SimpleBitsHand-crafted web sites, pixels and text by Dan Cederholm.Cork coffee cup sleeves- June 18, 2008 Not only do they look cool, they allegedly insulate better than paper sleeves, and are made from renewable cork bark, which is harvested without cutting the tree down.http://www.coolcorc.com/store/cart.php?page=about_coolcorc S3Hub: S3 Client (for Mac OS X)- June 18, 2008 "S3Hub allows you to view your S3 online storage, upload, download, set permissions, share with friends and more." This could come in handy, soon.http://s3hub.com/ 1% for the Planet's new blog- June 17, 2008 The first post offers this great news: "Our members can now be found in 27 different countries and we're channeling over $12 million annually to a myriad of environmental groups (more than 1,500) around the world."http://onepercentfortheplanet.org/blog/ Mark Simonson- June 17, 2008 &8220;For the most part, the type usage in each of the Indiana Jones movies is correct for the period depicted. With one exception: The maps used in the travel montages.&8221;http://www.marksimonson.com/article/223/indiana-jones-and-the-fonts-on-the-maps Wordle- June 16, 2008 "Wordle is a toy for generating 'word clouds' from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes." Here's what Wordle did to an old article I wrote way-back-when.http://wordle.net/gallery/Faux_Columns twitter.comsimplebits- June 16, 2008 &8220;There's a big difference between building YASN (Yet Another Social Network) and building a new application with social features.&8221;http://www.simplebits.com/notebook/2008/06/16/tweet.html Tipping Point- June 12, 2008 At one of my favorite local coffee shops, I've noticed they have a creative take on generating tips. I'm sure this is used elsewhere as well, but it's the first time I've come across it. There are two baskets by the register, with a rotating sign above that asks a question. Today it was: "Should Obama pick Hillary as Vice President" Throw your tip in the appropriate basket, and we get an instant, visible poll as a byproduct of giving your barista a little extra change. Some questions...http://www.simplebits.com/notebook/2008/06/12/tipping.html NetNewsWire for iPhone- June 12, 2008 Great news. My favorite RSS reader will be released as a native iPhone application. Hopefully around the same time the app store launches (via)http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/06/10/ars-at-wwdc-exclusive-preview-of-mobi... Start! Conference- June 12, 2008 Some very smart people are getting together in August to put on Start: "... a one-day conference in San Francisco designed for smart, talented Web people to take hold of their ideas, follow their dreams, and start their own companies."http://thestartconference.com/ Abbreviation Venn- June 11, 2008 Tweet about an internal debate on how to correctly mark up "ABBA", semantically, and good things happen.http://www.flickr.com/photos/focalcurve/2568223379/ |