Entries in the ' apple ' category

Written March 7, 2010 in apple, webdev

I’m not interested in any of the apps in this current Mac Sale, but it did lead me to a page about Flux, which might be my next go-to for WYSIWYG HTML editing.

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Written August 30, 2009 in apple

I usually wait a few weeks, until the first .1 patch is released, to update to a new version of OS X. That’s been my procedure for a while, and it seems that there are the usual growing pains with 10.6. I don’t know if I could keep

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Written March 26, 2009 in apple

Starting in late January, I started searching for a new editor to use when coding PHP. I spent at least a few days with the different programmer editors that are popular on the OSX platform. Starting with Eclipse, here are my opinions and reviews.

As might be obvious from the …

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Written February 23, 2009 in apple

I’m going to be taking a few days “off” from posting and emailing ‘cept for the limited amount I do at work. My only home computer these days is a MacBook Pro, and it’s headed off for a week at the Apple Resort, aka AppleCare. Updates will resume when I’m …

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Written January 2, 2009 in apple

One of the things I genuinely love about Apple OSX is that there’s some hidden gems in the Applications/Utilities folder. One of those hidden gems is console.app, which acts like a GUI window that follows (aka `tail -f`) a particular log file. It’s great because you can insert markers and …

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Written December 22, 2008 in apple, punditry, webdev

Paul Graham (Y Combinator, the first spam filter, and the first web-based app: Viaweb) is one of the smartest guys on the internet when it comes to startups. He makes some great points in his article about placing controls on processes in big companies and small startups. His thesis …

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Written November 26, 2008 in apple

Last night, the ‘e’ key on my Mac Book Pro 15″ (Core Duo 2.2 ghz) broke. The little pivot on the bottom cracked. I don’t have a problem with it having broken, I have a problem with getting the consulting work I need to do this weekend done without an …

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Written August 19, 2008 in apple

Download Squad has posted a list of free alternatives to Photoshop.

Out of them, only GIMP runs on OS X. Anyone got alternatives that are focused on Mac?

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Written July 23, 2008 in apple, reviews, webdev

Why’s it been so quiet? Why so many reading lists, and so little editorial? I’ve been doing consulting work like a madman — I’ve got some doggy stuff to pay for, I’ve got some expensive toys I need for a job next month, and I’ve got a day job to …

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Written June 18, 2008 in apple, punditry

Jobs’ greatest contributions at Apple have likely been to kill or sideline a lot of good projects in order to focus the company’s efforts and resources on only the most exceptional ones. In contrast, Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer have apparently thrown every product concept within Microsoft at the market

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