My Dream App

So a new website has launched that intends to use the “wisdom of crowds” to identify the best ideas for a new “dream” Mac application. The registered users get to vote on all the ideas to narrow down the field, then judges will decided on 3 winning ideas. The net result will be 3 new […]

Moving on to AppleScript

I’ve been super busy here at WWDC 2006, but it’s that good kind of busy. Lots of new technology to learn and understand. It’s been great! I did take some time yesterday to review some of the feedback online about our announcement to ship the next version of Mac Office without support for VB. This […]

Colour Like No Other

I remember the first time I saw this Sony commercial, I was blown away. Check out the high quality QuickTime movie here. Simply amazing. This is the kind of creative advertising that inspires, entertains and sells. Well, it looks like they are at it again! What happens when you strap 70,000 liters of paint to […]

ExCodeWarrior Schwag

I’ve written before about our ExCodeWarrior dev shirts we got as reward for successfully moving our code from CodeWarrior to Xcode. Well, now you too, can pay your respects to CodeWarrior, in mournful black, as well as honor the great work the Xcode team has done, and all this in time for WWDC 2006! I’ll […]

The 2 Fingered Right-click

For you die hard control-clickers MacBook Pro users out there, with Mac OS X 10.4.7, Apple just updated the OS so that in order to produce a right-click you simply place two fingers on the trackpad and click. While not as addicting as two fingered scrolling, this is a welcome improvement and allows Apple to […]

WebKit’s JavaScript debugger

Now WebKit includes a JavaScript debugger named Drosera. To use it you need to get the newest build of Safari and enter this in the Terminal: defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitScriptDebuggerEnabled -bool true The best quote is this one: One of the unique things about Drosera, like the Web Inspector, is that over 90% of it […]

Net Neutrality

There is talk all over the internet and on capital hill about this “net neutrality” and what it is, and why it’s important. I’ve heard several people try to define it, but Tim Berners-Lee, arguably the inventor of the Web, I think has said it best: Net neutrality is this: If I pay to connect […]

Adobe Obstructs PDF Growth

According to CNet Adobe will file an antitrust suit against Microsoft. The reason? Adobe doesn’t want the next version of Win Office to be able to save as PDF. Apparently they don’t mind if Microsoft charges extra for the feature, but if it’s included for free as part of the Office 2007 suite, that’s not […]

Customer Signature

In July 2003 I was issued an American Express credit card. It just expired. I’ve used it for almost two years and I never signed the back! I have never, not even once, been asked to sign it! I guess I’m not alone! I wonder what the signature on the back of the card is […]