Link: Science Fiction: Nokia goes Android | Monday Note
Jean-Louis Gassée daydreams about Nokia’s future. I think he’s on to something; unfortunately, I also think he’s on to something in the comments, where he points out that Nokia’s strategy, direction, goals, and culture are in the way.
Link: X-Mini speakers
I’ve heard an X-Mini II in action, and it sounded remarkably good. The price:performance ratio is very good in these things.
Link: JavaScript Blacklist
Keep an eye on this one. Seems to be triggering a Safari bug at the moment, but well worth installing once he either works around that, or Apple releases a fix.
Link: Freckle Time Tracking
“Save Time… Earn More.” Not using it at present, but looks nice. Read their manifesto even if you never plan to use their software.
(From the creators of Every Time Zone.)
Link: The HTML5 test - How well does your browser support HTML5?
Not sure I like the idea of scoring based on moving targets, but it is interesting to see how my current browsers fare.
Link: 1994-2004 Land Rover Discovery Upgrades - Four Wheeler Magazine
Good info, and highlights some weak points of Disco 1 vs 2.
Link: Betalogue—Using styles in word processing: Pages vs. Word
One of many reasons I like Pages better. Stability is the biggest reason so far.
Link: ReclaimPrivacy.org | Facebook Privacy Scanner
FB is doing and saying some scary shit these days, privacy-wise. I already had my settings at a reasonable level, but this did prompt me to make a couple tweaks.
Link: Two weeks of travel, Ten iPad lessons - SlashGear
Overall, sounds pretty promising. I think issues 4 (iWork) and 5 (file management) will get worked out with time. My guess is sometime over the summer (iPhone OS 4.0 release or thereabouts).
Link: What Makes a Hand Tool Ergonomic?
Ever wonder how to choose tools that will minimize strain and damage to you when you use them? This is not a bad start on some metrics.
(They don’t mention glove choice, which can seriously change how a tool works, but it’s still a useful intro.)