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29 July 2008
stuff we love: software
Last year we did a round-up of the apps that make it easy to run a design company on the fly, and it’s high time we updated that list. Some things have changed, some have stayed the same, but one thing’s for sure: we’d be lost without these!
Part 1 of 2 (Matt will post his [...]
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12 February 2008
TwitterThreads
Last night I went a little crazy and decided to try my hand at using the twitter API for something.
I love twitter, and much of the time the group stream of consciousness that is displayed is great, but… there are times when following a conversation can be a little tough.
I have found myself wishing that [...]
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15 August 2007
Our first Dashboard Widget
Pretty much since Mac OSX came out we’ve been itching to try our hand at creating a dashboard widget for it. The only problem was, we didn’t have a reason to, so we just kept putting it aside.
Well, we finally bit the bullet and took a stab at it.
For our first widget, we’ve connected [...]
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14 August 2007
On the photography front
We recently picked up a Lensbaby variable focus lens (ours is a 3G) and are absolutely having a blast with it.
Could we replicate the effect in Photoshop? Well, sort of, but it wouldn’t be easy or 100% right.
There is also a random element to using the lensbaby that we love. Often we don’t get [...]
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15 June 2007
Handy Dandy Shopify Tutorial for Newbies
We’ve been loving Shopify for small business e-commerce, and it’s been great for our clients. The one thing we hear more than anything else is “Can you send a tutorial for beginners so that we know how to get started?”
We are nothing if not accommodating. Here’s a super easy, super simple guide to getting [...]
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9 April 2007
Adobe’s Lightroom vs. Apple’s Aperture: who wins?
We’ve been using Adobe Lightroom (now Photoshop Lightroom) for months now, ever since we stumbled over the beta version in Adobe Labs. We loved the interface, the integration with Photoshop, the ease of use. Pretty much the only thing we didn’t love was the new dock icon. What is up with the new Adobe icons? [...]
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21 March 2007
Who Needs to Stay in One Place When We Have The Internet?
We shuttle between a home office, an office-office, and several points in between. How do we do it? Here’s a list, in no particular order, of the apps, programs and sites that make it possible to run a business from anyplace we happen to be.
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11 January 2007
Blog Juggling: Keeping All Your Online Identities In The Air at Once
These days it isn’t unusual for people to have several online aliases. There’s the personal persona, hanging out on MySpace and YouTube; there’s the work persona, reading news feeds and doing online research; and there’s often a third, leisure persona, frequenting specialized bulletin boards and sites for hobbies like crafting, D&D or politics. And, of [...]
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27 November 2006
Getting Organized: We Love Ticky Boxes
Everyone knows the best way to stay organized during the holiday season is to make lists. Lots and lots of lists. (OCD? What OCD?) We’ve got lists for home, lists for work…sometimes we’ve even got lists that keep track of our lists. There’s nothing wrong with that. Why, what have you heard?
One of the most [...]
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6 November 2006
Adobe Lightroom Beta: First Impressions Count For A Lot
We’ve been using iPhoto to collect and organize all our photos. Back when we just had a bunch of snapshots, it worked fabulously; now that we’re routinely wrangling not just hundreds but thousands of images, iPhoto isn’t quite hacking it. To be fair, no one ever said iPhoto was the right tool for the professional [...]
