Nick Gravgaard has come up with a pretty simple solution to the “tabs vs. spaces” problem. He proposes a system for the elastic interpretation of tabs (via Joel) by text editors. Basically it comes down to treating tabs as indicators of a “new column,” instead of assigning an arbitrary number of spaces to them. The […]

Lately I’ve heard a lot on technical podcasts about the public outrage over “Microsoft Genuine Advantage” and the fact that it “phones home” every day. Apple released Mac OS X 10.4.7 last week, and ever since I installed it, I’ve been noticing Apple’s own modest home phoning behavior. In this case it’s ostensibly to provide […]

I’ve noticed that people are slowly discovering the new design of the blog. I meant to write a post about it when I “made it live” a week or so ago, but I have been putting it off for some reason. I think I didn’t want to waste a whole post on talking about my […]

The financial world for small and medium-sized Mac software vendors is going through some interesting changes. Rumors of Google’s GBuy being released on June 28 put me in the mood to expect a shake-up, and today I’ve learned that Digital River has acquired eSellerate, a very popular payment processing service for Mac developers. Strangely, I […]