l33t eye chart

l33t eye chart
Originally uploaded by maumeedb8

Couldn't pass this one up - this is funny!

Paradox of choice: Great GTD applications coming up!

After buying Omnifocus a couple of weeks ago, I finally found time to set it up and start using it. It is a great app which accomodates David Allen's Getting Things Done productivity techniques very well on your Mac. Omnifocus integrates with Mail and iCal and has a nice HUD quick entry pane, which is invoked by a shortcut. The remaining action status number in the dock is great, just like the growl reminders. Omnifocus is still beta but it looked sturdy and promising. It lives up to my expectations, but today I ran into a problem:

I received an invitation to start using the alpha of Things - you guessed it - another GTD application. I am a sucker for these kind of applications, so I downloaded Things right away. It comes close to Omnifocus in several ways, but seems to have more of an Apple "i-App" feel about it. It is a simpler tool, but that's not necessarily bad. The quickentry pane (yep! you read that before) is just as handy and has the looks of a winner. Or rather, looks that will win many Mac users over if you ask me. Things is invitation only at this time, but you can sign up through their website.

I am not going to compare the two tools here, as I am almost certainly also buying Things and hope to make up my mind later (Gimme Quicksilver integration guys n gals!). I can hardly claim to guide you to a good choice. However, there's a great comparison on Andy McIntosh's blog. I am sure that will help.

Wear a Blue Beanie for Web Standards

Flickr: The bluebeanieday2007 Pool
Originally uploaded by Meenhorst

Today is Blue Beanie day, celebrating Web Standards. The blue beanie was inspired by the classic Designing with Web Standards' written by Jeffrey Zeldman. If you care about a better web, join in and show yourself wearing a blue beanie!

Have a laugh, check out the blue beanie flickr group!
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A Childhood fascination

Geoglyphs. As a kid I was overwhelmed by the implications of ancient people's abilities to create pictures in the earth's soil that were that large and stylish. When I saw this on Youtube, I was instantly in touch with my childhood fascination. Please, do take a look for yourself!

I can feel it

Of course, virals are all the rage. This one however has impressed me a lot. Awesome concept and a wonderfully detailed production from Cadbury

Anyone care to sponsor a trip to Brighton, I'll blog for it!

What's your favorite webtypography