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Monthly Archives: September 2005
Review: My Job Went to India
The Pragmatic Programmers just released a great book. It’s titled My Job Went to India (and all I got was this lousy book) – 52 Ways to Save Your Job. It’s also known as MJWTI. If you’re expecting Lou Dobbs, … Continue reading
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Fellow Mac blogger in the path of Rita
I was looking for good resources on how to design and create Mac icons, specifically the slick and huge Mac application icons that show up in the Dock. I found a good article titled How To Make An Icon The … Continue reading
Posted in Mac OS X
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Google finally groks RSS
3. Google groks RSS: Instead of just being satisfied with hosting blogs via Blogger, Google realizes the true potential of blogs: as another way to spread its targeted advertising. Google offers Google RSS(tm), which puts targeted Google ads in RSS … Continue reading
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Podcasting is good, but…
…it really is kind of inefficient. I wonder if there is any sort of speech-to-text web service which can turn podcasts into regular blog entries for when you just want to read. I mean, its nice when you want to … Continue reading
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must. have. nano.
It’s amazing to me how Apple continues to innovate. They obviously have read The Innovator’s Dilemma because they aren’t afraid to just blow away a highly successful product line and replace it with a new one. The iPod minis are … Continue reading
Posted in Mac OS X
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Apple Special Event – Live
MacWorld is covering the Apple Special Event – Live. The big rumor is that there will be an iTunes phone. We shall see.
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Act like a business to keep your job
Chad Fowler, who maintains RubyGarden and… well, actually let me just quote from THE Ruby book, the Pickaxe: “Chad Fowler is a leading figure in the Ruby community. He’s on the board of Ruby Central, Inc. He’s one of the … Continue reading
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Buy Mac stuff, help the hurricane victims
In my previous post, I wrote about how I had a yard sale to try to raise money. Well, the folks at MyMac.com had the same idea, but have come up with much better things to sell than a wacky … Continue reading
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Help Hurricane Katrina survivors
Today my family and I held a yard sale to raise money to help the Hurricane Katrina survivors. Watching the news coverage has really broken our hearts and we’ve been praying for them. Turnout at the yard sale was probably … Continue reading
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Sneak peek of SWT and Swing in Vista
Here’s a screenshot of Eclipse (using SWT) on Vista, courtesy of Carolyn MacLeod and Ed Burnette. And here’s NetBeans (using Swing) on Vista, courtesy of Chet Haase. Looks like Java UIs have a good future in Vista. I believe they’re … Continue reading