Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Long Live the TIX!

The Tix Clock was an awesome timepiece by late inventor and native San Franciscan James Scott Thompson.

Unfortunately the clock stopped being available in 2014, and there has never been something even similar out there since.

Until NOW!! 
(Well... not now..  It's been available for a while now...  Since Sep 2018)

A kiwi hobbyist decided to build his own Tix clock, and now started manufacturing it for the public (It sounds like the blessing of the Thompson family).  He's calling it TIX2, and unlike the original with the all plastic frame, the TIX2 has a nice wooden body which I think makes it look even nicer.

Monday, January 14, 2019

Please Fix Google Docs!!!!

Google Docs is arguably one of the best (at least by value - it's free) word processors out there.  But there are a few things it's missing that really drive me nuts!!  Below I have a small list of (very simple) changes that would take this product (I think) way past the next level.

  1. CSS: Or any basic editable style definitions!  Lets say that I want to have a specific look for text from a terminal, or code (maybe a gray background, paragraph border, and courier font)  Right now I only get H1, H2, and H3.   I want to be able to set my own.  Bonus points: Let me save that style sheet/style template so I can reference it from multiple docs!  (Imagine all those government folks who could now use this because it met their weird formatting requirements.)
  2. Table of Contents: Yea, I know... there are plugins that you can add to, but I just want a TOC that works like with google sheets.  Nice and simple, and auto-updates.  
  3. Paper!?!?: Why do I only get stuck with a view where everything is formatted to some random paper sheet?  Who does paper anymore?!?  Can't I say that this doc is for a screen, and then don't worry about the 8x11" page formatting?  
Fix this stuff and then your migration to your new sites pages will be sooo much easier!