The Official Server Fault Blog. Information Architects. The Journal — Unstoppable Robot Ninja. A confession: I love working in Keynote. Love it. (I’m speaking, of course, of Keynote ’09. Not the feature-stripped version that was released last month. Still, I’m hopeful it’ll improve over time, since it is so very pretty.)
It’s not perfect, mind you—after four or five years of use, the program’s got some not-insignificant stability issues, crashing way more often than I’d like. But after all that time it’s still one of my favorite visual editors: it’s great for quickly prototyping UI components, sketching out ideas for animation timing, and, yes, making slides. Anyway: over the years, folks have said some very kind things about the visual design of my presentations. First up: Magic Move. Basically, Magic Move is a transition you can apply between two slides. Here’s a very, very simple example: As you can see, there’s just one object on both slides: a picture of my good friend Dwayne. Now, I don’t use Magic Move a lot, usually preferring to just lean on simple dissolves between slides. Joel Sutherland - Home. Matt Cutts: Gadgets, Google, and SEO.
Fitbit has discontinued their Fitbit One step trackers, which seems like a good opportunity to step back and reflect on wearing one for the last decade or so. I’ve enjoyed using Fitbit trackers, but the One devices seemed like they broke down too often. I’m pretty proud that I ended up earning all the activity-related Fitbit badges though: In 2013, I ran a 50 mile race and I took 110,472 steps that day. I think I did some extra steps late that night just in case Fitbit ever increased their top step badge from 100K to 105K or 110K steps. The lifetime miles badge took care of itself as long as I wore my Fitbit. The same applied for the lifetime floor badge: I’ve climbed 73,383 floors in the last few years, and that badge tops out at 35,000 floors. But the Rainbow badge was a little harder: 700 floors in one day. DC isn’t known for its high buildings. That’s how I found myself on a Sunday morning in July 2018.
Wait a second–the badge is only for 700 floors, so why did I climb 800+ floors? Snook.ca: Tips, Tricks and Bookmarks on Web Development. Duck_punching. RubyGeek. Slashdot. Business Technology News, Reviews and Blogs. TechGyo - Technology blog | Make money online | Blogging | Websi. Tech Blogs. TUAW -- The Unofficial Apple Weblog.
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