Simply Jonathan

Link Archive

Sleep on iTunes 

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A remarkable idea: selling pillows that look like Dock icons. Silly but definitely remarkable.

How's that for a business model 

It’s brilliant beyond all description: asking for money from someone you suspect might not even use your product. What could possibly go wrong?

SlimKey V2 

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I have literally been looking for such a utility for years.

(Via The Ultimate Apple Weblog‘s Graphic designers holiday gift guide.)

John Resig on EtherPad 

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I never really saw the appeal in multi-user editing when using SubEthaEdit, but as a proof of concept, EtherPad sounds cool, and I’m a big fan of proofs of concepts.

Cameron Moll on Showers and Thinking 

I think he’s definitely on to something, although I believe, and he himself points this out as well, it’s more the act of disrupting what you’re doing. I think the monotony point is a bit far-fetched.

Re: Kottke's YouTube video hack 

If you need to link to a high quality video on your blog, append &fmt=18 onto the end of the YouTube URL

Clearly, you meant &

Cory Doctorow: Why I Copyfight 

Cory Doctorow on why copyright is broken. Long story short: culture.

Tips to avoid alligator attacks 

Keep it simple stupid.

(Via Seth Godin.)

Build-a-Muppet 

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Wow. We should really look into this. (Yes, I am joking, but it’s a neat idea nonetheless.)

(Via Daring Fireball.)

Chelsea, why do you fall for it? 

Sensationalist journalism is a plague.

This is Simply Jonathan, a blog written by Jonathan Holst. It's mostly about technical topics (and mainly the Web at that), but an occasional post on clothing, sports, and general personal life topics can be found.

Jonathan Holst is a programmer, language enthusiast, sports fan, and appreciator of good design, living in Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe. He is also someone pretentious enough to call himself the 'author' of a blog. And talk about himself in the third person.