ly/ouHSe
October 13, 2009 · 1
Great article by @faaborg on redesigning bookmarks in the browser, using a combined search/browse interface: http://bit.ly/3WS89t
October 13, 2009 · 1
My AutoHotkey script for two finger right-click work in Boot Camp: http://bit.ly/lLG3O. Also maps Cmd-* to Ctrl-* for common shortcuts.
October 7, 2009
An hour of hacking with AutoHotkey, and I finally got two finger right click working propertly in Boot Camp on my MacBook Pro.
October 7, 2009
No hockey on TV in Boston so watching the ball game. Luckily it's been incredible. Two game-saving double plays in 2 innings!
October 7, 2009
Going to Harvard Sq for dinner. Though of looking for the "how do you like them apples" bar (http://bit.ly/13eM1J) but it's actually in TO!
October 5, 2009
Attempting to install Mercurial thru MacPorts. Why are Tcl, Perl, autoconf, and all of Xorg dependencies?? WTF.
October 5, 2009
Sweet! Telus & Bell getting the iPhone next month: http://bit.ly/x2axT. Finally some competition. Can't wait to ditch my Razr.
October 5, 2009
@darkhorsecafe @297Harbord - Any recommendations for good espresso in Boston?
October 5, 2009
Heading to Beantown on @bumptop business with @anandx tomorrow. Not excited about getting up in the middle of the night to do it though.
October 5, 2009
@gruber We're working on a Mac version of BumpTop. Should be out by end of year.
October 2, 2009
Saw the new Apple multi-touch patent (http://bit.ly/WZcTt). Why do they always have to use freakish looking alien hands in patents?
October 2, 2009
First new blog post in a while: Thesis Update and Multi-Touch BumpTop - http://bit.ly/jfBHP
October 1, 2009
Awesome to have my code on TechCrunch, even crazier to have my artwork! I did all the multi-touch infographics: http://bit.ly/UtD2F
October 1, 2009
My work is on TechCrunch! RT @TechCrunch BumpTop Goes Multi-Touch. Um, Awesome. http://bit.ly/UtD2F
October 1, 2009
People complain about len() being a function in Python, but I never forget how to use it. Other langs: is it length? size? Field or method?
September 30, 2009
Aw yeah...love the doubleTwist parody of the Apple 1984 ad: http://bit.ly/YvqWZ
September 29, 2009
Cool, @MozTestPilot has released raw data from their tab study: http://bit.ly/kv8CJ. Time to analyze and see how it compares to my data!
September 28, 2009
For 1 year, Natalie Purschwitz will only wear clothes she made herself, incl underwear, shoes, etc. http://bit.ly/1cj3MN (via @sheiladubroy)
September 25, 2009
...and yes, my preference for Illustrator might be related to the fact that I sjuck at Photoshop.
September 24, 2009
Am I the only one who would WAY rather use Illustrator than Photoshop? Working with vectors (when possible) is so much nicer.
September 24, 2009
Great idea: how @MozTestPilot screens liars out of their user research: http://bit.ly/MfDYq (via @harryBR)
September 24, 2009
Oh, snap. First time using Chrome in weeks, and it just crashed and lost my blog comment. Back to Firefox!
September 19, 2009
Some responses to my app installation post: "great points. every new mac user gets hung up on this." (@jkooker) "This guys a moron" (@BM5k)
September 18, 2009
After the DF article, lots of discussion about Mac app installation. I particularly like the Potion Factory approach: http://bit.ly/11PlRt
September 18, 2009
I saw "Be a Jetpack Test Pilot" on Hacker News, and I thought for sure it was Mozilla related.
September 18, 2009
Great article, and not only b/c he linked to my blog. RT @daringfireball: How Should Mac Apps Be Distributed?: http://✪df.ws/dsh
September 18, 2009
Wooo! Final paper submitted to #chi2010. More than an hour to spare!
September 17, 2009
@marknca ILoveSketch *is* awesome. I worked with Seok-Hyung and Ravin at U of T when I did my master's.
September 17, 2009
A former colleague -- DGP represent! RT @smashingmag: This. is. awesome. 3D Sketching With Your Pen - http://bit.ly/kzFk9 (via @AisleOne)
September 17, 2009
Polishing up my CHI paper submission on the tabbed browsing study I did earlier this year (see http://bit.ly/2IgIj6, http://bit.ly/3semwF)
September 16, 2009
Web usability wish: if I'm typing into a text box, the web page shouldn't be allowed to change the focus
September 16, 2009
Really like the direction for UI changes in Firefox 3.7 and 4.0: http://bit.ly/xbtTJ. Some great ideas in there, can't wait to try 'em.
September 16, 2009
After a month with my MacBook, temp. back using Linux on the ThinkPad. Everything feels so different; re-learning to use the TrackPoint.
September 15, 2009
Glad to see Google's Data Liberation Front: http://bit.ly/w9OoL. I'd like to see something like this focused on *any* app or web service
September 14, 2009
Working on my CHI paper. BibTex4Word saved me from hours of tediously re-typing my references.
September 13, 2009
Faceted searching in the nightly versions of Thunderbird looks pretty cool: http://is.gd/37kFk. Would love this in GMail. (via @beltzner)
September 10, 2009
I'm still dreaming of the poutine I had at Jean Burger in Gatineau yesterday.
September 8, 2009
Love the web site for the NoSQL East conference -- command-line interface! http://bit.ly/HrWZo. Totally makes me want to explore it
September 8, 2009
EtherPad's new time-sliding feature is awesome. No more saving. Been wanting this for years. http://bit.ly/15OayE
September 3, 2009
Really digging @faaborg's work on redesigning notifications in Firefox: http://bit.ly/KfPFc (via @dalmaer)
August 21, 2009 · 1
Hey Twitter peeps, may I humbly suggest that if you copy someone word for word, use "RT", not "via". Otherwise it gets super confusing. Thx.
August 13, 2009
Cool to see that Mozilla Labs launched Test Pilot today! "massively scaled open usability lab" http://bit.ly/AJHQc (via @azaaza)
August 12, 2009
At least one third of Firefox users have add-ons installed: http://bit.ly/nfsK5 (via @faaborg). But how many have knowingly installed them?
August 12, 2009
I think I'll go sit by the river, just to get away for a while.
August 11, 2009
Every now and then I consider working on a usability-focused Linux distro that's only built for MacBooks & ThinkPads.
August 11, 2009
@al3x I totally go through switching season too. Though most recently it was switching *to* OS X on my primary computer.
August 11, 2009
Great quote by @al3x: "Other PC manufacturers occasionally produce hardware that doesn’t visually offend" http://bit.ly/eHNLw
August 11, 2009
I love how Visual Studio automatically adds the closing parenthesis for me. By love, I mean loathe.
August 10, 2009
Amazing, this US bank is allowing people to cash cheque via an iPhone app: http://bit.ly/QEk7Z
August 10, 2009
@NHolling @eulk Yeah, and you can program for Linux on ObjC too: http://www.gnustep.org/resources/ObjCFun.html
August 10, 2009
Great pie chart of Microsoft Word features added in each version: http://bit.ly/ZzbtC. From this Ars article: http://bit.ly/BbBKD
August 3, 2009
Did I just make a "social media mashup"? OH YES I DID. My consulting rate just jumped $100/hour.
July 31, 2009
@Cbrooker And let me know if you end up getting a tx2, I'll hook you up with one of our multitouch-enabled builds
July 31, 2009
Had a great time demoing @bumptop last night at #CDNWin7! Thanks to MSFT and High Road (@CBern @Run4Fun80) for organizing.
July 31, 2009
What if you could have all the advantages of tabs, but never have to Cmd-Click (or Ctrl-Click) a link again? Discuss.
July 29, 2009
Finally got around to eating at The Black Hoof. Why did I wait so long?? Filled up with meaty goodness.
July 28, 2009
Awesome. Coffee Analytics: http://bit.ly/8393m (via @anandx)
July 27, 2009
I'm not the only one who thinks the Mac install process is broken: http://bit.ly/1ALmfv (via @songcarver). My blog post: http://bit.ly/OzHT2
July 24, 2009 · 1
Same here! RT @al3x My travel planning notes are a highly coordinated tactical strike on a city's coffee, beer, cocktails, & cuisine
July 24, 2009
Yes, I am gratuitously using the ⌘ symbol instead of typing 'Cmd'. Fun fact: did you know that symbol is on road signs in Scandinavia?
July 23, 2009
One thing Apple got wrong it the location of the ⌘ key though. Ctrl-X is so much easier than ⌘-X.
July 23, 2009
Successfully installed Windows 7 on my new MacBook Pro. So hard to train myself to hit Ctrl again instead of ⌘.
