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“The one who is good at shooting does not hit the center of the target”

- Zen saying

RSS5000 is a new RSS feed reader for iPad that actually brings something kind of original (to me at least) and minimal to the space. Here is how the developer described it to me:

RSS5000 connects to your Google Reader account and allows you to swipe through your feeds as a stack of whole web pages. The resulting experience is very rich, there’s no other RSS experience quite like it. On a decent w-ifi connection, it’s really fast. It feels sort of like flipping through your favorite websites on magic internet paper.

You really have to see the video on the site to get the best example of how it works. It’s really kind of neat. Purists and design nerds will appreciate that the content is displayed in the format it was originally intended.

chrisbowler:

chrisleboe:

Reflection

I like the title Chris chose for this picture. It’s an apt reminder for the week before New Years.

Consider using as a peaceful desktop picture.

Larry Bell has had a long and varied career, and also influential enough to land himself on the cover of The Beatles’ 1967 album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Born in 1939 in Chicago, Illinois, and now based in Toas, New Mexico and Venice, California, his earliest work were, like Donald Judd, Abstract-expressionist paintings.

In the 1960s, Bell began making some of his most recognisable works: Cube structures that sit on transparent plinths. Three of these works were featured in the influential 1966 minimalist exhibition Primary Structures, which also featured the work of Donald Judd, Dan Flavin, Ellsworth Kelly, Carl Andre and Sol LeWitt (amongst others).

I often see people disregard the relationship between the plinth and a sculpture, and furthermore the plinth’s sculptural presence. It’s always refreshing to look at Bell’s work, because he brings an awareness to the plinth by making it part of the work itself.

DisplayPad is another one in the “Wholly Carp! I can’t believe it’s only a dollar.” category:

DisplayPad is a cutting edge app that allows you to use your iPad as a second display for your Mac. You can extend your desktop with a wireless display that you can carry around with you!

It’s really impressive. Very smooth. Set it up and it just plain works.

(via Chris Thomson)

Trickle is a “Twitter Display” for iPhone and iPad purpose built to auto scroll through each tweet as your iDevice sits in a dock. It’s a nice way to keep a peek on what’s happening while using another device to get other things done. A neat idea for sure.

Rise Alarm:

Rise is a new iOS alarm app that is designed to provide the elegance of beautiful traditional clock faces and take full advantage of a touch based OS. It comes in both iPhone only and Universal versions.