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Four simple steps to beautiful MultiMarkdown tables in Scrivener | reality dysfunction – a blog about the present and future of business, design and technology
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Four simple steps to beautiful MultiMarkdown tables in Scrivener. I’m doing more and more writing in Scrivener, including blog posts, and I use Markdown for formatting. Working on a longer post, I had to find a way to integrate tables nicely and still get Markdown output. Luckily, I’ve found a workflow that works. Here’s how you do it. Head over to this page. And paste what you just copied. Your spreadsheet application will have put a tab separated copy of your sheet in the clipboard. Copy the MultiMarkd...
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The age-old humanist divide in modern tech | reality dysfunction – a blog about the present and future of business, design and technology
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The age-old humanist divide in modern tech. A lot of my work revolves around finding ways to apply technology in a way that helps people be productive and effective in their lives. It’s a fun challenge that gives you the opportunity to learn new things. However, underneath it lies an ages old struggle between two traditions: human vs machine. Another result of this dual thinking is that engineering sciences and humanists sciences have a shared arena to battle it out. In my view, one of the major divi...
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What a difference a slider can make to usability | reality dysfunction – a blog about the present and future of business, design and technology
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What a difference a slider can make to usability. I was excited today to see that Apple had released the new version of Keynote. An avid user and long time fan, I was looking forward to seeing the new features. So far I’m mostly disappointed, and it’s because of one tiny detail. There are things that I loved about the whole iWork suite. Small details that made Pages and Keynote stand above the rest. Things that have to do with spacing. Things that are now gone. Guess which one is superior? The content of...
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7 tips for great days on the ski slopes | reality dysfunction – a blog about the present and future of business, design and technology
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7 tips for great days on the ski slopes. It’s the snow season. Or for us who enjoy zipping down mountainsides with pieces of glass and carbon fiber strapped to our feet, it’s the ski or snowboard season. Here are 7 tips to make your ski and snowboard days even better. If you’re skiing or snowboarding, or want to try, here are some practical advice from years of doing it. Wear a helmet to keep your smarts about. If you think you’re too cool, or too good, to wear a helmet, think again. If you’re into captu...
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A five minute introduction to effective JavaScript with jQuery | reality dysfunction – a blog about the present and future of business, design and technology
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A five minute introduction to effective JavaScript with jQuery. There are some tools that are so powerful that you can do really stupid things with them. Used the wrong way, they allow you to create behemoths of unmaintainable code and co-dependencies. JQuery is one of those tools. On the other hand, used wisely, you can also do infinitely useful things with it. Five minutes will show you how. The term library is often used liberally but in jQuery’s case, it refers to it being a set of methods for manipu...
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Saturday Learning Series | reality dysfunction – a blog about the present and future of business, design and technology
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So it turns out you have a Saturday available and it’s unplanned and you wonder what to do with it. It’s a perfect opportunity to pick up new knowledge and skills. In this series of posts, I’ll introduce technologies and tools that save time and that you can learn in a day. Some of these tools are useful for web developers and some will be of benefit to people who just use computers a lot. The following have been published, so far:. A five minute introduction to effective JavaScript with jQuery. This is ...
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Zebra striping based on cell contents in Google Spreadsheets | reality dysfunction – a blog about the present and future of business, design and technology
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Zebra striping based on cell contents in Google Spreadsheets. In its latest version, Google Docs spreadsheets now support using formulas for conditionally formatting cell font and background colors. What this means is that you can make your sheets much easier to read. Here are some useful formulas for sprucing up your sheets. What conditional formatting is. Formulas for conditional formatting, which are now available, makes it possible for the formatting of one cell to depend on the value of. To use thes...
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Keeping your hands warm and your phone connected on the ski slopes. I recently went skiing. For this trip I modified my helmet headphones with the simple addition of a mike with remote control button. Here's some DIY for you who want to stay connected while on the slopes! March 24, 2013. Calling for social contracts for the web. How many of the services you use do you allow to "connect" to your Facebook or Twitter account? March 15, 2013. Predictions of technology that will change our lives. I'm still re...
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Results-Only Web Investments – Resources, books and links | reality dysfunction – a blog about the present and future of business, design and technology
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Results-Only Web Investments Resources, books and links. During my session in Prague on September 26th, I talked about result-only web investments. If you want to learn more about working results-only, here are some links and books. Full session with questions. The Case Against Agile: Ten Perennial Management Objections. The Agile PM Revolution. Is Agile Cheaper than Waterfall? Answering the "Where is the Proof That Agile Methods Work" Question. What is impact mapping? The Purpose of Estimation. Welcome ...
