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the understatement: Android Orphans: Visualizing a Sad History of Support
october 2011 by chris_johnsen
Graph showing software updates and “versions behind” for the period from release to three years hence for iPhones and US-released Android phones.
Many Android phones get less than 1.5 years of software updates (and are often not updated to the latest Android release when they are updated).
iPhone
Android
mobile
phone
history
support
via:Twitter
via:Daring-Fireball
Many Android phones get less than 1.5 years of software updates (and are often not updated to the latest Android release when they are updated).
october 2011 by chris_johnsen
Codify – iPad
october 2011 by chris_johnsen
Program games/simulations/etc. in Lua directly on an iPad.
iPad
app
programming
Lua
game
simulation
graphics
via:Daring-Fireball
october 2011 by chris_johnsen
Michael Winslow gets the Led out
october 2011 by chris_johnsen
Michael Winslow (sound effects guy from Police Academy movies) performs electric guitar and vocals for Whole Lotta Love.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxcCC2g1Ke0
video
music
Led-Zeppelin
beatbox
sound
Michael-Winslow
via:Daring-Fireball
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxcCC2g1Ke0
october 2011 by chris_johnsen
Figuring Out Numerals | The FontFeed
october 2011 by chris_johnsen
Describes and shows examples of { oldstyle, lining } ⨯ { tabular, proportional }, numerator, denominator, subscript, superscript, and small caps numerals.
oldstyle: “body” on baseline with ascending 6 and 8, and descending 3, 4, 5, 7, and 9
lining: figure rests on the baseline; height equal to capital letters
tabular: “monospace”
numerator/denominator: top/bottom aligned to top/bottom of solidus
superscript/subscript: vertically centered at cap-height/baseline
small caps: lining, but with the height of small caps instead of normal capitals
typography
font
design
oldstyle
lining
numeral
baseline
cap-height
x-height
ascender
descender
tabular
proportional
numerator
denominator
superscript
subscript
small-caps
OpenType
via:Daring-Fireball
oldstyle: “body” on baseline with ascending 6 and 8, and descending 3, 4, 5, 7, and 9
lining: figure rests on the baseline; height equal to capital letters
tabular: “monospace”
numerator/denominator: top/bottom aligned to top/bottom of solidus
superscript/subscript: vertically centered at cap-height/baseline
small caps: lining, but with the height of small caps instead of normal capitals
october 2011 by chris_johnsen
Ingredients :: Cocoa Documentation Viewer
march 2011 by chris_johnsen
Cocoa documentation viewer.
MacOSX
application
software
documentation
viewer
Cocoa
development
open-source
free
via:Daring-Fireball
march 2011 by chris_johnsen
Google Translate for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store
march 2011 by chris_johnsen
Translate between 57 languages. Includes voice recognition (15 languages), voice synthesis (23 languages) and romanization for non-roman languages.
Requires Internet connectivity, but you can pre-load some translations ahead of time for use while you are offline.
iOS
app
free
translation
Google
language
voice-recognition
voice-synthesis
travel
via:Daring-Fireball
Requires Internet connectivity, but you can pre-load some translations ahead of time for use while you are offline.
march 2011 by chris_johnsen
Put This On • In 1964, Lyndon Johnson needed pants, so he called...
january 2011 by chris_johnsen
Presidential recording of LBJ ordering custom-modfied pants from Haggar.
history
clothing
audio
video
recording
US-President
LBJ
Lyndon-Baines-Johnson
US-Texas
via:Daring-Fireball
january 2011 by chris_johnsen
Mark Alldritt's Journal » A Better Text Find & Replace User Interface
january 2011 by chris_johnsen
Some thoughts on “in a panel” vs. “at top of content area” search (& replace) interfaces. Panel-based search ends up covering the content itself, but it is difficult to give access to all the options in the limited vertical space that an inline search uses. The author describes a transient, “attached” option window that only shows up when the search field has keyboard focus.
