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Home Archives for June 2011

Why Not Tumblr

Posted By: Christineon: June 20, 2011In: About Smarterware

I love Tumblr, somewhat for its social features, but mostly for its ease of publishing. A good blogging tool gets out of your way, and makes it so easy for you to publish your ideas and disc... Read more

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“What Are You Excited About Right Now?”: A Venn Diagram

Posted By: Christineon: June 20, 2011In: About Smarterware

Smart nerds do this thing at tech conferences when they’re trying to get to know each other: they ask “What are you (working on|most interested in|excited about) right now?... Read more

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‘Reminder: Call Dad’ Is Another Notch In Google’s Belt Of Social Fail

Posted By: Christineon: June 20, 2011In: About Smarterware

Couldn’t disagree more with TechCrunch on this one. Google has certainly had its social fails—see A Case Against Drop-down Identities—but this was not one of them. My fathe... Read more

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Lifehacker the Book, Third Edition, Now Shipping

Posted By: Christineon: June 20, 2011In: About Smarterware

Well, that was sooner than we expected. The newly-revised Lifehacker book is now shipping from my publisher’s warehouses and Amazon, and should be in fine neighborhood bookstores near... Read more

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Rainbow Pride in Google Search Results

Posted By: Christineon: June 20, 2011In: About Smarterware

Do a Google search for the words “gay”, “lesbian” or “transgender” and you’ll get a rainbow graphic in your results, no doubt to celebrate Pride mon... Read more

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Get Drunk Not Fat

Posted By: Christineon: June 19, 2011In: About Smarterware

In the spirit of Eat This, Not That!, a list of alcoholic beverages sorted by their calorie to alcohol ratio. See also Get Drunk Not Broke. Read more

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Pre-order the New Lifehacker Book on Amazon

Posted By: Christineon: June 18, 2011In: About Smarterware

From cover art to hack revisions and additions, I’m very pleased with what Wiley and Adam have done with the third edition of this book. I don’t have an exact date, but if you pr... Read more

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The New York Times: Business Cards Go Paperless, or Almost

Posted By: Christineon: June 18, 2011In: About Smarterware

This NYT piece quotes me saying that business cards are going the way of the dinosaur. After it published, I asked my wife if she gives out business cards in her (non-tech) job. “Oh ye... Read more

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I Had a Degree in Computer Science Before I Owned a PC

Posted By: Christineon: June 16, 2011In: About Smarterware

Yesterday on TWiG I said something in passing that needs clarification: I mentioned the rumored Nexus 4G’s phone specs are better than the first computer that I ever owned, in 1997 or... Read more

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Email Is Harder on Recipients Than Senders…

Posted By: Christineon: June 09, 2011In: About Smarterware

… and it’s too easy and cheap to add recipients. TED’s Chris Anderson discusses why email sucks, why it’s getting worse, and how the battle of the overloaded inbox is... Read more

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Todotxt.net Windows GUI for Your Todo.txt File

Posted By: Christineon: June 06, 2011In: About Smarterware

My Todo.txt project turned five years old last month—happy birthday, shell script which runs my life—and development is still going strong. The Android app is selling great, iOS... Read more

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iCloud: What If Someone Trips on It?

Posted By: Christineon: June 06, 2011In: About Smarterware

Rumor has it today’s iCloud announcement from Apple will be about a Dropbox-like Time Capsule-based file syncing. That would be A Good Thing. Decentralized, personal cloud storage and... Read more

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