A Map of Every Device Connected to the Internet
This isn’t exactly current (about a year old, actually) but I ran across a tweet recently by programmer and “Internet cartographer” John Matherly:
GTD Review: OmniFocus
Overview I recently switched to OmniFocus as my GTD application for Mac OS X and iOS. Now, I realize this goes against my initial criteria for finding a new GTD system, which included a requirement that the system be cross-platform, but my computer usage — even at work — has shifted to almost entirely Mac OS…
ISS Flyover Video
This is a great video from the International Space Station (ISS) during a flyover of the United States a couple of weeks ago. It gives a wonderful perspective of their view and includes a nice sunrise at the very end. At about 17,000 miles per hour, they see a sunrise/sunset about every 90 minutes.
View or Change Your Google Ad Settings
No one really likes online advertisements. But they do help to pay for your Gmail hosting and the occasional brilliantly written article on the web. If you’re going to be served up ads by Google then you may as well make sure that they’re about topics you’re interested in. Here’s how you can find out…
NASA High-Definition Earth-Viewing System
While responding to NASA and one of its astronauts today about a video they posted, another Twitter user sent me a link to this project. It not only gives a great view of what the Earth looks like as it passes beneath the ISS at 17,000 miles per hour, but you can track the ISS…
Google Font Library Project
Someone I follow on Twitter (CodeVixen) sent out a link to Font Library, an open source project intended to tag and organize Google Fonts. If you’re a little typography-challenged at times like I am, you can shop by tag and the site displays a sample of each font on the page so that you can see…
GTD Review: Todo Cloud
Overview I recently evaluated Appigo’s Todo Cloud 7, formerly known as Todo Pro. It does just-short job of supporting the GTD process. For example, it doesn’t have project status (e.g., Next Action, Someday/Maybe, Waiting) or projects, though you could, in theory, use tags for the statuses. They use lists rather than projects, which aren’t significantly different in…
GTD Review: Producteev
Overview It didn’t take long for me to figure out that Producteev wasn’t going to do the trick. It doesn’t support the GTD process sufficiently. For example, it doesn’t have project status (e.g., Next Action, Someday/Maybe, Waiting) or contexts, though you could, in theory, use labels for both of these. There’s also no Inbox. The…
Practicing Better Online Security
We regularly read about companies experiencing security breaches, and yet we continue to give an insane amount of data (and level of detail within that data) to companies without giving much thought to how they’re using it, how they’ll protect it, or whether we should perhaps limit their ability to store it. Sometimes, as I’ve…
Monitor Envy
I recently migrated from a PC desktop at work to a MacBook Air. I’m used to working on a MacBook in my personal life after buying one close to two years ago. What I’m not used to is the Thunderbolt display I acquired at work. And I’m in love! I’ve been playing with the idea of transitioning…