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The last couple at Slush
Development, Finland, Helsinki, Photography, Tech
Hemmingway Editor
Tech, Thought ProvokingThis is a cool tool if you are editing text. It checks the grammatical accuracy of your writing. It is possible to either type in the tool or paste your writing to have it checked.
So far, it is only available online. There are plans for an offline application in the future.
Why doesn’t @UPS use up to date technology?
Mobile, TechI have received one UPS package and am currently waiting for two more. After these arrive, I will not be using any supplier that uses UPS.
Why?
There is no range of when a package will be delivered. While waiting all day and 3 hours yesterday for UPS to arrive, it is impossible to leave as they can arrive at any time. I called the UPS office, they don’t even know the location of where their trucks are or where the location of a particular package is. The information that the operator had was the same that was on their website. That meant the location of the package is only updated daily.
This is not acceptable in an age of location tracking and smartphones. The service offered by the post office is better. If I’m not at home, a package is left at the nearest post office where I can collect it at a suitable time.
It’s time that UPS (and if other delivery services if they operate on a similar model) to come into the 21st century. They might not have lost a customer today who will insist on suppliers not using them from now on.
Backup all of your photos on Flickr
Photography, Tech, Thought Provoking, WebI read about an update an update to the Uploadr tool from Flickr. In the past, this tool has been cumbersome and inefficient. However, this new tool is working very well for me so far. I just pointed it at an external drive and it’s working well so far. It is possible to view photos by date uploaded or by date taken which extracts the exif information from the photo.
Unfortunately, I used some terrible photo editing tools in the past and in many photos, that information is wiped.
So now I’m on the hunt for a good tool that can batch update exif date information. So far, apart from a couple of command line options, I haven’t found anything.
The photos are all uploaded to private mode so only you will see them. If your computer or backup option goes wrong, this is one option that can help.
This page explains the tool and how it works in more detail.
Google changes search engine to prioritise mobile friendly sites
Development, Mobile, Software, Tech, WebI got an email from the Google Webmaster Tools Team in relation to one of my old sites.
Google systems have tested 204 pages from your site and found that 99% of them have critical mobile usability errors. The errors on these 202 pages severely affect how mobile users are able to experience your website. These pages will not be seen as mobile-friendly by Google Search, and will therefore be displayed and ranked appropriately for smartphone users.
Now I have to update this old site. I feel it is a good time to implement some current technologies like angular.js and jquery with it and maybe some others. But this is really a tipping point in the supremacy of sites being ready for mobile devices above normal computers and laptops.
CMS Wire has more detail here about the change.
It’s possible to test a site for mobile friendliness using this link.
If you work in an organization, the underlying rule is simple: People are not afraid of failure, they’re afraid of blame.
Business, Development, Tech, Thought ProvokingAnother pearl from Seth Godin.
Just finished a podcast series of his this week called the Startup School. Excellent insights in 15 parts that Seth gave into starting a business.
iTunes link to the podcast
New open source code editors
Development, Tech, WebIt’s been a while since I’ve examined any new code editors using Notepad++ all of the time. I found this article mentioning 5 new free editors that I’m going to explore over the next few weeks. They all look pretty cool.
Mapping the world
Groundbreaking, Tech, Thought Provoking, Travel, WebI love this article, a neat and practical way of developing the world in which we live.
http:// http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/oct/06/missing-maps-human-genome-project-unmapped-cities
Whether the goal is to prevent cholera or crime, Missing Maps is a crucial first step. For much of the developing world, our current digital maps may as well say ‘Here there be dragons.’ There’s a long way to go, but someone has at last picked up a sword.
SanDisk Unleashes a Massive 512GB SD Card with the World’s Highest Capacity
Photography, Tech, Thought ProvokingSecure Digital eXtended-Capacity (SDXC) memory cards have a maximum theoretical storage capacity of 2 terabytes, and today the industry just got one step closer towards hitting that limit. SanDisk has announced the world’s highest capacity SD card for photographers and videographers: the 512GB SanDisk Extreme PRO® SDXC UHS-I card.
Hmmm, when will the 1TB card be coming?