I often explain the benefits of MarsEdit starting with a premise that editing on the desktop beats editing in a web browser. I believe this to be true even when the playing field is level, and web interfaces are operating at their best. Unfortunately, thanks to a large number of ever-changing browser environments, web interfaces […]

My friend Brent Simmons, developer of the amazing NetNewsWire client, which I think I neglected to mention, but you probably learned anyway, turned free eariler this month, has written up a nice summary of the ways in which NetNewsWire serves as a router for incoming RSS feeds. I’m especially struck by this analysis because the […]

While I am regrettably not going to make it out to Macworld Expo in San Francisco next week, I have managed to do some web site traveling, by participating in panel discussions and other interviews related to Macworld and otherwise. The Guardian: Reading The Runes For Apple The UK newspaper The Guardian invited me to […]

Gus Mueller, when writing about his journey toward indiedom, introduced a useful mantra for those of us trying to succeed in this business: “What Would Panic Do?” When faced with a question you haven’t answered before, whether it be with how to design a new UI, or how to respond to customers, just ask yourself […]