March 2011
12 posts
“It’s time to pick up a whiteboard marker and think fresh. There are other...”
– Evan Williams, on his blog.
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Encrypted backups with Time Machine →
If you wish to keep an offsite Time Machine backup in a place which you don’t consider safe (for me it’s my office: although I’m the only one working there, my collegues could in principle get it when I’m out), then this link is for you. It will drive you through the whole process, from creating the encrypted disk image (to an external USB HD, or someplace else), to the...
Developing an addiction to coffee… →
Also, now added to the places I like to visit, two for joy, in Amsterdam.
New Samsung tablets →
Hey, look who’s here.
And to not illude anyone: coming soon, but not yet, with price to be announced.
Marco.org: Why the Quick Bar ("dickbar") is still... →
marco:
Twitter’s official iPhone app, formerly Loren Brichter’s Tweetie and an otherwise awesome client, got a lot of negative reactions from the recent addition of the Quick Bar, a mandatory trending-topics banner on top of the tweet list. A lot of people really hate it, calling it the “dickbar” and…
I guess that Loren now sees some similarities between atebits acquisition by Twitter...
Just made my best “spaghetti ai frutti di mare” ever.
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PowerPoint::Mac = buggy.
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“I hate computers. It’s ironic, because I spend most of my time with them.”
– Thomas Troppenz
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Papers and the Mac App store
This is kind of a prediction, since at the time I’m writing this, Papers 2.0 is not out yet. But I think it all boils down to the 30% cut they would have to give to Apple.
The advantages of the Mac Apple Store are basically two: visibility and simplicity (to install, pay and upgrade). The disadvantages are that every upgrade has to be review and accepted, and that you lose 30% (well,...