Archive for March, 2007
Volunteer to get killed – get paid
Norwegian crime author Jørgen Jæger wants to kill you in his next book. But only if you want to. And you’re getting paid. Here’s what he says on krimjager.com (in Norwegian): Kjære krimvenn! Jeg sitter i disse dager fordypet i skrivingen av neste års kriminalroman om lensmann Ole Vik. Handlingen tar til på Korsneset syd [...]
Nike + iPod mac app
Graham is thinking about making a Nike + iPod application for OS X. Here are some of my initial thoughts: Graphs that show your progress over time, either with the same route, or how far you manage to run in (example) 60 minutes. Map integration. Let me put my runs on a map like on [...]
Skiing in Salt Lake
I just had to post these two. Wow. Envy, Håvard! Photographer: Hallgrim Haug Halfilms Skier: Howie Arnstad Howie
GTD mac app: iGTD
Bartek Bargiel is another one in the race for the best Mac GTD application. In good Apple style it’s called iGTD and has some very nice features (and some annoying shortcomings as well). The two things I like the most: Syncing and Quicksilver integration. Syncing worked flawless on my Mac. I had a few tasks [...]
How I keep in touch with (some of) my friends?
.flickr-photo { } .flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } how I keep in touch with (some of) my friends?, originally uploaded by geirarne. Brilliant table by Geir Arne. How would your chart look? Put up 10 of your friends, and check them off [...]
Sean Tierney: Use your desktop as a matrix for urgency/importance
Urgency vs. Importance and the 5th system for scattered todos: Mentally superimpose the above graph on your desktop (or if you really want, draw it as your background). Drag the resources (URL locations, documents, graphics, audio files, forms, whatever you’re working with) to the appropriate quadrants on your desktop. URLs are the exact pages on [...]
Program your own GTD app
Now you can, as Jon Crosby has decided to make Actiontastic free and open source: The free (as in “free beer”) part starts tonight. The code (as in “freely available source code”) will follow when the overhead of a new team won’t crush the project under its own weight. Those with experience getting to 1.0 [...]
Leave your Mac alone while it’s installing software
Very good advice from Rosyna Keller at Unsanity: When “Optimize System Performance” appears during the update process do not touch your computer and definitely do not launch any applications. Just back away from your computer box as if it were a swarm of bees. I always do this, and if you’re setting up a new [...]
Where do we eat?
How about where your friends eat? You could ask them, make lots of notes, or just sign up to TrustedPlaces. A new web service where you recommend, tag and rate restaurants, cafés, pubs and bars. Yoo get a Google map showing the location (and you can zoom out on the map to see other trusted [...]
Joost invitations
I have two four Joost invitations I would like to give to you. Post a link to brilliantdays.com or one of my articles on your blog/site. And put the link to your site in the comments below. I’ll pick out two next week. Hint: One of them will be for best post… Update Click through [...]
OmniFocus icon
What do you think of the icon draft Omni has posted for OmniFocus? I’m not sure. I think the other Omni icons are way better. Here they are, presented with the three “main” competitors OmniFocus have: If I were in charge at Omni, I would have followed the style of the two other apps, a [...]
Multitouch software development
Shannon asks in an IM message: “Saw your posts about multitouch. How do you think this interface technology will impact software engineering and what kinds of applications can be developed?” Good question! I’m not sure it will impact software engineering much at first. It’s the end user that will experience the biggest revolution. I guess [...]
