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♣ Facebook Might Become Less Annoying

February 7th, 2008 by Franky · 1 Shared a Little Bit of Ignorance Wisdom // Permalink

On the same night the sophisticated MySpace Application Platform was released to developers, Facebook announced an important forthcoming development that should make FB apps a whole lot less annoying. Let the Platform Wars begin!

Maybe I soon might unspam Facebook emails and eventually even login to Facebook again. [via Read-Write Web]

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WordPress Geekery

February 6th, 2008 by Franky · 2 Made Me Smarter // Permalink

After the compulsory WordPress 2.3.3 Security Update, some more tinkering with this site 1 took place.

Every entry with a club (♣) in the tile now links directly to the linked post/article.

If only I could figure out how to get the (custom field) URL in my feed now. Yes, NetNewsWire 2 users are spoilt. :P

All credits go to iStudioWeb.

  1. Still powered by the Automattic joint in GPL version [↩]
  2. FeedDemon for Windows users [↩]

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♣ The Apple vs. Windows Burden

February 5th, 2008 by Franky · No Shared Ignorance Wisdom // Permalink

tweaking someones Windows laptop. God it’s painful to use, it’s really hard after 12 mths of Apple serendipity

— Duncan Riley on 02.05.2008.
Logging in to Windows already hurts after only 3 months of Apple and applications such as Twitterific, Coversutra and all the other bling for Mac. Let’s forget the super work orientated applications.

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NADD. What Was The Problem?

February 4th, 2008 by Franky · No Shared Ignorance Wisdom // Permalink

NADD already has been the subject on this blog, thank to Rands, but last days I have noticed that my case is getting worse again. Courtesy of getting to know the Mac platform better, worrying less about dating and way too many things going on right now, I must admit that my focus seems to come back.

What proves this? My NADD. The numbers of projects I have been taking on over the last 2 weeks has significantly grown again, with the usual pressure of having taken on way too much already. And still I usually manage to find some time to discover new stuff.
Tell me what’s on your tray, screen right now. And what else goes through your mind?

This is my palette right at the moment:

  • As usually music is playing. Stalk me at last.fm. I even manage it to skip tracks, I don’t like, in Party Shuffle 1.
  • Both Mail and NetNewsWire 2 are constantly open and update regularly. I love to keep both read and answered if needed. I like it clean, empty.
  • The usual tabs (around 7) are open in Safari and checked regularly 3.
  • Coda has become a part of my daily after work workflow. In Coda, 2 projects: a WP design and Chyrp. Both call for Photoshop with 2 different mockups.
  • Today I have been playing with Tablecloth and Blueprint.
  • Several IRC rooms open in Colloquy.
  • Restricted IM profile in Adium and obviously Twitterific.

Other thoughts occupying me right at the moment are the day job and the project we recently started plus two major annoyances we bumped in to at work last 10 days. Those 3 factors actually already large enough to occupy most people and make them look forward to a relaxed evening in front of the tube.

But in the evening, when arriving home, there’s the bane of the online presence calling me. The inconvenience about being in the active online back end world, wanting to stay up to date? It’s not the high amount of hours or the double shift, it’s the desire of always wanting to try out the newest stuff. New software, new online platforms and applications even 4. It’s the thrill to learn new stuff.

And then there’s the dating thing and upcoming V-Day. I have been invited already. I haven’t RSVP’ed yet.

Right now, I must take care of my laundry though and then spend an hour cleaning. I think. If the internet doesn’t call me back. Or new entries tumbled in my feed reader.
Luckily I have no kids, that would just dry me insane!

I do not visit social networks anymore. I have left the sphere around problogging and both were a relieve. I also have buried some other ongoing annoyances from last 2 years: exes and the trainwreck BlogExplosion.

  1. Yes, I ditched my iTunes hate. No WMP on Mac. [↩]
  2. Feed reader [↩]
  3. I’m a sucker for Valleywag updates [↩]
  4. I mostly ditched testing out new webapps. [↩]

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Cynical (?) Photoshop Tutorial Videos

February 4th, 2008 by Franky · 1 Shared a Little Bit of Ignorance Wisdom // Permalink

This might not be everyone’s cup of tea, still they are rather funny1: You suck at Photoshop. A series of 5 Photoshop tutorial videos so far, directed by a frustrated, desperate, corny husband. Jump straight to the end or maybe even learn some.

More at My Damn Channel2.

  1. If you manage it to sit through to the end [↩]
  2. Use the left sidebar nav for all the videos [↩]

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♣ Tumblelogs The Future

February 4th, 2008 by Franky · No Shared Ignorance Wisdom // Permalink

I’m not proposing that the long-form blog is dead in the water. Just that it will reach a point where it’s frequently punctuated with the sort of content currently restricted to tumblelogs. We’re going to see a sort of amalgamation of the two becoming commonplace. With the long, thought out posts punctuated with other “short” content.

— Nostrich.net numblr.nostrich.net.

Exactly what I intend to do here: combine a regular blog with a tumblelog.

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