I had a bunch of relatives from Korea visit over the summer, and naturally an arm wrestling tournament broke out. What I found most interesting though was how they set up the initial match-ups. They … Read more
Fuzzy Circles in Google Plus
The hallmark of Google Plus so far has been Circles. In contrast to Facebook where you’re either a friend or you’re not (until you put people into lists), Circles has you categorize people as friends, … Read more
Making Menus Escapable
A post on my impressions of Ubuntu 11 led to lots of thoughtful discussion here and over at Hacker News. The part that seemed to generate the most interest was my take on why certain … Read more
Seven Minutes in Ubuntu
For a while now, I’ve been using my home machine with MAMP to develop a research prototype. But last week, I got my hands on a PC to use as a web server. Before I … Read more
The Devour Effect
The folks over at Devour maintain a nice collection of videos, wrapped in a clean interface. One of the touches is that each video is presented using what I call the Devour Effect: a text … Read more