MacOSX
user-interface
design
search
interface
pop-up
attached
option
window
via:Daring-Fireball
january 2011 by chris_johnsen
Robokill - Rescue Titan Prime for iPad on the iTunes App Store
november 2010 by chris_johnsen
Top-down, robot shoot’em up iPad game. Seems to be on sale right now; there is also a free “lite” version.
iPad
app
game
action
robot
shooting
via:Daring-Fireball
november 2010 by chris_johnsen
Switch | The multi-user web browser for iPad
november 2010 by chris_johnsen
An iPad web browser with password protected user profiles to allow multiple users without using each other’s cookies, etc.
iPad
app
web
browser
multiple
user
profile
password
share
via:Daring-Fireball
november 2010 by chris_johnsen
YouTube - Walt Disney's Original Plan for EPCOT - Part 2
october 2010 by chris_johnsen
Walt Disney’s original vision for his Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow (EPCOT) is astounding.
Unfortunately, what was later opened as “EPCOT Center” is only a terribly faint echo of the original vision.
futurism
technology
Walt-Disney
EPCOT
community
future
vision
video
industry
via:Daring-Fireball
Unfortunately, what was later opened as “EPCOT Center” is only a terribly faint echo of the original vision.
october 2010 by chris_johnsen
Cross-browser kerning-pairs & ligatures
june 2010 by chris_johnsen
CSS (text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;) to enable kerning pairs and ligatures.
via:Daring-Fireball
text
typography
kerning
ligature
CSS
Safari
Chrome
WebKit
june 2010 by chris_johnsen
tecosystems » Why I Am Against Software Patents
march 2010 by chris_johnsen
Argues that software patents are harmful because no feasible patent system could possibly cope with the total volume of ongoing software innovation.
via:Daring-Fireball
software-patent
patent
IP
policy
software
article
march 2010 by chris_johnsen
Ask H&FJ: Four Ways to Mix Fonts
march 2010 by chris_johnsen
Some advice on combining multiple fonts in a single design.
via:Daring-Fireball
typography
tip
style
design
graphic
art
font
face
advice
march 2010 by chris_johnsen
Phone Numbers, Shortcuts & Customer Service Tips - Companies Worldwide - GetHuman.com
march 2010 by chris_johnsen
Search for and share methods for getting past voice menus, etc. to talk to actual people.
business
customer
database
support
service
telephone
human
interaction
advice
tip
via:Daring-Fireball
IVR
march 2010 by chris_johnsen
ignore the code: Realism in UI Design
january 2010 by chris_johnsen
GUi elements should not be photorealistic. Icons for generic actions should be generic with just enough details to get the point across. Icons for applications should be more stylized or realistic since they represent a specific application.
graphic
design
UI
UX
user
interface
realism
photorealism
psychology
advice
icon
button
picture
via:Daring-Fireball
via:Twitter
january 2010 by chris_johnsen
How I Hire Programmers (Aaron Swartz's Raw Thought)
november 2009 by chris_johnsen
Are they smart? Just spend some time talking to them to find out. Can they get stuff done? Ask for a code sample, or pointers to public contributions. Can you work with them? Spend some more time with them to find out of they have some quirks that you or the rest of the team can not abide. Finally, have them do some small part of the job as a final sanity check.
hiring
programmer
interview
management
entrepreneurship
job
work
career
via:Daring-Fireball
november 2009 by chris_johnsen
The Go Programming Language
november 2009 by chris_johnsen
A new open source systems programming language being developed at Google by, among others, Rob Pike and Ken Thompson. It features a non-hierarchical, lightweight type system; a highly simplified dependency mechanism (resulting in fast compilation); fast execution; concurrent programming (CSP-based); and garbage collection.
Go-lang
Google
programming-language
language
open-source
software
garbage-collection
concurrency
compiler
via:Daring-Fireball
november 2009 by chris_johnsen
The Billion Dollar Gram | Information Is Beautiful
october 2009 by chris_johnsen
An interesting visualization of various billion-dollar amounts (budgets, corporate revenue/income, war costs, humanitarian efforts, etc.).
