Dave Martorana
Ok, I take back “nothing else” and replace it with “a lot of shit.” Turns out, Snow Leopard is rock solid, but there are hidden mysteries that it provides – especially where 64 bit is concerned – that make a lot of software out there… not ready.
It’s really stunning to me – a plethora of people I know use Gmail and have for years. Most do so not for the user interface – it’s pretty God-awful, but for the user experience. (I had high hopes for themes, but alas.) Specifically, threaded messaging, which I simply cannot do without.
With the totality with which people rely on Gmail’s threaded messaging interface, it’s incredible to me that there are a total of ZERO email clients – Windows or Mac – that include the same functionality. It’s high time for a new email client. But who will build it??
Over at IndyHall Labs, we’re a bunch of independent designers, developers, usability experts, etc. – you’ve heard this from me before. However, we have a policy that is relatively long standing (in terms of the age of IndyHall Labs) and it’s getting a little attention.
We released Twistori Desktop over at IndyHall Labs today. It was an awesome collaboration between IndyHall Labs and our friends (and IndyHall members from Austria!) over at Slash7, Amy Hoy and Thomas Fuchs.
Multiplex was finally launched after much delay. Check out the website, or the review or interview on the Smoking Apples website. Totally stoked.
From your friends at IndyHall Labs! More later.
Today it became readily apparent that despite the warnings of many many people to be careful of a Twitter phishing attack, many people fell pray to it – including many famous people/accounts, including @foxnews, @britneyspears, (completely NSFW!!), and @ricksanchezcnn. (Thanks to Best Damn Tech Show for the quick screen-shots before the tweets were deleted.) Even the supposedly internet-savvy Barack Obama team seem to have fallen prey.
How do you avoid such social-engineering, or, “phishing” attacks? By some smart reading. I’ll walk you thorough some basic rules after the jump.
Some of the coolest people I know came together recently to create an unprecedented organization. It’s a company of sorts, although not really. It’s an LLC, although only in so much as it needs to be recognized by the state. Beyond that, it’s a whole different animal.
(This is a recovered post from a while ago – my thoughts on SXSW 2008.)
I’m flying back from my honeymoon in Italy. My new wife is sleeping next to me, I have six hours still left to fly, and I kid you not, they’re playing a rerun of Wheel Of Fortune on the movie screen.
I realized that I never really wrote up anything regarding my experiences at the South By Southwest Interactive conference (SXSW 2008) in Austin just a few short weeks ago. I had meant to write on the plane ride home from Austin, but was simply too tired. I meant to write a post during the the week in between SXSW and my honeymoon, and never got around to it. Now, here I sit, and I’m realizing that it may have been good to cool off a little before mapping out my experiences. Most of what was written regarding people’s experiences at SXSW were immediate, gut reactions. Many were brilliant rehashings of what was an even more brilliant week. But I’m going to give you the three-week-later write up. It should be interesting to see what I remember, and what left a lasting impression on me.
