Great tip from Brett Terpstra. Just punch this into the Terminal and restart the Finder:
defaults write com.apple.finder QLEnableTextSelection -bool TRUEMonth: May 2012
Put This On: Alternative Bow Tie Knots →
If the standard bow tie knot isn’t for you, maybe this’ll suit you better.
TUAW’s Review of the Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover for iPad →
Steven Sande at TUAW reviews the Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover:
Combining the protection of Apple’s Smart Cover and the typing ease of the Apple Wireless Keyboard into a wafer-thin cover is a great idea, and Logitech’s execution of the concept is essentially perfect. Without a doubt, this is the best iPad Bluetooth keyboard on the market at this time.
If I were going to get an iPad-keyboard-case-type-thing, Logitech’s Ultrathin Keyboard Cover is probably what I’d spring for. I don’t want one of those keyboard-cases that permanently attached to the iPad because I use my iPad without a Bluetooth keyboard far more than I use it with one.
But, I use the Origami Workstation from Incase along with my Apple Bluetooth keyboard and it is all just great.
Though, one thing I like about the Logitech Ultrathin is that it has specialized iPad keys (like one to go to the Home screen, one to activate Spotlight search, etc.). The AmazonBasics iPad keyboard has these buttons as well, and in my time of trying it out I found that I used the specialized keys quite regularly.
Last Call for T-Shirt Orders →
Pre-orders for the latest round of sweet t-shirts ends when I send them off to print on Monday morning. If you want one, there’s no time like the present.
A Clever (and Technically Illegal) Way to Send Cash →
Ben Maurer’s answer to the Quora question about the safest way to send someone $1,000 in cash:
Get 10 new $100 bills. Cut them into thirds. Put all of the left sides in one envelope, right sides in another, and middles in a third. Send the envelopes separately.
It’s clever because the Department of the Treasury allows you to redeem damaged currency. It’s illegal because you aren’t supposed to willfully mutilate currency.
The One Where Ben Gets Fired →
Ben and I had a fun time talking about laser tag, iPhone rumors, and Mac App Store sandboxing rumors. (This week’s episode of The B&B Podcast was almost a live-only show when we realized half-way through that there was a technical difficulty with the recording. Fortunately some friends of the show helped us out and all was not lost.)
Zeldman’s Web Design Manifesto 2012 →
So good.
This zinger stuck out to me the most: “those who don’t design for readers might soon not be designing for anyone.”
Twitter Is Tracking You on the Web →
In Twitter’s new privacy policy, they let us know that they are now using those embedded tweet buttons to track our website browsing history and thus offer us tailored suggestions for who to follow.
As Dustin Curtis points out, this is nice for getting more “tailored suggestions”, but what about the privacy issues?
Basically, every time you visit a site that has a follow button, a “tweet this” button, or a hovercard, Twitter is recording your behavior. It is transparently watching your movements and storing them somewhere for later use. Right now, that data will make better suggestions for accounts you might want to follow. But what other things can it be used for? The privacy implications of such behavior by a company so large are sweeping and absolute.
In an update at the bottom of his post, Dustin adds some clarification from Twitter that: (a) they do not and will not sell browsing history to advertisers; and (b) they delete visits to pages within the Twitter ecosystem after 10 days.
Nevertheless, you can disable Twitter Tracking under the “Personalization” option of your top-level Account Settings. I did. Also, as Jeremy Stanley points out, Safari 5.2 will have an option to ask websites not to track you and Twitter honors this request.
Facebook IPO Liveblog →
Om Malik and Mathew Ingram are posting the best tweets and stories around all the FB chatter.
Blogging Is Not a Thing, It’s an Attitude →
Jim Dalrymple:
Blogging doesn’t have an agenda, other than expressing your true thoughts on a subject.
Yep.
Bang On — A Nice Search App →
A very nice and brand-new search app. Bang On is technically a dedicated DuckDuckGo search app, but it does a lot more than that. What Launch Center is to your iPhone apps, Bang On is to search. You can set site-specific searches (such as Amazon, IMDB, Wikipedia) and app-specific searches (like Pandora, Instagram, Tweetbot) and then save them as custom !bang shortcuts.
I was fortunate enough to get early access to Bang On a few weeks ago and I’ve been launching it all the time. It’s a great app, it’s got a good-looking icon, it’s universal, and is just $2 in the app store.
Droplr Pro →
Droplr, the link-shortening, file-sharing, does-lots-of-cool-things service I’ve been using for as long as I can remember introduced a pro-level account last week. It’s $3/month and gets you a slew of upgrades and expansions over the layman’s account.
The Making of the Leica M9-P →
Classy.
The Empire Strikes Backstage →
Fun and candid shots taken during the filming of The Empire Strikes Back. I love the one with Anthony Daniels standing there in his futuristic C-3PO outfit trying to stay cool in the shade by holding that gaudy sun umbrella with the flower print and the tassels.