Brent is talking to developers in his follow-up to this post, but end-users should care just as much about making sure they can control and own the data they put into apps and services.
March, 2013
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Michael Tsai curates and excerpts a damning collection of posts outlining developers’ problems trying to use iCloud.
I trust iCloud with my contacts because that’s one part of MobileMe that actually worked, but that’s all I use it for (by choice). I tried using Notes with iCloud sync once. I typed out an email draft for 35 minutes in it on my iPhone, then launched Notes on my iPad and watched everything I had typed disappear. I cringe whenever I see other people using Notes, I hope they have better luck than I did.
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To: Family & Friends
Date: March 30, 2013
Subject: A good “off” week
Hi Everyone– This was my “off” week from treatment and I did feel pretty normal. It had been long enough after my port installation procedure that I was able to resume working out. The port area is still a little sore, but improving. I’ve put on some more weight this week as well, I’m only…
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This looks handy for browsing and as a lightweight developer tool. (thanks One Thing Well)
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There, I fixed it. http://note.io/ZsRAxa
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Going to a laptop with external monitor has been a good move overall, but not everything is smooth all the time. http://note.io/X1ntQU
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There’s a special circle of hell for sites that intercept email unsubscribe requests and redirect them to a mobile splash/home page.
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I care about Passwords. I’ve been using PwdHash as my secure password solution since February of 2007. It’s been a good solution for me, but it has a flaw that has recently become more frequently exposed. The way PwdHash works it creates a hash from two inputs: the domain of the website the password you…
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This is pretty darn awesome. (thanks Steve)
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@rands I launched the flat design of my website (https://alexking.org) in August of 2011, so you can feel comfortable using that as a date.
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I only started using this today, but it appears to do what it says: eject externals drives before sleep and re-mount them on wake. Very handy if you have a laptop plus external drive set-up like I do.
(thanks One Thing Well)
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Interesting thing about Google Reader shuttering: Google basically saying that “what we read” data isn’t valuable to them.
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If you rely on GameTonight, you’ll be happy to know that it now understands the MLB pre-season schedule. The Grapefruit and Cactus league games should no longer be causing a “Yes” response when you check to see if there is a game tonight in your metro. Example: Denver This post is part of the project:…
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To: Family & Friends
Date: March 22, 2013
Subject: First Treatment
Hi Everyone– On Monday I had my first chemotherapy treatment. I’m still on the every-other-week FOLFOX regimen, with the addition of Avastin (which will start on the next treatment). I will have 4 treatments, then a PET scan to see if the treatments are working. If they are, I’ll continue through a full 12 treatments…
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A thoughtful post about a situation that sounds like a real mess for everyone involved.