Category: Live

  • two hours from makati

    two hours from makati

    Met up with James briefly last night before we both went home (we live in the same area). We took a bus (the last time I rode one was for my immersion in January 2011) and the air con was in full blast; it was cold and they were playing boring movies. Ayala to Cubao…

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  • App review: Sketch

    App review: Sketch

    I’ve been using Sketch for high (enough) fidelity mock-ups and wireframes on the retina MBP and right now I feel that:  $30 is still a bit too expensive (even on a Sale price) for the current features of this app $50 (full price) is just not worth it Although of course, I’m mostly willing to…

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  • Synching my Foursquare with Google Calendar

    I’ve only recently been using Foursquare mainly because I wanted to keep my own personal log of what I’ve been doing or where I’ve been going every day. It’s not very easy to get an overview of it with the app, so using an IFTTT recipe, I managed to sync it with one of my…

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  • App splurge: Sketch

    App splurge: Sketch

    I bought Sketch, which was on sale for almost $30. It’s originally $50. Can’t wait to try out CSS and Grids with this! Plus, another retina-friendly app. Not bad but oh god, that’s also Php 1.6k less money, haha.  I seriously need to go on needs-only mode. So far I’ve successfully kept myself from shopping…

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  • App review: Drafts (iOS)

    App review: Drafts (iOS)

    I downloaded/bought Drafts (for iPhone) a few weeks ago (a month ago? I can’t really remember) and used it maybe twice, but I enjoyed it. I can type on this clean, minimally designed screen and export it to a bunch of services, like Echofon which I use for twitter, Simplenote which is my most-used note-taking app,…

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  • and the list is still growing

    and the list is still growing

    I’ve been keeping track of this project using Wunderlist since I sent the mocks and now I know I’ve been working on it (since pre-contract signing) for 48 days now, and I’m still adding stuff to the list (mostly to do with codes I have to fix).  There are some design details I want to…

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  • I seriously need to budget properly

    I seriously need to budget properly

    This is a rounded off table of my August purchases and bills. I need…to start budgeting properly. Right now I only have 2 accounts: (a) savings and (b) my old payroll account (which is my spending or allowance account). I almost always pulled money from my savings account to spend on a LOT of stuff…

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  • some dents are permanent

    some dents are permanent

    I came home tonight to my (old) macbook that had been on ‘retirement’ ever since the retina came into my possession and I felt bad about how ugly and dirty it looked. I tore away the screen protector that served its two years well. I turned it off and took a damp cloth to wipe…

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  • app culture is a wonderful thing, I think

    app culture is a wonderful thing, I think

    When I’m not working:  I’m playing Kingdom Rush on my iPad I’m eating I’m looking through apps I can buy for my iPad I’m playing Kingdom Rush on my iPad I love how Apple solved piracy, with the App Store. I love all the interesting games and apps I can conveniently buy and download whenever and wherever (app-shopping…

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