July 23, 2009
Sweet! Just found a copy of Jawbreaker's Unfun on one of my old backup drives. For some reason, I keep losing my copy of that album.
July 23, 2009
Google Docs UI failure: "Click OK to copy the collaborators, or Cancel to just copy the document." confirm() abuse.
July 21, 2009
@andrew_low Unless they run the app from the dmg, and pin it in the dock. I've seen that happen to several people, and it's pretty confusing
July 21, 2009
First task: install Firefox. Still so annoying that you have to manually unmount .dmg after installation. Do regular people understand it?
July 21, 2009
Just unboxed my new 13" MacBook Pro. Apple really makes the buy>unbox>run experience a pleasure. I was grinning the whole time.
July 21, 2009
Awesome. The first question in the NVIDIA PhysX API FAQ is "What is a core dump?" Not a good sign.
July 20, 2009
Thanks to Dwayne at @xtremelabs, I'm test driving a 15" MacBook Pro. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the four-finger gestures.
July 16, 2009
Poll: Current laptop is 14" (1440x900). Should I get the 13" or the 15" MacBook? I can't decide.
July 14, 2009
I've been debating it for 4 years, but I think I'm finally ready to ditch my ThinkPad and get a MacBook. I'll miss the trackpoint though.
July 14, 2009
Some really cool tab concepts from the Mozilla Labs Design Challenge: http://bit.ly/16r4Oi
July 14, 2009
Anyone know any solid Windows developers? BumpTop is hiring! http://bumptop.com/jobs.php
July 13, 2009
My first blog post for the @bumptop blog is up: BumpTop Multitouch Features, Part 1 - http://bit.ly/MT4Lm. Check out my gorgeous hands.
July 13, 2009
Fruit salads are always 80% melon, with one or two pieces of strawberry and pineapple on top to win you over.
July 13, 2009
@vivatastings I assume by tomorrow you mean Saturday, right?
July 10, 2009
Guess I'll be spending tonight upgrading WordPress. Fun.
July 6, 2009
Aw, crap. Just found out that my blog has been compromised. I now rank highly for lots of dirty words. That'll teach me to run WordPress 1.7
July 6, 2009
Day 3 without caffeine. @anandx asked me why I look so tired. Probably not a coincidence.
June 29, 2009
Great post by David Ascher on the need to make the web truly read/write: http://tinyurl.com/lq4bbt. Web is 25 years behind in this respect.
June 25, 2009
Spent a long day in Waterloo today with @anandx interviewing prospective @bumptop interns. I felt like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day.
June 11, 2009
@NHolling @eulk Isn't it the same as spam? Unless Bell is misrouting the calls.
May 25, 2009
http://twitpic.com/51w70 - Commercial Drive, Vancouver.
May 12, 2009
Just touched down in vancouver. This city is hockey crazy! Pilot gave us updates on the game and YVR has it on every tv
May 12, 2009
Love the Google Chrome TV ads: http://bit.ly/cVInF. Especially the breakout-themed one: http://bit.ly/11nZZR (via @azaaza)
May 9, 2009
Sweet, just tuning into the hockey game in time for overtime!
May 8, 2009
I haven't decided yet whether it's a good thing or a bad thing that @darkhorsecafe is on my way to work.
May 5, 2009
Also re: Objectified, Tom Kelley of IDEO has a superb 'stache.
May 5, 2009
Squeezed into the back row at the Bloor Cinema to see Objectified (http://objectifiedfilm.com). Great film -- inspiring.
May 5, 2009
Playing around with BumpTop multitouch on an HP tx2. Too fun.
May 1, 2009
http://twitpic.com/487no - Enjoying the view from my office window
April 29, 2009
@eulk @chrismanley There's 3 Clocktowers now? Where's the second?
April 29, 2009
Espresso at Dark Horse then heading in for my first day at @bumptop.
April 27, 2009
@dburka Interesting...didn't know that you & silverorange designed the logo
April 25, 2009
Ah, @dburka tells me that Bible illustration actually *was* the inspiration for the Firefox logo!
April 25, 2009
Great find by @dburka -- Firefox's vengeance on the Philistines: http://twitpic.com/3yuit.
April 25, 2009
@beltzner Thanks! We've been bouncing (bumping?) a bunch of interesting ideas around. Should be a fun summer!
April 24, 2009
Total new things acquired this week: master's degree, apartment, job, haircut.
April 24, 2009
Another announcement: starting next week, I'll be joining the team at @bumptop! Just finished signing the papers.
