Taking a closer look at Apple’s new iBooks Author application for Mac.

http://mykl.us/y0M9Xd

Art carries us outside expectations.

Like a clock that shows the time as colors.

http://ping.fm/zKeHv

#DefineArt

I don’t appreciate how the new Facebook Timeline treats Tumblr posts as second class, disrespecting our use of other tools.

#WalledGarden

A threshold paywall… is the commercial equivalent of the National Public Radio model, where… http://ping.fm/PdWOK

“the vast majority of emails are unnecessary.”

- MG Siegler

http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/02/inbox-10000

“If there were a museum of terrible self-help ideas, the New Year’s resolution would have its own wing.”

- Merlin Mann

“How would you do it differently if the building were burning down?” http://ping.fm/8Spzl

“Why bother going to a meeting, if you’re not prepared to change your mind?” http://ping.fm/46ozd

CLIENT: You should have indicated a problem with the app sooner. http://ping.fm/92DLP

Are you amused or angered by the TV marketing/blackmail campaign for XXX domain names:

“buy YOUR ($100) name, before someone ELSE does!”

It seems Facebook’s new Timeline profile robotically selects which of my posts to exclude. Unless I find and manually Star each one.

Mr. Sulu’s Rules for Living http://ping.fm/yrLij

I recommend that no one depend on Facebook for anything serious — no more than you should depend on, say, television to live.

As web ads become more and more annoying… http://ping.fm/Qh6yy

When to contact coworkers on vacation – a flow chart by Rian van… http://ping.fm/7Yi07

inches are for printers http://ping.fm/VYsyH

count the dots http://ping.fm/62Um4

“Remix culture is the new Prohibition, with massive media companies as the lone voices calling for…” http://ping.fm/sPvNP

bargain apps I actually want http://ping.fm/OFHsW

Testing the Alfred quick launcher app on one my Macs, to see if it’s easier to use than LaunchBar.

http://AlfredApp.com