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I have a side project related to learning Japanese. You can find a demo here. I’m looking for a Javascript developer to improve it so we can launch a version on the app store. We can do a revenue split depending on how well it does. For me this is a side project to experiment […]
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The end of the year traditionally comes with tons of end of year lists. Like many people I have a love/hate relationship with these kinds of lists. I love them because I like to discover new things. I hate them because they always promote the latest and greatest when it’s not always the latest and […]
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According to an episode of The Newsroom, the Bloomberg terminal is a $24,000 machine used wanted by traders to be able to watch the markets as closely as possible. According to their website it’s a software solution these days. Whatever may be the case, I thought the UI looked interesting. It seems pretty standard for […]
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For me, this is the quickest way to convert and optimize a bunch of images. This example converts a bunch of PNGs in JPGs and resizes them to a width of 1100 pixels. It then opens ImageOptim to further optimize the output. Install ImageOptim Install ImageMagick – if you have Brew the quickest way is: […]
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When I watch science fiction films – or any film really, I am always fascinated by how computers are displayed. Here are some UI screen grabs from the just-released Jurassic World trailer: And one from the original film: A map with color coding seems more useful to me than an all-blue/black one.
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Now I am 79. I’ve written many hundreds of essays, 10 times that number of misbegotten drafts both early and late, and I begin to understand that failure is its own reward. It is in the effort to close the distance between the work imagined and the work achieved wherein it is to be found […]
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The Verge about the 3rd iteration of the Sony RX100: But there’s another equally impressive feature that’s hidden inside the camera when you first pick it up: a retractable electronic viewfinder. Sony seems to have pulled off a masterful feat of engineering here. All it takes is the flick of a button when you want […]