For the people that live in between the two worlds: digital and analog.
Zen & the Art of Life Management (by jesse jacobs) Panel with Leo, author Tim Ferriss, and Susan O’Connell of the SF Zen Center.
Highly recommended.
“The structure of a system reflects the structure of the organization that built it.”
- R. Fairley
Great quote from Frank which mirrors one I have posted before.
Also, if you are not reading Frank Chimero, I’m likely to trust everything you say just a little bet less.
Stripes: A conceptual operating system and an impressive UI. You can check the proof of concept here (requires flash)
“Simplicity is the shortest path to a solution.”
- Ward Cunningham
While I truly love Mac OS, nothing beat the customization power of Linux. You can achieve high levels of customized simplicity and minimalism while maintaining usability.
linux input ecosystem | Joe Shaw:
Over the past couple of days, I’ve been trying to figure out how input in Linux works on modern systems. There are lots of small pieces at various levels, and it’s hard to understand how they all interact. Things are not helped by the fact that things have changed quite a bit over the past couple of years as HAL — which I helped write — has been giving way to udev, and existing literature is largely out of date. This is my attempt at understanding how things work today, in the Ubuntu Lucid release.
I very simple yet informative analysis by Joe.
it also show how Linux has become a mess, with different people pushing different technologies and not a centralized control that can dictate how things are done.
I love Linux. I had great potential. But the same people that gave it the potential are now killing it.
“The bottom line for hard alpinism, is you have to want to go up more than you want to go down.” Paul Ramsden (via Going Up on the Cleanest Line blog)
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Swire Hotels has found a niche in Beijing with its minimal boutique hotel, with the Opposite House Hotel. The super minimalist hotel, designed by Kengo Kurna & Associates, provides 99 guest rooms, with a home comfort palette of light wooden floors, glass, and fabric as room dividers. The aesthetics are carried perfectly throughout the lobby, bars and outdoor decks. With subtle suggestions of Chinese inspirations, the overall result is perfectly modern. There is a vivid contrast also between the restaurants, bars, pool and the rooms, where the purpose of each section is perfectly understood. Even the staff wears comfortable and chic uniforms that it’s hard to tell that they actually work there!
This has become a tourist attraction in itself in Beijing, even if you don’t stay here when visiting Beijing, it’s worth to try out the cocktails at the bar downstairs.
Taking A Step Back – Mac Stories:
He truly enjoys the iPhone as it comes out of the box. He didn’t feel the need of OTA sync in OmniFocus, tags in Simplenote 2.0 were not a big deal to him, Pastebot’s clipboard in the background using a silent track was an unknown tale. He loves his iPhone, and he doesn’t need to keep on bouncing from app to app to get his things done.
Turns out, I’m getting an iPhone 4 for my birthday (which is today). I’ve been considering for a while, when it did come to replacing my 3G, seeing how long I can go with the built in and three key 3rd party apps (Simplenote, Reeder, Twitter client of the month). Kind of an extreme version of my home screen experiment. Guess I will now have that chance and will report in a bit how that goes.
Dave Caolo’s Sweet Mac Setup – Shawn Blanc:

My main computer is a well-worn, 2GHz Intel Core Duo MacBook Pro with a 15″ display. This machine has been in 5 US states and three countries; it’s missing three keys and the bottom is badly scratched. It’s also the most reliable workhorse I’ve ever owned. I’ll continue to use it until it dies or refuses to run essential software, whichever comes first.
What we believe in.