“Insanely Great” Book
Posted January 29th, 2014 @ 09:50pm by Erik J. Barzeski
Is this worth buying?
Edit: Never mind. The Kindle version was only $4.99. Duh.
Posted January 29th, 2014 @ 09:50pm by Erik J. Barzeski
Is this worth buying?
Edit: Never mind. The Kindle version was only $4.99. Duh.
Posted January 28th, 2014 @ 09:47pm by Erik J. Barzeski
Creating Animated GIFs for Documentation - David Smith
Step 1: Record using QuickTime Player
Step 2: Convert using GIF Brewery
Step 3: Profit!
Posted January 27th, 2014 @ 09:44pm by Erik J. Barzeski
The Wizards of Odds - Video - NYTimes.com
Pro gamblers win about 55% of the time.
I know a friend who has a system for winning 55-57% of the time based on a very simple rule (I will not share this rule with you). He's done it over four or five years now, and he's considering very seriously being a "professional gambler" at least "part time" to start.
It's not difficult. Basically, you get to take advantage of people being stupid.
Posted January 26th, 2014 @ 09:09pm by Erik J. Barzeski
Michael Tsai - Blog - 30 Years of Mac is well worth a read, if for no other reason than it links to the mac-icon-standard.ttf font first reported by Greg Barbosa (from Apple) (more here).
Many of the links are worth following as well, including this one.
And duh, the Apple page is here.
P.S. Another good link.
Posted January 25th, 2014 @ 08:44pm by Erik J. Barzeski
In early 2005, as demand for Silicon Valley engineers began booming, Apple's Steve Jobs sealed a secret and illegal pact with Google's Eric Schmidt to artificially push their workers wages lower by agreeing not to recruit each other's employees, sharing wage scale information, and punishing violators. On February 27, 2005, Bill Campbell, a member of Apple's board of directors and senior advisor to Google, emailed Jobs to confirm that Eric Schmidt "got directly involved and firmly stopped all efforts to recruit anyone from Apple."
Later that year, Schmidt instructed his Sr VP for Business Operation Shona Brown to keep the pact a secret and only share information "verbally, since I don't want to create a paper trail over which we can be sued later?"
Posted January 24th, 2014 @ 08:32pm by Erik J. Barzeski
I never liked Quark, but I respected the position it held in the industry.
As the big dog of desktop publishing in the '80s and '90s, QuarkXPress was synonymous with professional publishing. In fact, it was publishing. But its hurried and steady decline is one of the greatest business failures in modern tech.
Quark's demise is truly the stuff of legend. In fact, the story reads like the fall of any empire: failed battles, growing discontent among the overtaxed masses, hungry and energized foes, hubris, greed, and… uh, CMYK PDFs. What did QuarkXPress do—or fail to do—that saw its complete dominance of desktop publishing wither in less than a decade? In short, it didn't listen.
Posted January 23rd, 2014 @ 02:08pm by Erik J. Barzeski
I once told Carey that Natalie had to "learn to fail." She reacted strongly at the time, basically telling me that I was stupid, and what did I know about failing at anything?
I've learned a lot about failing, and it's important to learn to fail. You can't learn how to avoid future failures if you don't fail the first few times. You won't take risks if you fear failure. You won't know how to recover from failure if you don't have experience at it.
Posted January 22nd, 2014 @ 12:14pm by Erik J. Barzeski
Yet another creepy video showing the "power" of augmented reality via glasses.
The guy not only cheats at 8-ball, but uses his glasses to access personal information to scam on a bartender.
Nice. Real nice. 😛
Posted January 21st, 2014 @ 05:30pm by Erik J. Barzeski
Peter Smart lives up to his name with this little article: Rethink the Airline Boarding Pass. Brilliant. I'm flying somewhere right now (to Orlando, for the PGA Show). I've already had my boarding passes fall apart because I've had to shove them in my pocket.
Posted January 20th, 2014 @ 05:29pm by Erik J. Barzeski
The Verge has a bunch of tweets and commentary on Nest's acquisition by Google: Why is everyone disappointed by Google buying Nest?.
Posted January 19th, 2014 @ 05:26pm by Erik J. Barzeski
Review & Outlook: Apple's Star Chamber - WSJ.com:
Which gets to the heart of this bizarre case: The numbers show that, far from hurting the market, the publishers' and Apple's agency model actually helped it. They allowed Barnes & Noble to gain a foothold in the e-book market, provided relief to the independent brick-and-mortar stores, and gave consumers lower rather than higher prices.
:doh:
Posted January 18th, 2014 @ 03:40pm by Erik J. Barzeski
Oh PS with Nest’s built-in sensors now Google knows when you’re home, what rooms you’re in, and when you’re out. Just FYI.
— Ryan Block (@ryan) January 13, 2014
Great.
More here.
Posted January 17th, 2014 @ 10:42am by Erik J. Barzeski
Posted January 16th, 2014 @ 09:55am by Erik J. Barzeski
Formula For Perfect Parallel Parking Is Bigger Than The Spot.
Well, now that that's figured out, we can move on to the smaller things in the world…
(I honestly don't remember the last time I had to parallel park. But I live in Erie, PA, so that has a lot to do with it.)
Posted January 15th, 2014 @ 01:41pm by Erik J. Barzeski
This is how I feel like virtually every AppleScript problem I undertake turns out. The best solution: set a hard limit of 15 minutes, 60 minutes, whatever. Whatever stage you reach by then, stop.