Archive for the ‘Software’ Category
Monday, January 4th, 2010
Along the lines of MagicPrefs, a BE reader pointed me to BetterTouchTool, which offers this priceless feature:
Is it possible to deactivate one finger scrolling for magic mouse?
YES, but only globally atm. You can do that in the BTT Mouse Preferences in the general tab.
Posted in Apple, Software |
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
This awesome blog promises to provide happy little nuggets of design knowledge to those who enjoy or are in need of said nuggets. Every developer should read these.
(Via Tony Hillerson)
Posted in Design, Software |
Monday, December 21st, 2009
Daniel Jalkut fancies himself a genie. Mention Red Sweater products on Twitter for a chance at free stuff. My favorite part is at the bottom.
I REALLY HOPE THERE ISN’T ANY NEED FOR FINE PRINT BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO GIVE SOME STUFF AWAY AND HAVE NOBODY RAISE A BIG LEGAL ...
Posted in Business, Social, Software |
Monday, December 21st, 2009
Fake Steve found this gem, and it's too good to pass up.
I welcome responses to why the HP webcam does not pick up negroes.
Update: Ryan Nielsen points out that this bears a striking similarity to an episode of Better Off Ted.
Posted in Design, Software, Television |
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
The Eddy and Apple Design Award-winning Postage is on sale for $2.99 right now. This is the app I show off to Blackberry users.
Posted in Design, Software |
Sunday, December 13th, 2009
Brent Simmons throws his Twitter client feature request out into the ether for some enterprising developer to grab onto.
My personal dream feature is something like fake follow — where the other person sees you as a follower but you don't actually see their posts in your timeline — but with ...
Posted in Social, Software, Twitter, Web |
Friday, December 11th, 2009
f.lux is an interesting piece of software that changes the temperature of your display to match the time of day. This will, supposedly, help you sleep better.
Posted in Software |
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
ImageOptim is a tool that makes your images smaller. Very handy if you're working on, say, an iPhone game with several thousand assets. Best of all, it's completely free.
Posted in Software |
Monday, November 30th, 2009
After several weeks and one rejection letter, I'm happy to report that Coathangr 1.5 is available on the App Store. We made a number of significant improvements in this release, not the least of which is support for the Love system.
For those who don't know, Coathangr is a social network ...
Posted in Fashion, Social, Software |
Monday, November 30th, 2009
Now with more cookies. If you don't use MarsEdit for blog-writing, check it out. It's an excellent companion piece to NetNewsWire (with some similar DNA).
(This post written using MarsEdit)
Posted in Software |
Friday, November 20th, 2009
From Macworld:
Gameloft's finance director Alexandre de Rochefort states that the problem is that “[the Android's application store] is not as neatly done as on the iPhone,” resulting in a market that doesn't encourage Android customers to buy applications for their phone. Rochefort further goes on to explain that “on Android, nobody ...
Posted in Software |
Friday, November 20th, 2009
An excellent write-up on the Three20 situation by Rogue Sheep's Chris Parrish.
Posted in Apple, Software |
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
Speaking of Apress iPhone books written by my friends, Joe Pezzillo contributed to this book, available today.
Posted in Books, Software |
Monday, November 16th, 2009
Speaking of Hewitt and the app store approval process, Steve O'Grady chimes in with his two cents. This point in particular caught my attention:
Ultimately, Hewitt and I might differ on the potential value add of middlemen, because I am a firm believer in the value of marketplaces and centralized distribution. ...
Posted in Apple, Software |
Monday, November 16th, 2009
This might make a lot of people happy.
Posted in Apple, Software |