Brian Dusablon

Read ‘em and Weep eLearning – Cammy’s brilliant.

Memorable Speakers Blend Stories, A Connection to the Audience, and Takeaways

The Dude – I love Devour

Thanks for Teaching Us – So cool (via Michelle)

Driskill WordPress Child Theme – Beautiful and Responsive

The Org Chart is not the Org

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A Phone to Save Us From Our Phones – WTF? If I wanted that, I’d just go back to an old Razr. In typical Microsoft fashion, they’re advertising message is weird and off the mark, unless their goal was to keep people from buying their phones.

Oh, and no copy/paste on launch. To quote their own commercial, “really?”

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Learn Math on Your Regular (non-iOS, non-Microsoft) Phone – Very cool. (via HybridKris)

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The ‘Back to the Future’ That Might Have Been – I had no idea. Very interesting. Goes well with this “making of” for the Goonies.

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Minimalism by Example – I’ve had issues with Web Design Ledger before. They’re out to make a buck. While it seems to have worked for them, I do not like their methods.

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Being Geek Book Trailer – Awesome. And ordered.

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We Know More – good stuff on modern knowledge management

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An Introduction to WordPress Multisite – going this route with the family site(s) soon

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I’ve been contemplating a switch to Tumblr or Posterous for my blog. However, I didn’t want to lose the control I have with WordPress, which has been good to me. I also want to use it on my blog so I can continue to support it at a high level for my clients.

So, I’ve been waiting for something like Crisp to happen. Brilliant tumblog theme from WooThemes. Simple functionality added to easily add link posts, image posts, and other types of posts from a single area on the dashboard.

I use MarsEdit primarily, so going back to the WordPress admin interface to post content was not my preference. However, I was able to make it work by simplifying the screen options (collapsed menu, single column) and using Fluid. I still use MarsEdit for my regular longer posts, but for everything else I am now using the Crisp tumblog area with it’s simple publishing options.

I’m happy.

I read a lot online. The internet has been good to me. But it needs filters. I follow 241 people on Twitter, and that number is growing. Those folks post a lot of links I want to read, but often don’t have time to at the moment they post it.

Enter Instapaper. Integration with Twitter apps and all my browsers, and a iPhone app. Brilliant and simple. If it’s worth reading, I’ll “read it later.”

My other favorite tool is Readability, which makes most websites 20 times better by cutting out the sidebars, ads, Flash, and other crap and just giving me the article I want to read, in a wonderful typeface of my choosing, at the size I prefer.

I’ve set my father-in-law up with Readability, because he, too, hates the crap on websites that disturb good content. It’s good stuff. Arc90 deserves a medal.

So here’s how I read the internet:

1. Twitter to Instapaper (to read later) or to Safari/Readability
2. Safari to Instapaper or Readability (depending on time)
3. Google Reader in Fluid with Helvetireader
4. Email – I still prefer some email newsletters and Feedburner because it, again, is just the content.

More goodness:

• Give Me Something to Read – a list of the most “Instapapered” articles.
• Netvibes – was my primary for a long time. Works well with Fluid.
• Instapaper Restyled

Time-Lapse of Yankees World Series Win – I hate the Yankees. They even get the coolest photography hacks. I especially like the groundskeeping sequence at about 1:15 – watch the change at home plate. (via DF)

250,000 on Facebook Find Owner of Lost Camera – one of the great things about social media is shown here, when it’s used to help people. (via Palko)

Ten Things You Need to Stop Tweeting About – (via Philip)

Laptop Steering Wheel Desk – Read the reviews…great fun (via Aaron)

10 Things You Need to Know About WordPress 2.9 – Good stuff. Improving as a CMS.

The Simplest & Most Efficient iPhone Stand – brilliant (via MinimalMac)

Microsoft Store Breaks Out in Song – First, that is pathetic retail store behavior. Two, what a horrendous song. (via DF)

Camino 2 – Try it.