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Shortcat – Keyboard productivity app for Mac OS X onethingwell : Shortcat is a keyboard tool for Mac OS X that lets you “click” buttons and control your apps with a few keystrokes. Think of it as Spotlight for the user interface. Shortcat leverages the Accessibility API, which is supported by all applications that come with Mac OS X and most applications.

iOS Fonts – A Place for Happy Typography A list of available system fonts in the different iOS versions.

Arre burrinho, que vai p’rá feira Carregadinho de madeira Carregadinho de feijão É p’ra mim mais p’ró meu cão. O meu cão não está cá Está à porta de um navio Dá-lhe o vento, dá-lhe o frio Fá-lo andar de arrepio! [“Mas que grande corrupio”?]

A: En-ga-nei-te, batatas com azeite! B: Não faz mal, na próxima faço igual… A: Então faz, a ver se és capaz… B: Vou fazer, e tu não vais saber!

Common Craft | Our Product is Explanation Simple video explanations of complex subjects in plain english.

Helpshift | The customer support help desk for native apps Helpshift makes it easy to create that exceptional experience in native mobile apps, transforming customers into the most passionate sales team you could hope for, and loyal for life.

Pitchenvy | A gallery of startup pitch decks. Showcasing the best startup pitch decks

Sola, sapato, rei, rainha Põe o pé na pampolinha E o rapaz, que jogo faz? Faz o jogo do pião E a velhinha do cordão Está coxinha do pézinho [“Que está presa p’lo pézinho”?] E recolha o seu dedinho!

Learnable Programming Programming is a way of thinking, not a rote skill. Learning about “for” loops is not learning to program, any more than learning about pencils is learning to draw. People understand what they can see. If a programmer cannot see what a program is doing, she can’t understand it. Excellent essay about programming “without blindfolds”.

Networking is more about farming than it is about hunting Ivan Misner ( Founder of BNI , talking at StartupNation about “VCP”: visibility, credibility, and profitability)

(via Time Timer | Visual Timer, Classroom Timer, Autism Timer ) The Time Timer® is a visual timer. As time elapses, the signature red disk disappears, helping everyone see how much time is left.

39 Factors: Website Credibility Checklist | ConversionXL Let’s say you’re walking down the street. A twentie-something dude comes up to you – “hey, are you interested in a new iPhone 5? I’ll sell it to you for $20″. He pulls it out of his pocket and it looks legit. What do you do? My guess is that you won’t buy it – even through the price is amazing and you know it’s a good product. Why not? Because of lack of trust. Does it work? Is it stolen? What if it breaks the next day? Why so cheap? You’ll get all these questions in your head and since you don’t know the guy, you’ll probably pass. ...

Doodle: easy scheduling Doodle radically simplifies the process of scheduling events, whether they’re board or team meetings, dinners with friends, reunions, weekend trips, or anything else.

(via What’s the time, Mr Gro-clock? – Babyology) Update 2023-07-31: Internet Archive 2013-07-07 The Gro-clock, priced at £39.99, uses fun images of the sun and the moon to let them know just when it’s acceptable to go bounding out of bed to terrorise parents. The clock comes with a bedtime story book (to encourage more time in bed no doubt), and features include: adjustable screen brightness, optional digital clock and alarm feature, and stars that go out one by one during the night to show the passing of time. ...

HockeyApp – Perfect. Your. Apps. HockeyApp is the best way to distribute your betas and collect live crash reports for beta and release apps on Mac OS X, iOS and Android.

Real Time Web Analytics, Live Chat, and Web Statistics – Woopra Live Customer Analytics and Engagement. All in One Place. Woopra provides organizations with an unparalleled level of behavioral customer intelligence. Woopra delivers complete visibility of every user, from the moment they land on the website as an anonymous visitor through their conversion to a happy customer. Sales, customer support and marketing teams have never before had access to this level of customer insight. ...

Terms of Service; Didn’t Read “I have read and agree to the Terms” is the biggest lie on the web. We aim to fix that We are a user rights initiative to rate and label website terms & privacy policies, from very good Class A to very bad Class E.

The Blind Shooting The Blind ∵ Stephen van Egmond’s weblog If you REALLY want to demonstrate this to yourself, turn on voiceover (…) and then triple-tap with three fingers. This activates the screen curtain, a privacy feature that keeps sighted people from snooping what you are doing with your phone. It will also give you a very good idea of what the iphone experience is like when you can’t see. ...

How Wireless Electricity Transmission Works – Wireless Power Consortium Slideshow explaining how the Qi wireless charging standard works… Magnetic induction is a technology that you will probably remember from your physics classes at high school. You need two coils, a transmitter coil and a receiver coil. An alternating current in the transmitter coil generates a magnetic field which induces a voltage in the receiver coil. This voltage can be used to power a mobile device or charge a battery. ...

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