Quotes

  • Hold down the Option key and drag the column handle to change the default column width. Mac OS X Finder will remember next time you open a window.
  • Those compact discs sound amazing, but they won’t fit in my tape deck. Trent Walton thinks that mandating cross-browser compatability is holding us back from incredible technical achievements and I think he’s right.
  • I understand what you’re saying but I don’t think that’s what you mean. I think what you’re saying is, ‘I don’t think that anyone will find anything of value in my thought,’ and you’re wrong. You’ve got two things going for you. You’ve got the inexplicable moment of inspiration that created your idea, and it’s […]
  • Whenever possible, add a realistic, physical dimension to your application. The more true to life your application looks and behaves, the easier it is for people to understand how it works and the more they enjoy using it. Apple’s iPad Human Interface Guidelines The beauty of full-screen glass with no visible buttons is your device […]
  • I don’t want to know about PICT files. I don’t want to know about TIFF files (I don’t. They give me the willies). I don’t want to have to worry about what file type to ask MacWrite II to save my work in so that I can get Nisus to read it and run one […]
  • H, a, w, a, i, Option ], i – How to type Hawai‘i properly with an ‘okina.
  • ‘We have no interest in being in the TV market.’ This means that Apple will either continue to stay out of the TV market, or will come out with a TV in a year and proclaim that it’s the greatest TV of all time. Dan Frommer decodes Apple COO Tim Cook.
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  • Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it is too dark to read. Groucho Marx
  • I know we’ve only known each other four weeks and three days, but to me it seems like nine weeks and five days. The first day seemed like a week, and the second day seemed like five days. And the third day seemed like a week again, and the fourth day seemed like eight days. […]
  • Make good stuff and the rest will follow. Dan Cederholm
  • You people at Apple think you can make computers much better. You’re wrong. You make them all shitty. Jonas Gruber, truly John Gruber’s son.
  • Americans think of Canada as the place where the weather comes from. Margaret Atwood
  • I’m not a big believer in long-term planning and far-off goals. In fact, I generally set 3-month and 6-month dreamlines. The variables change too much and in-the-future distance becomes an excuse for postponing action. Timothy Ferriss
  • It doesn’t fucking matter! I happen to write in Emacs. I also code in Emacs, which is a nice bonus. Other people write and code in vi. Other people write in Microsoft Word and code in TextMate+ or TextEdit or some fancy web-based collaborative editor like EtherPad or Google Wave. Whatever. Picking the right text […]