I can’t help myself. It’s probably worth noting that nobody knows for sure what these options do, and you might do serious damage to your Mac or your App Store account by playing with them. But … just a look can’t hurt … can it? Quit App Store.app Open Terminal defaults write com.apple.appstore ShowDebugMenu -bool […]

It’s only been one day since the launch of the Mac App Store, and the Mac developer and user communities are buzzing with consequences, both good and bad, of the store and how it operates. One particularly vexing issue is the question of whether an app that is already on your Mac is “installed” or […]

I am happy to announce that MarsEdit and Black Ink are now available for purchase on Apple’s Mac App Store. As I expected, the Mac App Store is both an exciting new platform for reaching new customers, and a somewhat frustrating and difficult to explain territory when it comes to existing customers who are interested […]

I followed an interesting link from Daring Fireball, relating to recent debate about WikiLeaks. Nelson Minar reaffirms the often-stated aphorism, apparently attributed to Stewart Brand, that “information wants to to be free.” I think this is a useful way of thinking about it, but it’s insufficient for describing the way that information actually travels. Even taking to heart Minar’s […]