A little while ago I wrote about a handy web app called Readability, which reformats the often overwhelming mashup that is the web into a classy, easy-on-the-eyes newspaper-like column for reading.
It turns out Readability works great on the iPhone too!
Take this Ars Technica article for example:
And turn it into this with Readability:
During my limited tenancy as a web designer, there were a couple constant annoyances that were like thorns on my side:
Tumblr is a fantastically simple and fun blogging platform – exploring the different Tumblogs is a great deal of fun and you can easily lose hours there.
However, since Tumblr makes is so easy for anyone to add and reblog content, most the blogs are chock full of stuff (like that’s a bad thing, right?) and pretty hard to fully explore. In particular, look at the photoblogs – there are Tumblr users out there that easily posts 30 – 50 photos on a daily basis, and your typical photoblog enthusiast can easily racks up thousands of posts. With Tumblr’s default navigation, you’ll be forever just skimming the top of the iceberg, since only the most recent posts are always comes first.
if you have experience with tumblr, you know how awesome the “share on tumblr” bookmarklet is. you can reblog anything, anywhere on the web with one-click!
the true appeal of the bookmarklet is that it doesn’t interrupt your surfing flow – you explore the web, find something you like, share it, and go back to surfing. tumblr’s native iphone app doesn’t do this very well – you can’t browse in it, meaning you’ll have to exit iphone safari to blog anything.
so wouldn’t it be cool to be able to add the tumblr bookmarklet on the iphone? yes, it would be, and you can!
i love edamame. i order them often at japanese restaurants, and they make a delicious, refreshing combo with beer.
they make an extremely quick, healthy snack, and the very act of popping the beans out of their pods is strangely satisfying and addictive.
you can pick up a frozen case at your local Costco. for those who are uninitiated might be at loss as to how to cook them, but it’s super easy:
