Some Pixels http://blog.somepixels.net UX, Dev, Tech and so on... Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:38:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 TED: The $8 billion iPod http://blog.somepixels.net/2012/03/ted-the-8-billion-ipod/ http://blog.somepixels.net/2012/03/ted-the-8-billion-ipod/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:38:26 +0000 André Gil http://blog.somepixels.net/?p=512

Via: Geeks are Sexy

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Via: The World’s Best Ever

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Little Bobby Tables, a classic from XKCD!

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We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.

— T.S. Eliot – “Little Gidding”

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This morning I found a link that made me remember about this great Coding Horror article about how to have more productive meetings.

Meeting Ticker is basically a “clock”, but instead of time, it show how much money you are spending on your meetings. Money is always a good way to change our behaviour… ;]

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So here comes Mail Pilot! A product developed by 2 guys who believe they can reinvent the way we deal with e-mail today. Their Kickstarter project raised $54,205 and they are already working hard on the Beta release.


I’m really looking forward to trying it!

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  1. Open System Preferences.
  2. Click on Displays.
  3. Show display in menu bar.
  4. Click on the menu bar icon.
  5. Check if the selected screen resolution for the external display is appearing twice on the list.
  6. If it’s there twice, select the other one. If it’s not, I’m really sorry! :P
  7. You can remove the icon from the menu bar now if you want.
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While doing creative work, it’s common to feel that your results are not so good. Don’t give up! Watch this cool video about it, to keep you motivated.

Via: @GoldenTao

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This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. But several together become monotonous. Listen to what is happening. The writing is getting boring. The sound of it drones. It’s like a stuck record. The ear demands some variety.

Now listen. I vary the sentence length, and I create music. Music. The writing sings. It has a pleasant rhythm, a lilt, a harmony. I use short sentences. And I use sentences of medium length. And sometimes, when I am certain the reader is rested, I will engage him with a sentence of considerable length, a sentence that burns with energy and builds with all the impetus of a crescendo, the roll of the drums, the crash of the cymbals–sounds that say listen to this, it is important.

Gary Provost (100 Ways to Improve Your Writing, 1985)

Via: @LettersOfNote

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