Hazel is one of those apps I keep hearing about but have yet to begin using. Ben’s use-case scenarios make a lot of sense to me, though.
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Marco’s Coffee Setup →
An “Helvetica Kettle”, a scale, a conical burr grinder, a funnel, and a filter.
An Espresso Shot, a Syphon Pot, and a Cappuccino →
Three clever and informative videos from The Department of the 4th Dimension. Profiling an espresso shot, a syphon pot, and a cappuccino at Intelligentsia Coffee.
How I Order an Americano →
Speaking of how I drink my coffee, this is how I order my favorite espresso drink — an Americano — when I’m at a coffee shop.
The Hallelujah Chorus Sung by a Food Court Flash Mob →
Beautiful and incredible.
‘What to Get for That Nerdy, Design-Savvy, Coffee-Loving, Snowboarding, Person in Your Life’ →
If you still are in want of some gift ideas, check out my gift guide from 2009.
Edito →
Many thanks to Edito for sponsoring the RSS feed this week. Edito is an iPad app for writing and previewing Markdown. I write just about everything in Markdown, not just articles which get posted to the Web, so it’s nice to see Markdown apps coming to the iPad.
Edito has quite a bit to offer as a Markdown editor. It has an extended keyboard for some of the most-common Markdown syntax characters, as well as an in-app cheat sheet for all the rest of the syntax. You can switch back and forth between editing mode and preview mode to see your markdown rendered as HTML, and you can set various interface themes for the editing mode and preview mode. You can save your documents and also send them via email as attachments or in-line text as either markdown or HTML. Edito is $5 in the App Store.
“More Is Almost Never Better” →
A great post by Seth Godin yesterday, “The inevitable decline due to clutter”, hits on the other side of the coin of simplicity and the value of impact over impressions. Instead of arguing for simplicity, he’s making a case against clutter.
Reeder for Mac Public Beta →
One of the iPad and iPhone’s best Feed Readers is now available as a public beta for Mac. It is interesting and fascinating to see how Reeder, an app which was originally built for a small touch interface (iPhone), was ported to a large touch interface (iPad) and is now adapting its UI to the Mac desktop.
“Design Can’t Rise Above its Content” →
Here’s a great article by Frank Chimero on the difference between hype and enthusiasm related to design, product development, and content. In short, if you’ve got crummy content promoted by a crackerjack design then at its best it’s just hype. Design won’t ever rise above its content.
I’ve had an essay about marketing drafted for months which would make a good companion piece to Frank’s article. To summarize: marketing should value impact over impressions, and the most effective “tools” for marketing are content and products.
O’Reilly Media Sale →
Today only, get 60% off with discount code “DDF2H”. The latest books I’ve gotten from O’Reilly are Being Geek by Michael Lopp, and The Myths of Innovation by Scott Berkun.
Dayta →
Many thanks to Dayta for sponsoring the RSS Feed this week. Dayta is a great way to track any sort of statistic or data point in your everyday life. Such as how many cups of coffee you drink each day, how many emails you get, or how many friends and family members ask you to do free tech support for the new iPad they’ll be getting over the holiday.
If you haven’t checked out Dayta you should. It’s fun, easy to use, has a rich UI, and is just two bucks in the iTunes App Store.
Ben Brooks Reviews the Samsung Galaxy Tab →
I love how Ben emailed Verizon, told them the all reviews about the Tab were crap and that they should send him a unit to review. And so they did.
Andy Ihnatko’s Buying Advice, From One to a Billion Dollars, to Improve Your Life as an Apple User →
The funnest and most clever thing I’ve read all morning. (Hat tip to Ben.)