How To Prepare a Mac For Sale –

Good advice from Dan Benjamin on how to sleep well at night after you’ve sold your Mac to a stranger, and how to ensure they get a quality user experience. The latter is important not just as a kind gesture, but also as a precautionary measure to ensure against buyer’s remorse.

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“All your services in one place, integrated.”

A clever $20 desktop news reader which also integrates feeds and updates from multiple social sites such as Twitter, Facebook, Flicker, Digg, Pownce and Rediit. They’ve got an HUD interface in the pipeline which looks pretty slick.

[Via Cameron]

Adam Betts’ CS4 Icon Set Replacement –

As usual, it’s the best designed Adobe CS4 icon set available.

Red Sweater Software Is Looking For Someone to Wear the Graphic Design Hat –

Daniel Jalkut is looking for a graphic designer, and if you’re in the market this is a great opportunity. Not only does Red Sweater makes some fantastic, best-of-breed products, but Daniel is a very rad guy.

(And yes, I’m posting this from MarsEdit.)

‘as real as it gets…’

A very clever, staged, real-life mock-up of the Photoshop user Interface and artboard. I was shocked to see how big the set-up was in real life.

[Via Quipsologies]

youlove.us –

England-based design team with a URL that’s a little cocky. But rightfully so; you’ll see as you scroll.

The New Subtraction –

In case you haven’t noticed, Khoi recently moved his weblog over to Expression Engine. And in doing so, changed a few other things which make Subtraction a much more enjoyable site:

1. The Elsewhere Links are now inline and part of his main RSS feed.

2. Khoi is writing more and putting more time into his posts; another win-win situation.

(mt) Media Temple Re-designs Their Website –

The new look of (mt) is pretty slick. I could go on and on and on about how much I like these guys, but I won’t.

Shaun Inman Has Had Minty Fresh Breath For Three Years in a Row –

Shaun’s 3rd annual year-in-review of Mint. I still like what Rob Goodlatte said the best:

It’s one thing to have a lot of customers, but it’s an amazing accomplishment to have so many customers who are rabid fans of the product — like everyone I know who uses Mint.

If you’re not rocking Mint on your site yet, I highly recommend you do.

‘And of Course, In the End, It Will Simply Be Used to Sell You More Music’

Michael Mistretta on the scope of iTunes’ Genius. Dan Philibin sums it up in the comments:

Genius is only possible because of the amount of people that use iTunes, something that’s taken years to improve and perfect. Congrats, Apple.

Has the Large Hadron Collider destroyed the world yet? –

Now, you too can be in the know regarding the global ramifications of Dr. Evan’s experiment.

(Via JG)