I looked at it for a second and then realized it’s showing Aperture opened in full-screen mode on the external display and it looks like on the MacBook display as well.  Now, I’m not usually a stickler for these kinds of details, but unless I’m mistaken, you can’t actually do this in Mac OS X Lion.

In Lion, when you maximize a application on an external monitor, the second monitor becomes a useless screen as seen below.

So, why is Apple showing their hardware and software working in a way it… doesn’t?  Am I missing something here?

What if your current browser state was saved on your computer and you could pick up your iPhone and those pages would be all open in mobile safari?  That would be pretty useful.  Just a thought.

iCloud Storage APIs

It’s no secret I’m a social person. I will readily chat with strangers; I just had a laugh with my Starbucks table-mate, but Social media makes conversations so easy that introverts can easily become extroverts with a click of a mouse.

And that is why I love social media. It brings introverts and extroverts alike to the conversation table and allows people to get to know others in a why they never could have.

When setting up and especially managing social media communications, it’s important to develop a system so each phase can be planned for, executed, and measured for success.

You can see it after the jump: DEE Social Media Process

25 Professional Business Cards Made By Designers

In the instructions for claiming a Place found on Facebook.com and other news sites around the web, claiming looks to be a fairly automated process. I’m not sure of everyone elses experience, but mine has proven to be anything but.

Upon submitting a claim request, instead of an offer to receive an automated confirmation phone call for validation, I am told my request has be received by Facebook User Operations. They’ll be getting back with me. If their manual processing system is anything like FourSquare’s, I’ll be waiting for months and never receive confirmation.

And my recourse? Nothing, It’s not a paid service with the quality assurance responsibilities there of. Ugh.

So, in less than a year, I’ll be turning the big 30.

In our current culture, turning thirty is supposed to be a big deal. It’s typically discussed as a time when you truly become an adult and leave your fun 20-something times behind you. It’s also a time when people younger than you can officially make fun of your age.

But I want to tell you a secret… I can’t wait to turn thirty. To me 30 is slowly starting to symbolize where I am in life… The best “place” i’ve ever been.

For the first time in my life, i can say I have nothing to complain about. In fact, I think my life is pretty great.

I’ve taken risks along the way, and they’re starting to pay off. I’m seeing the trend of my life and were it’s taking me. That’s a pretty great thing.

So, here’s to you 30. I’m ready for ya.

“The professional arms himself with patience, not only to give the stars time to align in his career, but to keep himself from flaming out in each individual work. He knows that any job, whether it’s a novel or a kitchen remodel, takes twice as long as he thinks and costs twice as much. He accepts that. He recognizes it as reality”

“The professional steels himself at the start of a project, reminding himself it is the Iditarod, not the sixty-yard dash. He conserves his energy. He prepares his mind for the long haul. He sustains himself with the knowledge that if he can just keep those huskies mushing, sooner or later the sled will pull in to Nome.”

I think this really applies when managing a project. As a project manager, sometimes it’s difficult to manage change. We so often want everything to be written in stone so changes are kept to a minimum. But that kind of thinking creates a resistive attitude to evolutionary changes that are required of all projects.

Being a project management pro requires us to be patient and flexible. This requires planning for flexibility in your management style, effort predictions, and especially budget models.

I grew up working in my family’s beach shop, so I’m particularly intrigued by how these services can benefit from a more web 2.0 way of operating.

The Gist: Credit Cards Now Accepted (by everyone)
Square has developed a small, simple device that adds credit card reading abilities to mobile phones like the iPhone. Using this devise, and their software, anyone can have a mobile credit card terminal for zero up-front costs.

You can find out more at Square’s website.

iPad Home Screen

The iWork suite for iPad are definitely beautiful and well developed applications. The problem is, without being able to access and edit my existing documents easily, they simply aren’t functional.

Having to export files, connect a USB cable, and hope the formatting isn’t too broken, is not a viable workflow.

Where is MobileMe support for saving documents to? And I’m sorry, but how is the world is iworks.com going to help? Answer: It doesn’t.

I’m extremely disappointed in these products and am kind of embarrassed that I bought them.