My first attempt at something other than sketching or quick note taking with Paper

Really dig it so far.

It just goes to show what happens when you build an app for the device, as opposed to smashing the most amount of features from a conventional desktop app into another device.

Left Image: Found on FFFfound - Today Right Image: Mine - circa 2009

Everything is a remix, even if you don’t know what you are remixing.

(Would love to know who the first one is by, FFFFound had no details, if you know drop it in my Ask box)

Straight up got dust right in my eyes.

bohemea:

Put a bird on it

Make it pretty.

It’s flying. It’s free.

lulinternet:

hold down alt/option while clicking the reblog button on your dashboard to see da supa fly gif i was contracted to make

This. Right Now.

Tumblr serendipity.

I’m not sure about the 1978 image, but the second is a fake. The proportional size of North America is larger, but the relative size of the planet isn’t. Additionally, one should see much more of South America in that second shot.

Also, see: http://omnologos.wordpress.com/2012/02/03/nasas-blue-marble-2012-is-a-fake/

syntheticpubes:

Oh, the irony. Click through and make sure Sean Tejaratchi gets the audience he deserves.

On some level that was probably the point.

senchainc:

Today we’re proud to announce the release of Sencha Touch 2.0. With a huge focus on performance, simplified API, and native packaging on both Mac and Windows, we’re certain it will change the way you think about mobile apps.

like times a million.

Wonderful news that this is out. I’ve only just started playing with Sencha Touch and I’m really loving it so far. I’ve been neck deep in Appcelerator Titanium (Even went through certification) and I just find Sencha Touch to be so much more.

Congrats guys on the new release, can’t wait to spend some time next week buried in Sencha App development.

jonathanmarcus:

Gorgeous. Simplified and visually cleaner. Kudos Tumblr designers!

prostheticknowledge:

… for nostalgia sake …

I second this.

They’re at it again. For some unknown reason, the “x” has been removed from the “add tab” button, reducing the button to an obscure, soulless, visual element that has no clear indication of action.

Seriously Chrome?

jstn:

• less specific - more specific
• alphabetical sort naturally groups by artist
• songs sometimes don’t have titles but always have artists

stephenlovell:

..and I’m the opposite I prefer Title - Artist

• I do care about the artist, but it is generally the piece that is going to capture me, not their name.

• I can care about the art and not the artist more than the reverse.

• In the instance of missing titles, then it would be ‘Untitled’

Because Context is everything people. Let this be a lesson…..to everyone.

Notice something here?

The last update of Chrome decided to widen the pinned tabs. Apparently the reasoning was to give them a larger clickable area.

Wasn’t the point of pinning a tab to make it less visible, out of the way, why make it more “clickable”?

It’s a hideous design decision and it’s driving me nuts.

staff:

We work for the Internet. And we’re guessing many of you do too. Whether it’s researching, selling, coding, supporting, designing — so many of our careers depend on the Internet.

One argument that’s been made to Congress is that the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is needed to protect American jobs. In truth, the new liabilities this bill would impose on startups could stop American innovation in its tracks.

To make this clear to Congress, we’ve built IWorkForTheInternet.org to show the world how many of our careers depend on the Internet.

If you work for the Internet, please add yourself and spread the word.

staff:

This weekend, we hosted a meeting at Tumblr HQ with top technology companies, politicians and advocacy groups to coordinate our effort to reform or prevent the well-intentioned but deeply flawed Stop Online Piracy Act from becoming law. You guys have already made a huge impact in…

sirmitchell:

I thought this was pretty awesome. Charlie Chaplin’s speech in “The Great Dictator” 

Give it a listen, you won’t regret it. I watched it multiple times in a row. 

Because we all need a moment like this.

austinkleon:

What I find fascinating about a case of plagiarism isn’t the actual plagiarism—I think it’s much more interesting to pay attention to the responses of the accused, accuser, and spectators.

Rex Pickett, author of Sideways, rightly points out that by appropriating AA language and using “addiction” as an excuse for his plagiarism, Quentin Rowan is trivializing addiction.

But what’s even more interesting to me is further down in the comments when Pickett defends a comment he made about genre writing being recycling:

I suppose at one level one could default to that maxim that there are only so many plotlines, but I’ve never bought into that because there’s a plethora of potentially new and original characters out there to explore. I mean, as artists, we all borrow to some extent. Hell, I’ve openly admitted that “Sideways” was inspired by, among other works, the black comedy “Withnail and I.” But mine is wholly originally. I don’t take, or even riff on, any scenes from that wickedly funny comedy. In fact I go out of my way not to have anything in my work resemble anything in any other work than I’m aware of.

Not sure what I think about this response.

(via Jessa Crispin)

It’s a matter of open-mindedness and perspective. To say that one can go out of their way to not be similar to something else is foolish.

Are not words, sentences, paragraphs the tools of writing? Is not a pencil, or computer also a tool? How is it any different from me writing something with a pencil I didn’t create, than a sentence? Aren’t we all just constructors, not really creators?

I suppose Apple owns this because it is written using a computer they created, and jointly owned by tumblr, being I’ve used their “tool” to visualize it on the internet, etc.

Plagiarism is something we need to all stop crying about. Some people are good at making the pieces. Others are good at putting them together. A few fortunate bit of us are gifted with the talent to do both. Does that make any of the three better than the other? More justified? No.

flavorsdesign:

Today we are pleased to announce the release of a major update to Flavors, including the introduction of an innovative new way to share and view content from more than 30 services around the web: Social Streams.

Social Streams

With Social Streams, users can now easily follow their…

Did I mention I love these guys? Its rare I get all tweeter-pated with product updates these days, but they’ve done a wonderful job of just about recreating flavors.