A cheat sheet for App Store pricing

Eddie Smith on App Store prices:

It might sound weird coming from a non-seller of apps, but I like seeing higher prices in the App Store. If the market will support higher prices, thatâ€

Another pit bull proves her good citizenship

Our pit bull, Emma, passed the Canine Good Citizenship (CGC) test today. If you're not familiar, it's a 10-part behavioral test in which failing any part of the test is a total disqualificatio

The one monitor experiment

I'm fascinated by this whole minimalism concept. I don't practice it very well, and I don't feel terrible about that. I have to admit, though, that all of those pictures of barren desktops and

On sorting, tagging and other nerdery

Nerd post alert. As if you were expecting anything else.

Since posting my latest desktop, I've received a few questions about how I keep my Mac's Desktop icons under control. I thought I'd an

The warmest, fuzziest scary thought

As a child, my wife Aditi had memorized this poem by Oliver Herford. She remembered enough of it that we were able to find it on the Googles, and I'm absolutely in love with it. As your end-of

Pescatarianism and changing views

This post is a departure from my usual. I need a chance to think out loud about a larger-than-usual decision I'm making. Bear with me, or skip it entirely if you like. You can always come back

Homeward, eventually

In Punta Cana, when they let us know that there was no way we were going to make it through customs in time for our connecting flight, they promised us a hotel room and a cab. We got to Miami,

Home from Punta Cana

We made it home from our vacation to Punta Cana late this afternoon. The vacation was amazing, and I made new friends and put some faces (and amazing personalities) with names I already knew.

Miami, Dallas and home

Aditi and I are at the airport in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Wifi is a little spotty, but I'm going to see if I can get this posted from my iPad. Our flight to Miami was delayed enough th

I adore Pinboard

This is a very short post to mention that I've fallen in love with Pinboard. I've been using in it earnest ever since the day Yahoo said they were sunsetting Delicious, and now I feel stupid f

Bring it on, winter

After 30"+ of snow in the last couple of weeks, and some bitter cold days, I'm gearing up. My trip to Fleet Farm was productive:

• 1 pair Carhartt Bernies (coverall), black
• 1 Carhartt jacket,

Why stick figures matter

I agree with a lot of what Neven Mrgan has to say, and hold his opinions in high regard. Case in point: his piece on "The Walled Garden." However, his most recent post, in my opinion, requires

Odd-looking products, ugly websites and one very happy customer

I hope that the folks at BSR will forgive me for picking on their website's aesthetics, as I have nothing but good things to say about the company and their products.

I've been looking for th

Four WordPress Plugins I love

I know some people have been moving away from WordPress and toward blogging solutions like Tumblr. The number one reason I hear for making this move is that WordPress gets to complicated once

Sanity and singletasking

I saw a man driving down a busy street the other day, with a cigarette in one hand and a cell phone in the other. I was driving toward him, and in the brief period between his coming into my f

Ten dollars and the App Store

Rant mode on:

Manton Reece recently released an excellent iPad application called Tweet Library (go ahead, read my post about it on TUAW. You know you want to). He priced it at $9.99, and I h

Make amazing coffee without the hassle

I've really been enjoying my current coffee and tea setup, so I thought I'd share. There's an investment involved, but you can set it up for anywhere from about $50 to $200, plus the ongoing c

Downtime apology and upcoming projects

I apologize for the recent downtime, which also affected the Clippable bookmarklet's ability to work. Dreamhost has been pretty awful with downtime lately, and my attempt to switch to a differ

Big Nerd Ranchero

I'm sitting at the airport in Minneapolis, waiting for a flight to Atlanta. I'm headed for Big Nerd Ranch for a week-long crash course in iPhone programming. I've done a little, but I think

Where I've been this week

Well, I've been out of touch with a lot of people for the last four days, and I thought I'd save some time and provide a place I could link everyone to for a quick explanation. On Tuesday even