Shapes App
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My friend, @iTod, just released a great application called Shapes.
It's a really great tool for sketching quick stuff. I've really been enjoying it lately. For me, it's great for drawing quick ideas.
Miracles Happen
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So I know we all joked that Duke Nukem Forever and Tweetie 2 would never come out.
It's pretty nuts that you can download Tweetie 2 (now called Twitter for Mac) and pre-order Duke Nukem Forever. I almost don't believe it myself.
I’m Moving to San Francisco
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I've been looking for a real job for awhile now. After going back to freelancing again, I decided I really hate freelancing. Dealing with clients, lining up work, handling money, contracts, etc. All of that stuff sucks. I just want to write code and make cool stuff. Dealing with all of that junk is not fun.
I have flown out to San Francisco for a few interviews and done tons of phone interviews as well. I had a pretty sweet interview at Apple for the iChat engineering team (even though I didn't get the job). Steve Jobs and Jonathan Ive walked right by me while I was eating lunch at Cafe Macs (which is awesome by the way). It was epic.
I accepted an iOS engineering position at Scribd.
Why Crazy Column Designs Are Bad
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So maybe you've seen #newtwitter, this post on TechCrunch about Facebook with columns, or Twitter for iPad. They all have crazy column layouts. Twitter for iPad is super impressive. I have mad respect for them. The way the columns stack and scroll is really, really impressive.
Anyway, crazy multi-columns layouts are bad. Think of the average user.
If you think about it, the average person that uses Facebook is significantly less technical than anyone who reads my blog. They are the kind of people that freak out when Facebook changes their design and have to re-learn how to do their crap. This is who I'm talking about. It helps to picture the average user as my mom.
Hello Internet: Twitter
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Twitter is down a lot. I have some feelings about this.
I know that Twitter's infrastructure is crazy. I know that writing that much all at once to the same place is really difficult. I'm just saying I wish they would solve the problem cause I want to use it more. I really do love Twitter and it really is quite impressive. Especially #newtwitter.
You can follow me on Twitter if you want to read about my random complaints, technology babel, or personal randomness. I'm @soffes.