Category: General
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Uncovering the Compromises of Metro Style Apps
The Windows 8 design case study is not just an interesting look at how the Windows team approaches designing an app, it also gives you a sense of how users are going to use a typical Metro style app on Windows 8. Unfortunately, as I read through the case study more and more cracks started…
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What Has Microsoft Learned From Metro?
Since OS X 10.7, Lion, Apple’s approach to the desktop has been that OS X can be made better by including some of the features that make iOS so popular. Meanwhile, Microsoft’s vision for their phones, tablets and desktops is that everything should be Metro The two approaches are distinct. Even though Apple has had…
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RIM Honestly
Reading RIM news coverage is frustrating. Outlets covering RIM only do so in a neutral and passive tone such that you wouldn’t have guessed the company’s stock has been in decline for the past four years. Must frustrating of all is how writers repeatedly end their pieces with optimistic outlooks at the next software release…
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Re-Reading
When my interest in a subject is renewed and I realize I’ve forgotten much of what I’ve already read about that subject, I regret most not having digital versions of books. I never mark up my paper books, but of I’m reading something digitally I tend to spend a lot more time highlighting and creating…
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Improving How I Use Evernote
In the past month I’ve tightened up my GTD practice, and as part of that have I’ve relied on Evernote as my digital filing system. I want to talk about just some of the new ways I’m using Evernote on a day to day basis. Creating Many Notebooks Compared to how I used Evernote before,…
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Using More of Apple’s iOS Apps
I’ve always been interested in finding new apps for my iPhone and iPad. It’s a fun distraction to try out new workflows and see what could help me be more productive. Recently I tried Sparrow, an email client for the iPhone. I tried the app, but I wasn’t as impressed as I thought I would…
Flow Focused 