“It’s the T-1000 of corporations.” (Via Sebastiaan de With.)
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Episode 4 of The B&B Podcast: Pocket Protectors →
Sure we’ve only had 4 episodes (5 if you count Episode Zero), but this one is my favorite so far. Ben and I talk about Ben’s trip to SXSW, writing for our websites, and some other fun stuff.
Midori →
Many, many thanks to Jitouch for sponsoring the RSS feed this week to promote Midori. Midori is a beautiful and powerful Japanese dictionary and translation app for iPhone and iPad. It has hundreds of thousands of entries, example sentences, and names to help you translate and learn Japanese.
Midori’s sponsorship was booked well before last week’s tsunami in Japan, but I can’t think of a more fitting app to be promoted on the RSS feed this week. And it’s worth noting that purchasing a copy of Midori means you’ll be directly supporting the work of a Japanese iOS developer.
You can pick it up for ten bucks as a universal app from the iTunes App Store.
Mac Developers Donating Proceeds to Japan Relief Efforts →
Many Mac devs are donating the proceeds from their sales over the next few days directly to relief efforts in Japan. If you haven’t already donated to the Red Cross or other organizations then perhaps you’ll want to buy some software.
Additional Prizes Added to the Membership Drive Giveaway →
As if the list of prizes weren’t already amazing enough, a few more classy Mac OS X apps have been added to the Membership Drive giveaway. Sign up for a membership before midnight CST on Sunday, March 20 and you just may win something.
(Note that the ability to become a member, support this site, and get access to Shawn Today will continue indefinitely. But only those who sign up before Sunday night will have a chance at winning something next week.)
“Fragility of Free” →
Ben Brooks wrote the smartest thing I’ve read all day. A great companion piece to the aforelinked Jason Fried article on how to make money.
Also, Kyle Baxter wrote some good comments on Ben’s article:
[Twitter] assumed if they reached a critical mass of users, turning it into a profitable business would be easy—and they’ve discovered that isn’t really true. It takes just as much thinking as building the actual product does.
Left Brain – Right Brain →
These are some fun ads. (Via Sean Sperte.)
Jason Fried on Making Money →
Some great stories and good advice from Jason Fried:
People’s reasons for buying things often don’t match up with the company’s reason for selling them.
Seth Godin on Leadership →
“You think you’re being a leader, but you’re probably being a manager.”
Fusion Ads’ Publishers Week in Review →
I am very much enjoying these “week in review” posts that Chris Bowler began putting together about a month ago. It’s a short list featuring some of the best posts and other cool things from the community of world-class publishers and creators found on the Fusion Ads network.
iPad vs iPad 2: RAM performance in Mobile Safari →
A side-by-side comparison of the original iPad and the iPad 2. The original had to re-load 4 of the 9 open browser pages, and all the pages showed checker-boarding when scrolling around. The iPad 2 didn’t re-load any pages and showed no checker-boarding.
As I’ve been using the iPad 2 over the weekend it’s not that there is one specific element that really stands out as the premier factor which makes the 2 better than the original. Rather, it is all these little things — the faster processor, the better graphics handling, the increased memory, the slimmer form factor — which, when added up, do their part to make the iPad 2 an altogether noticeably better device than the original.
Donate to Help Japan [iTunes Link] →
You can support the Japanese disaster relief efforts by donating to the Red Cross via iTunes. Every little bit helps, including yours. (You can donate via the official Red Cross website, here.)
Japanese Engineering →
A lot of pre-planning and brilliant engineering in Japan meant many, many lives were saved. Also, here is a
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhJzdtzl6KY) showing some of the sky-scrapers as they sway back and forth in the midst of the quake.