“The messy desk is not necessarily a sign of disorganization,” Gladwell explains. “It may be a sign of complexity: Those who deal with many unresolved ideas simultaneously cannot sort and file the papers on their desks, because they haven’t yet sorted and filed the ideas in their head.”

via (much better to read with Readability)

One of my favorites:

(love the “e-mail the douchebag who used it” feature)

Yup. Add one to your camping gear as well.
Once you get your cast iron skillet, try this recipe first (after you season it, of course): Cast Iron Mac & Cheese.

What’s New in MarsEdit 3

This is one of the few pieces of software I own where I don’t even look at what’s new, I just pay for the upgrade because I know it’s going to be worth it. Mars Edit does one thing, and does it extremely well. Simple, effective.

Support for WordPress Pages

MarsEdit now lets you download, edit, and create Page entries on WordPress blogs. Now you can manage your blog and your permanent site pages from the same comfortable interface.

Support for Custom Fields

For WordPress and other blogs that implement the WordPress API, you can configure custom fields in MarsEdit to customize the post editing interface.

Oh, pair it with Inconsolata or Anonymous Pro for best results…

The All-Bacon Burger – of all bacon odysseys, this might be the one I try…

In-Program Quicksilver/LaunchBar functionality – Simple, useful hack. (via DF)

This is the iPhone 3G with iOS 4.0 – Pretty much what happened to mine as well. (via DF)

Megan (almost 6) demos the new paint below…can’t wait to move back in and get organized!

• Tom's tabbed elearning template
• Mike Highfield's elearning toolkit
• Using tables in your elearning course – numbers can really help you get your point across
• Turn off image zoom in Quizmaker – painless (just remember, slide view gives you all the options)
• 8 new Articulate Presenter skins – good starting points to change your elearning up a little
• Focus on the user

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Posted via email from Brian’s Random Snippets of Life

Posted via email from Brian’s Random Snippets of Life

I’m Comic Sans, Asshole – Brilliant and funny. (via Gruber)

‘First to Do It’ vs. ‘First to Do It Right’ – solid explanation of the difference between adding features for the sake of having features, and adding features that let you do something your customer/user wants and/or needs to do. Same could be said for a lot of websites.

World Cup Preview – Short Edition – Short, funny and fairly accurate summaries of each of the 32 teams.

“While compiling this preview, I forgot about Greece and had to look them up when I realized I was one country short.”

The Lame iPad Camera Connection Kit – I’m still shocked there’s not an iPhoto Lite for the iPad.

More Adobe accessibility screw-ups – why? Seems I ask that a lot about Adobe these days.

(via Gruber)

Don’t make me wait, because I won’t.

“How to Suck at Facebook”

The web isn’t rebuilding communities. We are.

I’m presenting at mLearnCon – what do you want to know about Mobile OS?

Who said the iPad couldn’t print? – Ha! (via HybridKris)

Android Running on the iPhone – oooh…I want to do this! (via Rich)

A different take on mobile learning (via Tom)

The Tweet Notebook – Overkill? Maybe. (via Aaron)

Dear Apple and Adobe – nicely said.

In an attempt to generate some new money for charity, I’m throwing out a ridiculously cheap hosting coupon code for Dreamhost.

Use coupon code REDONK (short for redonkulous) to get $87 off a year of hosting, or other discounts on different plans.

For the rest of 2010, all proceeds will go to charity (Charity:Water, American Diabetes Association, Kiva, or make a suggestion in the comments).

So if you need hosting, or know someone who does, send them here (use coupon code REDONK)!

This is pretty accurate. Some managers are better than others, but the interruption concept is spot on. I love working remotely, in my cave (see Rands on his cave for more), because I am not distracted. If I’m in a zone working on a project, I can shutoff my phone and my email, my Twitter client and my IM tools, and just work.

In the office, even if I’ve done all of these things, there is still a high probability that I will be interrupted by a person or general office noise. Jason talks about removing the interruptions in the actual workplace. If you’re unable to do this, I suggest trying to get out of there, at least a day or two a week. It doesn’t have to be a home office, either. Just somewhere you’ll be more productive.

I’m curious what you think your managers will buy into first. Reconditioning the work environment to have less interruptions, or letting you work remotely. What’s your experience?

The zone is on Mobile Operating Systems (cleverly named, the MOSH Pit).

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I Got a Big Ass Pocket – hilarious! (via The Duty – a new fav)

Padnotes – iPad annotation and drawing – seems clunky to me.

Tron Legacy – can’t wait. Also need to watch the original again.

Innovations in e-Learning – really wish I was going to this…we’ll see.

The Future of the LMS – add your thoughts and link it back here so I can read it.

JuneCloud – creators of Delivery Status – love these guys.

Faking It – Very interesting read – and a very real situation.

SCORM Cloud gets easier to play with (via)

Interaction Colour Associations – Good stuff in the comments also.

Why You Can Never Work ‘Full Time’

The Importance of Teaching Your Clients and Being the Boss

Work/Life Balance

Modern Browsers for Modern Applications – Google’s take (and mine)