April 24, 2009
@yandu @eulk @chrismanley @marknca Thanks!
April 24, 2009
Thesis is signed, sealed, and delivered. You may now refer to me as a Master of Science!
April 23, 2009
Can't beat playoff hockey. Go [Habs, Canucks, Flames] go!
April 17, 2009
Enjoying an espresso at the new Dark Horse location at 215 Spadina.
April 14, 2009
How many tabs do people use? Why, I'm so glad you asked! http://tr.im/iJa0
April 13, 2009
At @bumptop HQ, enjoying the banana bread
April 13, 2009
Finding some interesting things about tab usage from my study. Blog post coming up!
April 12, 2009
I'm really into slab serifs these days. Typography nerds (e.g. @moizsyed): what face is used on header of http://staff.tumblr.com/?
April 11, 2009
Is it just me, or has Bruce Springsteen experienced a renaissance of popularity in the last few years? Not that I'm complaining.
April 11, 2009
"My card is die-cut. My card is foil-stamped. My card is embossed." Hilarious real-life Patrick Bateman: http://bit.ly/xPRzo (via @moizsyed)
April 10, 2009
Igniting the petroleum products at 0h00.
April 10, 2009
As a grad student, things like "long weekend" or even just "weekend" lose their meaning. They're just days when my coffee shops is full.
April 10, 2009
Just about got run over by van pulling out of driveway. Guy who witnessed it said, "He almost hit me on the way in, too!" Geez.
April 9, 2009
Is anyone actually using Yahoo's Browser Plus (http://browserplus.yahoo.com/)? Looks pretty cool to build, and useful to build upon
April 9, 2009
@yandu Can't do it. Take two bails, one for me.
April 8, 2009
Ruby monkey-patching is starting to burn some people: http://bit.ly/kwR6Z. Time to re-visit problems solved by Smalltalk and Lisp.
April 8, 2009
Ruby monkey-patching is starting to burn some people: http://bit.ly/kwR6Z. Time to re-visit problems solved by Smalltalk and Lisp.
April 8, 2009
I'm still waiting for someone to make the GMail of Twitter clients.
April 8, 2009
Interesting how many Twitter clients are built for Air.
April 8, 2009
Congrats to @anandx, @mikejurka and the rest of the crew for launching @bumptop 1.0! Check it out, y'all
April 8, 2009
New postrank.com launched; my blog is ranked #14 in the UI category: http://bit.ly/ROhBB. Maybe @igrigorik added a Toronto bias? ;-)
April 7, 2009
Just learned that my thesis needs to be submitted in less than 3 weeks if I want to graduate in June. Good to have a forcing function.
April 6, 2009
Whoah. LinkedIn's "People You May Know" is eerily accurate. Almost impossibly so, considering I never let them scan my address book.
April 2, 2009
Fighting with the OpenOffice presentations UI is enough to make one pine for PowerPoint.
March 31, 2009
Brock Davis' "Make Something Cool Every Day": http://tinyurl.com/bkk995. These are not just cool, but amazing. (via @sheiladubroy)
March 29, 2009
I've been programming in Python for 9 years and I never knew that loops can have an 'else' clause! http://tinyurl.com/2w6bh2 So useful.
March 27, 2009
I really dig @calebelston's http://www.kallow.com (@kallow). Ultra-simple tech product recommendations.
March 26, 2009
An good example of why we shouldn't slavishly imitate desktop UIs on the web: http://tinyurl.com/cgbup8
March 26, 2009
One guy tallies on paper how many tabs he closes in a month...1725! http://tinyurl.com/d37x4b (via @mikejurka)
March 25, 2009
Very cool idea for Firefox's new tab page: http://hurl.ws/1etv (via @azaaza). It's the opposite of Safari 4's distracting wall-of-thumbnails
March 23, 2009
Anyone else find that some web sites can't even scroll smoothly these days? Still having doubts that this is the app platform of the future.
March 21, 2009
web.py's template language has implicit vars inside loops, to do stuff like "if loop.last: ...". Very handy. http://tinyurl.com/d2nqnf
March 21, 2009
@faaborg I'd rather get rid of the content handling dialog. Chrome got downloads right, IMO
March 21, 2009
@faaborg wrong link...that's "clear recent history"...but looks good nonetheless!
March 21, 2009
Oh, and they finally got pitchfork.com? When did that happen? And why does Google still say "Advertising for agriculture, farming..."
