Scott Stevenson provides a very interesting essay, Satisfying UI Design is Often Illogical, discussing the impact and need for UI changes and the expectations of and reactions by the market to those changes. The entire piece is well worth a…
Posts Tagged with software
Branches in Space, Time and Code
10/3/2007 – 4:47 pm
For anyone involved in development, whether for the Web or a computing platform, Jeff Atwood’s entry, Software Branching and Parallel Universes provides an excellent description of branches and their importance within a version control system and the larger software development cycle.…
My OS X Software Setup
5/22/2007 – 12:30 pm
It’s been about 13 months since I detailed various OS X apps and software packages that had caught my eye as I transitioned from Windows to OS X, so I believe it is time to review that list and expand upon…
Yummy
1/2/2007 – 9:41 pm
I don’t know what it is about the Mac, but I actually get excited about software again. I’m not talking about the big packages like Adobe’s Creative Suite or games, which I loved on the PC. I mean the smaller…
Experimentin’ with Mail
11/22/2006 – 11:25 am
Let’s get down to it, I like Thunderbird, having used it since it’s early beta period, but my will has been overcome by the siren song of Apple’s Mail.app. The loudest and clearest voice in the chorus emanates from Hawk…
Apple Delivers Speed Boost to Creative Suite
11/15/2006 – 9:56 am
Virtual PC set free - further thoughts
7/13/2006 – 8:45 am
After my initial post about Virtual PC and subsequent mailings to a couple of Web dev lists that I am subscribed to, I had a couple of interesting conversations on what this release means and why/if it is important. The question…
Virtual PC Set Free
7/12/2006 – 4:49 pm
Microsoft has set Virtual PC free. Makes me wonder if the folks in Redmond have taken notice of Apple’s free BootCamp or Parallel’s Desktop app. Use Virtual PC to “run multiple operating systems at the same time on the same physical computer. Switch…
Software for a Switcher
4/6/2006 – 1:25 pm
Update
I’ve published a new list of software: My OS X Software Setup
In the not-so-distant future I’ll pick up I’ve just purchased a MacBook Pro, cementing my switch from the world of Windows to that of OS X (well, with occasional visits to…
Netflix Freak
3/7/2006 – 9:47 am
Netflix Freak is a neat little OS X app that provides an amazing interface to Netflix that is far more powerful than that available via the Web site.