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PayPal Introduces PayPal Here
They can accept payments by swiping cards with a fully encrypted thumb-sized card reader, or use a phone camera to scan and process cards and checks. It also allows them to invoice directly from the mobile app and, of course, accept PayPal in a brand new way. [PayPal Here]
It’s great how creative PayPal is: paypal.com/webapps/mpp/cr… squareup.comThose sites look *nothing* alike.
— dustin curtis (@dcurtis) March 15, 2012
It’s like Square, except it’s a triangle.
Oink Shuts Down
We started Milk Inc. (the company behind Oink) to rapidly build and test out new ideas. Oink was our first test and, in preparing to move onto the next project, we’ve decided to shut it down to help focus our efforts.
At first it seemed like a great idea, then it became too much work. They didn’t fail as a company and aren’t forcing a square peg through a round hole.
You can download your Oink content by March 31 here.
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this is an experiment to use voice dictation to write a blog post
Okay here we go. I wonder what happens when I say the word. If you can write the word. And out the punctuation mark. Apparently I don’t know how to say the word. There’s no editing in this post is completely done by voice dictation. There is as it seems no way to say the word. Without getting the punctuation mark. Maybe I’m unsure of how to do this maybe there something else I’m missing but for some reason I cannot say the word. Okay so the rest of the post well I imagine if I say the word, or parentheses or something else it will show up funky. I figured MIs will give us a shot as I haven’t seen is done anywhere before so I fired up the word press application on my iPhone and just begin speaking. So far seems to be going pretty well I pause in between a few times to see how it looks but I have not added a single thing. That’s all for now – I’m in a trying use a little bit later and see how works. I don’t think the Redig grammar Nazis are you like this one.
Yay Codes!
Managing app promo codes on iOS is painful and time consuming. This is a pretty nice solution and they even have a demo of what you’re customers will see.
How to sync up iMessages on the Mac, iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
Today Apple introduced a beta version of Messages – the desktop counterpart to messages on iOS devices. It’s a preview of what’s to come in Mountain Lion and exactly what I’ve wanted for quite some time.
My iMessages are now everywhere: on my iPhone, my Mac, and my iPad. However, there’s one issue: syncing isn’t clearly explained and can be confusing.
This morning, after downloading Messages beta, I tried adding my account and received this error: Unable to verify “…@me.com” because it is already in use by another Apple ID. Simple fix: the email address is associated with another Apple ID. I have several Apple IDs and it’s a pain to manage each and every one – time to consolidate. The easiest thing to do is to remove alternate email addresses for the Apple IDs by logging in here: https://appleid.apple.com/ – once removed you’ll be able to add that email to the Apple ID that you want to use.
Now on to the main course: syncing all messages across all devices.
Here’s how to sync all of your messages:
iOS Devices (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad):
- Navigate to Settings > Messages.
- Make sure iMessage is turned on.
- Tap on Receive At.
- Check your Apple ID. Make note of this Apple ID.
- Tap on Caller ID.
- Use your email address. If you use your phone number (assuming you’re on an iPhone), then the non phone devices (including the Mac) may not (and probably won’t) see the messages.
Mac version:
- Navigate to the Messages app.
- Go to Preferences > Accounts.
- Add the same Apple ID as you used on the iOS devices.
In a nutshell: everything needs to be consistent. Use the same Apple ID everywhere and an email address as a caller id for best results.
If you want messages sent to your phone number to show up on your Mac, you’ll have to wait until the fall when iOS6 is released.
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2012 New Years Resolution
- Inbox 0
- Archive and label everything. My inbox is no longer a to-do list of unread messages. In addition, I’ve been using Sparrow which makes this even easier.
- Keep it simple stupid
- Less is more. Less peripherals allows me to be more mobile, but it doesn’t mean my data isn’t safe. I started using Arq instead of multiple external hard drives. It works automatically and backs up everything to the cloud. Less is simple.
- Less baggage
- There’s no reason I shouldn’t be able to pack a backpack, go somewhere, and have everything I need. Less is more; more is burdensome.
- In 2011 I sold the MacBook Pro and picked up a MacBook Air.
- Eat breakfast at least 6/7 times a week
- Already feeling way better. More energy, less crankiness.
- Eat out less & eat in more.
- Not only is it cheaper, but cooking is a great way to de-stress.
Focus on your app, not email
From the PostageApp blog:
After relaying millions of emails for our customers we are now taking the next step: PostageApp is now an end-to-end email delivery engine.
Not only can you offload the chore of sending email and making sure things deliver while monitoring the status, but now you can forget about maintaining an email server entirely and let the pigeon rocket do the work for you.
I’ve been using PostageApp for over a year in all of my projects. It takes less than a few minutes to get up and running and I never have to think about email again.
