Daily Archives: August 20, 2007

This WordPress blog goes tumbling

August 20, 2007 – 6:21 pm

I’ve been struggling for the last couple weeks with how to present and manage in my blog short snippets of information I come across and find worth sharing. I did want to manage them in WordPress but, at the same time, I wanted posting to be quick and easy. It turned out that a few […]

By Dylan Damian | Posted in thoughtstart, Blogging, Posts | Comments (6)

iPhone’s keyboard is “2x slower” than “other phones” | The Boy Genius Report

August 20, 2007 – 1:43 pm

I call bull.
It seems that a survey company, namely one conducted by Chicago-based consulting firm User Centric, seems to indicate the following: The iPhone’s keyboard is slower than your average phone keypad. How much slower? Roughly 2x as slow, taking study participants almost twice as long to compose messages than it did on other QWERTY-equipped […]

By Dylan Damian | Posted in Tumblelog | Comments (0)

Advertising Age - Steve Rubel - Three Strategies for Thriving on the Decentralized Web

August 20, 2007 – 1:16 pm

Long-form online content has been usurped by all things bite-size, whether it be widgets, YouTube clips, or micro blogs powered by services such as Tumblr, Jaiku and Twittergram.
Agreed. Another good observation:
Think web services, not websites.
Advertising Age - Steve Rubel - Three Strategies for Thriving on the Decentralized Web

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Designing With Grid-Based Approach | Developer’s Toolbox

August 20, 2007 – 12:52 pm

Inspired by Khoi Vinn’s and Mark Boulton’s presentation Grids are Good, we’ve decided to take a deep look in the articles about grid-based designs. We’ve read through over 50 articles and selected some of the most important and interesting facts web-developers should know about the grid-based approach. Besides, we’ve listed the most useful references, tutorials […]

By Dylan Damian | Posted in Tumblelog | Comments (0)