Software

17 posts

Tue 07 May
2013

Creative Cloud Is Not Suite

12:47 PM
Remarks (19)

Going forward, the only way to get the latest versions of Adobe’s apps will be through monthly subscriptions.

Thu 11 Apr
2013

Designing for the Ideal

8:27 PM
Remarks (13)

How the three major Web browsers shipped a feature with a continuously broken design.

Fri 05 Apr
2013

Facebook Home at First Glance

9:06 AM
Remarks (3)

If Facebook Home succeeds, it will do at least two things that other companies have tried and failed at.

Wed 27 Mar
2013

Magic and Mobile Apps

2:06 PM
Remarks (4)

Moves demonstrates the power of an inverse relationship between input and output.

Thu 08 Nov
2012

Evernote Alone

7:53 PM
Remarks (3)

Looking for the other note-taking and random bits-collecting apps backed by reliable, robust cloud services.

Tue 07 Aug
2012

The New Yorker in Your Pocket

4:04 PM
Remarks (4)

Finally, a reason to stop carrying my Kindle Fire.

Thu 23 Feb
2012

Requiem for the Browser Search Box

10:24 AM
Remarks (12)

OS X Mountain Lion’s forthcoming revision of Safari is basically the end of one of my favorite browser features.

Thu 10 Nov
2011

Introducing Mixel

12:07 AM
Remarks (37)

Thu 22 Sep
2011

Please Enter Your Password, Again and Again

10:15 PM
Remarks (22)

Digital credentials are already beyond reason, and yet no one seems interested.

Thu 07 Jul
2011

Consolidating Email Updates

10:43 AM
Remarks (5)

It should be possible to consolidate the many email updates that each social network sends into one daily digest.

Wed 11 May
2011

Adobe on iPad

4:57 PM
Remarks (13)

Credit where credit is due: Adobe is producing very good apps for this platform.

Thu 05 May
2011

A Bookmarklet to End All Bookmarklets

3:53 PM
Remarks (15)

Why do we need all these different bookmarklets for all of these different services?

Fri 29 Apr
2011

An Address Book for Twitter

10:38 AM
Remarks (7)

It turns out I’m not alone in my desire for better contact management within Twitter.

Mon 04 Oct
2010

Someone Could Make a Lot of Money with Personal Finance Software

1:02 PM
Remarks (13)

Lessons from Wesabe v. Mint and why personal finance software misses the mark.

Mon 30 Aug
2010

Time Tracking Tweets

7:41 PM
Remarks (21)

A round-up of suggestions from Twitter on time logging software.

Wed 18 Aug
2010

iPad Gripe Session

11:54 PM
Remarks (32)

I keep finding more and more uses for my iPad, as well as many irritating software shortcomings.

Mon 26 Jul
2010

Settling Scores with MLB At Bat

5:09 PM
Remarks (19)

Vainly trying to avoid final score spoilers with the MLB At Bat app for iPad.