With the $200 million new funding for Reddit, they are planning a site redesign. (reports recode) Huffman’s plan for the new funding includes a redesign of reddit.com — the company is literally re-writing all of its code, some of which is more than a decade old. An early version of the new design, which we […]
See among your friends who gets the most steps in one work week. Fitbit has a great feature called “Challenges.” Every week, you can invite your friends to participate in the “Workweek Hustle.” Fitbit keeps track of the progress of all your friends throughout the week. Fitbit makes it fun to check in regularly to […]
Many people hate progress bars. You copy a bunch of files from one hard drive to another. Then you have to wait. And wait. And wait. However, I love progress bars. How far along is it? I love checking. Right now I’m moving a website over to a new host. That too, gets a progress bar. […]
Did you update your WordPress website from http to https, and now your Facebook like button disappear? Chances are you are using WooTheme’s shortcode, woo-fblike, for the Facebook like button in your template. (Actually Woothemes is now WooCommerce, so let’s call them by their correct new name). When you update your site to https, the […]
Tired of hearing about a particular topic in the news? Would you like to be able to filter out particular topics? The Breaking News app allows you to micro-tune the exact news you want to get. Well, not any more. NBC/Comcast is shutting down the Breaking News app, laying off its entire 22-person staff. The […]
The apps that make your phone’s home screen have special honor. The home screen can hold around 24 to 28 apps. You hand-pick them for easiest access. The other apps on your phone? Buried on secondary pages. Chances are, over the years you fine-tune this list of apps that appear on your home screen. Comparing your home […]
Through the past five years, 39 apps have appeared on my home screen. Tomorrow, I’ll post a short review about each of these apps. The list will be like a most essential iPhone apps of the past five years. This post was inspired by Abhay’s tweet: My #homescreen hasn't changed much in the last year pic.twitter.com/jMIIZcTvro — Abhay […]
Do you know someone who loves hot chocolate? Then you can give the Ultimate Hot Chocolate Package! The ultimate hot chocolate package is a collection of all the various hot chocolates you can find! In 2007, I gave my mom the Ultimate Hot Chocolate Package. The main influence behind me being a huge hot chocolate […]
What’s up with dudes and hot chocolate? write Mary Fons. “Dudes like hot chocolate. It’s a thing.” She gives four examples of guys liking hot chocolate in her Choco Case Studies. Well, make me the 5th!–actually the first–since 2008 I have been declaring on Twitter my love for the hot chocolate beverage. If other dudes […]
In 2016, I have taken 453 screenshots on my iPhone. 142 of them are Pokemon Go. Ahhh, 2016. And for no other apparent reason, here’s all my iPhone screenshots from 2016. If you are curious how I made all these, I did them in Adobe Lightroom. The instructions are below the images. I was able […]