Unfortunately, the author notes that some of the areas are “fudged” to make things fit. Some are easily spotted. Seems like treemaps could be used to automate much of the layout and eliminate the “fudge” (though some comments—click on the image—dispute the reality of the numbers themselves).
via:Daring-Fireball
data
visualization
money
billion
Iraq
USA
business
bailout
information
economy
image
infographic
Unfortunately, the author notes that some of the areas are “fudged” to make things fit. Some are easily spotted. Seems like treemaps could be used to automate much of the layout and eliminate the “fudge” (though some comments—click on the image—dispute the reality of the numbers themselves).
october 2009 by chris_johnsen
Ironic Sans: So you think you can tell Arial from Helvetica? Quiz
september 2009 by chris_johnsen
20 company logos recast in Arial. Can you pick the original Helveticas?
My previous "Helvetica v. Arial" bookmark pointed out all I needed to e sure about 18 of 20. I guessed right on Mattel, missed Toyota for a total of 19/20.
via:Daring-Fireball
Helvetica
Arial
typography
quiz
font
tyepface
sans-serif
My previous "Helvetica v. Arial" bookmark pointed out all I needed to e sure about 18 of 20. I guessed right on Mattel, missed Toyota for a total of 19/20.
september 2009 by chris_johnsen
Playgrounder - The Buyers Guide for Kids and Parents
september 2009 by chris_johnsen
Blog of neat toys and other stuff for kids.
toy
children
review
stuff
shopping
design
gift
via:Daring-Fireball
september 2009 by chris_johnsen
stevenf.com - Introducing Internet Garage Sale
july 2009 by chris_johnsen
An “invitation-only” auction site. Designed so that everyone on the site is known by someone else.
“In a nutshell, if someone rips you off, doesn’t complete the transaction in a timely manner, doesn’t abide by your terms, or is just an asshole, they’re gone. Banned for life.”
Seems like it might be a good idea for people that like to sell semi-valuable stuff fairly often without having to meet up with the buyers (e.g. Craigslist).
Although it is “invite-only” there are sometimes “self-invitations” available.
auction
eBay
Craigslist
Internet-Garage-Sale
shopping
hardware
selling
via:Daring-Fireball
“In a nutshell, if someone rips you off, doesn’t complete the transaction in a timely manner, doesn’t abide by your terms, or is just an asshole, they’re gone. Banned for life.”
Seems like it might be a good idea for people that like to sell semi-valuable stuff fairly often without having to meet up with the buyers (e.g. Craigslist).
Although it is “invite-only” there are sometimes “self-invitations” available.
july 2009 by chris_johnsen
On Language - All-Purpose Pronoun - NYTimes.com
july 2009 by chris_johnsen
Claims that gender-neutral singular and indefinite ‘they’ was fairly common before 1725. The gender-neutral usage of ‘he’ was popularized via a 1725 grammar book written by a British school mistress.
grammar
they
plural
singular
gender
number
history
language
English
via:Daring-Fireball
july 2009 by chris_johnsen
CrashPlan - Automatic Online Backup
july 2009 by chris_johnsen
An online backup system that allows you to backup to storage attached to friends and relative computers. They also offer a hosted storage solution similar to Mozy (but priced somewhat differently).
online-backup
peer-to-peer
backup
service
data
free
cross-platform
Windows
MacOSX
Linux
Solaris
via:Daring-Fireball
storage
network
software
remote
recover
july 2009 by chris_johnsen
Chicago Style Q&A: Hyphens, En Dashes, Em Dashes
july 2009 by chris_johnsen
A short summary of rules/guidelines for hypens, en dashes and em dashes.
hyphen
em-dash
en-dash
dash
typography
typesetting
via:Daring-Fireball
july 2009 by chris_johnsen
gigapan: Ant-Eutetramorium mocquerysi
july 2009 by chris_johnsen
A neat zoomable combination of 400 SEM micrographs of an ant.
via:Daring-Fireball
ant
insect
image
micrograph
zoom
microscope
photo
scanning-electron-microscope
Eutetramorium-mocquerysi
july 2009 by chris_johnsen
There, I Fixed It.
june 2009 by chris_johnsen
Odd, novel, wonky, and fearsome repair jobs and inventions.
humor
funny
photo
picture
fix
hack
repair
DIY
duct-tape
via:Daring-Fireball
june 2009 by chris_johnsen
On installers
march 2009 by chris_johnsen
Eleven "commandments" to follow when creating software installer packages.
