December 2009
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Check Splitting at Kerbey Lane
I recently had breakfast with a group of friends at Austin’s Kerbey Lane and was delighted to see how they solved the frustration of check splitting. As you can see in the images below, the bill, by default, is broken up into price totals for each individual seat. It seems like a simple adjustment to the formatting of the receipt (which it is), but it made paying the bill a breeze.
It makes...
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TeuxDeux
I love this new web app for creating and maintaining To-Do lists. I’ve been searching for a really good cloud based list manager, and I think this one may be it. I love that this is explicitly stated in the FAQ:
Can you add feature x to TeuxDeux?
We’ve tried really hard to keep the app simple and so we are going to be quite rigorous about which features we add to it going forward.
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Speaking of Watches
Another post about simplified watches from Dezeen, this time about a watch sans minute hand:
Defakto is a young brand established at the beginning of the year 2009. We have made it our objektive to redefine the feeling of time by the creation of a mechanic single hand watch. Within this form the single hand principle is unique. We build place our confidence on understatement and stand for a new...
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Watches by Uniform Wares
I’m digging these super simple watches from Uniform Wares.
“Uniform Wares products have an intentionally paired down form that is characterized by distinct colour; this helps define their purpose, how they are used, what for and by whom,” says company co-founder and designer, Patrick Bek.
I would argue that some of the tick marks could be removed (really only needing marks at 3, 6, 9,...
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Senduit
These file sharing services may be falling by the wayside now that email attachment sizes are growing and services like Dropbox and Drop.io are flourishing, but I love the simplicity of Senduit. Especially in comparison to other similar services, such as YouSendIt.
In spite of the delightful simplicity, however, there are still a couple things that could be improved upon. The default expiration...