One feature that’s often overlooked in iOS is adding webpages to your homescreen. You even get a nice retina icon if the webpage author designates one. Naturally, my mind went to how this feature could … Read more
Cinnamon.js: Find In-Page Text using Synonyms
A visitor to your site decides to follow you on Twitter. You have a link in your footer — but their search for “Twitter” comes up empty and they move on. Unfortunately, you named the … Read more
Digitizing Books on the Cheap and Easy
In 2011, for the first time, Amazon sold more Kindle ebooks than paperbacks. Last June, ebook sales surpassed hardcovers for all of the US. The futurist dream of a paperless world is slowly but surely … Read more
The iTunes Expanding Album Effect
iTunes 11 marks a significant departure from previous versions. While many of the changes are problematic (another post for another time), I want to focus on one positive: the expanding album effect. Similar to folders … Read more
The Hacker News Slap
For those who aren’t familiar, Hacker News is a popular site where a community of techies discuss a wide range of topics. According to HN’s guidelines, on-topic submissions are “[a]nything that good hackers would find … Read more