Tag Archives for software
Maemo 2.0 Beta now available!
You can now download the new firmware flashing software (Mac OS X and Linux only) and the new 2.0 beta firmware from the Maemo platform releases page. The new software includes the previously-announced Google Talk client. For more screenshots, see: … Continue reading
Edit in TextMate…
If you’re a TextMate junkie, check out this “TextMate Tricks” post on the Macromates blog about the “Edit in TextMate” input manager for your Cocoa apps (like Mail.app and Safari.) Very, very handy!
“Debugging 101″
There was a nice post on Hacknot this week called “Debugging 101” that covers approaches to debugging; However, what I found most memorable was the reminder that “debugging” still carries a connotation of “failure”. I’ve certainly met guys who think … Continue reading
VirtualRadio for S60
I bought a copy of VirtualRadio for my Nokia N90. At the time I thought it would be killer to have a shoutcast client on my phone. I don’t listen to mp3′s on my phone (I have an iPod for … Continue reading
Xcode Plugin for Symbian OS
A friend sent me this link today: “Xcode Plugin for Symbian OS.” I haven’t tried it yet, but it’s the most promising OS X development solution for native Symbian apps that I’ve seen. (Screenshots)
View your site with Nokia Open Source web browser today
You’ve heard about Nokia’s open source web browser for S60 based on Apple’s WebCore/JavaScriptCore right? I’m sure you have… but did you know that you can try it out right now? I didn’t either. The odds are pretty good that … Continue reading
Great corporate blogging: Why Adobe CS2 isn’t coming to MacIntel
Here’s a great example of using a corporate blog to explain an unfortunate product decision to customers, “Living Photoshop: Macintosh and the Intel switch“. The blogger, Scott Byer, is explaining why Adobe isn’t going to release a MacIntel version of … Continue reading
Python for Maemo (Nokia 770 linux tablet) examples
A friend just sent me a link to Teemu’s Blog to check out his two recent posts: Coding for Nokia 770 using Python – Part 1 Coding for Nokia 770 using Python – Part 2 The examples cover Python for … Continue reading
Firefox extensions
My list of Firefox extensions continues to grow, and since I’m pretty happy with the installed set, I thought I’d share the list. Here goes: Adblock — Filtering ads is pretty much mandatory functionality for me. Adblock Filterset.G Updater — … Continue reading
Followup: “Agile Software Development Techniques and its Impact on Product Management”
I posted last week about going to a talk on “Agile Software Development Techniques and its Impact on Product Management.” Since I mentioned I was going, I thought it might be useful to post some followup comments, so here goes… … Continue reading
“Agile Software Development Techniques and its Impact on Product Management”
Just in case you’re thinking of going, I’ll be at the Austin Technology Council session tomorrow (Jan. 12, 2006) on Agile Software Development Techniques and its Impact on Product Management. Unfortunately, the talk isn’t free, but they do have three … Continue reading
Flock has launched
Flock, a Firefox-derived web browser with integrated blogging, flickr‘ing, and del.icio.us‘ing tools, has launched, and is now available for public preview on Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows. The preview release is not without a few glitches, and I certainly … Continue reading
deskzilla
At $99, I’m not sure who they’re pricing themselves for, but deskzilla is yet another example of synchronization of web content to a local, native application (in this case Bugzilla content.) It’s very much in line with the ideas I … Continue reading
“Write on the web bubble?”
Om Malik‘s post, “Write on the web bubble?” brought up some good points that I actually think are related to why the NewsGator/NetNewsWire merger is a good idea: “All these tools, while good, basically seek a behavioral change on part … Continue reading
NewsGator acquires NetNewsWire
It’s official (although Ranchero has no mention of it), NewsGator has acquired NetNewsWire. We can only speculate what impact this will have on NetNewsWire (NNW), but then again, speculation is fun, so here goes: First, I’m guessing that Bloglines synching … Continue reading
Software updates through RSS + enclosures
I love this! Macromates is now offering an RSS feed for the TextMate changelog that includes a link to the latest build as an enclosure! I’ve read about this idea many times, but this is the first time I’ve actually … Continue reading
Opera for free
I know this made slashdot, so it isn’t new news; However, it’s significant enough to take note: Today only, Opera is giving away free license keys to it’s desktop browser!! (It’s normally ~$40.) If you’re a web developer and don’t … Continue reading
Trying TextMate
I mentioned that I’m sucker for new text editors right? Well this week it’s TextMate, and I’m glad I found it. TextMate is shareware, but it’s indy software and I like supporting indy developers. The main site lists TextMate at … Continue reading
NetNewsWire adds Bloglines support!
My favorite desktop aggregator, NetNewsWire, has finally added API support for my favorite web-based aggregator, Bloglines! This is wonderfully handy, and is exactly what I’ve been wanting for my aggregation needs. Bloglines is a fantastic service. It has a few … Continue reading
The Six Laws of the New Software
Change This has a new manifesto up called The Six Laws of the New Software that’s worth a read if you’re in a position designing software. It’s not that the manifesto points out anything new, but rather that it very … Continue reading