Open Mode, @malcolmbastienTumblr (3.0; @malcolmbastien)http://malcolmbastien.com/“Mayer Hawthorne Check it: We are the FIRST OFFICIAL TOUR to accept credit cards via the iPhone with Square technology! The FUTURE has arrived! That means: You can come to my show, buy a T-shirt, and pay with a CREDIT CARD. We swipe it with an iPhone and email you a receipt instantly! Technology!”<br/><br/> - <em><p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/?!/MayerHawthorne?ref=nf">Facebook | Mayer Hawthorne</a></p> <p>That’s pretty cool.</p></em>http://malcolmbastien.com/post/431005190http://malcolmbastien.com/post/431005190Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:34:58 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kytcdzkbMA1qa77f2o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Fun analysis which shows how adding a second monitor to my laptop almost immediately effects the way I use my computer.</p> <p>15” MBP screen on the left, 22” external monitor on the right.</p>http://malcolmbastien.com/post/428333487http://malcolmbastien.com/post/428333487Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:32:23 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Uy9fLe2umhY&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Uy9fLe2umhY&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy9fLe2umhY&feature=sub">Mayer Hawthorne - Thin Moon</a> (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/stonesthrowradio">stonesthrowradio</a>)</p>http://malcolmbastien.com/post/427194782http://malcolmbastien.com/post/427194782Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:56:36 -0500“So, for example, I don’t have a mobile phone turned on because I’m talking to you. I don’t want the outside world to impinge on the conversation we’re having. I don’t carry a BlackBerry. I do my e-mails regularly, but I do it when I have the time on a computer. I don’t want to be sitting here thinking that I’ve got an e-mail message coming here and I’d better look at that while I’m talking to you. Every moment counts, and that moment is lost if you’re not in that moment 100 percent.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/business/28corner.html">Corner Office - Tachi Yamada and the Importance of Undivided Attention - Question - NYTimes.com</a></em>http://malcolmbastien.com/post/427035095http://malcolmbastien.com/post/427035095Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:29:03 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwkejbaZyA1qahc9uo1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://mnmal.tumblr.com/post/425171796/designeriphone-simplify-then-add-lightness">mnmal</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://designeriphone.tumblr.com/post/356087829/simplify-then-add-lightness">designeriphone</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“Simplify, then add lightness.”</p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://malcolmbastien.com/post/426495484http://malcolmbastien.com/post/426495484Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:18:33 -0500<a href="http://kotaku.com/5484441/halo-reach-beta-footage-looks-like-a-blast-%5Bupdate%5D?skyline=true&s=i">Halo: Reach Beta Footage Looks Like A Blast</a>: <p>Wowowowow</p>http://malcolmbastien.com/post/424790393http://malcolmbastien.com/post/424790393Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:46:07 -0500“<p>I believe the most minimal computer is the one that is optimized for you. How you work. The menubar items you need. The dock items you need. The applications you need. The system you need. The peripherals you need. The tools you need to get the job done.</p> <p>I believe most of us do not take the time often enough to evaluate what that need is. The entire mission of this site is to help you ask those questions and find the answer that is right. The only answer that is right. The one that is right for you and only you.</p>”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://minimalmac.com/post/407708923/computing-simplicity">Minimal Mac</a></em>http://malcolmbastien.com/post/424228207http://malcolmbastien.com/post/424228207Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:44:56 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwx2kziZhw1qahc9uo1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://mnmal.tumblr.com/post/419676543/designeriphone-if-you-are-going-to-have-less" class="tumblr_blog">mnmal</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://designeriphone.tumblr.com/post/368715959/if-you-are-going-to-have-less-things-they-have-to">designeriphone</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“If you are going to have less things they have to be great things.”