Tools

Neil Gaiman’s Kicking My Ass (On Twitter) [infographic]

July 15, 2011

I decided to check out Visual.ly to see what kind of job it did creating infographics automatically.  I decided to compare myself to @neilhimself, Neil Gaiman…  I probably should have picked on someone my own size.

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Evernote for iOS 4

June 18, 2010
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I love my iPhone.  I love Evernote.  Being an early adopter by nature and a member of the iPhone dev program, I jumped at the chance to install iPhone OS 4 betas on my phone.  The downside was that Evernote didn’t work and, for me, that’s a big downside.  I’ve been holding my breath for [...]

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HTML5 & CSS3 Readiness

May 13, 2010
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This afternoon, a friend of mine posted a link to the HTML5 Readiness visualization. I am a bit smitten with this tool – for a number of reasons. It is useful, usable, and compelling. First off, it effectively communicates which browsers are capable of which “new world features.” You can use [...]

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One Card (App) to Rule Them All

August 6, 2009

A while ago, I got tired of fishing through my wallet for any of the myriad rewards program cards that I have. I also started leaving them at home to prevent my wallet from turning into a meatball in my pocket. That got me thinking: Wouldn’t it be great to have just one card to [...]

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WolframAlpha update

June 16, 2009

So, WolframAlpha has been out a while now and I’ve had several chances to use it. Occasionally, I’ve used it when I needed it. It always takes a while for a tool to take root in my psyche. Occasionally, a tool proves itself so useful that it takes root quickly (like Google, [...]

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CIO Twitter Dashboard

June 12, 2009

Chris, the CIO/CTO of my day job brought his blog in-house. He is active on Twitter and wanted to provide a resource for other CIOs to find each other on Twitter. So, the concept for the CIO Twitter Dashboard was hatched. The idea is to consolidate on one page as many CIOs [...]

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