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Condition ONE App: A New Way to Photograph War? - LightBox:

Condition ONE, under development for the Apple iPad and other tablets, uses a custom camera system developed by Dennis that “fuses the ethics, method and aesthetics of photojournalism with the tradition of cinematic filmmaking with virtual reality,” he says. “The entire human field of view is captured on these camera systems, and the stories are edited specifically for the tablet application to create a truly immersive experience.”

The word “future” is not even adequate to describe this. Amazing.
(via Coudal)

A cloud-centric Mac set-up » Blog » Elliot Jay Stocks:

This set-up is great. It means that I have a desktop-like experience when working from home, yet I can carry my ‘office’ with me when working at the studio or on the road. It’s the best of both words.

Part one of two. This is going to be good.

(via Ian Hines)

Enough Episode 23 — Quotebook:

For today’s episode of the podcast, we enjoy a great conversation with Matthew Bischoff, one of the developers behind my new favorite iPhone app, Quotebook. We not only discus the app but also share some of the favorite quotes we have in ours. Also, tune in to find out how we may have singlehandedly caused the Simplenote icon to change. This one was a lot of fun to record.

Designed by architect Manuel Aires Mateus, this residence is located in Portugal, in a high point, overlooking the city of Leiria.

The home was divided into two distinct areas, one for socializing and one for sleeping. The bedrooms are positioned below ground, with access to private patios that lead to the backyard.

It is not equipped with conventional windows. Instead it features voids in the ceiling which attract light indoors.

I simply love it.

Square – Accept credit card payments with your mobile phone:

Speaking of the present-future, this sure feels like it. I have been using Square to accept credit cards on the spot for my consulting business for a few weeks now both on my iPhone and my iPad. Though I have known about it for quite some time it was an article about it’s founder, Jack Dorsey (also founder of Twitter), that pushed me over the edge to try it.

Seriously, folks, this has been a game changer. It is super simple, minimal, fast, and the money transfers into my bank account in just a couple of days. Every time I use it it feels like a magic trick, especially as I see the wonder and delight in the eyes of my clients. It actually makes it fun for the customer to pay and makes the freelancer feel like a “real business”.

Once you sign up, the reader is sent to you for free with no commitment. The fees are already more than generous at a flat 2.75% which, if you have ever used any other credit card processing, is a bargain. That said, right now they have a promotion where the first 30 days of fees are waived for new signups.

If you have any business at all that excepts credit cards for payment and an iOS device, you need this.

Enough Episode 22 — Terry’s Minimal Mac:

Hide your wallets, folks. In today’s episode of Enough – The Minimal Mac Podcast, we are joined by Terry Lucy of The Bro Show. Terry is not only a new MacBook Air 13 inch owner, but also new to the Mac itself. We asked Terry on to discuss why and how he is keeping his Mac minimal and his observations from a switcher’s perspective.

Also, a programming note, we have a lot of great and diverse guests coming up on the show. If you have not subscribed yet, today would be a good time.