Trying out the latest version of Simplenote, which looks incredible. I was recently torn between Simplenote and Writeroom, the former for it’s pure simplicity and the latter for its full screen writing environment on the iPhone. With the latest update to Simplenote I have fullscreen simplicity in a single app. But wait, there’s more… Simplenote …
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Randy Nelson, dean of Pixar University, knocked it out of the park when he defined the difference between collaboration and cooperation. They are not the same. A great quote from the 9-minute talk: The core skill of innovators is error recovery, not failure avoidance. –Randy Nelson, of Pixar Pixar University is mentioned under the description …
I am waiting in the lobby while Julie sits with Jordan while he is inside a thumping MRI machine. This is one of the legs of our journey to help Jordan grow more quickly. Jordan has always been small and his doctor has been patiently concerned for a while. He was attending a medical conference …
I went to a website for one of the accounts I hold. After it allowed me to type in my correct username and password, it spewed out large red letters ordering me to change my password. Most of passwords are nuts–impossible to remember–thanks to 1Password. Look. I’ll go generate one for you using that software: …
Sometimes when I’m fleshing out a skeletal idea I turn to Google Images to put some meat on them bones. Google’s search engine is great for when you want to find a quick answer to some matter you’re researching, but I have found my thinking becomes more divergent and interesting when I search for images …
There is a website making the rounds on the Internet that claims to take a sample of your writing and tell you what famous author’s writing matches your own writing style. I dropped in a recent post and it told me I write like Chuck Pahluniak. See? I write like Chuck Palahniuk I Write Like …
This blog is born again as Carrying Stones. The name comes from William Faulkner who said: “The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” This quote calls to me for several reasons. William Faulkner is one of the greatest authors of all time and a great source of inspiration for me. …
<!– Processed by MultiMarkdown –> I was flipping through Google Reader’s new Play option and found a quote from Albert Einstein: “When we all think alike, no one thinks very much.” – Albert Einstein It got me thinking that my thinking doesn’t jive with the vibe I established here. This space has been titled Southern …
I just tried to log in to a site that I have already set up and it forced me to update all of my login information. I submitted an incredibly secure password (courtesy of 1Password) and it spat this message back at me: Password is invlaid[sic]. Must be between 7 and 15 characters, start with …
I use BusyCal to access and sync with my Google Calendar. The team at BusyMac have designed a calendar application they refer to as iCal Pro. BusyCal provides many more features and options than Apple’s iCal, but it was lacking one feature I grew to love on Google Calendar–the 2-week view. If you’re in the …
