Jeff Rock

Hello, Spring. It’s about time you showed up.

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:26:45 -0400

Hello, Spring. It’s about time you showed up.

That checkbox just changed my life. Seriously. On a side note,...

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:32:42 -0400

That checkbox just changed my life. Seriously.

On a side note, I’m a little embarrassed. I consider myself a pretty savvy Mac user and I had absolutely no idea that this preference existed.

Oh well. At least the nightmare is finally at an end.

Mobelux: Tumblr BlackBerry App 1.0.1 Well, that was fast!...

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:25:00 -0400

Mobelux:

Tumblr BlackBerry App 1.0.1

Well, that was fast! This version fixes a few bugs and makes the app look a little cooler.

New:

Post menu looks cooler

Added a post menu item for quicker posting

Fixed:

Fixed login problems reported by some users

Network options menu item fixed

Fixed an issue where media couldn’t be posted from the SD Card

Get it here!

Mortlach 70: World’s Oldest Bottled Single Malt...

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:25:01 -0400

Mortlach 70: World’s Oldest Bottled Single Malt Whisky

Beautiful presentation.

Via TheDieline.com.

Academy Award Winning Movie Trailer. Via John Siracusa.

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:32:00 -0500

Academy Award Winning Movie Trailer. Via John Siracusa.

I wondered if in the next versionof the iPhone app for Tumblr you'll use their new dashboard API to create a native iPhone dashboard instead of the web based one it currently uses. Also, can you add native reblogging (goes to native posting screen) and a bookmarklet for posting from Safari?

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:47:00 -0500

The native dashboard API was announced a few weeks ago so I will be evaluating the right way to pull it off (it’s not as straight forward as Twitter).
Native reblogging will be coming as soon as there’s an API for it.
There’s already a link bookmarklet if you are interested (I plan on expanding it in the next release). Drop this on your iPhone to send links: Send to Tumblr.

MetaLab Goes Open Source?

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:09:08 -0500

MetaLab Goes Open Source?:

The MetaLab blog:

I don’t understand why companies think that they can get away with doing this. The internet is a surprisingly small place, and we were notified almost immediately. We’ve all had a good chuckle about this, but we’ve contacted Mozilla and demanded that they take the design down. I’d expect better from a respectable company like Mozilla. It’s one thing when a student or fledgling company does something like this, but Mozilla is a big company with the resources to create original design.

In the meantime, let Mozilla know this isn’t okay. Tweet at @MozillaNews or leave a comment over on HackerNews.

… We’ve asked for a public apology, and I’ll be doing a follow-up post tomorrow.

Note to plagiarizers: don’t fuck with MetaLab.

If real life imitated creative work. Via Eddie Wilson.

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:18:00 -0500

If real life imitated creative work.

Via Eddie Wilson.

1 Million Dollars

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:12:00 -0500

1 Million Dollars:

Via @rands.

Wonderful documentary. Think ‘Mission Impossible’...

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:51:49 -0500

Wonderful documentary. Think ‘Mission Impossible’ meets ‘Food, Inc.’

Via Emily.

Et tu, Academy? It’s official. No one is safe from the...

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:29:41 -0500

Et tu, Academy?

It’s official. No one is safe from the indulgant, ham-handed, false-sense-of-class styling of Zapfino.

It’s the Coach bag of typography.

The Axiom Pro looks like it was designed by the Rebel Alliance.

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:20:20 -0500

The Axiom Pro looks like it was designed by the Rebel Alliance.

How internet tubes deliver LOLcats. Via There, I Fixed It.

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:56:00 -0500

How internet tubes deliver LOLcats.

Via There, I Fixed It.

“Who you callin’ big”?

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:28:00 -0500

“Who you callin’ big”?

If I could have one superpower it would be to stay as excited about a project in the last 30% as I...

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:20:02 -0500

If I could have one superpower it would be to stay as excited about a project in the last 30% as I am while concepting it.

You?

kubi: … and my point is: never ask to see how the hotdogs are...

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:19:36 -0500

kubi:

… and my point is: never ask to see how the hotdogs are made.

(I imagine there’s only a handful of you who recognize those photos)

I’ve visited Hawaii with those ladies many a time.

The Real Reason That There's No Flash On The iPad

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:08:00 -0500

Daniel Eran Dilger:

Many (if not most) current Flash games, menus, and even video players require a visible mouse pointer. They are coded to rely on the difference between hovering over something (mouseover) vs. actually clicking. This distinction is not rare. It’s pervasive, fundamental to interactive design, and vital to the basic use of Flash content. New Flash content designed just for touchscreens can be done, but people want existing Flash sites to work. All of them—not just some here and there—and in a usable manner. That’s impossible no matter what.

Horn toot: this is the primary reason I’ve been giving folks that ask me why I think there’s no Flash on the iPhone/iPod/iPad.

The interface constructs of touch computing are entirely different from mousing. This is why there will never be Flash on an iPhone OS device. Flash was written for mouse-based interaction. It’s the same reason Mac OS X apps don’t run on the iPhone. Even the holy grail of Flash video content sites, Hulu, requires hover to display video controls.

Switch to a better task manager. @done.

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:16:00 -0500

~~Switch to a better task manager.~~ @done.

Two Dozen Carriers Worldwide Unite Against Apple’s App Store

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:56:00 -0500

mocoNews.net:

Two dozen of the world’s largest mobile-phone companies, including Verizon Wireless, AT&T, NTT DoCoMo, Deutsche Telekom, China Mobile and Vodafone, are teaming up to create an “open international applications platform,” which is obviously in direct response to Apple’s success with its own iPhone App Store.

There’s such a thing as too many cooks in the kitchen, but this is more like too many greedy middle managers hovering over the stove.

Look. Developers will learn what they need to learn in order to make the things that they want to create. But I’ll tell you one thing. What I’m not interested in is making AJAX widgets for phones that come free with 2-year contracts. Furthermore, the last thing we need is another mediocre SDK built on frameworks designed by committee.

Best of luck.

Every time this horrible, contrived design shows itself in a...

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:28:00 -0500

Every time this horrible, contrived design shows itself in a commercial this is what I see.