Secret Weapon Notes: Volume 3
- Apple is not going to kill Aperture. Can we please drop this conversation now
- Here’s a useful tip to iPhoto users alike: Use the advanced red-eye and retouch tools in iPhoto 6
- For the FileMakers amongst us, there are new and interesting techniques abound. Most recently, I stumbled upon a revised ChangeLog calculation at DatabasePros.com, aptly titled Changelog 3, you can download it here (Mac, Win).
- Another simple FileMaker technique is the script to look up an address on Google Maps (Mac, Win) [Also, found via DatabasePros.com]
- Harking back to the beginnings of this blog, noting personal and enterprise computer security, there is a VERY interesting read on the RFID hacking underground in Wired Magazine.
- RhymesWithOrange provided this little ditty (see the May 10, 2006 post) [Found via Apophenia]
- Along the lines of Signal vs. Noise, Getting Real, the premise behind Basecamp, Backpack, and other simplified products is an interesting read in the Knowledge @ Wharton (yes, that Warton) mail newsletter entitled “Death in the Middle: Why Consumers Seek Value at the Top and Bottom of Markets” - I would maybe posit that 37Signals products are along the lines of the basic, low-cost service that consumers trade-down to. That might imply that the simplicity of 37Signals products are a negative value, but I highlight them as an effective quality at the right price point. Wharton’s interview is an interesting read.They also have an interesting podcast on “Keeping an Eye on Distant Events that Can Make or Break Your Company”
- Looking for a place to start volunteering? VolunteerMatch was made for you.
- Mincemeat and The Imaginary Man is Damn Interesting
- Adobe has also release, as a beta, a product named Spry which is a JavaScript framework to provide AJAX functionality. It’s worth a look.
