Chris Messina details a new microsyntax for Twitter, using a slash delimiter to denote metadata (like via, cc, and by). The concept is well described and looks fantastic, but I wonder if widespread adoption is possible—especially considering popular clients like Tweetie employ a different format by default.
“ I love Photoshop. It’s where I spend eight hours five times a week. I just wish that one of these days, instead of piling on more furniture, they’d clean up the place. ”
I dropped a folder of mp3s that also included an associated .m3u playlist onto iTunes 9. Lo and behold iTunes didn’t double up the tracks! Yay, finally! Previously I’d always needed to remove any playlists before adding to the Library.
As a tiny experiment, I dropped just the .m3u file and iTunes added the tracks fine. Seems iTunes now knows to ignore them when appropriate. About time, really.
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NYC by Jeff Rogers (view large)
This is completely awesome. I want a giant print of this in my house.
(via itstjelle)
More applications are getting smart about being offline. Instead of throwing a wrench into your workflow with a modal dialog or doing nothing at all, Chill Pill, a desktop client for a self-hosted newsreader called Fever, displays a large, unobtrusive alert in its main window.
Promotional poster for 95bFM by Andrew Archer. He’s also been working up a new poster for the 10th Annual 24-Hour Movie Marathon in Auckland over Hallowe’en.
