Thursday, October 19th, 2006
One of the most common requests from FlexTime users is that the elapsed and remaining time for routines should be displayed in a more easily readable form then as a teeny pie-chart. So I’ve been planning to add some additional UI to reflect this information while a routine is running. But I’m sort of blocked […]
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Thursday, October 19th, 2006
The boys at Potion Factory are at once inspiring and depressing. It seems that in the space of time it takes me to think about an app and decide to maybe, sorta get started on it, they’re able to design and implement a totally functional, fun, and beautiful app that completely exceeds my expectations. Either […]
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Wednesday, October 18th, 2006
Michael Tsai is the man behind C-Command, and well known for the past few years as the author of SpamSieve and DropDMG, in addition to his tireless work on ATPM. Last week he released EagleFiler, and I’m pleasantly surprised to see such a mature 1.0 application drop (swoop?) unannounced from the sky. I’m not sure […]
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Tuesday, October 17th, 2006
Apple shipped a Windows virus on a very small number of iPods, but like a child who can’t say sorry without adding a “but” clause, their announcement falls short of complete contrition. “As you might imagine, we are upset at Windows for not being more hardy against such viruses, and even more upset with ourselves […]
Posted in Apple, Business, Technology | 11 Comments »