Devin Reams: Cool Stuff I Found

Rejuvenate Your Workspace with These Office Supply Favorites [Office Supplies Fetish]

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:30:18 -0600

Rejuvenate Your Workspace with These Office Supply Favorites [Office Supplies Fetish]:

We normally leave all-things-gadgetry to our sibling blog, Gizmodo, but office supplies are one territory we can’t resist. In the spirit of our Supercharge Your Workspace week, here’s a look…

Notational Velocity 2.0 Public Beta

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:50:34 -0600

Notational Velocity 2.0 Public Beta:

Notational Velocity is a hidden gem of an app for the Mac, by Zachary Schneirov. It’s a lean, mean, and truly minimal note app, with an interface that emphasizes minimizing friction. Easy to search,…

Remembering 9/11 — A Time Before Social Networks

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:52:53 -0600

Remembering 9/11 — A Time Before Social Networks:

Today marks the eighth anniversary of 9/11, the bloodiest attack on U.S. soil in the nation’s history. No matter who you are or where you’re from, you’ll likely think back to where you were…

Blogs and Baked Goods

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:13:56 -0600

Blogs and Baked Goods:

John August nails it:

Over the weekend, there was a lot of uproar about a worm attack on WordPress installations that wrecked some notable blogs. Amid the sometimes-smug observations by the…

Why I Travel

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:24:06 -0600

Why I Travel:

I travel because traveling makes me less afraid of the world. Drop me anywhere in the world, and I’ll survive. (Cue Destiny’s Child, now.) I may not speak the language or know another soul, but…

Thoughts on tour

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:55:49 -0600

Thoughts on tour:

I haven’t been able to write as much on here as I would have liked, due to the ridiculously time-consuming task of filming and editing every stop on this tour. Someone messaged me on Twitter the…

HTC - Support - Flashing your Android Dev Phone with a Factory System Image

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 04:07:10 -0600

HTC - Support - Flashing your Android Dev Phone with a Factory System Image

Rethinking food and farms: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:53:38 -0600

Rethinking food and farms: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle:

I finished reading an eye-opening book: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. I feel it

The Snuggie Sutra

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:52:22 -0600

The Snuggie Sutra

Do Economists Make Better Decisions?

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:49:18 -0600

Do Economists Make Better Decisions?:

I love this advice by economist Justin Wolfers on the Freakonomics blog about why it helps to be an economist when you’re making decisions:

By sticking to economics, I make time for running….

Parenting Fail

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:30:11 -0600

Parenting Fail:

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"The Rules Have All Changed"

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:44:38 -0600

"The Rules Have All Changed":

Today’s paragraph of the day, on the tendency for self-appointed youth generational spokesmen to deploy flimsy old vs. new, “the rules have all changed” rhetoric:

You wanted EVIL, we want…

Nesting cookware for camping

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:03:32 -0600

Nesting cookware for camping:

Back to Monday’s theme of “Wow, this is cool!” I want to introduce you to the MSR Flex 4 System Cookset:

If you’re a camping enthusiast (or even if you live in an apartment…

"The Rules Have All Changed"

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:52:11 -0600

"The Rules Have All Changed":

Today’s paragraph of the day, on the tendency for self-appointed youth generational spokesmen to deploy flimsy old vs. new, “the rules have all changed” rhetoric:

You wanted EVIL, we want…

PS3 Price Cut Coming?

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:25:43 -0600

PS3 Price Cut Coming?:

According to a few leaked posters, it is. And while probably a year late, this is welcome news, and I expect this to provide a nice pop in near-term PS3 sales. What the price cut does is put the…

P2Peer Education: Bringing Elite Education to the Masses

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:48:34 -0600

P2Peer Education: Bringing Elite Education to the Masses:

About a year ago, a friend posed to me the following question: ”Why do students plunk down $150,000 for a 4-year education at MIT when virtually all of the courseware is available free…

Beware of Advice from Meta Careerists

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:20:05 -0600

Beware of Advice from Meta Careerists:

The most successful e-marketers sell products about…how to become a successful e-marketer. There’s a trend here.

Writers who write books and articles about…how to be a published writer.

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Will HTML 5 Break Apple’s Stranglehold on Apps?

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:56:36 -0600

Will HTML 5 Break Apple’s Stranglehold on Apps?:

It’s no secret that the iPhone App Store is a walled garden. Mobile platform developers like Apple have several ways to control what can run on their devices: Prohibit plug-ins like Flash,…

Free status!

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:02:56 -0600

Free status!:

US Airways is offering free Silver status for 90 days in their Dividend Miles program if you register by August 31. Also, if you fly 7,500 miles or 10 segments during the trial period, you’ll keep…

★ Ninjawords: iPhone Dictionary, Censored by Apple

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:21:32 -0600

★ Ninjawords: iPhone Dictionary, Censored by Apple:

[Update, 6 Aug 2009: Please see the follow-up to this story, which includes a response from Apple senior vice-president Phil Schiller.]

Two years ago I linked to a web site called Ninjawords…