Today I would like to call out Google, and applaud them for continuing to support a wide variety of projects through their innovative Summer of Code micro-funding program. This will be the third summer Google has offered a $4500 stipend to students willing to work “for free” over a summer on one of more than […]

Apple announced yesterday that Mac OS X 10.5, code/marketing-named “Leopard,” will not ship in Spring as promised, but will instead ship in October. (Confoundingly, the “Hot News” item at Apple doesn’t even have its own link, naked among the other public relations tidbits. Perhaps a sign that they’re not proud of the statement). The announcement […]

I started writing a “What’s wrong with my favorite apps” post almost a year ago (May, 2006). It’s been sitting in my MarsEdit drafts folder ever since (yay, MarsEdit drafts!). I stumbled upon it today and found this choice bit of commentary on MarsEdit itself. I find myself frequently responding to the concerns of users […]

By now there’s a good chance you’ve heard about the exceedingly silly ripoff of Dan Cederholm’s new SimpleBits logo. Basically, this graphics clearinghouse called LogoMaid made the mistake of acquiring, and proceeding to offer for sale, a logo that has an undeniable resemblance to Dan’s original art. A forgiveable mistake, maybe – but the problem […]