Here’s a clever idea. Apple just posted an ad/white paper on their dev website about how QuickBooks Pro was converted from a Carbon application to a half Carbon/half Cocoa application. Congrats to the QuickBooks devs! Here’s the fun part: Building An Application With iChat The list of Mac-only benefits in QuickBooks for Mac goes on. […]

I haven’t been this excited about an update for some time. Here’s the best of what’s new: Sync Services integration! – You can now sync Entourage 2004 calendar events, contacts and tasks with handheld devices (iPod and cell phones) and any other applications that support Mac OS Sync Services. Spotlight support for Entourage 2004– Now […]

I’ve been thinking about this post for a while now, but after watching this video of MacWorld Boston 1997 keynote, it just brought it all back to me. Remember that this was the MacWorld that Apple announced the 5 year agreement with Microsoft for, to quote the slides: 1. Patent Cross License 2. Microsoft Office […]

So after finding this gem in the MacBook Pro User’s Guide, I’ve decided to read it and see what else I could find. So on page 24 I find this: Calibrating Your Battery To get the longest running time from your battery, calibrate it sometime during the first week you have your MacBook Pro and […]

I learned an intersting tidbit about the Apple Remote. Initially I had an Intel iMac in my office, then I got the MacBook Pro. Both come with an Apple Remote. When I took the remote and pressed menu to activate FrontRow on my MacBook Pro, both my MacBook Pro and the iMac responded. Either remote […]

Summary: I work at Microsoft. I started working here when I was 18. I grew up in Redmond, Washington. I attended Redmond elementary, Redmond Junior High and graduated from Redmond High School. It’s only fitting that I should work at Microsoft. 🙂 When people ask me what I do at Microsoft I say matter-of-factly, “I […]

I just recently returned from a wedding. It was wonderful to see family and meet new friends and relatives. Invariably the small talk and conversation turns to questions about what I do for work. I find myself following this general pattern: Other Person: “So, where do you work?” Me: “I work at Microsoft.” Other Person: […]

I just got my new MacBook Pro and it’s very nice. I’m upgrading from a 1.25 GHz PowerBook G4 with 512 MB RAM to a 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo MacBook Pro with 512 MB RAM. I need more RAM! I took the plung and even risked using the Migration Assistant and in fact, 1 […]

I’ve been reading Writers Block Live for a while now, and I’ve really enjoyed it. Since I don’t keep a blog roll, I’ll just comment about blogs I enjoy in my posts. This blog is about an ex-Apple employee who has left and is now writing a book about his experiences at Apple. It’s interesting […]

I just read this interesting interview of Dean Kamen on Make: Magazine and it included this interesting bit about education: You dropped out of college to pursue a more “hands-on” education. So, too, did Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, Walt Disney, Frank Lloyd Wright, Buckminster Fuller, Bill Gates, and Steve Jobs, among many other creative […]