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Hello, I'm Evan. I write about tech from my perspective – that of the average tech geek, sometimes with my lawyer glasses on. You can also find me on Twitter and at my real-life job as a lawyer.    MORE ABOUT ME.

January 19, 2018

An interview with Manton Reece of Micro.blog →

From Colin Devroe’s interview of Manton Reece, the man behind micro.blog:

Facebook recently announced they were hiring 10,000 moderators, and I know Twitter has a large staff as well. I expect one mistake that these larger social networks made early on was hiring too many programmers, and not enough curators. For Micro.blog we always want people who can interact with the community and stay ahead of any issues.

I’ve been getting heavily into micro.blog over the last week or so. I like the philosophy behind it, which comes through in this interview with its creator. Micro.blog is all about the open web – you own your own content. If Twitter has you down, or you have a blog that has been stagnating, check out micro.blog.


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January 19, 2018

A Drone Saves Two Swimmers in Australia →

Isabella Kwai writing for the New York Times:

In video of the incident taken from the drone, it can be seen releasing a yellow “rescue pod” that inflates in the water. The two swimmers grabbed the pod, and with its support they made their way to shore. They were fatigued, but not hurt, Surf Life Saving New South Wales, a volunteer organization, said in a statement.

In the future, our robot overlords may make even lifeguards obsolete.


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January 18, 2018

Wish list item for Apple Watch: If you only have iPhone on you, let the phone fill in gaps in watch’s activity stats when it next connects to the watch, and vice versa. Looks like they each do their own thing now, as best I can tell (2 separate step counts, for example)


January 18, 2018

Using an iPad for photography workflows →

Marius Masalar for the Sweet Setup:

To be practical, an iPad photography workflow has to encompass everything from shooting, importing, culling, editing, and the final export. The ideal scenario is to be able to trust the iPad to replace a laptop as my daily photography companion. It needn’t do so entirely — I’m happy to continue using my desktop-based collection of apps when I’m at home and need their specific capabilities — but I should feel confident taking nothing but an iPad with me when I head out on a shoot or take my next trip.

If you’ve been looking for a comprehensive iPad photograph workflow, this is about as thorough as you’ll find, from apps to help plan photos, to software and accessories to streamline the process.


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January 18, 2018

DEVONthink 2.9.17 updates web interface and more →

From the DEVONtechnologies blog:

In addition, we’ve made PDF annotations and the text you’ve entered into PDF forms searchable, and we’ve added a convenient way for linking to other documents from plain text and Markdown documents via the contextual menu.

They’re calling this a maintenance update. If you check out the full post at the link, I’d call this a bit more than that. I’ve written frequently about DEVONthink here. Not only is it a great piece of software, but the developers are constantly refining it. There is a 150 hour trial of DEVONthink, so you have nothing to lose if you want to put it through its paces.


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