Marco.org I’m : a programmer, writer, podcaster, geek, and coffee enthusiast. Apps • Podcast • Twitter • About Overcast ’s latest update (2022.2) brings the largest redesign in its nearly-eight-year h
Jesper makes the case that Microsoft will allow desktop (i.e. traditional) Windows apps to run on ARM-based Windows 8 machines: Microsoft’s position on the environment duality is that thedesktop half
I recently read an account of John McElborough’s talk at Brighton SEO 2011 , wherein he advocated some ethically questionable SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) tactics involving creating a private netw
I wonder if the best way to kill creativity is to encourage it. This notion will take some explaining. Creative people literally can’t stop themselves from creating. It’s a form of OCD. If you plug on
For years I wrote software with the absolute certain knowledge that nobody would ever see my code. I was a solo developer. Who besides me would ever see the code? That certain knowledge turned out to
Things that I own or subscribe to that I can access without a password: the books on my bookshelf, the magazines that arrive in my mailbox, the radio on our kitchen counter, the cable service on our t
A sales receipt generally does two things: It tells you what you bought and how much you paid for it. But since cash registers can already spit out a yard's worth of coupons, why couldn't they also dispense a fortune-cookie surprise: a factoid, say, that might make you chuckle? That was the starting…
The logo of Apple Inc. is among the best-known and best-designed in the world. It has lasted thirty-four years, and we have little reason to think it’ll be replaced any time soon. It wasn’t designed b
You think imitation leather is the biggest problem facing interface design today? Think again. It doesn’t even make sense to break down what’s wrong with it, because it’s basically everything, and reveals a baffling lack of insight into how users interact with their computers.
But at least the post…
Valve Lobby - (photo from engadget.com) The building had somehow been lost in the skyline every time I had seen Bellevue. Half an hour before my interview, I walked into the lobby with my heart racing – it’s not every day that you land an chance to work at your dream company. A directory was posted…
GitHub Flow August 31, 2011 Issues with git-flow I travel all over the place teaching Git to people and nearly every class and workshop I’ve done recently has asked me what I think about git-flow . I
Here’s a stellar post from writer Lisen Stromberg , who happens to be Steve’s neighbor : “It was at Halloween not long after when I realized he actually knew my name (yes, my name!). He and his wife p
As I noted in my MacBook Air 13-inch review , the smaller the screen, the better full-screen apps get on Lion. For those still unaware of the new feature, OS X Lion comes with the possibility of enlar
08/29/2011 16 minutes to read In this article Windows Explorer is a foundation of the user experience of the Windows desktop and has undergone several design changes over the years, but has not seen a
The future of technology is this: extreme usability coupled with extreme simplicity. The more we learn about technology — and the more we learn about ourselves — the more we discover and realize how t
Another interesting post from Microsoft’s Steven Sinofsky, on the thinking behind the design of Windows 8 . I detect a theme (emphasis mine): From the start, our approach has been to reimagineWindows,
Tumblog of Frank Chimero. Collecting interesting bits here. Occasionally writing around the periphery of design. Hello! “Do I need to know how to code?” is a question that comes up with sure-fire consistency in design circles. I’ve seen it asked by so many, from uncertain design students in…
My Flickr contacts can send me email through Flickr and my Facebook friends can send me email through Facebook — and this really irritates me. I wish people would stop doing this, and in fact I make i
The first few days of any significant overseas trip, I’m a jerk. It’s not just the jetlag that’s poisoning my attitude; it’s the lack of context. I get twitchy when I don’t know where my stuff is. Com
In an otherwise elegant and well-integrated operating system, the notifications user interface in iOS 4.x feels like a wart — a tacked-on afterthought that offers a bare minimum of usefulness. Competi
My mind was wandering the other day and I began trying to figure out why some of my favorite iOS apps aren’t in the top rated sections of the App Stores. First a note: All of this is based off of my o
Home All articles Behind the scenes of modern web browsers Aug 5, 2011 Tali Garsiel Homepage Paul Irish Twitter Homepage On this page Preface This comprehensive primer on the internal operations of We
Anders Bylund at Fool.com in March 2010, “ HP and Friends Will Kill the iPad ”: I think I’ve mentioned this once or twice before, but it bearsrepeating until it sinks in: the Apple iPad is not unique,
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You should know by now that I normally do not get into much “news” around here. Especially when it’s not specifically Mac news. There are a ton of great Mac news sites out there and I leave that job u
Yesterday when the news broke Facebook had acquired Push Pop Press, I was upset, and angry. Some of my coworkers thought I’d lost it and didn’t understand my emotional reaction to what was to them not
I periodically get email from folks who, having read "Accelerando", assume I am some kind of fire-breathing extropian zealot who believes in the imminence of the singularity, the uploading of the libe
“I wouldn’t say I’ve been missing it.” Peter Gibbons line from Office Space also served as the slug for my post from early July explaining why I was quitting email for the rest of the month . I was pr
Recently, we released the Android version of Meridian , our platform for building location-based apps. We didn’t use one of these “Cross Platform!” tools like Titanium . We wrote it, from scratch, in
Our always-on society is, in fact, becoming a Golden Age for introverts, in which it has become easier to carve out time for oneself If my research -- conducted primarily via Netflix -- is correct, Am
I can’t stand interruptions when I am in the “zone”. It’s something that I think most of us feel — nothings more annoying than a beeping phone mid-world-changing-thought. It can shatter and ruin every
Mr. Dadich Not long after Scott Dadich was appointed executive editor of digital magazine development for all of Condé Nast, “the tops of the mastheads,” as the senior editorial staffs are called, fil
Here is my fundamental beef with every single piece of “social networking” software that has been universally adopted but passed me by: they aren’t social. You know what I like? Weblogs, IM and email. Weblogs is an excellent way to disseminate writing. IM is an excellent way to actually have a…
I’ve been in denial for a while, but it hit me so hard yesterday that I finally have to admit it: I’m an Apple fanboy. Once you hear my story, you’ll agree that if it can happen to me, it can happen t
When it comes to working at your computer, there is only one rule: context switches are horrifically expensive. Let’s talk about the Zone once more. You’re either sitting down with your computer to fu
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The Internet gives designers a soapbox like they’ve never had before, and that’s a wonderful thing. One of the most entertaining uses for these soapboxes is the unsolicited redesign , a kind of public
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