Friday, February 22, 2008

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  • Hug A Indie Mac Developer Day

    I hereby declare this day as Hug A Indie Mac Developer Day. What sparked this spontaneous outpouring of appreciation for these Wizards of Cocoa? Apart from just the standard good will towards the likes of Daniel Jaikut, Jonathan ‘Wolf’ Rentzsch, Fraser Speirs, Gus Mueller (and a host of others that would turn this into an Open Directory category listing rather than a TAB post), I received a hand-written (if it was a font, I seriously want that font since none of the similar letters even came close to matching) post card – an actual put-it-in-the-U.S.-Mail post card – from Adam Behringer, author of Bee Docs’ Timeline. I purchased a license after I upgraded to Leopard since I make enough timelines for work to warrant the spend and because it’s a great program for creating & presenting time/date-based information collections (btw: Adam just added AppleScript support in Feb making an already great product even better).

    Have Microsoft developers ever sent me hand written post cards? No. Apple engineers? Nope. Adobe developers? Nada. While no other independent coders have sent me one either, they all have been extremely helpful when it comes to product support and feature requests. For example, Daniel Jaikut responded very appreciatively – and quickly! – and in great detail to a bug submission that he knew wasn’t a MarsEdit problem but wholly an Apple framework issue. Most of these Xcode aficionados have a blog and give you the opportunity to peek into their coding practices & creative thoughts and sometimes even into the murky business of independent software development.

    While I’m a huge proponent of open source software, I also have no problem paying someone for a well-made product (many open source programs lack the polish of even the most mediocre of indie commercial Mac software). I suspect your OS X workstation would not be nearly as useful if it weren’t for some of the products generated by these independent coders.

    If you use “lite” or even – shudder – hacked versions of indie programs, consider sending a virtual hug today by going pro with a full license. The developers will appreciate it and you’ll wind up having more robust software and choices in the long run.

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  • Close But No Remote Disc

    Apple TV Box

    The Apple TV's new found friends may have brought it up to par with several of its competitors, but does it compare to Apple's own standards?

    With a completely redesigned UI and a slew of new features, the Apple TV seems a new breed of set top box. One, oddly enough, in the same packaging we've seen for the past year.
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  • The Apple Horizon

    Can you foresee an Apple horizon, where one day the average Mac consumers out weigh a PC user? How long do you think that'll take to happen?

    The iPod began a new quest for Apple. A company set on innovation has taken our hearts with a simple, compact device for music. Well, it was music at first. Now with the mobility of the browser thanks to the iPhone and iPod Touch, we can love a new device and rely on it much in the same way. The question to me, is where can they go from here?
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  • Team Fusion Starts a Blog

    Team Fusion Blog
    If you’re taken with VMware’s Fusion (for operating system virtualization on the Mac platform), as I am, then you’ll probably be glad to hear that they’ve started a blog to keep us all apprised of their efforts. You’ll be able to see what they’re working on, some great tips and tricks with Fusion, and they’re even starting to do screencasts of some of the things Fusion can do - in case you haven’t been able to figure it out on your own.

    The recently released update to the software offers the ability to sync hotkeys across OS X and Windows. Meaning that instead of having to use CMD C to copy in OS X, and CTRL C to copy in the Windows VM, you can now just stick to CMD C for both environments. Maybe this doesn’t sound like a huge deal, but if your mental capacity if even slightly diminished (I’m looking in the mirror at the moment), this is a huge deal. Think of it as saving brain overhead for more important things…

    Check out their inaugural post which highlights the ability to Import other virtual machines for use with Fusion - it’s never been easier to make the move to this highly polished virtualization suite. And if you’re new to Mac, and just not sure about cutting the cord to Windows just yet, give VMware’s Fusion a go. Features like Unity mode, which allow you to intermingle your Windows, um, windows with OS X windows, integrated copy.paste clipboards, and drag and drop file synchronization make it hard to beat. Parallels was a great start to the Intel-based virtualization on Macs, but VMware has really shown their history in the industry by coming on gangbusters in recent months.

    Download the trial of VMware’s Fusion - I think you’ll be very pleased with the results.

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