March 21, 2009
Writing down quick, easy to-do items is my productivity tonic. Probably everyone else's, too.
March 21, 2009
Annoying how Safari 4 keeps asking me for my password to update the Twitter RSS feed. Anyone know how to fix?
March 21, 2009
Saw a good example with @cloudkick of how paying attention to basic SEO can give you a usability win. http://tr.im/hCjh
March 20, 2009
@cloudkick Er, well at least sometimes. Looks like the change is still percolating out
March 20, 2009
@polvi Cloudkick looks cool! You should 301 redirect cloudkick.com to www.[same] tho, to clean up search results (only hits #4 and 5 for me)
March 20, 2009
Wow, I haven't been to Pitchfork in a while I guess. Didn't even know they had redesigned.
March 20, 2009
Canadian science minister won't talk about evolution, because it's "a religious question" http://tinyurl.com/c3buc6
March 17, 2009
Proposal to eliminate browser tabs: http://tinyurl.com/ceoh6y. Uses history and bookmarks instead. We already have those, and don't use 'em.
March 16, 2009
@RyanLowe Better if you didn't have to manually click "(dis)like"...for links, you could count clickthroughs and time spent on linked page
March 13, 2009
@RyanLowe It's suprisingly difficult to find a travel mug that's only 12oz (size of a Starbucks "tall")
March 13, 2009
Conclusion based on Reddit and News.YC comments on my blog post: some people really don't understand the point of science.
March 11, 2009
@RyanLowe I totally agree that DRY can be taken too far. Rule of 3 is better.
March 10, 2009
Sweet, my last blog post is on the front page of Hacker News right now: http://tinyurl.com/bvpb4x
March 10, 2009
New blog post: Are shorter methods actually worse? http://tr.im/hbev (Spoiler: the answer is yes)
March 9, 2009
Interested to hear what @gvwilson has to say about those code line length studies cited in Code Complete and http://tr.im/h8Ra
March 8, 2009
Interesting...longer routines are better? http://tr.im/h8Ra (3/4 of the way down)
March 8, 2009
Admiring Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House: http://tr.im/h5WB. In some ways, I'm an unabashed modernist.
March 6, 2009
Awesome! @bumptop is your new augmented reality desktop: http://tr.im/h5f9
March 6, 2009
Whoah...didn't know that Shepard Fairey designed the Mozilla.org logo: http://bit.ly/g2VEh (via @dburka)
March 6, 2009
Got distracted in the middle of entering my SSH key. Came back and thought it was a phishing attempt. Thankfully, things aren't that bad yet
March 5, 2009
@yandu Nice! Now to convince someone to pay for your flight.
February 26, 2009
You know what's even easier than OpenID? Using the same username and password on every site.
February 25, 2009
http://280atlas.com (unveiled today at #fowa) looks cool. Funny that it's only impressive cause it's on the web, though.
February 24, 2009
Doubletwist looks cool: http://tinyurl.com/3d8bqu. Seems like a better-designed VLC. Play any video or audio, on any device.
February 24, 2009
A good summary of the UI changes in the new Safari beta by @cocoia: http://tinyurl.com/dgdve5
February 24, 2009
Safari 4 public beta is out: http://tinyurl.com/dzgdyv. Looks heavily inspired by Chrome. Tabs on top, "top sites", etc.
February 24, 2009
Disappointed after investing a lot of time and energy into something that didn't work out in the end. Time to refocus!
February 23, 2009
@adii Love the look of WooThemes/Geometric. What the typeface used in the header? It's bugging me that I can't figure it out.
February 17, 2009
Quick show of hands: do you still keep your lines of code < 80 characters? It seems so restrictive.
February 17, 2009
@dalmaer I like the heat maps in Bespin...just like we talked about!
February 13, 2009
Cool new project from Mozilla Labs: @bespin, a web-based code editor. Congrats to @dalmaer on shipping! Can't wait to play with it.
February 13, 2009
Get real data about how people use Firefox: http://tr.im/tlogger. It's the extension I wrote for my study on tabbed browsing.
February 13, 2009
Writing a Python decorator that takes args. It's a function which returns a function which returns the original function. Brain.explode()
February 12, 2009
@azaaza I wonder how jarring/confusing it would be when the input area moves from the URL bar to the Ubiquity area just beneath.
February 12, 2009
@anandx It's all about the custom 2-week view in Google Calendar.
