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The simplest writing UI ever?

PenZen – The distraction free writing enviroment. Maybe too simple And those two buttons don’t seem well thought-through

The simplest writing UI ever?

PenZen – The distraction free writing enviroment. Maybe too simple And those two buttons don’t seem well thought-through

Neat ideas for better email

Email that I want to exist – squarerfish.

Neat ideas for better email

Email that I want to exist – squarerfish.

Possibly Google’s worst product: Groups

  Google Groups is like a unix listserv utility with a text web browser front end. Holy shit is it horrible. Who is with me? Since these dudes are struggling to re-invent everything (Gmail, Gtalk, Picasa) as a feature of

Possibly Google’s worst product: Groups

  Google Groups is like a unix listserv utility with a text web browser front end. Holy shit is it horrible. Who is with me? Since these dudes are struggling to re-invent everything (Gmail, Gtalk, Picasa) as a feature of

Kitedesk, the everything client

  I have been playing with lots of email clients lately, and one of the very ambitious ones is Kitedesk. Boy have these guys bitten off a lot to chew. Better webmail client, better calendar, better file manager… Not there

Kitedesk, the everything client

  I have been playing with lots of email clients lately, and one of the very ambitious ones is Kitedesk. Boy have these guys bitten off a lot to chew. Better webmail client, better calendar, better file manager… Not there

Reading Paul Graham on the Re-invention of Email

  It’s usually wise to start with a line from Paul Graham: The most dangerous way to lose time is not to spend it having fun, but to spend it doing fake work… Dealing with email, for example. You do it

Reading Paul Graham on the Re-invention of Email

  It’s usually wise to start with a line from Paul Graham: The most dangerous way to lose time is not to spend it having fun, but to spend it doing fake work… Dealing with email, for example. You do it

Sunset 12/23

I think it south of the WTC. Mental note: check it in June.  

Sunset 12/23

I think it south of the WTC. Mental note: check it in June.  

Ericsson’s law = 10,000 hours to expertise

If you feel like quoting that paragraph from a Gladwell essay you skimmed one time, you should memorize: Ericsson’s law = 10,000 hours of practice yields expertise. At 2,000 hours of full-time 40 hours/week x 50 weeks/year, this is 5

Ericsson’s law = 10,000 hours to expertise

If you feel like quoting that paragraph from a Gladwell essay you skimmed one time, you should memorize: Ericsson’s law = 10,000 hours of practice yields expertise. At 2,000 hours of full-time 40 hours/week x 50 weeks/year, this is 5

Latest lab project

My latest project.

Latest lab project

My latest project.

Robert Bork’s America

“Robert Bork’s America,” Mr. Kennedy said in a speech, “is a land in which women would be forced into back-alley abortions, blacks would sit at segregated lunch counters, rogue police could break down citizens’ doors in midnight raids, schoolchildren could

Robert Bork’s America

“Robert Bork’s America,” Mr. Kennedy said in a speech, “is a land in which women would be forced into back-alley abortions, blacks would sit at segregated lunch counters, rogue police could break down citizens’ doors in midnight raids, schoolchildren could

Paying for usage

I have not yet seen an app that charges you like 1 cent per hour. I would totally put in my credit card for an app that agreed it would only charge me 1 cent per hour. And then for

Paying for usage

I have not yet seen an app that charges you like 1 cent per hour. I would totally put in my credit card for an app that agreed it would only charge me 1 cent per hour. And then for