via Simple Desktops
Cute. Simple Desktops is a great source for more stuff like this too. Check it out.
What’s New in Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 [VIDEO] →
Still not what we believe in.
Related Update: Here’s a fun search. Especially for the new visitors.
Tomas Bartko - Icon and web design →
Some very nice desktop pictures here. (via Prettify)
How-To: Give Your Old iPhone New Life With Prepaid Data and Minutes →
Somewhat fiddley but interesting way to use last years model.
I talked a bit about this when I appeared on The Bro Show last week, but I believe that this is the “next big thing” after the “next big thing”. I have been watching this every few days since the first time I saw it. I catch something even more “holy crap” each time.
Of Mice and Magic
You may have heard already but, along with some new iMacs (Win), Mac Pros (Big Win), 27inch Cinema Display (Lickable), Apple released a brand new product – The Magic Trackpad.
Now, there are those who are trackpad people, those who can’t stand them, and a few in-betweeners who are comfortable with either. I’m one of the later. I even have a use case for one – My media center is an iMac and, due to its station on a shelf, there is just not enough travel room for a mouse. I currently have a Kensington Orbit Trackball attached to it and, while it does the job, it sure is not as sexy or, well, magic. But these details are not the story from my perspective.
Let’s do some theorizing on that magic for a bit. You may see a revolutionary mouse and trackpad. I see something far larger and more subversive…
Apple is rewiring our brains for touch.
Just like with the iPhone and iPad, Apple is steadfastly reinforcing the idea that touch is the way we interact with our computers. The Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad are just one more step in that direction. In fact, I would not be surprised if, before we ever see a touch based iMac, we see a keyboard without keys. A completely touch aware input experience in order to prepare the masses for the “next big thing”. That big thing is input devices as we have come to know them going away for good.
So, this begs the question, “Why not just make a giant desk sized iPad type iMac now?” Here is the answer: It is a minor adjustment to behavior and learning to make such moves with a brand new device, because the general public will see it as “new device, new input”. It is much more difficult to take something that has followed only one input method (keyboard and mouse) for twenty years and suddenly thrust something this new upon them. Revolutions generally start with a few new ideas that pick up steam and grow larger as they roll down the hill. The Magic Trackpad is the visual representation of the revolution to come.
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Although my conscious mind knows the truth, my dreams have me convinced these pictures are taken just for me.
Lifework - Herman Miller – Inspiration: Graphic Designer Theo Rosendorf →
I’m not even sure where to begin with the massive level of ninja-level cool on full display here. First, look at that office. Just look at it! Next, check out this snippet:
I have a server which gets backed up redundantly. Network user accounts get backed up to the server automatically, so adding a new MacBook is just a matter of logging in to the server with it. My music is on the server too—all 100 days of it.
Like I said, ninja. Go read the whole thing. Get inspired.
Minimal writing space.
I tweaked one of the backgrounds in the resource files in Ommwriter to look like my blog, so I could see how the finished writing would look like.
I’ve got my own opinions about Ommwriter but I have to give a hat tip here because it is a very cunning stunt.
(Submitted by Kristian Tølbøl Sørensen)
All I need when writing my bachelor’s science thesis for hand-in next week. My 27” iMac has served me well, allowing me to write the LaTeX code on a full sized window to the left, while having the full sized PDF result shown on the right. It’s like having two monitors, but with less clutter on the desk. Oh, and the low-tech pen and paper? Still indispensable for sketching out equations and models.
Everything you need. Nothing that you don’t.