software
development
install
usability
remote
Apple-Remote-Desktop
IT
programming
tip
list
via:Daring-Fireball
march 2009 by chris_johnsen
Oracle's Ellison nails cloud computing | Outside the Lines - CNET News
september 2008 by chris_johnsen
"Larry Ellison said that the computer industry is more fashion-driven than women's fashion"
computer-industry
technology
fashion
Larry-Ellison
quote
via:Daring-Fireball
september 2008 by chris_johnsen
Distorted-Loop.com » 7digital offer music from all labels DRM-free
september 2008 by chris_johnsen
Link to a music store that will be offering high-bitrate DRM-free MP3 files of music from "all four major labels". Store is active for much of Europe right now. US/Canada store planned for 2008Q4.
digital
music
shopping
DRM-free
MP3
DRM
via:Daring-Fireball
september 2008 by chris_johnsen
WebAIM: Blog - History of the browser user-agent string
september 2008 by chris_johnsen
A biblical language history of the User-Agent string chronicling its growth from browser+platform to its current compatibility-claim+platform+ compatibility-claim+compatibility-claim+compatibility-claim+whatever-you-want.
software
history
humor
Mosaic
Mozilla
Netscape
Internet-Explorer
Gecko
WebKit
KHTML
Safari
Firefox
Chrome
User-Agent
web
browser
via:Daring-Fireball
september 2008 by chris_johnsen
Hi, I'm a Mac… Beep, beep! - The Fishbowl
september 2008 by chris_johnsen
Apple's “I'm a Mac. I'm a PC” ads as “Wile E. Coyote vs. Roadrunner”. The Mac (Roadrunner) is not really so arrogant. Mostly he just provides a context for PC's self defeat.
advertising
Mac
PC
commercial
TV
humor
Wile-E-Coyote
Roadrunner
I'm-a-Mac-I'm-a-PC
writing
script
pathos
marketing
analysis
via:Daring-Fireball
september 2008 by chris_johnsen
Analog Meets Its Match in Red Digital Cinema's Ultrahigh-Res Camera
september 2008 by chris_johnsen
About a new digital movie camera system that captures images comparable in quality to film (4096x2304, same sensor size as normal film). Designed by the guy behind Oakley sunglasses. Uses many technologies that were invented specifically for this camera (a new loss less video codec for RAW footage, new technology single chip sensor). While still expensive ($17.5k, body only?), it is much cheaper than film cameras ($25k/month to RENT) and other, professional-grade, but lower-resolution digital video cameras ($150k).
via:Daring-Fireball
camera
video
motion
picture
Red
business
hardware
article
technology
movie
digital
film
photography
cinematography
film-making
photo
Jim-Jannard
september 2008 by chris_johnsen
Red-Light Cameras Just Don’t Work
september 2008 by chris_johnsen
Mentions that some cities (including Dallas and Lubbock) that have a red-light camera program had yellow-light durations shorter than the legal minimum. Presumably this was to increase profits.
government
USA
Dallas-Texas
politics
camera
red-light
red-light-camera
law
traffic
Dallas
driving
via:Daring-Fireball
september 2008 by chris_johnsen
Using Photographs to Enhance Videos of a Static Scene
august 2008 by chris_johnsen
A paper and demonstration video that combines still photography and dynamic video footage (panning, camera movement, small lighting changes, etc.) of the same mostly static scenes to enhance the video: fix exposure (including high dynamic range exposures), enhance resolution, remove blemishes and prominent foreground objects, edit/replace still images (e.g. framed pictures in a video sequence), provide much better vibration reduction.
The technique builds physical models of the scene by analyzing the video and photographs for depth and reconstructs the video using information derived from other parts of the video as well as the still photographs.
via:Daring-Fireball
video
enhancement
editing
research
photography
digital
image
tracking
depth
mask
graphics
algorithm
technology
computer
photo
high-dynamic-range
stabilization
exposure
object-removal
machine-vision
The technique builds physical models of the scene by analyzing the video and photographs for depth and reconstructs the video using information derived from other parts of the video as well as the still photographs.
august 2008 by chris_johnsen
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