</p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://malcolmbastien.com/post/420049441http://malcolmbastien.com/post/420049441Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:13:31 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kygciqeTcC1qa77f2o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://malcolmbastien.com/post/413287165http://malcolmbastien.com/post/413287165Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:06:26 -0500done<a href="http://focusmanifesto.com/getting-amazing-things-done/">A Simple System for Getting Amazing Things Done | Focus Manifesto</a>: <p>(via <a href="http://mnmal.tumblr.com/">mnmal</a>)</p>http://malcolmbastien.com/post/412297726http://malcolmbastien.com/post/412297726Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:11:59 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kya643WQbT1qz4cvno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://zenhabits.tumblr.com/post/406493184/shoebox-chuck-beans">zenhabits</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.shoeboxblog.com/?p=15314">Shoebox » Chuck & Beans</a></p> </blockquote>http://malcolmbastien.com/post/406955379http://malcolmbastien.com/post/406955379Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:14:07 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky9lotJXEw1qa77f2o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Google Fastflip on my iPhone. Not bad, but, there is the problem of all these newspaper sites being render in desktop browser mode.</p>http://malcolmbastien.com/post/405632493http://malcolmbastien.com/post/405632493Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:41:07 -0500fastflip<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky9bzuKLsZ1qzokqbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://bmdesign.tumblr.com/post/405310072/rip-slrs">bmdesign</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>RIP SLRs?</p> </blockquote> <p>Yes! I have a sony and sony lenses!</p>http://malcolmbastien.com/post/405390335http://malcolmbastien.com/post/405390335Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:12:17 -0500<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9625769&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9625769&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /></object><br/><br/><p>I have some books I’m done with and want to give away to people.</p> <p>I’m lazy so didn’t bother to look into flipping the video the proper way.</p> <p>If you want any of these books just leave a comment or send me an email.</p> <p><i>Update:</i></p> <blockquote> <p><i>I’m glad to say we have some takers!</i></p> <p><i>Taken:</i></p> <ul> <li><i>Super Crunchers</i></li> <li><i>The Paradox of Choice</i></li> <li><i>The Black Swan</i></li> </ul> <p><i>Available:</i></p> <ul> <li><i>The Elements of Persuasion</i></li> <li><i>Web Analytics an hour a day</i></li> <li><i>Free</i></li> <li><i>Crush It!</i></li> <li><i>Permission Marketing</i></li> <li><i>Time’s Arrow</i></li> <li><i>Click</i></li> <li><i>We Are Smarter Than Me</i></li> </ul> </blockquote>http://malcolmbastien.com/post/403320236http://malcolmbastien.com/post/403320236Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:08:00 -0500booksfreebies“This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.”<br/><br/> - <em><p>His Holiness The Dalai Lama (via <a href="http://therandompost.com/">patrickrhone</a>)</p> <p>Amen to that.</p></em>http://malcolmbastien.com/post/396726030http://malcolmbastien.com/post/396726030Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:41:09 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxzuuhuOSr1qzokqbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://bmdesign.tumblr.com/post/394869959/art-drives-science-science-drives-art">bmdesign</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Art drives science? Science drives art?</p> </blockquote> <p>Dahh Dahh Dahh Dunn Daa Daahh</p>http://malcolmbastien.com/post/395029683http://malcolmbastien.com/post/395029683Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:33:15 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxjuejkB3w1qa77f2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>You can photo reply to this post! Who wants to go first?</p>http://malcolmbastien.com/post/378979213http://malcolmbastien.com/post/378979213Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:51:55 -0500photos“… never for a minute allow yourself to believe that productivity systems, space pens, or a writing app that plays new age music while you stare at a blank page in full-screen mode can ever teach you anything about how to care.”<br/><br/> - <em> Merlin Mann <a href="http://www.43folders.com/2010/02/05/first-care?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+43Folders+%2843+Folders%29">First, care. | 43 Folders</a></em>http://malcolmbastien.com/post/378566327http://malcolmbastien.com/post/378566327Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:30:05 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxi1b8zJ0R1qa77f2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Simple Desk</p>http://malcolmbastien.com/post/377119192http://malcolmbastien.com/post/377119192Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:25:07 -0500http://malcolmbastien.com/post/373028415http://malcolmbastien.com/post/373028415Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:30:42 -0500