Review: The All-Ett European Wallet

I ordered an All-Ett European, which is a billfold that costs less than 15 bucks. It came in a matter of days, in a standard letter envelope. Once you pull it out of the envelope and packaging, you realize just how thin this wallet is.



The wallet has more capacity than my Slimmy, and I don’t have to worry about the cards falling out of the Slimmy’s slots. It is crazy thin, and oddly crinkly. Apparently, an All-Ett wallet lasts 3 years before it needs replacing. It will do wonders to eliminate George Costanza wallet syndrome. Your wallet is only as thick as the stuff you put in it.

You won’t be turning heads in the fashion department (go for a Slimmy instead), but for functionality and functionality alone, this is a fantastic buy. Get one now.

iPhone... Finally!

So Mr. Jobs and Mr. Rogers are finally bringing the iPhone to Canada on July 11. The details are sparse, hopefully those prices are not subsidized and the data plan is reasonable.

Theocacao: Excellence in Preference Windows

Scott Stevenson profiles the attention to detail put into the preference window of CoverSutra.

CoverSutra is written by Sophia Teutschler, and the preferences window was written according to Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines (HIG). The key here is that Sophia is an independent developer, not a giant ISV shipping enterprise software.

Anyone who has seen a “programmer’s interface” can appreciate the craftsmanship (or in Sophia’s case, craftswomanship) in the design of CoverSutra. Nice work.

Book Review: Inside Steve's Brain

Bell had a network issue on Friday that caused the phones and DSL to go out in my neighborhood that didn’t get resolved until Saturday morning. What’s an Internet geek to do?



Well, I spent the day polishing off Leander Kahney’s book Inside Steve’s Brain. It’s a pretty “fluffy” book... Not so much a biography as a series of anecdotes and management principles that reflect the way that Steve Jobs works.

While the anecdotes are fascinating, this book could have benefited from a few more edit cycles. It’s a little repetitive and unpolished. It’s a quick and fun read, but in all honesty, it’s best described as an anthology of the best “Steve” stories.