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Tag: Ben Brooks

  • Ben Brooks on writing

    If you’re interested in writing advice, you should read Ben Brooks’s piece on the matter. He has, among a great many other things, this to say:

    I’m usually hit with most ideas when I am left to let my mind wander. Whether I am showering, or using the toilet, my mind can wander. One of my favorite ways for working out an idea is to talk it out while I drive alone. Do I look a bit mad doing that? Maybe, but it also works.

    My best ideas rarely come in direct response to one thing, but it’s also important to remember that every idea is in response to something. The idea for this post was in response to the email I get, and my wanting to easily help people who email with with questions about my writing.

    If you want even more pieces that are writing related, be sure to check out my own series, Thoughts on Writing.

  • Stylus – the problem is in the name

    Ben Brooks doesn’t seem to have much love for styluses meant for touchscreens, or the iPad in particular. His words:

    anyone who owns a stylus for their iPad should have their iPad taken away

    If I was inclined to be offended, I would. You see, I recently discovered that JustMobile’s stylus is great for doing design sketches in Sketchbook Pro, and to jot down notes when talking about design with clients. I’m using it more and more, and since I consider myself something of a power user when it comes to the iPad and its possiblities, I just had to point out the obvious. (more…)

  • Hey @shawnblanc @brooksreview @jblanton, what about Flattr?

    It’s nice to see Readability getting some press, with nice thoughts from Shawn Blanc, Ben Brooks and Justin Blanton among others. I especially like Blanc’s thoughts about Readability rewarding poor design, they’re interesting. The solution would of course be to use Flattr instead, as I pointed out in my post.

  • The iPad is the perfect tool for meetings

    I enjoyed Ben Brooks’ post about how the iPad is great for meetings. In fact, the last few larger ones I’ve been to have all featured one or two people (beside myself) sporting an iPad as the primary note-taking device. I do think that Brooks forgot about one oh so important reason why I think the iPad is ideal though.

    The iPad is quiet.

    A recent workshop yet again reminded me how much keyboards on the more plastic laptops sound, truly annoying when trying to focus on what’s actually being said. I might’ve been a tad sensitive though, I had a splitting headache and ran a fever, but still! The iPad is quiet, or potentially so at least since you can disable the keyboard click sounds.

    Which, incidentally, I have no idea why you’d want anyway.