Ben is very excited about the release of PixelPix.

Despite the dollar signs in his eyes the app is free right now (but not forever) so you should go download it now on your iPhone.

“Is there a hoodie discount?”

“No.”

I still want to write more often, more regularly, and more passionately. More concisely, more powerfully.

This year so far I’ve managed to get back to the routine of posting something for every weekday and it feels better. But persistence isn’t enough.

I’m proud to be on the internet this way.

“Well that’s because all the record stores are exploded!”

— The MC Chris Cartoon teaser trailer

The Fujifilm X-Pro 1 is the most interesting mirrorless interchangeable camera I’ve seen.

(image from GearPatrol)

I’d write about it for decommodify but I tend to only write about things I own and recommend. And I haven’t quite convinced myself to spend the money on this.

What’s interesting about this camera is that it’s one of the first affordable (in comparison to a Leica) interchangeable lens cameras with proper manual controls that is more like a rangefinder in size than an SLR.

If you care about taking photographs, you need to be able to change the shutter speed, aperture, and ISO quickly and easily with muscle memory, and fewer and fewer cameras outside the big bulky SLR category offer the right tactile, manual controls anymore.

And that it looks really good — fashion and design seems consistently undervalued in modern cameras.

Cameras are a very visible accessory you wear — why have them be ugly?

Work in progress on a new Mac App to capture your screen every few minutes to browse activity of the day visually.

A fan-funded adventure game from Tim Schafer and Double Fine.

I’ve been struck particularly by two things missing from the DS9 universe—one unpredictable in the 1993-99 span of the series, and one predictable but unattractive from the creators’ standpoint. Nobody uses social media, and nobody wastes time.

— Cat Valente, #shitsiskosays

Some images made with the PixelPix beta.

Yahoo launched a service the other day to help us search for apps. Twitter has no meaningful or useful search. Facebook search is somehow even less useful than Twitter’s. Google Plus is ruining traditional search. Apple’s attempt at searching for iOS apps (on iOS devices or through iTunes) is a joke. The app marketplace on mobile phones is growing year after year across all platforms. Where is the one search company that was supposed to help us search the world’s information? Off launching its own Bing of the 2010s.

— Greg Mathes, Having a Mission vs. Answering to Investors

From my brother’s blog, which you should all be reading.

There’s a fundamental conflict of interest between providing search and hosting content yourself that becomes increasingly hard to navigate as a company grows.

This emphasis on performing the role of “someone who’s into music” as opposed to actually listening to music (or watching a music video) is at the core of not only Pants and MTV’s 21st-century programming strategy, but of “music appreciation culture” (blogs, social media, party photographers’ galleries from secret shows like the aforementioned Wavves gig) as well. When Jason exclaims, “What a fantastic email this is going to make tomorrow!” as he heads toward home with a girl who’s got her backside in the air and her frontside in the fridge, he might as well be live-tweeting a concert—he’s simultaneously in the moment and removed from it, wondering how his descriptions of it after the fact will reflect on his profile, unconsciously keeping himself from being completely immersed in the fun he’s having.

— Kate Richardson, MTV Accessorizes Itself With Music On I Just Want My Pants Back [via maura]

Yes, Google+, or as all Gmail users know it, what the fuck is that thing up there? Is there any way I can turn that off?

— Jon Stewart, The Daily Show, January 31, 2012