SamRayner.com // Quicklinks

Ira Glass on Taste vs. Ability

2009-11-06T17:09:01+00:00

This is so good to hear. I dislike almost everything I design and have folders full of work that’ll never see the light of day, but that’s OK. One day my ability will catch up with my taste, I just have to keep at it. The fact that Glass is brave enough to play his old tapes like that proves how genuine the advise is.

XKCD Movie Narrative Charts

2009-11-02T14:34:01+00:00

Awesome. I especially love the one for Primer. Sums the film up pretty well.

10/GUI

2009-10-14T18:14:00+00:00

Awesome. But why not an on-screen software keyboard? Or even better, a keyboard projected under the fingers on the touchpad? The localisation and app-specific benefits would be massive and, I think any iPhone owner would agree, it doesn’t take long to get used to.

Dyson Air Multiplier

2009-10-14T17:54:00+00:00

A desk fan without blades. Dyson have been producing some very cool stuff recently but this is something else…

TabToolkit

2009-09-22T15:34:01+00:00

Agile Partners, creators of the indispensable GuitarToolkit, have released a companion tab app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Awesome.

Screenr

2009-09-15T10:16:00+00:00

“Now you can create screencasts for your followers as easily as you tweet. Just click the record button and you’ll have your ready-to-tweet screencast in seconds.” Very slick.

Ivan Sutherland’s Sketchpad

2009-08-22T11:55:00+00:00

Developed in 1963, decades ahead of its time. Fascinating.

Sudoku Grab

2009-08-18T12:50:00+00:00

How Sudoku Grab, a great little iPhone app that can digitise printed sudoku puzzles, works. I can’t wait to start playing with these techniques at uni.

RGBa and Text-Shadow in Safari and Firefox

2009-07-13T17:56:00+00:00

Tim Brown points out a frustrating inconsistency in the implementations of the RGBa and the text-shadow properties in Safari and Firefox. Despite using both a lot recently, I hadn’t noticed it until now.

Decoding the HTML 5 Video Codec Debate

2009-07-10T10:56:00+00:00

Ars Technica covers the battle that’s raging over how video will be served in HTML 5: the Apple- and Google-backed H.264 vs. the Mozilla- and Opera-supported Ogg Theora. Looks like we’re stuck offering both for now.