February 11, 2009
Why do people think that consistency is the main problem with Linux usability? http://tinyurl.com/3v54ly Consistency is a red herring.
February 9, 2009
Bash scripting: so powerful yet so...twisted.
February 8, 2009
Yak shaving results: http://github.com/pdubroy/simpleopt: A Python module for dead simple command line option parsing.
February 7, 2009
Axe-sharpening has devolved into yak shaving. Going to at least release something on GitHub to make it seem worth it.
February 7, 2009
Spent a few hours "sharpening the axe": wrote a cmd line opt parser for Python that just wraps a func's args. Surely it's been done before?
February 6, 2009
Just installed XP in VirtualBox. Believe it or not, my first time playing with a hypervisor. This is the future, I tell you.
February 6, 2009
via @jaygoldman: Sara Diamond (OCAD, prev. Banff Centre) on designing our way to a better economy: http://twurl.nl/zhzmmu
February 3, 2009
Thanks to @Squidfingers (http://squidfingers.com/) for the sweet plaid background.
January 30, 2009
Decided to spruce this place up a bit. My Twitter page, that is. I think I own a shirt in this exact pattern.
January 30, 2009
Anyone thinking of building EveryBlock Toronto? Code will be open sourced this summer: http://tinyurl.com/d6qkq9
January 30, 2009
I agree with @NHolling, this new GMail theme is pretty brutal. Might have to bust out some Greasemonkey if I don't get themes support soon.
January 29, 2009
Idea: being able to mark bookmarks as 'singleton' -- click on the button in your toolbar, and only opens a new tab if one's not already open
January 29, 2009
@azaaza Thinking about your idea of doing something when the back btn is clicked in quick succession. Do you ever do that? Don't think I do.
January 29, 2009
Argh! My Google Apps mail just changed to the new GMail design, but I don't have a "themes" tab under settings to change it back!
January 29, 2009
Starbucks, LV airport cashier: "That'll be $2.58." me: "How about 57? Or I can give you 75." Her: "58. I dunno, I'm not too good at math."
January 29, 2009
Another post about my talk at Mozilla on Tues: http://tr.im/dge0. Also: slides, and much more detail on my blog: http://tr.im/dge8
January 29, 2009
I think my internal clock is somewhere over Iowa right now.
January 29, 2009
Gave a talk at Mozilla yesterday about my web browsing study. Jenny Boriss wrote it up: http://tr.im/daoe. Lots of interesting comments.
January 28, 2009
Also, had my first In-n-Out experience yesterday with @beltzner and @faaborg. It was....not bad.
January 28, 2009
Had a great time visiting Mozilla today, and then good food and great beer at La Trappe in SF (on recommendation from @azaaza)
January 28, 2009
Packing for my trip to SF. Can't wait to stop wearing long johns.
January 26, 2009
Just found "Connect to a network projector" in Vista. Ha, as if we needed to make it harder to connect to a projector.
January 26, 2009
Chrome's URL bar completion is just plain *wrong* -- type a word or URL and hit enter, result is unpredictable.
January 23, 2009
I like Google Chrome but I hate how it does IE-style completion. "type-type-type, tab, enter" does the wrong thing. Awesomebar is way better
January 23, 2009
Just failed on my second attempt at a wicked refactoring. Oy.
January 23, 2009
Doing a "blog" on GitHub is like releasing your music on vinyl. The only reason to do is to be cool.
January 21, 2009
Trying out Intype editor on Windows. Amazing how much of a diff little UI details make. "Find next" dismisses the find dialog -- FAIL.
January 21, 2009
Great infoviz on the New York Times: Tracking US Airways Flight 1549 http://tr.im/8o70
January 16, 2009
Why does Firefox 3 on Vista completely lock up for seconds at a time?
January 16, 2009
Glad I live (just) east of Spadina. My house is damn cold as it is. I can see my breath in my entranceway.
January 16, 2009
Last night's Toronto power outage (#darkTO) was the first news I really saw "break" on Twitter. Pretty cool. Also, @Marjmc is now hooked.
January 16, 2009
New blog post: "Sketchbook: Using Ubiquity with a mouse" http://tr.im/7tep
January 15, 2009
Git makes me think twice about committing changes to a binary file, to avoid bloating my repository. That's a bad thing.
January 8, 2009
Vista security confirmations are so brain-dead. "Make me a sandwich." "Someone has just asked for a sandwich. Shall I make it?"
January 6, 2009