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Invites for MailPlane beta
I have 5 invites for the beta of Mailplane, the gmail app that is just as cool as gmail in a browser. With support for multiple accounts and lots of other nifty things. Post a comment below, just remember to put your e-mail address in the right field. These are not visible for others than [...]
Tracking packages on a Mac
I just ordered iWork ’08 from Apple. When you get the confirmation e-mail, there’s a tracking number. In Europe, Apple use TNT, but the TNT web page was crap (I couldn’t even find a tracker search box!). So I downloaded the Delivery status widget. Amazing piece of software!! When you enter a tracking number, it [...]
Skitch
Skitch is a brand new app for uploading of pictures. “Heh, I need an app for that??”, you might say. Yes, you do. Because Skitch do it in ways you wouldn’t believe. It looks amazing, behaves like it has a Nobel Prize-brain, and the icon is sweet. Check out the 3 minutes entry video which [...]
WWDC 2007
In a few hours, I’m off to the Apple World Wide Developers Conference in San Francisco. A whole week of unlimited Mac fun, learning, meetups, sessions, labs, meeting people and seeing San Francisco for the first time. If you’re there and would like to meet, call me. Or use the contact form. Or the comments [...]
OmniFocus video is out
Omnigroup just posted a new video showing the main features of the forthcoming OmniFocus application. And it looks like they are doing almost everything right. The two things I like the most: Focus Let’s you focus on a special project or folder of projects. Hides everything else you have entered in the app, so you [...]
Final Cut Pro wipes
I have used Final Cut Pro since version 1.0 in 1999. During these 8 years I have used wipes two or three times. Wipes are ugly. Heh. But today a friend of mine called and asked: What do I buy if I want the most crazy wipes out there for Final Cut Pro? Fair enough. [...]
Final Cut Studio 2
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Nike + iPod mac app
Graham is thinking about making a Nike + iPod application for OS X. Here are some of my initial thoughts: Graphs that show your progress over time, either with the same route, or how far you manage to run in (example) 60 minutes. Map integration. Let me put my runs on a map like on [...]
GTD mac app: iGTD
Bartek Bargiel is another one in the race for the best Mac GTD application. In good Apple style it’s called iGTD and has some very nice features (and some annoying shortcomings as well). The two things I like the most: Syncing and Quicksilver integration. Syncing worked flawless on my Mac. I had a few tasks [...]
Sean Tierney: Use your desktop as a matrix for urgency/importance
Urgency vs. Importance and the 5th system for scattered todos: Mentally superimpose the above graph on your desktop (or if you really want, draw it as your background). Drag the resources (URL locations, documents, graphics, audio files, forms, whatever you’re working with) to the appropriate quadrants on your desktop. URLs are the exact pages on [...]
Leave your Mac alone while it’s installing software
Very good advice from Rosyna Keller at Unsanity: When “Optimize System Performance” appears during the update process do not touch your computer and definitely do not launch any applications. Just back away from your computer box as if it were a swarm of bees. I always do this, and if you’re setting up a new [...]
OmniFocus icon
What do you think of the icon draft Omni has posted for OmniFocus? I’m not sure. I think the other Omni icons are way better. Here they are, presented with the three “main” competitors OmniFocus have: If I were in charge at Omni, I would have followed the style of the two other apps, a [...]
Multitouch software development
Shannon asks in an IM message: “Saw your posts about multitouch. How do you think this interface technology will impact software engineering and what kinds of applications can be developed?” Good question! I’m not sure it will impact software engineering much at first. It’s the end user that will experience the biggest revolution. I guess [...]
Blackmagic Disk Speed Test showing slower results
We have been installing a new Xsan system the latest days (more about that in a later post). When testing the performance we use two different tools, and they have very different results, 186 MB/second vs 136 MB/second. The first one is Xsan tuner, that comes with Xsan: Speed is calculated to 186 MB/second. We [...]
Grab all pictures from a site
DeepVacuum let you grab all pictures from a site. Or all movies. Or entire pages, all of them or a few. Could this be what you were looking for, Lars?
